Winner of the Lewis Mumford Prize for Best Book Published in American City & Regional Planning History 1995-1997. From the 1920s to the 1950s, Los Angeles did for the shopping center what New York and Chicago had done for the skyscraper. In a single generation, the American...
This detailed account of the development of the regional shopping centre takes a historical perspective, relating retail development to broader architectural, urban and cultural issues. Topics covered include: the evolution of off-street parking facilities and the origins of...