California Crazy: Roadside Vervancular Architecture was compiled by Jim Heimann and Rip Georges in 1980. Unfortunately much of what you see here no longer exists today.
From the back of the book:
“California Crazy is the style of architecture that seems to typify California itself: naive, direct, unpretentious. These buildings were designed to catch the eye, to be remembered. No ad agency conceived them – they were often designed by the owners themselves, poured of ferro concrete and shaped by the undisguised desire to sell.”
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nice find
reminds me of the work a professor i had in college’s work: not to scale
[...] California Crazy: Roadside Vernacular Architecture [...]
Are any of these places still open? I’m hoping to relocate to Northern California soon and would like to visit them. Thank You!
At least these buidlings made the American strip interesting. As funky as these buildings are they are more interesting to look at then the typical Walmart.