Atascadero (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738589169)

Vendor: Steve Martin
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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Atascadero

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Atascadero

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Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Steve Martin
ISBN-10: 0738589160
ISBN-13: 9780738589169
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 01/23/2012
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.50w x 0.30d
By Steve Martin
By Steve Martin
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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.

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