D… Dundee
North Tay Works, Dundee, Scotland
by jackdeightonsf
Deco in Scotland.
From Flickr:
Former MacGregor and Balfour building off Loon’s Road, Dundee.
Art Deco Architecture
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D… Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
by dublinartdeco
Not only a nice shot, but a gateway to a big collection of Dublin Deco (alliteration, yay!) which I hopefully will get back to spotlighting later.
D… Dresden
Dresden, Germany
by Stuart-Lee
In searching for an example of Deco/Jugendstil in Dresden, I didn’t find any right off, but it did find this INCREDIBLE example of Art Nouveau. And how could I not share THIS?!
From Flickr
There’s a whole street of these buildings in the Neustadt….
Dresden-Neustadt, Dresden, SN, DE
D… Dijon
Gare de Dijon, Dijon, France
by Cart1
Resuming the alphabet of Deco, here we are in the D’s again.
Hotel Settles, Big Spring, Texas
Photo via Texas Society of Architects
And one MORE renovation success story today!
Hotel Settles: A Bell Cow Rings Again
For more than 30 years, Hotel Settles was a Big Spring eyesore. In its abandoned and deteriorating condition, it was also an embarrassing reality check of the city’s decline. Despite several attempts to revive it, the building was headed for demolition. Mercifully — and cognizant of the arduous task at hand — Big Spring-native son and visionary G. Brint Ryan, now of Dallas, purchased the landmark in 2007 and re-opened its doors this February after a $30M six-year historical rehabilitation. The 15-story Classical Revival/Art Deco hotel is now an appealing destination in West Texas that is breathing new life into the surrounding community.
Read more and check out the photo gallery.
And Another Theater Saved
Wow, news of another old theater in the process of being successfully renovated. The 1938 Art Deco State Theatre in Culpeper, Va., came perilously close to demolition while it sat empty for almost a decade..
From the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Culpeper State Theatre: The Curtain Rises Again
After sitting vacant for almost a decade, the 1938 Art Deco State Theatre in Culpeper, Virginia, a 2012 Great American Main Street Award winner, is back in business. For years, the theatre sat abandoned, coming perilously close to demolition before being purchased by Culpeper natives Greg and Liz Yates. At the time, there was a hole in the ceiling near the stage and the building was seriously dilapidated. But thanks to a committed group of community members, led by the State Theatre Foundation, a $9.3 million historic rehabilitation has raised the curtain on the former vaudeville and movie house, revealing a gorgeous 560-seat live theatre.
The rehabilitation has restored key historic elements, including the beloved neon marquee, while also installing a $1 million state-of-the-art sound system, expanding the stage, and creating a 50-seat black box theater for smaller shows. The project also retained a segregated staircase that was once for black patrons.
The State Theatre is listed in the National and State Registers of Historic Places. “Some of the theatre’s most stunning features are the reproduction of the original carpeting and the beautifully reproduced wall sconces that grace the auditorium walls,” said Ed Bednarczyk, executive director of The State Theatre Foundation, the theatre’s nonprofit developer. “The original proscenium arch embraces the stage as it did 75 years ago,” he added.…
To finance the project, the State Theatre Foundation used approximately $1.6 million in federal historic tax credits, a program that since its inception has contributed more than $106 billion to rehabilitate 38,700 vacant and underutilized historic spaces and create 2.3 million jobs. The foundation also used $1.6 million in Virginia state historic tax credits.
Greenbelt Theatre, Greenbelt, Maryland
Photo by Matthew Johnson
Speaking of old Deco theaters, I’ve seen the lobby renovation for this theater in the news, and shared it over on this blog’s Facebook account. Today Google News brought me this update:
Greenbelt Theatre to Receive $75,000 to Repair Art Deco Lobby
From the article:
Earlier today, American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced 24 grants to landmarks around the D.C. area that competed in a social media contest earlier this month. Many of the locations receiving money are old houses of worship, National Park Service locations in need of private funding, and monuments to fallen members of the U.S. armed forces.
One recipient location’s grant, however, was cause for great enthusiasm among the area’s movie lovers. The Greenbelt Theatre, in Prince George’s County, will get $75,000 to fix up its once-ornate art deco lobby, which has been in scrappy condition for some time now. And while the $75,000 won’t pay for the entire renovation, it will account for a significant chunk of the necessary repairs.
I haven’t been able to find any pictures of the lobby, either as it is now or as it was originally. Links or phot submissions welcome.
Plaza Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
by Wendy Darling
Instagram I called “Waiting for the magic to start.” I love going to movies at the Plaza. Almost all of what I go see is old movies, from silent movies to cult to 1980s. In the past year, I’ve seen: Phantom of the Opera, White Zombie, M, Barbarella, Stand by Me, Ghostbusters, The Pit and the Pendulum, Flesh Gordon and a few more.
Interior, Plaza Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
by Wendy Darling
Vintage restroom signs.
Main Theater, Plaza Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
by Wendy Darling
The large theater with its new curtains (same style, same color, just new) and new seats, which have a sort of Deco pattern. Some people really like the old seats, but they were super, super tired IMO. These new seats are spiffy and comfy.
