Shopping Centers - Design And Operation - Progressive Architecture Library

Written in an era when truly large shopping centers were still a novelty and, consequently, some of the material in this book preceding the case studies is unintentionally hilarious: The section on automatic merchandising, for example, coin and tape (Keedoozle) vending machines as well as Food-O-Mat Racks for self-service. They were onto something there! The book minutely describes and illustrates sixty-three neighborhood, community and regional shopping centers around the country. Every one of the more than 470 illustrations in SHOPPING CENTERS is used by the authors to make an important point. Includes a table of store sizes and an index. 288 pp.