The book "california crazy”Collects some of the craziest examples of the architectural genre that was popular on American roads in the XNUMXs.
The west coast of California, in those days, was filling with eccentric, exaggerated and quirky architectural constructions. They stood on the edge of road to attract drivers.
"California Crazy" in data
It is a hardcover book of neither more nor less 324 pages. Its dimension is approximately 21 × 28 cm. Su author is Jim Heimann, a historian who dedicated himself to analyzing and compiling this type of architectural structures found in the American landscape. It has more than 380 photographs. Its price is $40It may seem like a somewhat high price, but if we think about its characteristics and the quality of its images, it is a totally reasonable price in terms of quality / price.
Su first run was 20 years ago, published by Chronicle Books, and after so many years, a new extended edition of this very American topic. This new book "California Crazy and Beyond" It includes many other food businesses such as "hot dogs", airplanes, animals and all the sectors you can imagine.
The person in charge of this new investigation continues in the hands of Heimann, who has not tired of searching and finding multitudes of new architectural structures worthy of being photographed and added in the book.
About the publisher
As we have already mentioned, the name of the person behind this publication is Jim Heimann. It is executive editor of Taschen America. Your resume defines you as cultural anthropologist and historian. In addition to this publication, he is the author of several other books on architecture, pop culture and history on the West Coast, and a more extensive list of titles.
In the image we can see him radiant in his last book presentation made in the summer of "California Crazy" where he presented this new edition. In this event it was carried out book signing.
Interior images
This book stands out for its images, so we leave you a rcompilation of its interior so that you can enjoy the curiosities architectural structures found on the California coast.
On this page we can see the "Big Donut Drive-InLocated at 805 West Manchester Boulevard, Inglewood, California. It is located in a urban landscape in which the food business offer was variedFor this reason, this sign was built. The goal was to get customers' attention. Russ Wendell was the creator of this bakery chain in the year 1949.
This leg belongs to the Sanderson Hosiery Company. It is located on Olympic Boulevard in The Angels. It belongs to 1949.
As we can see, all images are accompanied by a caption. In this, data such as the name of the premises to which the structure belongs, the exact address, the city and the year to which it belongs are specified. You can get the book online in the official website of the publisher or by any other web page that is dedicated to this sector.