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Source Collection
Alan Karchmer collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
22_16.D2
Description
Union Avenue looking west from near Edgewood, Memphis, Tennessee. Photographer: Alan Karchmer. © Alan Karchmer.
The consequence of uncontrolled development.
The automobile society which has developed inspired a new kind of architecture, as none before had been designed to respond to high-speed movement and sprawling highway settings. Thematic or Popular Culture architecture is sign-symbol-oriented. The building becomes its own sign. While it will not necessarily be unattractive, uncontrolled prolific development of these forms results in confusion where clarity was the intent. These structures are no less an expression of the cultural standards of their time than any relic of antiquity.
Date Created
2021
Date
undated
Recommended Citation
"Union Avenue, Memphis" (2021). Images. 99.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-karchmera2/99
Keywords
Architecture--Tennessee--Memphis.
