Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Roadside America

Roadside America: Architectural Relics from a Vanishing Past by John Margolies, 254 pages

This heavy photo book is a collection of architectural oddities from mid-century America. And when I say "architectural oddities," I'm referring to a bed and breakfast shaped like a dog, a diner made from a 747, a drive-thru donut hole donut shop, a bank with the front half of a steer bursting out of the wall... that kind of oddity. Most of these photos were taken 30-odd years ago, putting a bit of a melancholy note on the collection. How many of these crazy buildings have been torn down in the name of gentrification? Who knows... But it's a great collection, well worth a look.

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