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Burgh Island Hotel, Bigbury on Sea, Devon. Built in 1929, extended in 1932 and now restored to its 1930s glamour.
It forms the basis of the island and hotel in Agatha Christie's "And then there were none"
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Participating in CicLAvia, in which approximately 6.3 miles of Wilshire Boulevard was closed to traffic from Downtown to LACMA/Fairfax for 7 hours, for an estimated 150,000 bicyclists, walkers, skaters, skateboarders, etc. (modeled after ciclovia in Colombia, which began in Bogota in 1976)
Located in northeastern New Mexico, Colfax County is named for Schuyler Colfax, who was Vice President under Ulysses S. Grant.
New Mexico Territory had nine counties when it was established in 1852. In 1859, the eastern portion of Taos County was split off to become Mora County. On January 25, 1869, Colfax County was established from the northern portion of Mora County.
The original county seat of Colfax County was the goldmining town of Elizabethtown. In 1872, after the gold rush had died down, the county seat was moved to Cimarron. In 1881, the count seat was moved again, this time to Springer. After a bitter legislative fight, the set was moved to the coal mining town of Raton in 1897, where it remains today.
The 1936 WPA Art Deco courthouse in Raton is the second in Raton, and the (I'm guessing) fifth courthouse overall. The ones in Cimarron and Springer are still standing.
Some features of the current courthouse are the decorative panels of the brands of area ranches set around the entryway. There are also carved cattle heads and bas reliefs of farming and mining scenes.
The El Raton Theater was built in 1930, and entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. It appears to currently be closed. The website says that it was being renovated, and states "See you in 2023!".
Participating in CicLAvia (Iconic Wilshire Boulevard), where 3.5 miles of Wilshire Boulevard was closed from traffic for bicyclists, pedestrians, skateboarders, etc., from downtown to Koreatown, in Los Angeles, CA
I found some art deco architecture in downtown Springfield my first pass through there, this building having a 1932 date (and the old cinema was started in 1931).
Participating in CicLAvia (Iconic Wilshire Boulevard), where 3.5 miles of Wilshire Boulevard was closed from traffic for bicyclists, pedestrians, skateboarders, etc., from downtown to Koreatown, in Los Angeles, CA
Completed in 1933, the Art Deco Kyle Building (aka Kyle Block) was built close to the location of the former Kyle Opera House, which was built in 1901, and torn down in 1931 to allow for the extension of Willow Street.
Originally retail space, it was built by oilman and merchant Wesley W. Kyle Jr. and his brother Brudge E. Kyle. It has undergone two renovations since then, and now mainly houses lawyers offices.
All of the entryway alcoves have light fixtures that appear to be either original or period correct reproductions.
The ubiquitous hot dog vendor at all live events in Los Angeles -- seeing Stereolab perform at the historic Wiltern Theatre (built in 1931) in Koreatown
September 3, 2024 - KIMO Theatre at 423 Central Ave NW.
"The KiMo Theatre, a Pueblo Deco picture palace, opened on September 19, 1927.
Pueblo Deco was a flamboyant, short-lived architectural style that fused the spirit of the Native American cultures of the Southwest with the exuberance of Art Deco. Pueblo Deco appeared at a time when movie-mad communities were constructing film palaces based on exotic models such as Moorish mosques and Chinese pavilions.
Native American motifs appeared in only a handful of theaters; of those few, the KiMo is the undisputed king.
The genius behind the KiMo was Oreste Bachechi, a motivated entrepreneur from humble origins. Oreste Bachechi came to the United States in 1885 and set up a business in a tent near the railroad tracks in Albuquerque.
Bachechi's fortunes expanded with the city's growth; he became a liquor dealer and proprietor of a grocery store while his wife Maria ran a dry goods store in the Elms Hotel. By 1919, the Bachechi Amusement Association operated the Pastime Theatre with Joe Barnett. In 1925, Oreste Bachechi decided to achieve "an ambition, a dream that has been long in realization," by building his own theater, one that would stand out among the Greek temples and Chinese pavilions of contemporary movie mania.
