The End of the Road Author:John Margolies Nowhere in our landscape are there finer examples of America's native folk spirit than in the architecture that lined our highways. Motels, eating and drinking establishments, gas stations, and roadside attractions of great variety argue for the appreciation of the ordinary, the eccentric, and the whimsical, in addition to giving vivid evide... more »nce of the highly inventive nature of our commercial design.
The photographs in this book chronicle buildings that survived seven decades of American road life. Located throughout the USA, these structures attest to a time when our cities and towns were marked by character, pride, personality, and humor; and to a time when the individual proprietor's vision of what the traveler was seeking had not yet been superseded by the homogeneity brought about by large corporations and the interstate highway system.
The End of the Road celebrates the rich and splendid diversity of our vanishing vernacular. It is a book for anyone with an interest in America - past, present, and future.« less