Alan Higgins, Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc.

1. CONS
UMER
THE ARCHITECTURE OF
ISM
ADDRESSING CHALLENGES
OF THE POST-WAR ERA
S. Alan Higgins
Co-Director, Architectural and Cultural History
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc.

4. MILLIONS OF SQUARE FEET CONSTRUCTED
commercial residential total
1946-1950 3579 3579 4107
1951-1955 4506 4506 5099
1956-1960 6534 6534 7830
1961-1965 8072 8072 9813
1966-1970 8601 8601 11116
* data from United States Census
1946-1960: 2,417,000,000 sq ft
1961-1970: 4,256,000,000 sq ft

5. SO, WHAT’S BEEN DONE

10. 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Criteria Consideration G 57 797 963 428 359
Total Listings 3,171 23,813 29,811 16,199 12,806
1.75% 3.26% 3.14% 2.57% 2.96%
ON THE
2,604 listings under Criteria Consideration G

11. ON THE

12. THE
CHALLENGE:
!
making sense of it all

13. FOREST OR TREES

14. CONTEXT, CONTEXT

15. A TALE OF 2 SLINGSHOTS

16. REMEMBER WHEN…
Number Street 1930 1940 1951 1960 1970 1980
1127 10th (E) A&P
1208 10th (E) Standard Standard
1810 10th (E) Kroger Kroger Kroger
2106 10th (E) Standard Standard Standard
2117 10th (E) Kroger
2131 10th (E) A&P
2308 10th (E) Standard
2807 10th (E) Standard
2829 10th (E) Kroger
2901 10th (E) A&P Standard
2902 10th (E) A&P
2923 10th (E) Standard
Piggly
3029 10th (E)
Wiggly
3210 10th (E) Standard Standard Standard Standard
*credit: grocerteria

17. ALWAYS POTENTIAL?