| Atascadero Contributor(s): Martin, S. W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738589160 ISBN-13: 9780738589169 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 979.4 |
| LCCN: 2011933261 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.5" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - San Luis Obispo-Atascadero, CA - Cultural Region - Southern California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Atascadero, California located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on US Highway 101 is the brainchild of E.G. Lewis. Thought by some to have been a visionary, Lewis was considered a con artist by others. In spite of his reputation, he founded Atascadero and left in his wake a collection of unique architecture and the first planned community in the state of California. He established roads, water mains, power grids, agricultural cooperatives, and a 17-mile road to the Pacific Ocean. Atascadero was home to an early example of an enclosed shopping mall and magnificent art from the 1904 St. Louis World s Fair. Atascadero s creator also founded University City, Missouri, and Palos Verdes Estates, California." |
Contributor Bio(s): Martin, S. W.: - S.W. Martin is a journalist, writer, and marketing consultant who grew up in the Atascadero of the 1950s and 1960s. He now returns to his childhood home to elucidate the city s unique genesis and colorful past using photographs gleaned from public and private sources just in time for the community s 100th anniversary. This is Atascadero, California, E.G. Lewis s proposed utopia, designed to be a community where country charm and urban amenities could peacefully coexist. |