Richard W. Longstreth Books
City Center to Regional Mall: Architecture, the Automobile, and Retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950
Ten years in the making, City Center to Regional Mall is a sweeping yet detailed account of the development of the regional shopping center. Richard Longstreth takes a historical perspective, relat...
Read MoreThe Drive-In, the Supermarket, and the Transformation of Commercial Space in Los Angeles, 1914-1941
Richard Longstreth is one of the few architectural historians to focus on ordinary commercial buildings - buildings usually associated with commercial builders and real estate developers rather tha...
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