How about some Art Deco...

[PeteXXX]

With or without bikes. Here's a couple of Northampton Art Deco buildings to start.

The 1936 Cooperative Society building, Northampton town centre. Now The Ridings mall.

And the 1930's Old Savoy that has been restored. It's been a cinema twice, a religious centre and now a theatre & venue.

 

[Sharky]

Like art deco architecture. They keep popping up in town centres and other places and I often wonder who occupied them when they were first built. Must have been quite well off people.

The one below, I pass quite frequently. It over looks what is now the Bluewater shopping complex and still looks quite grand.
Bluewater shopping centre was built on the former cement/quarry works near Gravesend.
Now converted to appartments, but I only imagine the "Big Boss" of Blue Circle Cement once lived there.

 

[annedonnelly]

Our local cinema, now a Wetherspoon's

The foyer is very much as I remember it as a cinema.

More pics of the restored interior on the Wetherspoon's website

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I must get around to visiting https://www.78derngate.org.uk/ at some point

 

[PeteXXX]

Dreamland, on Margate seafront, with the brutalist Arlington House in the background.. I took this t'other week during a family visit.
A lot of the funfair is still going strong behind thee main building. I used to belong to the squash club many years ago when I lived just up the coast in Cliftonville.

 

[PeteXXX]

I must get around to visiting https://www.78derngate.org.uk/ at some point

This is a few doors up, 76 I think. I must visit No 78 soon!

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Sad bloke I am I recognised the De la Warre Pavilion from its railings the other day - they were just in shot when some poster photo'd his lunch

 

[PeteXXX]

Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire has a great history..

The main building..

Restaurant is in keeping, too.

Even some of the warehouses have retained the style.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire has a great history..

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The main building..

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Restaurant is in keeping, too.

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Even some of the warehouses have retained the style.

From the days when flying was civilised.

 

[PeteXXX]

I was at Sywell Aerodrome today.

The Entrance Hall..

The correct bi-plane for the day! I believe it is a
de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide

And a group photo at the fuel pumps..

 

[Oldhippy]

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Dreamland, on Margate seafront, with the brutalist Arlington House in the background.. I took this t'other week during a family visit.
A lot of the funfair is still going strong behind thee main building. I used to belong to the squash club many years ago when I lived just up the coast in Cliftonville.

I went past Dreamland today, the seafront and beach was heaving with DFL's.

 

[PeteXXX]

Excuse the wide angle Clown Bike look but there was too much traffic to get a straight on pic of 78 Derngate..

One day I'll get inside!

 

[ColinJ]

I find it an interesting style. I can recognise it when I see it but I would find it extremely difficult to describe to someone who didn't know it!

 

[PK99]

I find it an interesting style. I can recognise it when I see it but I would find it extremely difficult to describe to someone who didn't know it!

Britannica:
"Art Deco is a popular design style of the 1920s and '30s characterized especially by sleek geometric or stylized forms and by the use of man-made materials."

 

[presta]

The art deco building where I used to work, not long before demolition.

In a less dilapidated state here, behind an outside broadcast van.

The vans, among other things, were built in here.

It was a listed building, but the squatters and metal thieves got in, so they decided to de-list it and demolish it instead.

The non art deco frontage onto the road was saved, and converted into flats.