Im at a slight disadvantage having loaned out my copy of "too much is never enough" the ML autobiography which gave ample space to his storefront years. The two points to be resolved are 1) what is the approximate date of the aka facade and 2) when was ML doing his influential storefront work. my initial impression is 30's or 40's (but it could even be post war 50's) for the store front and according to this he worked exclusively on store fronts from 1927 - 1945. So it is at least possible that the aka facade was influenced by his work. heres a little bit more on the SF
i saw pictures of the aka storefront from 1934 and it was already in its present configuration but i couldnt say how long it had been that way.
i thought i remembered you doing that work. nyc historical society ? jersey city was also documented building by building via wpa. it sounds like lapidus mearly advanced an extant genre.
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- bill 7-09-2004 5:11 pm
i saw pictures of the aka storefront from 1934 and it was already in its present configuration but i couldnt say how long it had been that way.
- dave 7-09-2004 6:15 pm [add a comment]
i thought i remembered you doing that work. nyc historical society ? jersey city was also documented building by building via wpa. it sounds like lapidus mearly advanced an extant genre.
- bill 7-09-2004 7:00 pm [add a comment]