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Orange roofs, golden arches : the architecture of American chain restaurants

Title
Orange roofs, golden arches : the architecture of American chain restaurants / Philip Langdon.
Author
Langdon, Philip.
Publication
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1986.

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Description
xi, 223 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
Summary
An affectionate history of the architecture, design, and décor of American chain restaurants, from their beginnings in the 1870s (the early Harvey Houses at railroad stations on the Western frontier) to the mid-1980s (McDonald's, Wendy's, Pizza Hut, etc.). Illustrated with more than 150 black-and-white or full-color photographs, paintings, architectural renderings, floor plans, postcards, and much more.--From publisher description.
Subject
  • Geschichte 1870-1980
  • Chain restaurants > United States > Buildings
  • Chain restaurants > Buildings
  • Architektur
  • Gaststätte
  • Geschichte
  • Schnellgaststätte
  • Restaurants
  • United States
  • USA
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 203-211.
Contents
Origins of the chain-restaurant industry -- Standardizing the image -- The rise and demise of the drive-in -- Handlebars, boomerangs, and arches that flash in the night -- "Googie" : the California coffee shop -- The browning of America -- The unfinished transition : design since 1975 -- The unsolved problem.
ISBN
  • 0394741293
  • 9780394741291
  • 0394544013
  • 9780394544014
LCCN
85045776
OCLC
  • ocm13094135
  • 13094135
  • SCSB-9064282
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library