Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture

by Chester Liebs

Book Overview

First published in 1985, Chester Liebs' Main Street to Miracle Mile established the twentieth-century roadside landscape as a subject for serious study. Liebs traces the transformation of commercial development as it has moved from centralized main streets, out along the street car lines, to form the miracle miles and shopping malls of today. He also explores the evolution of roadside buildings, from supermarkets and motels to automobile...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801850959
• ISBN13: 9780801850950
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher