I have a love of all architecture but especially art deco and mid-century modern.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory - Tampa, Florida
522 North Howard Avenue - This 1941 WPA funded building has a great history. Check out this great site about its history.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Million Dollar Theater - Los Angeles, California
307 South Broadway - Sid Grauman's Million Dollar Theater opened in 1918. The building was designed by Albert C. Martin, Sr. with the exterior decorative elements by sculptor Joseph Mora. I haven't been in the actual theater (designed by William Woollett) but you can find a couple of pictures on the theater's website. The Los Angeles Conservancy offers a theater tour (among other historic tours) that can include interiors of some theaters.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Walter Gale House - Oak Park, Illinois
1031 Chicago Avenue - An early Frank Lloyd Wright designed house from 1893.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
House - Atlanta, Georgia
3535 Regalwoods Drive - Located in the great mid-century Northcrest neighborhood, this little gem (in need of some TLC) was for sale when this photo was taken in April of last year.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Post Office - Tampa, Florida
1806 North Howard Avenue - While I find this 1958 post office, designed by Robert Wielage, interestesting, I don't find it particularly attractive. Some of this is due to the red white and blue color scheme of the tile work (which is a color scheme that I never care for in decorating) and part of it is just due to the general bleakness of the site. A couple of planters could go a long way here. I do find the tile work cool and not of a pattern that one sees very often. One end of the building (not pictured) housed a salon when I took these pics back in November. The non-colored tile wall was either at this end of the building or on the side, I don't recall which.
94th Aero Squadron Restaurant - Columbus, Ohio
5030 Sawyer Road - I never had a chance to dine here but always wanted to on one of the evenings when they had a big band playing. Love the theming. http://wwww.94thaero.com/
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Bradbury Building - Los Angeles, California
304 South Broadway - I was so excited to get to see this building and I actually even took time to go inside and snap a couple of pictures. Oddly, the only picture I took of the exterior is mainly of the sign. It doesn't matter though, the inside is the real treasure. The exterior is just your typical late 19th/early 20th century office building. The interior has been used umpteen times over the years for films and television, most notably in Blade Runner. Built in 1893, the building was designed by George H Wyman.
Monday, August 22, 2011
House - St. Petersburg, Florida
Beach Drive - A 1923 gem of a home. Today's so-called architects could take a few lessons from this home's scale and proportion. While I'm sure it's quite spacious, it still manages to look gracious as well.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Floyd County Administration Building - Rome, Georgia
12 East 4th Avenue - Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this 1896 building was originally a post office and courthouse.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Hotel Victor - Miami Beach, Florida
1144 Ocean Drive - Circa 1937 designed by Lawrence Murray Dixon.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Chapman Market - Los Angeles, California
3519 West 6th Street - One of a million places in LA that I only grabbed pictures of in passing since I was supposed to be moving out there at the time. Sadly I never did move there so I have yet to be able to actually walk this landmark of consumerism. One more place to revisit on a future trip.
