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The Times Theater in the West Downtown Rockford Historic District (1938). Architect Edward P. Lewin wrote a three-page article about the theater: www.boxoffice.com/the_vault/issue_page?issue_id=1938-4-30...
On the corner of busy Williams Road and quiet Rathmines Street in the exclusive Melbourne suburb of Toorak stand the "Park Manor" flat complex.
These wonderful Streamline Moderne brown brick flats with rounded porches and balconies, horizontally styled balustrades and Functionalist windowframes achieve the refreshingly sleek style that was popular worldwide in the mid to late 1930s. Unlike many Art Deco buildings which focussed on a vertical emphasis, Streamline Moderne buildings often featured horizontal emphasis. "Park Manor" does this through the horizontal windows along the wide expanses of bricks and the porches and balconies that extend from the centralised trapezoid tower.
As when they were built, these spacious flats are for the well-heeled citizens of Melbourne, and they are exceptionally well maintained.
The Sixth St. bridge was built in 1932 and is the longest viaduct bridge crossing the Los Angeles river. Built in three separate sections this streamline-moderne bridge connects downtown LA to Boyle Heights. The bridge was built using an on-site concrete plant constructed just for this project (revolutionary at the time) unfortunately an aggregate used to build the bridge caused it to have a high alkali content that is having an effect like a slow cancer and now the bridge has been deemed to have a 70% chance of collapsing in the event of a major earthquake. Used in many films, tv commercials, music videos and photo shoots this viaduct is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places but may have to be torn down and replaced and this is a decision the the City of LA is currently wrestling with
A very cool, renovated original design of the Clevelander pool & lounge :>)) The last time I was in South Beach in 2008, this classy hotel was under renovations so I didn't take but 1 photo.
I found this bike on Ebay to illustrate Streamline Moderne design features in my www.flickr.com/groups/streamlinemoderne/ group.
Union Station was designed by John Parkinson and Donald B. Parkinson who also designed the Los Angeles City Hall among many other landmarks. The structure is an interesting combination between Mission Revival and Streamline Moderne style. It opened in 1939 and is the last great train station constructed in the United States. Amtrak, Metrolink, the Metro Red line, Metro Gold line, and buses serve the station. It is on the National Register #80000811 (and really should also be a National Historic Landmark).
Classic Sea-View room #118 at the refurbished Midland Hotel, Morecambe. The interior design features this innovative wood module concealing the bathroom, wardrobe, television and fridge.
Even in the bathroom, the toilet is reavealed only by swinging open another cupboard door which, when opened, cleverly closes the doorway to the bathroom.
Designed in Streamline Moderne style by architect Oliver Hill, with sculptures by Eric Gill, the hotel was built by the London Midland & Scottish Railway and opened in 1933. It finally closed in 1998 and lay derelict until it was restored in 2006-2008 and reopened as a hotel again.
Somewhere in my travels online, I found a not to scale version of a statue that used to be on a pedestal at Astoria Park Pool - "Imagine the crowds of depression era bathers passing through these corridors :>) www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_history/pools.html A moderne design diving board in Astoria Park in Astoria, Queens in NYC and a 1936 WPA pool. "At 330 feet in length, the main section of Astoria Pool is the largest in New York City and hosted the Olympic Trials for the US Swim and Diving Teams at the pool's grand opening on July 4, 1936. "
In the NY TImes 3/6/2012 this diving board was discussed because they want to turn the old diving pool into an ampitheater and leave the board as a prop - www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/nyregion/diving-board-in-queen...
Here are some more cool old b&w photos of the whole pool area of the park: collections.mcny.org/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult_VPage&VB... "
This moderne structure is located a few blocks from Downtown Ambridge, PA. I am not sure what it was originally constructed as, maybe just a municipal garage.
The Camberwell Police Station and Court House Complex on the Corner of Camberwell Road and Butler Street in the Melbourne eastern suburb of Camberwell, was designed by Public Works Department architect, Percy Edgar Everett (1888 - 1967).
The complex was built by W. A. Medbury between 1938 and 1939. in the Streamline Moderne style which had been influencing Australian architecture since its first appearance in the early 1930s. The complex is set on a diagonal axis. The buildings are constructed of red, brown and manganese bricks and contain Percy Everett's trademark pattern detailing.
The complex still retains a law enforcement function to this day, as the court house is now used for Administrative Appeals Tribunals and the police station still functions.
Percy Everett's other architectural works include; the Fairfield Club House in 1934, the Essendon technical School in 1939 and the Russell Street Police Headquarters in 1942 and 1943.
No milk today! Several different businesses now occupy the former Reiss Dairy building in Sikeston, MO.
This classic Greyhound terminal in Downtown Evansville appears to have been abandoned only recently. Hopefully, someone in Evansville will follow the examples of Jackson, Mississippi and Washington, DC in recognizing the building's significance.
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 183, designed by Plummer, Wurdeman, and Becket in 1935, demolished in 1992 following a 1989 fire.
A few years ago I found a large cache of glossy 11x14 prints at a local antique store. They were from the estate of Courier-Journal photographer Billy Davis. This shot, taken in 1979, shows the C-J building, which was built in 1947 and designed by New York firm of Lockwood Groen. The building still stands and looks much the same, though there is now a modern addition housing the printing plant on the right.
I can't help wondering if Davis felt motivated to document the structure because the paper's magnificent home from 1879-1912, a high-Victorian masterpiece, was demolished this same year, despite the efforts of preservationists.
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Hong Kong Central Ferry Pier Project
A project about redrawing the appearance of the ferry pier building.
Hope you like it.
