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Modern Catalog, reproduced from the original trade sample advertisement.
Company:
Key Land Co. ; Sales Agent / Home Builders Institute
John D. Roche Inc Los Angeles / features Homes Designed By Reichl and Starkman Architects
Interiors By C. Tony Pereira.
Catalogue Title:
Monterey Hills : Island in the Sky (Circa 1955)
-- A modern full color replica of the original model home brochure.
Details about this publication:
Replica of the original 1955 trade samples catalog for California land development company
-- showing various ranch style homes, interiors, floor plans, models to buy in Los Angeles in the mid 1950s.
-- 20 pages, in very good condition. Flex covers, cloth binding.
Replica-Reprint published by Portable Trunk Publishers. (undated) Circa 2014.
A delightful look at many different types of designs for luxury homes in the mid 20th century. This catalog shows various models, styles available to purchase from the land company. Homes were designed by Maxwell Starkman, Fritz Reichl.
Ideal catalog for collectors, architects, designers, restorers, or home re-modelers.
About the area and the architects (wikipedia): Monterey Hills is a small, diverse, middle-class community within the city of Los Angeles, California located about 4 miles ENE of downtown Los Angeles and about 3 miles from Pasadena off of the 110 Freeway. It is surrounded by El Sereno to the southeast, Hermon to the east, Montecito Heights to the southwest and the independent city of South Pasadena to the northeast.
Monterey Hills is part of the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council (ASNC). Monterey Hills is also Los Angeles' easternmost neighborhood. Maxwell Starkman, Los Angeles-based architect who began designing tract homes for the post-World War II Southern California housing boom and capped his career with the Museum of Tolerance and Sony Pictures Plaza, In 1953, Starkman and architect Fritz Reichl formed their own firm, Reichl and Starkman Architects.
When Riechl died a few years later, the company changed its name to Maxwell Starkman & Associates and began designing tract homes during Southern California's post-war housing boom. Over the next three decades, Starkman built thousands of single-family homes and apartment complexes, shopping centers, office buildings, luxury condominiums and hotels.
Starkman's firm, which was ranked in the Top 100 in Engineering News Record, also designed Sony Pictures Plaza in Culver City, Calif., and the 36,000-square-foot Holocaust museum. Stanley Folb Office Building.
Paper / Soft cover reprint edition in very good condition, flex covers, cloth bound, a sturdy book.
Overall good copy, and wonderful book. It would make a great gift for the fan in your life, even if that's you.
Clean and Unmarked Text. Very Good condition. Text is in English. Reproduced in full color, same as original issue.
-- Defects: None found. **Some of the text is small, so it's a little hard to read.
Modern, undated replica. -- Facsimile edition
Enjoy!
Location: from inventory, Monterey Hills Catalog, 4 copies avail.
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