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G… Green Bay

Dominick Hagerty Building, Green Bay, Wisconsin
by John Begalke

Details from a building in downtown Green Bay.

From Flickr:

The Dominick Hagerty Building at 107-115 South Washington Street.

This building is listed as Record #37924 with the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Built by Dominick Hagerty in the 1920s, this Art Deco building perfectly complements the former Fox Theater to the south, having many identical design features. Faced with fluted cast stone pilasters, decorated capitals, along with an incised chevron and ray pattern, this building is one of several intact Art Deco buildings remaining downtown.

Former tenants included the IBA College of Cosmetology, and most recently the Daily Planet. It is now considered an endangered property, having been vacant for approximately one decade, and with several proposals to redevelop the site in recent years.

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G… Glendale Grand Central Airport, Glendale, Californiaby Andrew Detail from the former terminal. Yes, that’s a man holding a propellor.  Vintage postcard: This building is testament to the historic role Glendale in aviation.   From Wikipedia: Grand Central Airport, Glendale, California, also known as Grand Central Air Terminal (GCAT), was an important facility for the growing Los Angeles suburb of Glendale in the 1920s. It was also a key element in the development of United States aviation. The terminal, located at 1310 Air Way, was built in 1928 and is still there. Owned since 1997 by the Walt Disney Company, it remains as one of four remaining standing structures (the other three are hangars), and sole surviving witness, to the area’s historic significance, and is in urgent need of restoration and repair.

G… Glendale

Grand Central Airport, Glendale, California
by Andrew

Detail from the former terminal. Yes, that’s a man holding a propellor. 

Vintage postcard:

This building is testament to the historic role Glendale in aviation.  

From Wikipedia:

Grand Central Airport, Glendale, California, also known as Grand Central Air Terminal (GCAT), was an important facility for the growing Los Angeles suburb of Glendale in the 1920s. It was also a key element in the development of United States aviation. The terminal, located at 1310 Air Way, was built in 1928 and is still there. Owned since 1997 by the Walt Disney Company, it remains as one of four remaining standing structures (the other three are hangars), and sole surviving witness, to the area’s historic significance, and is in urgent need of restoration and repair.

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G… Geneva Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerlandby val 45 Deco frieze at what was originally built as the HQ of the League of Nations. From Wikipedia: The Palais des Nations (English: Palace of Nations) in Geneva, Switzerland, was built between 1929 and 1936 to serve as the headquarters of the League of Nations. It has served as the home of the United Nations Office at Geneva since 1946 when the Secretary General of the UN signed a Headquarters Agreement with the Swiss authorities, although Switzerland did not become a member of the UN until 2002.

G… Geneva

Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
by val 45

Deco frieze at what was originally built as the HQ of the League of Nations.

From Wikipedia:

The Palais des Nations (English: Palace of Nations) in Geneva, Switzerland, was built between 1929 and 1936 to serve as the headquarters of the League of Nations. It has served as the home of the United Nations Office at Geneva since 1946 when the Secretary General of the UN signed a Headquarters Agreement with the Swiss authorities, although Switzerland did not become a member of the UN until 2002.

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D… Detroit Detroit Saturday Night Building, Detroit, MichiganPhoto by Michael G. Smith True, I’ve been making an effort to post Detroit pictures but had not seen this building before. I love the window treatments on the ground level. From Flickr: This is one of Detroit’s more significant—yet little-appreciated—Art Deco buildings. It was designed for Detroit Saturday Night by Smith, HInchman & Grylls Chief Designer, Wirt Rowland, and was completed in 1929. The building is located at 1959 E. Jefferson Avenue, just east of the Dequindre Cut. Rowland used here many of the design elements of the Penobscot Building, most notably, limestone facing, beveled roof-line, “organ pipes” or convex fluting, stepped arch, and emphasis on both vertical and horizontal. The significance of the building is due in part to its extraordinary similarity to the Art Deco structures in and around Miami Beach, constructed beginning in the mid-thirties. The similarities may, in fact, be an outgrowth of the design efforts of Wirt Rowland in Detroit. (Continue…)

D… Detroit

Detroit Saturday Night Building, Detroit, Michigan
Photo by Michael G. Smith

True, I’ve been making an effort to post Detroit pictures but had not seen this building before. I love the window treatments on the ground level.

From Flickr:

This is one of Detroit’s more significant—yet little-appreciated—Art Deco buildings. It was designed for Detroit Saturday Night by Smith, HInchman & Grylls Chief Designer, Wirt Rowland, and was completed in 1929. The building is located at 1959 E. Jefferson Avenue, just east of the Dequindre Cut.

Rowland used here many of the design elements of the Penobscot Building, most notably, limestone facing, beveled roof-line, “organ pipes” or convex fluting, stepped arch, and emphasis on both vertical and horizontal. The significance of the building is due in part to its extraordinary similarity to the Art Deco structures in and around Miami Beach, constructed beginning in the mid-thirties. The similarities may, in fact, be an outgrowth of the design efforts of Wirt Rowland in Detroit.

