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The bungalow became popular because it met the needs of changing times in which the lower middle class were moving from apartments to private houses in great numbers. Bungalows were modest, inexpensive and low-profile. Before World War I, a bungalow could be built for as little as $900 although the price rose to around $3,500 after the war ...
California ranch: the "original" ranch style, developed in the United States in the early 20th century, before World War II [14] Tract ranch : a post-World War II style of ranch that was smaller and less ornate than the original, mass-produced in housing developments, usually without basements [ 14 ]
Dingbat building named "The Mary & Jane" with styled balconies A stucco box. In a 1998 Los Angeles Times editorial about the area's evolving standards for development, the birth of the dingbat is retold (as a cautionary tale): "By mid-century, a development-driven southern California was in full stride, paving its bean fields, leveling mountaintops, draining waterways and filling in wetlands ...
California Bungalow and Bungalow style architecture in California. ... Court at 533–549 North Lincoln Avenue; Court at 497–503½ N. Madison Ave.
Since about 1970, California has been experiencing an extended and increasing housing shortage, [1]: 3 such that by 2018, California ranked 49th among the states of the U.S. in terms of housing units per resident. [2]: 1 [3] This shortage has been estimated to be 3-4 million housing units (20-30% of California's housing stock, 14 million [4 ...
The bungalow court was created in Pasadena, California, in 1909 and was the predominant form of multi-family housing in Southern California from the 1910s through the 1930s. Homes in bungalow courts were generally small, low-rise (often 1 or 1.5 story) houses in the spirit of bungalow design; however, the homes were designed in a variety of ...
The North Bay is a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area, in California, United States. The largest city is Santa Rosa , which is the fifth-largest city in the Bay Area. It is the location of the Napa and Sonoma wine regions , and is the least populous and least urbanized part of the Bay Area.
A modern Indian bungalow in an affluent area near Bangalore, Karnataka, India The Manale Tea Bungalow, one of the oldest bungalows in Kerala, India In India, the term bungalow or villa refers to any single-family unit, as opposed to an apartment building , which is the norm for Indian middle-class city living.