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The MIT Press, 8/25/2000. paperback. Like New. 175x119x9. LIKE NEW!!! Has a red or black remainder mark on bottom/exterior edge of pages.

The MIT Press, 2000-08-28. Paperback. Good.

The MIT Press, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. 248 pages, illustrated throughout. A detailed and fascinating compendium, good for anyone interesed in vernacular architecture, city planning, history of Los Angeles, cultural history, etc, etc. Mark to top edge, otherwse near fine copy.

MIT Press, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The MIT Press, 1999-04-30. Hardcover. Good. Retired From Library, typical library markings. Average Library use. Hardback with Dustjacket.,All interior pages and overall book is clean. A good copy for reference, research, or reading enjoyment.

MIT Press, 1999-04-30. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

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The MIT Press , April 1999. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Very Good.

Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Mit Pr, 1999 hardback book and dust jacket in fine condition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

The MIT Press, 2000-08-28. Paperback. Used:Good.

New. Longstreth explores the early development of two kinds of retail space that have become ubiquitous in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century. Richard Longstreth is one of the few historians to focus on ordinary commercial buildings-buildings usually associated with commercial builders and real estate developers rather than architects and thus generally overlooked by historians of "high" architecture. Here Longstreth explores the early development of two kinds of retail space that have become ubiquitous in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century. One, external, is devoted to the circulation and parking of automobiles on retail premises. Longstreth analyzes the origins of this development in the 1910s and 1920s, with the super service station and then the drive-in market. The other type of space, internal, was introduced soon thereafter with the single-story supermarket. The most innovative aspect of the supermarket was how its… Read More

The MIT Press, 2000-08-24. paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

The MIT Press, 1999-04-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

MIT Press, 1999-04-30. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.

Minor rubbing. Slight bump to binding edge. VG. Textual photo illustrations. Commercial Architecture MIT Press Cambridge [MA] (1999) orig.cloth 29x21cm, xviii,248 pp. Contents: Monkey-Wrench Merchandising; Stores the Road Passes Through; The Los Angeles Super; Is Main Street Doomed?