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D… Damascus Orient Palace Hotel, Damascus, Syriaby Daz Saunders Late 1920s hotel in Syria’s capital. From the hotel’s web site: The Orient Palace hotel was built in 1928 and put into use 1932. The Orient Palace played a very integral role historically housing many significant guests including political leaders, artists, authors and men letters. The Orient Palace was also involved in the parliament polarizing all of its activities after the stage of independence. All conferences political meeting and social or cultural parties were held at the Orient Palace for several decades.

D… Damascus

Orient Palace Hotel, Damascus, Syria
by Daz Saunders

Late 1920s hotel in Syria’s capital.

From the hotel’s web site:

The Orient Palace hotel was built in 1928 and put into use 1932.

The Orient Palace played a very integral role historically housing many significant guests including political leaders, artists, authors and men letters.

The Orient Palace was also involved in the parliament polarizing all of its activities after the stage of independence.

All conferences political meeting and social or cultural parties were held at the Orient Palace for several decades.

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From Curbed Philadelphia:“Two Historic Art Deco Schools to Close on Same Block” “In North Central Philly, two public schools within a block of one another, both on the National Register of Historic Places, are set to close at the end of the school year: General John F. Reynolds Elementary school and Roberts Vaux High School [pictured above]. Much has been said about the negative impact of vacant schools upon the surrounding area, and the impact of two vacant schools in such a small area has the potential to be catastrophic.”

From Curbed Philadelphia:
“Two Historic Art Deco Schools to Close on Same Block”

“In North Central Philly, two public schools within a block of one another, both on the National Register of Historic Places, are set to close at the end of the school year: General John F. Reynolds Elementary school and Roberts Vaux High School [pictured above]. Much has been said about the negative impact of vacant schools upon the surrounding area, and the impact of two vacant schools in such a small area has the potential to be catastrophic.”

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1930 Jordan Model Z Speedway Ace Roadster. Collection of Edmund J. Stecker Family Trust. Photograph © 2013 Peter Harholdt Breaking from the alphabet posts for a second to bring you this car (OMG!) and news of an exhibit of Art Deco cars and motorcycles  coming up this June-September in Nashville, Tennessee. June 14–September 15, 2013 | ExhibitionSensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles is an exhibition of Art Deco automobiles from some of the most renowned car collections in the United States. Inspired by the Frist Center’s historic Art Deco building, this exhibition will feature spectacular automobiles and motorcycles from the 1930s and ‘40s that exemplify the classic elegance, luxurious materials, and iconography of motion that characterizes vehicles influenced by the Art Deco style. Fascination with automobiles transcends age, gender, and environment.  While today automotive manufacturers often strive for economy and efficiency, there was a time when elegance reigned.  Influenced by the Art Deco movement that began in Paris in the early 1920s and propelled to prominence with the success of the International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in 1925, automakers embraced the sleek new streamlined forms and aircraft-inspired materials, creating memorable automobiles that still thrill all who see them. The exhibition will feature 18 automobiles and two motorcycles from some of the most important collectors and collections in the United States. Ticket info: Advance tickets are not required, but may be purchased on site at the Frist Center First Center Members may reserve tickets by calling 615.744.3248 Out-of-town guests will be able to reserve advance tickets beginning April 15, 2013.  Hotel packages are available through the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau at www.visitmusiccity.com/sensuoussteel.  Throughout the run of Sensuous Steel, Nashville’s Lane MotorMuseum and the Frist Center will offer reciprocal admission discounts when tickets stubs are presented. Visit the Frist Center site for more info.

1930 Jordan Model Z Speedway Ace Roadster.
Collection of Edmund J. Stecker Family Trust. Photograph © 2013 Peter Harholdt

Breaking from the alphabet posts for a second to bring you this car (OMG!) and news of an exhibit of Art Deco cars and motorcycles  coming up this June-September in Nashville, Tennessee.

June 14–September 15, 2013 | Exhibition
Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles

Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles is an exhibition of Art Deco automobiles from some of the most renowned car collections in the United States.

Inspired by the Frist Center’s historic Art Deco building, this exhibition will feature spectacular automobiles and motorcycles from the 1930s and ‘40s that exemplify the classic elegance, luxurious materials, and iconography of motion that characterizes vehicles influenced by the Art Deco style.

Fascination with automobiles transcends age, gender, and environment.  While today automotive manufacturers often strive for economy and efficiency, there was a time when elegance reigned.  Influenced by the Art Deco movement that began in Paris in the early 1920s and propelled to prominence with the success of the International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in 1925, automakers embraced the sleek new streamlined forms and aircraft-inspired materials, creating memorable automobiles that still thrill all who see them. The exhibition will feature 18 automobiles and two motorcycles from some of the most important collectors and collections in the United States.

Ticket info:

  • Advance tickets are not required, but may be purchased on site at the Frist Center
  • First Center Members may reserve tickets by calling 615.744.3248
  • Out-of-town guests will be able to reserve advance tickets beginning April 15, 2013. 
  • Hotel packages are available through the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau at www.visitmusiccity.com/sensuoussteel. 
  • Throughout the run of Sensuous Steel, Nashville’s Lane MotorMuseum and the Frist Center will offer reciprocal admission discounts when tickets stubs are presented.

Visit the Frist Center site for more info.

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