{"product_id":"lots-of-parking-land-use-in-a-car-culture-paperback","title":"Lots of Parking: Land Use in a Car Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn A. Jakle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKeith A. Sculle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the automobile was first introduced, few Americans predicted its fundamental impact, not only on how people would travel, but on the American landscape itself. Instead of reducing the amount of wheeled transport on public roads, the advent of mass-produced cars caused congestion, at the curb and in the right-of-way, from small midwestern farm towns to New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eLots of Parking\u003c\/i\u003e examines a neglected aspect of this rise of the automobile: the impact on America not of cars in motion but of cars at rest. While most studies have tended to focus on highway construction and engineering improvements to accommodate increasing flow and the desire for speed, John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle examine a fundamental feature of the urban, and suburban, scene--the parking lot. Their lively and exhaustive exploration traces the history of parking from the curbside to the rise of public and commercial parking lots and garages and the concomitant demolition of the old pedestrian-oriented urban infrastructure. In an accessible style enhanced by a range of interesting and unusual illustrations, Jakle and Sculle discuss the role of parking in downtown revitalization efforts and, by contrast, its role in the promotion of outlying suburban shopping districts and its incorporation into our neighborhoods and residences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Jakle and Sculle's earlier works on car culture, Lots of Parking will delight and fascinate professional planners, landscape designers, geographers, environmental historians, and interested citizens alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in association with the Center for American Places\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn A. Jakle, Professor of Geography at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is the author of \u003ci\u003eCity Lights: Illuminating the American Night, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the 2002 J. B. Jackson Award of the Association of American Geographers. Keith A. Sculle is Head of Research and Education for the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Springfield. Together, Jakle and Sculle are the authors of \u003ci\u003eFast Food: Restaurants in the Automobile Age, The Motel in America \u003c\/i\u003e(with Jefferson S. Rogers), and \u003ci\u003eThe Gas Station in America.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 293\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 9.26 x 6.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757780631840,"sku":"9780813925196","price":49.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d840647cfcbed219feb8e1bba02d96b3.webp?v=1780111586","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lots-of-parking-land-use-in-a-car-culture-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}