motor court

Listed at $68 million, the property features a Stonehenge-inspired motor court and curved concrete hallways that lead to Brutalist-style spaces.

“We also looked at Wilder’s “Ace in the Hole” for when the carnival comes to town and “It Happened One Night” for the way it stages a motor court.…

And it was mainly a gas to be able to, say, construct motor court cabins one could comfortably flirt between or spend the night in.

After a bit of exposition, the screen suddenly widens and bursts into color, taking us to the titular city: a sun-baked oasis looking very much like an enchantingly scaled movie set, with a diner, a one-pump gas station, a motor court motel and a celestial observatory, where young scientists have been invited to present their prizewinning inventions.

A motor court marks the entry, leading into dramatic spaces such as a golden-domed foyer with a sweeping staircase, a French-style library lined with wood and a formal dining room with coved ceilings and hand-painted walls.