The Leisure Architecture of Wayne Mcallister

by Nichols, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781586856991
• ISBN10: 1586856995
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-09
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Summary

The work of late commercial architect Wayne McAllister (1907-2000) is responsible for much of the character of Southern California today. His Fred-and-Ginger nightclubs and glinting-steel-and-blazing-neon circular drive-ins brought Hollywood to life. His Sands Hotel in Las Vegas became the home of the Rat Pack; the mythology of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. owes a great deal to the swank glamour of the Copa Room and the Sands Hotel, one of McAllister's finest.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 6
Acknowledgments	p. 9
Introduction	p. 10
Biography	p. 14
Agua Caliente	p. 32
Hotels and Nightspots	p. 58
Balboa Brewing Company	p. 60
Biltmore Hotel	p. 62
Rendezvous Room	p. 64
Biltmore Bowl	p. 64
Pig 'n Whistle	p. 66
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel	p. 67
Cinegrill	p. 67
Town House Hotel	p. 71
Zebra Room	p. 72
Cape Cod Grill	p. 74
Lanai Rooms	p. 74
Arrowhead Springs Resort	p. 77
Drive-Ins	p. 78
Simon's Drive-Ins	p. 81
Wich Stand Drive-Ins	p. 84
Roberts Drive-Ins	p. 84
Pig 'n Whistle Restaurant/Melody Lane/Hody's	p. 89
Herbert's Drive-Ins	p. 93
McDonnell's Drive-Ins	p. 95
Van de Kamp's	p. 95
Ontra Cafeteria	p. 98
Bob's Big Boy	p. 99
Grisinger's Drive-In/George's '50s Diner	p. 107
Brown Derby Drive-In	p. 107
McDonald's	p. 108
Clifton's Cafeteria	p. 109
Dinner Houses	p. 110
Mike Lyman's	p. 113
Melody Lane	p. 114
Richlor's	p. 115
Tam O'Shanter Inn	p. 118
Lawry's the Prime Rib	p. 120
Smoke House Restaurant	p. 123
Las Vegas	p. 124
El Rancho Vegas Hotel	p. 126
El Cortez Hotel	p. 134
Flamingo Hotel	p. 135
Desert Inn Hotel	p. 135
Sands Hotel	p. 137
Fremont Hotel	p. 145
Havana Riviera and Marriott Hotels	p. 150
Epilogue	p. 152
Bibliography	p. 155
Photo Credits	p. 157
Index	p. 158
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