| Description |
xxx, 504 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm |
| Summary |
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 |
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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 |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p356-470. - Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-[471]) and index |
| Subject |
Automobiles -- Social aspects -- California -- Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
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Central business districts -- California -- Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
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City and town life -- California -- Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
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Retail trade -- California -- Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
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| LC no. |
96025115 |
| ISBN |
0262122006 (hc : alk. paper) |
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