Programmatic architecture blossomed during the 1920s when there was still plenty of space in LA and buildings costs were cheap
New York and Chicago
began life in 1916 as an unlicensed café selling food but soon got a dash of glamour when owner Abel Glandellini joined forces with maitre d'Hotel Mario Gallati
Customers could have a "Real Hamburger " sandwich for 15 cents and any other "Sit'N Eat" sandwich in their car
you became healthier and stronger
Wilson's, San Francisco, California, 1933 Sizes:50x76cm (20x30 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) Programmatic architecture blossomed during theWilsons, whose motto was the candy with a college education, was a chain of cafes where generations of Stanford and Palo Alto students enjoyed sodas, peach melbas, banana splits, Cokes and sandwiches. The chain was launched by Ernest Sticky Wilson in the early 1900s. Born in Salem, Oregon, Ernest Wilson entered Stanford University in California in 1896 and took a part time job in Rices candy store (located in a field under a tree on campus between the