Author

Contributions

  • David Gebhard - Foreword

Publication

2001-06-01 - Chronicle Books, San Francisco, California, USA

Language

English

Word Count

45,000 words, Guess

Page Count

180 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • LCCNA730.C2 H39 2001
  • LCCNA730.C2H4 2001

Description

"At the beginning of the automobile age, in that most car crazy of places, Southern California, roadways were dotted with eye-catching beacons for travelers. Diners shaped like chili bowls, pigs, and coffee pots; hotels and theaters in Aztec and Mayan motifs; and all manner of oddly shaped buildings were part of the Western architectural landscape - a trend that spread across the country. California Crazy & Beyond: Roadside Venacular Architecture is the most thorough documentation of this ususual architectural style, and a greatly enhanced, fully revised version of the classic book that first explored the movement."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

California has never lacked superlatives.

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