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Category : Interior decoration
Languages : en
Pages : 824

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Author: John G Ohnimus
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781017855258
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Martin Treu
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142140494X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 429

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Treu tackles the architectural history and signage of Main Street and the strip—from painted boards nailed over crude storefronts to sleek cinemas topped with neon glitz. Honorable Mention, Architecture and Urban Planning, 2012 PROSE Awards Signs, Streets, and Storefronts addresses more than 200 years of signs and place-marking along America’s commercial corridors. From small-town squares to Broadway, State Street, and Wilshire Boulevard, Martin Treu follows design developments into the present and explores issues of historic preservation. Treu considers “common” architecture and its place-defining business signs as well as influential high-style design examples by taste-making leaders. Combining advertising and architectural history, the book presents a full picture of the commercial landscape, including design adaptations made for motorists and the migration from Main Street to suburbia. The dynamic between individual businesses and the common good has a major effect on the appearance of our country's Main Streets. Several forces are at work: technological advances, design imagination and the media, corporate propaganda, customer needs, and municipal mandates. Present-day controls have often led to a denuding of traditional commercial corridors. Such reform, Treu argues, has suppressed originality and radically cleared away years of accumulated history based on the taste of a single generation. A must-read for city planners, town councils, architects, sign designers, concerned citizens, and anyone who cares about the appearance and vitality of America’s commercial streets, this heavily illustrated book is equally appealing to armchair historians, small-town enthusiasts, and lovers of Americana.

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Category : Paint industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 806

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Languages : en
Pages : 284

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Category : Paint
Languages : en
Pages : 474

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Category : Sign painting
Languages : en
Pages : 2

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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 756

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Author: Dover
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486316009
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Comprehensive volume contains all the essentials for creating ads with a retro look and feel. Contents include borders, frames, images, and typographic elements for re-creating authentic styles of the 1890s–1920s.

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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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