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Signs, Streets, and Storefronts
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 leade...
Vintage Tampa Storefronts and Scenes
In Petula Clark's 1964 smash hit "Downtown," the singer describes a place where all troubles are forgotten and all cares are left behind with the glamour of bright lights, movie shows, and flashy neon signs that light up the city streets. During the 1940s and 1950s, downtown Tampa was a shining model of the American landscape. On every street corner, customers packed their shopping bags with the best to offer from dress shops, hat shops, shoe stores, and of course those beloved department stores of a bygone era, including Kress, Woolworth's, and Grant's. Locally owned stores and shops fueled by the entrepreneurial spirit of Tampa families also dotted the streets of downtown and flourished during Tampa's postwar population expansion, offering an endless bounty of possibilities for success. These historic storefront photographs, compiled from private collections and local library archives, present a walking tour of downtown Tampa and other popular neighborhoods during a simpler time that is so well-loved and remembered.
Converting Storefronts to Housing
Virtually every city faces the problem of vacant storefronts that discourage neighborhood reinvestment. This valuable how-to guide provides ideas and design solutions for converting surplus commercial storefront space to residential uses. It identifies five common types of commercial buildings, discusses the pros and cons of converting each type to housing, and examines issues such as privacy, security, zoning, and historic preservation. Rich with photos, this report also includes sample drawings that guide you through the reinvention of the building's interior space. Before and after photos provide dramatic proof that these ideas can be highly successful in improving communities, providing housing, and preserving the best of the past. Includes five well-illustrated case studies.
Store Fronts & Facades 7
This text provides the reader with colour images of all types of retail establishments with emphasis on clean, uncluttered exteriors. It is important for retailers to improve their visual image and make that first impression count.
Iconic Storefronts USA
Take a look at some of the most amazing storefronts in the United States! Author Xu Bin has traveled the country to find the best, the most alluring, the most sophisticated shops'including branches of such top retailers as Louis Vuitton and Chanel, as well as unexpected smaller stores that no reader would ever find without this indispensable guide. From New York to Los Angeles, these are the storefronts that define the American shopping experience.
