Sacramento's Oak Park - Hardcover
Sacramento's Oak Park - Hardcover
About this item
by Lee Simpson (Author), Lee M. a. Simpson (Editor)
The history of American cities is a history of suburbs. It is a history of moving out and settling in, of technological innovation, of rearrangements of space, and the creation and erosion of community. Oak Park was Sacramento's first suburb, and before being officially annexed to the city in 1911, it prided itself on having separate law enforcement, its own newspaper, and perhaps most importantly, its own amusement park--Joyland. Unlike the more elite neighborhoods of Land Park and East Sacramento, Oak Park has always reflected working-class values and a less pretentious approach to architecture. Today, Oak Park is actively rediscovering and reestablishing its roots as a distinct, vital community and urban center.
Curated additions for your library
The Heights: Matthew Porter's Photographs of Flying Cars - Paperback
Tod Papageorge: American Sports, 1970: Or, How We Spent the War in Vietnam - Hardcover
The Radical Eye: Modernist Photography from the Sir Elton John Collection - Paperback
Seeing Science: How Photography Reveals the Universe - Hardcover
