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The ESB in its teen years.
Empire State Building, New York, 1946.
(Source: artieshaw)
oinonio asked:
The Sears Blg in the Fenway District of Boston looks identical to the LA one you post. It's landmarked, but had an awkward mall conversion shoved into it.
Sears built many of its big city stores along the same model, so you might see one in Chicago that looks a lot like one in St. Louis or one in Seattle. (Just an example.) It’s sort of like Greyhound — they had a model at the time they were rapidly expanding nationally, so they built a lot of stations in a similar style, same architect even. For more on Sears, looks like this site, Sears Archives, would be a starting point.
Here’s an Art Deco Sears in Brooklyn, BTW (see related article):
Yes, one day I will (again) cover Deco in Brooklyn, the Bronx, etc. It’s a big world!
Wendy
P.S. Atlanta has a massive old Sears too, currently undergoing conversion to retail/office/market — going to be awesome! Not Deco, but awesome.
A collection of towers, three of them Deco.
ART DECO/GOTHIC TOWERS
1. Nebraska State Capitol
2. The Chrysler Building
3. The Woolworth Building
4. Coit Tower
(Source: meineigenesblog)
Richly detailed, colored photo of Radio City Music Hall, NYC.
(via vivalasvevas)
The building’s famous frieze. Recently restored, by the way.
at Empire State Building
Lobby at at the ESB. I have totally wandered around in there late at night.
Just wandering around an empty Empire State Building. (at Empire State Building)
Chrysler Building times four.
Chrysler
Tags say image is from a vintage postcard. A very nice one!
Chrysler Building
Drawing with watercolor by Earl Horter.
The Chrysler Building under Construction - Earl Horter
Clever use of slideshow function :)
Manhattan jigsaw for the visio-spatially challenged.
