[American Road]. Hess, Alan.

Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside Architecture.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2004. First edition. Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 222. Indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photos. New. Item #21739

A return to the glorious age of the futuristic, sleek and modernistic look of the Southern California roadside, with its drive-ins, coffee shops, motels, and restaurants. This book, a follow-up to Hess' earlier "Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture", is filled with wonderful examples of this signature mid-twentieth century roadside architectural style, both as they were and as they are today. A brilliant look at the future as it was imagined in the recent past.

Price: $30.00