Leisurama
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Leisurama was a style of prefabricated housing aimed as affordable second homes that was inspired by the 1959 Kitchen Debate between Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon.
While the homes which were marketed on the 9th floor of Macy's department store in Manhattan were built throughout the country, the biggest collection is 200 homes at Culloden Point at Montauk, New York.
The exhibit in Moscow where the Kitchen Debate occurred was built by All-State Properties, a Florida based property developer. Herbert Sadkin, president of All-State, returned to the United States with an idea to expand the concept of a mechanical kitchen for the masses to producing whole new homes.
His concept was to build second homes which sold in Montauk for between $10,000 and $12,000. Macy's was to market the homes with an exhibit on its 9th floor. Raymond Loewy Associates which designed the Moscow kitchen came up with the design along with the help of Andrew Geller.
The houses came fully furnished with General Electric appliances, and other fixtures including plates, towels, even toothbrushes.
The houses in Montauk have been modified and in 2006 were selling for more than $500,000.
