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1.		Cultural Landscapes: Balancing Nature and Heritage in Preservation Practice from Univ Of Minnesota Press Price: $21.37	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.	[no image]	On the Edge of the World: Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the Century (Architectural History Foundation) from The MIT Press Price: $133.93 Customer Review: This is the only book I have found with highly detailed information about Ernest Coxhead, Willis Polk and A.C. Schweinfurth. The other architect featured here is Bernard Maybeck, who has been written about in other books. This book is excellent at showing how the works of these four architects were... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.		City Center to Regional Mall: Architecture, the Automobile, and Retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950 from The MIT Press Price: $13.42 Customer Review: If you ever wanted to know about the history of Los Angeles and how it became a large metropolitian area, this is the book for you. Hundreds of pictures from the late 1800's to the 1950's makes this book a very resourceful tool.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		The Drive-In, the Supermarket, and the Transformation of Commercial Space in Los Angeles, 1914-1941 from The MIT Press Price: $20.77 Customer Review: A fascintating look at the cultural history of Los Angeles and the way in which commercial spaces played a part in developing it. A must for anyone that's seriously interested in more than the usual history lesson on Tinsletown. Actually, more than simply Los Angeles, this book gives clues as to how... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.		Architecture in Philadelphia from The MIT Press Price: $38.00 Customer Review: This book is thirty years old, but that is its only serious shortfall. It ranges across the entire city, showing not only stand-out buildings but also samples of the city's context. The book ventures unabashedly into north and south Philly, showing typical row house blocks and neighborhood... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.	[no image]	The Mall in Washington, 1791-1991 (Studies in the History of Art) from National Gallery of Art Price: $64.14 Customer Review: This is a wonderful book on an amazing space. The images are crisp and the text scholarly and fascinating. It's hard to imagine that the mall took so many years to complete, but finally L'Enfant's dream is complete. The mall is a breathtaking vista, that is simply spectacular. To stand at the foot... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.		The Buildings of Main Street: A Guide to American Commercial Architecture, Updated Edition (American Association for State and Local History Book Series) from AltaMira Press Price: $277.94 Customer Review: If you're interested in small commercial buildings from the late 1800s through the mid 1900s, then this is a good survey. The author presents a classification system and points out common themes (such as almost all theaters had vertical signs). Background information is plentiful but terse, although... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.		The Charnley House: Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Making of Chicago's Gold Coast (Chicago Architecture and Urbanism) from University Of Chicago Press Price: $44.97	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.		The Streamline Era Greyhound Terminals: The Architecture of W.S. Arrasmith from McFarland Price: $55.00 Customer Review: Strongly recommedned... I bought this book to study the history of bus terminals in the United States. As this volume easily shows, Arrasmith designed his bus terminals (or depots as the book explains) to merge function with art. His plans satisfied all of Greyhound's necessary elements:... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.	[no image]	On the Edge of the World: Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the Century from Architectural History Foundation	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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