Mark C. Childs

About The Author

Mark C. Childs is the associate dean for research and a professor of architecture at the University of New Mexico. He is also the author of Squares: A Public Place Design Guide for Urbanists (UNM Press) and the coauthor of the award-winning The Zeon Files: Art and Design of Historic Route 66 Signs (UNM Press).

Books by Mark C. Childs

Imagine a City That Remembers

The Albuquerque Rephotography Project

By Anthony Anella and Mark C. Childs

Foreword by Price B. V.

This expanded and updated collection juxtaposes historic and contemporary photographs of Albuquerque to show diverse moments in the city's history and development.

Learn More

PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER

The Zeon Files

Art and Design of Historic Route 66 Signs

By Mark C. Childs and Ellen D. Babcock

In the mid-twentieth century Eddie’s Inferno Cocktail Lounge, Bunny Bread, Paris Shoe Shop, and many other businesses throughout New Mexico and the Southwest displayed eye-catching roadside signs created by the Zeon Corporation. These works of commercial art featured unique designs, irregular sha...