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In 1980, Los Angeles historian Jim Heimann wrote a book about the oddball roadside architecture that has dotted the American landscape since the advent of the auto. Published by Chronicle Books as <i>California Crazy,</i> it stayed in print for nearly 20 years. Finally, here is the greatly expanded new edition of that sought-after classic. <i>California Crazy and Beyond</i> is packed with madcap restaurants, motels, service stations, and many other businesses shaped like hot dogs, animals, airplanes, pianos, and other architectural anomalies. Over the years, Heimann's continued research has uncovered a multitude of new pictures and forgotten buildings. With over 380 photographs and an illuminating text that tracks the subject well beyond the bounds of the West Coast, <i>California Crazy and Beyond</i> is an authoritative document of a style born in America and spread to all corners of the world.

Author

Heimann, Jim, 1948-

Publisher

San Francisco: Chronicle Books

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780811830188

Subjects

Art, Engineering, Arts

Rating

4.8 / 5 (21 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14