大圖版 : For larger version:
Former Cinema ,built 1936, still popular as Bingo Club, but now scheduled for demolition....the large auditorium is lumpen and unattractive but this Foyer facade is worthy of note
These wonderful Streamline Moderne brown brick flats achieve the refreshingly sleek style that was popular worldwide in the mid to late 1930s. Even their name appears in wonderfully Art Deco Broadway style font.
As when they were built, these spacious flats are for the well-heeled citizens of Melbourne, and they are exceptionally well maintained.
Great old Art Moderne apartment building on Shaoxing Rd, just across the street and down a lane from the Vienna Cafe.
Check out the doorways and the breezeway of this symmetrical building.
And imagine how great it would look without the laundry, wires, satellite dishes, and AC units. But hey... that's Shanghai. ;-)
Centralia, MO
The A.B. Chance Company is a leader in the field of earth-anchoring equipment (you can thank them for Earth not spinning off pell-mell into space) and one of the best things to ever happen to tiny Centralia, Missouri. In addition to a nice garden they maintain downtown, they also erected this handsome International-style guest house in 1940 for visiting clients. It's on the National Register of Historic Places.
April 1998 photo.
A.k.a The Daily Express Building, built 1932 and the first curtain wall building in UK. Designed by Sir Owen Williams (with Ellis, Clark et al) using a reinforced concrete frame clad, originally, with clear glass, black Vitrolite and Birmabright cover strips. Grade II* listed. Fleet Street, City of London.
Main Staircase: Amyron Apartments. 14 Gao An Lu
See this site for more info on the architect: www.le-mystere-leonard.com/
Some info and interiors: www.flickr.com/photos/catchesthelight/30041887498 "Design for total living environment
Marine Court was designed to provide “an environment for total living” – a self-contained lifestyle within the complex, but not necessarily within each apartment. Modest sized flats
originally had tiny kitchens - it was assumed that most of the inhabitants would dine in the main restaurant at the eastern end of the building, or avail themselves of room service.
There were shops, parking, roof sun decks and recreational facilities (including a dance floor and bar) – and in-house staff to do the chores (there are still some call buttons to summons the now-defunct service).
Up-market apart-hotel
While the majority of the accommodation was clearly aimed at long term residence, early sales material indicates that some apartments were originally available for rent at the high-status price of four guineas a week (over £1,000 at
today’s values) for a furnished double apartment, plus meals –an early precursor of the now-fashionable “apart-hotel” idea.
“The Ship Building”
Before construction, a perspective of Marine Court by Raymond Myerscough-Walker 4 was exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition of 1935. Although not as finally built, this shows the familiar general exterior “ship” design theme and concept for the building :
• very strong, bold composition and block form
• dark “underwater” ground floor below the canopy, which is clearly intended as the “waterline” of the ship, even down to the “wave” motif on the canopy fascia
• a clean smooth continuous profile at 1stand 2nd floor, and around the eastern end – the “hull” and “prow” of the ship
• long, very emphatic, recessed horizontal balconies
stacked up above 2nd floor - the “superstructure” of the ship
• three pairs of double vertical towers above the residential foyers running right up the building above 2nd floor
• uniformly curved eastern end balconies – the “bridges” above the “prow” of the ship
• striking curved open corner balconies around the western end – the “superstructure” above the “stern” of the ship"
www.hastings.gov.uk/content/conservation/building_conserv...
"Though a listed building, it is in a poor state of repair and awaiting the outcome of planning enquiries. The general condition of the exterior has suffered from the sea air and general neglect; the shop fronts on the ground floor have had their external finishing altered and changed. It has a number of inappropriate modern double glazed, plastic framed windows out of keeping with the original 'Crittall' style frames. Although it may look good from Hastings and the A259, it’s just a shabby block of flats if you look at it from St. Leonards." nicebrighton.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/the-history-of-st-l...
This is the old Grehound station in Jackson. Absolutely beautiful building (now owned by, and restored by, architect Robert Adams). Made national/international news in May of 1961 when a group of Freedom Riders were arrested here. Very good site about that incident here.
Prince's Tower, Rotherhithe Street, London SE16
The distinctive river-facing side with a mast atop is a feature on the Thames as it turns toward the Isle of Dogs.
My slightly shaky memory tells me that this was designed by Troughton McAslan in the 1980s, though there seems to be precious little evidence of this on the Interweb.
In the late 90s, John McAslan & Partners went on to design Bermondsey Underground station for the Jubilee Line extension, just up the road.
The Camberwell Police Station and Court House Complex on the Corner of Camberwell Road and Butler Street in the Melbourne eastern suburb of Camberwell, was designed by Public Works Department architect, Percy Edgar Everett (1888 - 1967).
The complex was built by W. A. Medbury between 1938 and 1939. in the Streamline Moderne style which had been influencing Australian architecture since its first appearance in the early 1930s. The complex is set on a diagonal axis. The buildings are constructed of red, brown and manganese bricks and contain Percy Everett's trademark pattern detailing.
The complex still retains a law enforcement function to this day, as the court house is now used for Administrative Appeals Tribunals and the police station still functions.
Percy Everett's other architectural works include; the Fairfield Club House in 1934, the Essendon technical School in 1939 and the Russell Street Police Headquarters in 1942 and 1943.
No time for photo taking this week, so I'm posting some of my postcards & ephemera. :-)
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I love this Curt Teich postcard! Note the liberties that are taken: Lummus Park is directly in front of the hotel. And if you view my Breakwater Brochure , you'll notice that he added quite a few floors to the hotel! lol! Plus, as in most vintage postcards, there are no annoying neighboring hotels to deal with. And if you've been to SoBe, you KNOW that's not true! ;-)
Farmington Pool
Farmington, MO
When Farmington built a modern pool out by the high school, this classic 1935 structure was repurposed as a skate park. Here it is in mid-transformation.