The Resource City center to regional mall : architecture, the automobile, and retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950, Richard Longstreth
City center to regional mall : architecture, the automobile, and retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950, Richard Longstreth
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- Summary
- "Ten years in the making, City Center to Regional Mall is a sweeping yet detailed account of the development of the regional shopping center. Richard Longstreth takes a historical perspective, relating retail development to broader architectural, urban, and cultural issues. His story is far from linear; the topics he covers include the emergence of Hollywood as a downtown in miniature, experiments with the shopping center as an amenity of planned residential developments, the branch department store as a landmark of decentralization, the evolution of off-street parking facilities, and the obscure origins of the pedestrian mall as a spine for retail complexes." "Longstreth takes seriously the task of looking at retail buildings - one of the most neglected yet common of building types - and at the economics of real estate in the American city. He shows that Los Angeles in the period covered was a harbinger of American metropolitan trends during the second half of this century. Over 250 illustrations, culled from a wide variety of sources, constitute one of the best collections of old LA photographs published anywhere."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxx, 504 p.
- Contents
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- The perils of a parkless town. Metropolis ; Settlement ; Automobile --The problem solved. Skyscrapers ; Department stores ; Expansion ; Parking
- Westward ho for business. Origins ; Development ; Chain stores ; Boom
- Hollywood-Los Angeles other half. Aladdin cities ; Stores ; Business diversity ; Promotion ; Struggle
- Fabulous boulevard. Transformation ; Bullock's ; Miracle mile
- A guaranteed neighborhood. Precedents ; Palos Verdes ; Westwood Village
- A hindrance to business. Beverly Hills ; Main Street
- Hold on! Remodeling ; Parking ; Predicament
- Markets in the meadows. Market conditions ; Department stores ; Crenshaw Center ; Westchester ; Design ; Valley Plaza
- Grass on Main Street. Shopping courts ; Experiments ; Models
- No automobile ever bought a thing. Emergence ; Stein ; Gruen ; Realization ; Lakewood Center ; Sequels
- Isbn
- 9780262122009
- Label
- City center to regional mall : architecture, the automobile, and retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950
- Title
- City center to regional mall
- Title remainder
- architecture, the automobile, and retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Longstreth
- Subject
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- Winkelcentra
- Sociologie urbaine -- États-Unis | Los Angeles (Ca.)
- Vie urbaine -- Californie | Los Angeles, Agglomération de -- Histoire
- Vie urbaine -- États-Unis | Los Angeles (Ca.)
- Stedelijke ontwikkeling
- Auto's
- Centres villes -- Californie | Los Angeles, Agglomération de -- Histoire
- City and town life -- California | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
- Stadscultuur
- Automobile -- Aspect social -- Etats-Unis | Los Angeles (Ca.)
- Commerce de détail -- Californie | Los Angeles, Agglomération de -- Histoire
- Automobiles -- Social aspects -- California | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
- Stedelijke economie
- Central business districts -- California | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
- Automobiles -- Aspect social -- Californie | Los Angeles, Agglomération de -- Histoire
- Retail trade -- California | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
- Bouwkunst
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Ten years in the making, City Center to Regional Mall is a sweeping yet detailed account of the development of the regional shopping center. Richard Longstreth takes a historical perspective, relating retail development to broader architectural, urban, and cultural issues. His story is far from linear; the topics he covers include the emergence of Hollywood as a downtown in miniature, experiments with the shopping center as an amenity of planned residential developments, the branch department store as a landmark of decentralization, the evolution of off-street parking facilities, and the obscure origins of the pedestrian mall as a spine for retail complexes." "Longstreth takes seriously the task of looking at retail buildings - one of the most neglected yet common of building types - and at the economics of real estate in the American city. He shows that Los Angeles in the period covered was a harbinger of American metropolitan trends during the second half of this century. Over 250 illustrations, culled from a wide variety of sources, constitute one of the best collections of old LA photographs published anywhere."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 381.1/0973
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HF5429.5.L7
- LC item number
- L66 1997
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Label
- City center to regional mall : architecture, the automobile, and retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950, Richard Longstreth
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-[471]) and index
- Contents
- The perils of a parkless town. Metropolis ; Settlement ; Automobile --The problem solved. Skyscrapers ; Department stores ; Expansion ; Parking -- Westward ho for business. Origins ; Development ; Chain stores ; Boom -- Hollywood-Los Angeles other half. Aladdin cities ; Stores ; Business diversity ; Promotion ; Struggle -- Fabulous boulevard. Transformation ; Bullock's ; Miracle mile -- A guaranteed neighborhood. Precedents ; Palos Verdes ; Westwood Village -- A hindrance to business. Beverly Hills ; Main Street -- Hold on! Remodeling ; Parking ; Predicament -- Markets in the meadows. Market conditions ; Department stores ; Crenshaw Center ; Westchester ; Design ; Valley Plaza -- Grass on Main Street. Shopping courts ; Experiments ; Models -- No automobile ever bought a thing. Emergence ; Stein ; Gruen ; Realization ; Lakewood Center ; Sequels
- Dimensions
- 29 cm.
- Extent
- xxx, 504 p.
- Isbn
- 9780262122009
- Isbn Type
- (hc : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 96025115
- Note
- Spec. Coll. copy: Dust jacket; teal cloth over boards. Purchase, Dawson's Book Shop ,1997.
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)35016587
- ucoclc35016587
- Label
- City center to regional mall : architecture, the automobile, and retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950, Richard Longstreth
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-[471]) and index
- Contents
- The perils of a parkless town. Metropolis ; Settlement ; Automobile --The problem solved. Skyscrapers ; Department stores ; Expansion ; Parking -- Westward ho for business. Origins ; Development ; Chain stores ; Boom -- Hollywood-Los Angeles other half. Aladdin cities ; Stores ; Business diversity ; Promotion ; Struggle -- Fabulous boulevard. Transformation ; Bullock's ; Miracle mile -- A guaranteed neighborhood. Precedents ; Palos Verdes ; Westwood Village -- A hindrance to business. Beverly Hills ; Main Street -- Hold on! Remodeling ; Parking ; Predicament -- Markets in the meadows. Market conditions ; Department stores ; Crenshaw Center ; Westchester ; Design ; Valley Plaza -- Grass on Main Street. Shopping courts ; Experiments ; Models -- No automobile ever bought a thing. Emergence ; Stein ; Gruen ; Realization ; Lakewood Center ; Sequels
- Dimensions
- 29 cm.
- Extent
- xxx, 504 p.
- Isbn
- 9780262122009
- Isbn Type
- (hc : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 96025115
- Note
- Spec. Coll. copy: Dust jacket; teal cloth over boards. Purchase, Dawson's Book Shop ,1997.
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)35016587
- ucoclc35016587
Subject
- Auto's
- Automobile -- Aspect social -- Etats-Unis | Los Angeles (Ca.)
- Automobiles -- Aspect social -- Californie | Los Angeles, Agglomération de -- Histoire
- Automobiles -- Social aspects -- California | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
- Bouwkunst
- Central business districts -- California | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
- Centres villes -- Californie | Los Angeles, Agglomération de -- Histoire
- City and town life -- California | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
- Commerce de détail -- Californie | Los Angeles, Agglomération de -- Histoire
- Retail trade -- California | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
- Sociologie urbaine -- États-Unis | Los Angeles (Ca.)
- Stadscultuur
- Stedelijke economie
- Stedelijke ontwikkeling
- Vie urbaine -- Californie | Los Angeles, Agglomération de -- Histoire
- Vie urbaine -- États-Unis | Los Angeles (Ca.)
- Winkelcentra
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