Bachechi envisioned a unique, Southwestern style theater, and hired Carl Boller of the Boller Brothers to design it. The Bollers had designed a Wild West-Rococo-style theater in San Antonio and a Spanish cathedral with Greco-Babylonian interior in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Carl Boller traveled throughout New Mexico, visiting the pueblos of Acoma and Isleta, and the Navajo Nation. After months of research, Carl Boller submitted a watercolor rendering that pleased Oreste Bachechi.
The interior was to include plaster ceiling beams textured to look like logs and painted with dance and hunt scenes, air vents disguised as Navajo rugs, chandeliers shaped like war drums and Native American funeral canoes, wrought iron birds descending the stairs and rows of garlanded buffalo skulls with eerie, glowing amber eyes.
None of the designs were chosen at random. Each of the myriad images of rain clouds, birds and swastikas had historical significance. The Navajo swastika is a symbol for life, freedom and happiness.
Like its abstract symbols, color, too, was part of the Indian vocabulary. Yellow represents the life-giving sun, white the approaching morning, red the setting sun of the West and black the darkening clouds from the North. The crowning touch was the nine large wall murals painted in oil by Carl Von Hassler. Working from 20 foot high scaffolding, Von Hassler spent months on his creations.
The theater, which cost $150,000, was completed in less than a year. The elaborate Wurlitzer pipe organ that accompanied the silent films of the day was an extra $18,000." Previous description: www.cabq.gov/artsculture/kimo/history-of-the-kimo/about-t...
Supposedly it was the TALLEST SKYSCRAPER IN RALEIGH from 1930 to 1942. Okay!
The Wells Fargo skyscraper behind it has worsened the city.
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In downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 4th, 2023, the Capital Club Building (built 1929-1930, designed by Frank B. Simpson, 85003076 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the northeast corner of South Salisbury Street and West Martin Street.
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Top of Circle Tower, aka the "Ghostbusters" building (as it has been nicknamed), March 2014 photo. More Indianapolis photos on my main website: davelandweb.com/indy
Located in northeastern New Mexico, Colfax County is named for Schuyler Colfax, who was Vice President under Ulysses S. Grant.
New Mexico Territory had nine counties when it was established in 1852. In 1859, the eastern portion of Taos County was split off to become Mora County. On January 25, 1869, Colfax County was established from the northern portion of Mora County.
The original county seat of Colfax County was the goldmining town of Elizabethtown. In 1872, after the gold rush had died down, the county seat was moved to Cimarron. In 1881, the count seat was moved again, this time to Springer. After a bitter legislative fight, the set was moved to the coal mining town of Raton in 1897, where it remains today.
The 1936 WPA Art Deco courthouse in Raton is the second in Raton, and the (I'm guessing) fifth courthouse overall. The ones in Cimarron and Springer are still standing.
Some features of the current courthouse are the decorative panels of the brands of area ranches set around the entryway. There are also carved cattle heads and bas reliefs of farming and mining scenes.
An art deco building built on the site of the Adelphi Terrace, neo-classical buildings from the late c18th.
The New Adelphi was designed by Collcutt & Hamp.
The buildings are in the Adelphi district.
Camera: Hasselblad 500CM
Lens: Zeiss 80mm or 60mm C T*
Film: Kodak Portra 400
Developer: Harold's Photo Experts Lab
Scanner: Epson V550
By John F. Kavanagh
One of the deco low reliefs on Walthamstow Towan Hall
Walthamstow Town Hall
Civic Centre. 1937-42 by P D Hepworth. Portland stone, copper lantern; roof not visible. Three storeys. Nineteen bays, end bays set forward. Central portico of four piers, without capitals, unmoulded to front but panelled to sides, with inset relief plaques. Inscription "Walthamstow Town Hall" in frieze above. Coved cornice. Shallow architraves to windows, iron balconies to first floor centre, middle and pavilions. Tall square copper lantern with louvred sides and clock, topped by octagonal lantern with cornice, ball and spike, pinnacles to four corners. Rear elevation with polygonal projection to centre with attached figure sculptures. Portland stone gatepiers, two pairs to east, two pairs to west, corniced; with moulded sides; linked by low wall. Theatre to south east an integral part of the design.
[Historic England]
29 Broadway
New York, N.Y.
Nov. 12, 2013
From:
Symbol and Story in Art Deco Panels
www.mindfulwalker.com/beyond-gotham/symbol-and-story-in-a...