Art Deco yes or no?

[swee'pea99]

I think this is Art Deco. Either way it's pretty striking.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Is the Empire State Building Art Deco?

 

[Profpointy]

Is the Empire State Building Art Deco?
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Yes

 

[Accy cyclist]

Yes

Famous for the 1930's King Kong "movie".I'd say the Universal Pictures Logo was Art Deco.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Is the Empire State Building Art Deco?
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Yes, very definitely

And, as for the Chrysler Building, you betcha!!!!!!

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Now that's deco! Didn't realise it when we were kids, just loved the place. Original New Brighton Baths.

Have a look at the Super Swimming Stadium, that used to be in Morecambe, adjacent to the Midland Hotel!!

 

[swee'pea99]

We stumbled across this place on a cliff walk somewhere round Weymouth. Almost surreal, stuck out there in the middle of nowhere...

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I forgot to mentioned it, but neither has anyone else

Burgh Island
http://www.burghisland.com/

 

[nickyboy]

Yes, very definitely

And, as for the Chrysler Building, you betcha!!!!!!


Have a look at the Super Swimming Stadium, that used to be in Morecambe, adjacent to the Midland Hotel!!

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I used to go there as a kid (and Grange over Sands outdoor pool). Unheated sea water. Bracing wasn't the word but, at the time, great fun

 

[Chris S]

I saw something similar to this yesterday in an antique shop.

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What do you think. Tasteful or naff?

My gandmother's furniture looked like that.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I used to go there as a kid (and Grange over Sands outdoor pool). Unheated sea water. Bracing wasn't the word but, at the time, great fun

I remember them too

Then, there's the (still very much in use) Jubilee Pool, at Penzance



And, the 1930's (but not really Art-Deco) Lido, still in use at Ilkley
http://www.ilkleylido.co.uk/history/

(there's also a push to reopen the one at Otley, a few miles east along the River Wharfe)

Plus, this pub (may be closed now??) at Gildersome

 

[Illaveago]

We stumbled across this place on a cliff walk somewhere round Weymouth. Almost surreal, stuck out there in the middle of nowhere...

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They did that hotel up for the Olympics.

 

[swee'pea99]

They did that hotel up for the Olympics.

I'm glad to hear that. It was looking distinctly weary & down at heel when we dropped by.

 

[marknotgeorge]

I think this is Art Deco. Either way it's pretty striking.

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Is that 55 Broadway? Holden was more Modernist, I think.

 

[swee'pea99]

Is that 55 Broadway? Holden was more Modernist, I think.

It's Broadcasting House - the one with the famous statues by the infamous Eric Gill.

 

[marknotgeorge]

It's Broadcasting House - the one with the famous statues by the infamous Eric Gill.

Yes, of course. 55 Broadway has the infamous Jacob Epstein statues, which is why Senate House doesn't have any statues at all.