Art Deco Where You Live. - Page 2

bbeliko · #21 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 2:44 AM**

photoLith · #22 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 3:21 AM**

^^^
Where is that?

bbeliko · #23 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 3:37 AM**

Mexico Shitty, the Condesa neighborhood

LMich · #24 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 12:17 PM**

Well, since no from there has shown in interest in doing it, here are a few of Detroit's many art decos:

Fox Theater

DecoJim

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Guardian Building

Andrew Larimer

Nofunk

David Stott Building

DecoJim

Fisher Building

DecoJim

Penobscot Building (right)

spaceinvader32

Hopefully, the Detroiter's will post more and better.

Evergrey · #25 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 4:05 PM**

here in Pittsburgh the two most notable examples are Gulf and Koppers.. .the two illuminated towers here (from left)

flar · #26 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 6:05 PM**

Hamilton has a few examples of Art Moderne, which is a later evolution of Art Deco

GO Centre (train station), 1933

Port Authority, 1953

Hamilton Hydro, 1940s or 50s

hammersklavier · #27 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 7:24 PM**

Philly has quite a few great examples of Art Deco. I would love to get pics to you guys, but here's a few that I can name:

1 Penn Center (aka Suburban Station Building), once Pennsy HQ. Right across the street from Comcast.

30th St. Station (interesting mix between Art Deco and Beaux-Arts)

Central Post Office (30th St., across from station; being renovated in IRS regional HQ)

Architect's Building

The Aria Condos (forget what the building was originally called)

PSFS Building (if we're including the Int'l Style)

Market St. Ntl. Bank

Fmr. Strawbridge & Clothier

2 South Broad (PNB Bank Bldg.)

Wachovia Building

and so on...

DecoJim · #28 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 8:06 PM**

Ah... another Art Deco topic!

All great stuff; the Marine Building in Vancouver has some of the best details.

Since Detroit's big building boom was in the 1920s, there are a considerable number of Art Deco structures in addition to the skyscrapers (partially covered above by LMICH):

Kean Apartments on East Jefferson:

I took this photo: DecoJIm
Detail of Kean Apartments showing eagle gargoyles:

I took this photo: DecoJim

Former typesetting plant on East Jefferson:

I took this photo: DecoJim

Here is an extremely rare Art Deco lighthouse.
The William Livingstone lighthouse on Belle Isle (island in the Detroit River):

I took this photo: DecoJim

The exterior of the 40 story Guardian Building (see interior shots posted by LMICH above):

An HDR photo by: postpurchase using a wide-angle lens.

And since this is Detroit, some abandoned Art Deco buildings:

Vanity Ballroom on East Jefferson:

I took this photo: DecoJIm

Detail of Vanity Ballroom:

I took this photo: DecoJim

Yellow Pages Building (northwest of downtown):

I took this photo: DecoJim

Lee Plaza on West Grand blvd. Ten years ago this luxury residence hotel was intact. A couple of years ago thieves stole the copper cladding from the roof; stone lion sculptures from the front entrance were stolen as well and ended up as part of a Chicago condo.

I took this photo: DecoJim

West of my location, in the suburb of Livonia is this example of (Neo) Art Deco:

I took this photo: DecoJim

brickell · #29 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 8:32 PM**

I always forget that Art Deco comes in colors other than white and pastels.

src for both: http://crabbycrewblog.blogspot.com/2...g_archive.html

urbanactivist · #30 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 8:58 PM**

For Houston... these two are from the art deco era, though technically they're different styles...

The Neils Esperson Building (1927)

from Tom Haymes on flickr

St. Paul's UMC Houston TX (1930)

mlnsp on flickr

stormkingfan · #31 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 11:17 PM**

In response to LMich's pics from Detroit:

I love Detroit!

stormkingfan · #32 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 11:32 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeeper

Sorry guys but I'm not really good at differentiating between architectural styles, so I put forth the question, are these art deco style?

Fisk Building

Santa Fe Building

Fisk Bldg. leans more towards Collegiate Gothic, but looks like it has a hint of Art Deco.

Santa Fe Bldg. is what I'd call "conservative Art Deco". There's some Gothic overtones, too.

National City Bank Bldg. (1932) in Toledo is definitely Art Deco.

ps..... jeeper, I didn't include all your pics, because I didn't want to take up too much space.

JManc · #33 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 11:43 PM**

the neils esperson building really isn't art deco but the meilie esperson building next door is.

Lear · #34 Posted **Dec 16, 2008, 12:06 AM**

Art Deco inspired mall in Berlin - Mitte, Alexanderplatz finished in 2007.

claude05's photostream at flickr

courtesy baunetz

hauntedheadnc · #35 Posted **Dec 16, 2008, 1:30 AM**

The only city in the Southeast with more art deco than Asheville is Miami Beach.

Some examples:

(all pics by me)

Even our cemeteries get into the act:

photoLith · #36 Posted **Dec 16, 2008, 1:39 AM**

HauntedHead those are very awesome. You dont often see Art Deco buildings incorporated into main streets like a few of those 2 story buildings are. In fact, I dont believe I have ever seen that before. Your town is lucky do have all of those beautiful gems.

hauntedheadnc · #37 Posted **Dec 16, 2008, 2:39 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by photolitherland

HauntedHead those are very awesome. You dont often see Art Deco buildings incorporated into main streets like a few of those 2 story buildings are. In fact, I dont believe I have ever seen that before. Your town is lucky do have all of those beautiful gems.

We're kind of famous for our architecture. It's one of the things the tourists come to see.

The reason we have so many great buildings is because, for one, we were one of the nation's foremost resorts from the 1880's up until the Great Depression hit. After the Depression hit, we incurred the highest per capita debt in the country and were too poor for the next fifty years to tear anything down, so most of what got built during the boom survived.

At the height of the art deco boom, we got extremely lucky by attracting architect Douglas Ellington. A native North Carolinian, he was educated at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and then hung up his shingle in Asheville upon returning to the US. He was responsible for the S&W Cafeteria and Asheville City Hall, both pictured here already, as well as a host of houses and two other noteworthy art deco structures that are still standing:

First Baptist Church of Asheville (this church's design is based on that of the cathedral in Florence)

Source

Asheville High School

Source

marcus · #38 Posted **Dec 16, 2008, 11:32 PM**

Baltimore has some!

http://flickr.com/photos/cprimm_manly427/2935067105/

http://flickr.com/photos/cprimm_manl...n/photostream/

http://flickr.com/photos/cprimm_manly427/2935061091/

http://flickr.com/photos/avi8tor4fn/2290204581/

http://flickr.com/photos/zizzy/29855019/sizes/l/

http://flickr.com/photos/cprimm_manly427/2993283363/

http://flickr.com/photos/24107595@N04/2344024655/

etc

Kingofthehill · #39 Posted **Dec 28, 2008, 4:48 AM**

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WilliamTheArtist · #40 Posted **Dec 29, 2008, 1:34 AM**

Alright now. Half or more of those in the last huge reply were not art-deco. Many were from around the 20s and 30s, but that does not make them deco. True there are always examples of "fuzzy lines" where some deco elements or sensibilities were added to or mixed in with older styles and could be called deco... but there were a lot there that could in no way be stretched to be called art-deco.