Roadside America
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Remembering Roadside America
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Author : John A. Jakle
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2011-09-30
Remembering Roadside America written by John A. Jakle and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-30 with Architecture categories.
The use of cars and trucks over the past century has remade American geography—pushing big cities ever outward toward suburbanization, spurring the growth of some small towns while hastening the decline of others, and spawning a new kind of commercial landscape marked by gas stations, drive-in restaurants, motels, tourist attractions, and countless other retail entities that express our national love affair with the open road. By its very nature, this landscape is ever changing, indeed ephemeral. What is new quickly becomes old and is soon forgotten. In this absorbing book, John Jakle and Keith Sculle ponder how “Roadside America” might be remembered, especially since so little physical evidence of its earliest years survives. In straightforward and lively prose, supplemented by copious illustrations—historic and modern photographs, advertising postcards, cartoons, roadmaps—they survey the ways in which automobility has transformed life in the United States. Asking how we might best commemorate and preserve this part of our past—which has been so vital economically and politically, so significant to the cultural aspirations of ordinary Americans, yet so often ignored by scholars who dismiss it as kitsch—they propose the development of an actual outdoor museum that would treat seriously the themes of our roadside history. Certainly, museums have been created for frontier pioneering, the rise of commercial agriculture, and the coming of water- and steam-powered industrialization and transportation, especially the railroad. Is now not the time, the authors ask, for a museum forcefully exploring the automobile’s emergence and the changes it has brought to place and landscape? Such a museum need not deny the nostalgic appeal of roadsides past, but if done properly, it could also tell us much about what the authors describe as “the most important kind of place yet devised in the American experience.” John A. Jakle is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Keith A. Sculle is the former head of research and education at the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. They have coauthored such books as America’s Main Street Hotels: Transiency and Community in the Early Automobile Age; Motoring: The Highway Experience in America; Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age; and The Gas Station in America.
The New Roadside America
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Author : Doug Kirby
language : en
Publisher: Touchstone
Release Date : 1992
The New Roadside America written by Doug Kirby and has been published by Touchstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Automobile travel categories.
There are wacky, one-of-a-kind treasures lurking among the Gaps and Burger Kings alongside our highways and byways, and The New Roadside America hightlights them all--covering every interest and organized for easy reference. 250 photographs; line drawings.
Roadside Attractions
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Author : Brian Butko
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2007
Roadside Attractions written by Brian Butko and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Travel categories.
Hit the open road for fun and wackiness as the Butkos visit offbeat attractions from coast to coast--dinosaur parks, miniature golf courses, populuxe motels, vintage amusement arcades, classic diners illuminated in neon, and even the world's largest ball of twine. More than fifty fellow authors and artists offer stories about their favorite attractions or recall memorable trips. Visitor information is included to help plan quick visits or an entire road trip.
Guide To The South S Quirkiest Roadside Attractions A
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Author : Kelly Kazek
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2022-10
Guide To The South S Quirkiest Roadside Attractions A written by Kelly Kazek and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10 with History categories.
If you're in Nashville or Austin or Mobile and you have the urge to see something strange, connoisseur of the offbeat Kelly Kazek has you covered. Cruise the South, from Louisville's enormous collection of the world's largest things to Miami's Burger Museum to Odessa's Stonehenge replica. If you're around Hot Springs, Arkansas, you might want to bop into the Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo to see where Babe Ruth's first five-hundred-foot homer came crashing down. And if you're looking to make contact with the unusual, why not visit the UFO Welcome Center in Bowman, South Carolina? Wherever you are in the South, there's something strange or stupendous nearby, and this catalogue of noteworthy curiosities and significant landmarks makes sure you don't miss a thing.
Roadside America
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Author : Lucinda Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Release Date : 2000-10-01
Roadside America written by Lucinda Lewis and has been published by Harry N. Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-10-01 with Transportation categories.
Both the most complete survey available of 20th-century American cars & a glorious, nostalgic photographic portrait of the icons of roadside America.
Roadside America
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Author : Lucinda Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Release Date : 2003-10-01
Roadside America written by Lucinda Lewis and has been published by Harry N. Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-01 with Transportation categories.
Mobility was the centerpiece of the modern way. The country turned it inventive spirit to the automobile in the 1890's. Early automotive designs featured varied sources of propulsion, and steam, gasoline, and electricity all had their proponents.
Roadside America Picture Book
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Author : Photobomb Photobomb Publishing
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-03-23
Roadside America Picture Book written by Photobomb Photobomb Publishing and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-23 with categories.
Roadside America is a 7,450 square foot miniature landscape located in Shartlesville, PA. Spanning over 200 years of American history, the massive exhibit created solely by one man, Laurence Gieringer, has stood in its current location since 1953. Completed in 1963 with Gieringer's passing, Roadside America stands as a memorial to this incredibly talented man as well as inspiration for all who pass through the display's doors. Maintained and open to the public year-round, Roadside America has long been considered one of the most incredible pieces of craftsmanship the country has to offer. In this beautiful photobook, you can tour what has been ticketed the world's greatest indoor miniature village.
Roadside Giants
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Author : Brian Butko
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2005
Roadside Giants written by Brian Butko and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Architecture categories.
From Lucy, the colossal elephant-shaped building on the Jersey Shore, to the grand donut atop Randy's in Los Angeles, this full-color guide profiles the commercial giants that loom over America's highways. Created to sell products and promote tourism in a big way, they can be found all over the United States. The authors have traveled far and wide to bring readers the world's largest duck in Long Island, an enormous Amish couple in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and towering Paul Bunyans all over the Midwest. There are buildings shaped like hot dogs, ice cream cones, and baskets, as well as the roadside phenomena known as "Muffler Men," giants who originally advertised mufflers but now have been converted to cowboys, Indians, spacemen, and pirates. Big fun!
Road Trip
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Author : Richard Longstreth
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2017-03-28
Road Trip written by Richard Longstreth and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-28 with Architecture categories.
A loving tribute to American roadside and advertising architecture from a lifelong enthusiast with a unique collection of photography. With a focus on vernacular roadside architecture built between 1920 and the late 1960s, Road Trip is a time capsule of an extraordinary era and its roadside buildings, restaurants, gas stations, motels, and places of amusement, most of which are now long since gone.
The Gas Station In America
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Author : John A. Jakle
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 1994
The Gas Station In America written by John A. Jakle and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Architecture categories.
"The first architect-designed gas station - a Pittsburgh Gulf station in 1913 - was also the first to offer free road maps; the familiar Shell name and logo date from 1907, when a British mother-of-pearl importer expanded its line to include the newly discovered oil of the Dutch East Indies; the first enclosed gas stations were built only after the first enclosed cars made motoring a year-round activity - and operating a service station was no longer a "seasonal" job; the system of "octane" rating was introduced by Sun Oil as a marketing gimmick (74 for premium in 1931)." "As the number of "true" gas stations continues its steady decline - from 239,000 in 1969 to fewer than 100,000 today - the words and images of this book bear witness to an economic and cultural phenomenon that was perhaps more uniquely American than any other of this century."--Jacket.