Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture

This is the classic book by Chester Liebs about the architectural evolution of the American commercial strip. Written at a time when interest ran high about this topic, propelled primarilly by Learning from Las Vegas by Robert Venturi, this is a scholarly examination of the evolution of this prominent building type in America. Unfortunately, interest in this has since waned even though commercial strip development has continued it onward march unabated. It is high time for a new examination to update this classic book. For the connoisseur of late twentieth-century architectural history, especially vernacular architectural history, this is an essential book for one's library.

Very well written and fascinating treatise on the evolution of commercial signage and architecture and, ultimately, urban sprawl. During my seven decades of life I was observer to so much of this and now to be able to read an academic description of what I always had taken for granted has been very interesting. Even though academic, it is certainly not dry or stuffy but, to the contrary, a very comfortable and enjoyable read .

An excellent book covering the trends during an important period of economic change.

Cheap. Ok condition, I got it used, but great price