Streamline moderne

A gem of the Streamline Moderne Style, the Mauretania was designed for actor Jack Haley (the 'Tin Man' in 'The Wizard of Oz') and his wife Flo. The pair lived in the penthouse apartment for twenty years. The rounded exterior walls and second floor balconies with railings suggest a luxury ocean-going liner. During the summer of 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy occupied the penthouse during the Democratic National Convention.

“Streamlining is the first new and uniquely American approach that the public could associate with progress and a better life,” declared Henry Dreyfuss, designer of the famous 20th Century Limited streamlined locomotive that linked Los Angeles and New York in the late 1930s. Architect Walter Sidney Orme’s nod to both Streamline Moderne and Art Deco […]

A new book out from Rizzoli takes a rich visual tour of the Cuban capital’s modern architecture and interiors

Asmara, Eritrea's capital city, was just named a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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Oct 3, 2019 - Art Deco is an influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France during the 1920s, flourished internationally during the 30s and 40s, then waned in the post-World War II era.It is an eclectic style that combines traditional craft motifs with Machine Age imagery and materials. Also see my other ART DECO Boards and my PERFUME BOTTLES and GORGEOUS GLASS Boards for more beautiful Art Deco pieces. . See more ideas about art deco architecture, art deco, deco.

Known as the Victor M. Carter Residence, it has curving windows, a magnesite staircase, and a built-in bar

For my French coachwork series of streamline moderne, I prefer to set the cars in a background that reminds me of places I’ve toured in France—Paris, the Cote d’Azur and the Loire Valley.

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Wyldefel Gardens - John Brogan c. 1934 - an example of Continental Moderne

The Sauconia Theatre was opened on September 14, 1940, by John Kofler, who had previously exhibited movies at the American Legion building in Hellertown. It was closed in 1966, but was refurbished and reopened in 1968 by Ellie Kofler, his daughter. It still stands and is for sale.

William Kesling

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