An important part of the New Deal, the Modernization Credit Plan helped transform urban business districts and small-town commercial strips across 1930s America

Tells the story of Poughkeepsie’s transformation from small city to urban region.

Richly illustrated with archival photos, this comprehensive study of the American department store industry traces the changing economic and political contexts

The Buildings of Main Street is the primary resource for interpreting commercial architectural style. Richard Longstreth, a renowned and respected author in the