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1 online resource (xxx, 504 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
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| 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 |
| 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."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Originally published 1997; First MIT Press paperback edition 1998 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-471) and index |
| Notes |
Print version |
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Central business districts -- California -- Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
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Retail trade -- California -- Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
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Automobiles -- Social aspects -- California -- Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
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City and town life -- California -- Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- History
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Automobiles -- Social aspects
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Central business districts
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City and town life
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Retail trade
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Winkelcentra.
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Auto's.
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Stedelijke economie.
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Stadscultuur.
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Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
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Bouwkunst.
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Vie urbaine -- États-Unis -- Los Angeles (Calif.)
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Sociologie urbaine -- États-Unis -- Los Angeles (Calif.)
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Automobile -- Aspect social -- Etats-Unis -- Los Angeles (Calif.)
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California -- Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
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History
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Electronic book
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