PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

American Roadside Architecture

November 2004-January 2005

Deputy Chief of Mission Christopher W. Murray, Cultural affairs Officer Kenneth Jones and Program Assistant Diana Copty

With the aim of promoting better understanding of American culture and society, the U.S. Embassy exhibited a collection of 57 photographs, "American Roadside Architecture" at three sites in Lebanon, during the November 2004-January 2005 period. The exhibit, produced by photographer and historian John Margolies, illustrated the early American roadside architecture of gas stations, roadside lodging, restaurants and eateries. Documenting a creative, whimsical and very inviting moment in American business and tourism, the color photos reveal changes in American lifestyles as a result of the invention and mass production of the automobile.

The exhibit, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, traveled throughout the Middle East. In Lebanon, the exhibit was shown at the Lebanese American University Byblos and Beirut campuses, and at Dar al Mona Batroun.

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