Leisurama: Vacation Homes for the Average American

•Provides insight into the fascinating cultural history of the Cold War era through the Leisurama housing project


•A companion piece to Jake Gorst's previous title, Andrew Geller: Deconstructed ISBN 9780990380894


•Includes over 350 color and black-and-white images throughout


How did an argument in a Moscow kitchen between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev result in the development of 200 midcentury modern vacation houses in the fishing community of Montauk, New York?


"Leisurama" homes were designed in the office of industrial designer Raymond Loewy, sold through Macy's Department Store and were delivered to the buyer fully furnished - down to the towels and toothbrushes. The culmination of 17 years of research by documentary filmmaker Jake Gorst, Leisurama: Vacation Homes for the Average American, Brought to You by Geniuses, Spin Doctors, and Dreamers chronicles the evolution of Leisurama from its inception, starting with developer Herbert Sadkin, through the 1964 World's Fair, to present day.