How about some Art Deco...

[Bonefish Blues]

Art deco pub in Norwich

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Which bright spark thought it'd look better for a bit of paint?!

 

[blackrat]

Which bright spark thought it'd look better for a bit of paint?!

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Painted over by a Philistine obviously - but then, it is Norwich, Socialist capital of the East where anything of artistic or historic value has been either torn down or painted over.
If you really like art deco you should go to South Beach, Miami, Florida. Fabulous!

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Painted over by a Philistine obviously - but then, it is Norwich, Socialist capital of the East where anything of artistic or historic value has been either torn down or painted over.
If you really like art deco you should go to South Beach, Miami, Florida. Fabulous!

I overnighted there on my way to fish specifically to see the buildings.

 

[Gunk]

View of the old Coop arcade from St Giles Street Northampton, looking a bit sorry for itself but still very much intact.

 

[PeteXXX]

View of the old Coop arcade from St Giles Street Northampton, looking a bit sorry for itself but still very much intact.

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That is, in fact, the very first photograph in this thread when I started it! 😊

 

[PeteXXX]

A couple of Art Deco upper floors in Gold Street, Hamtun, noticed while I was waiting for MrsPete to do a bit of shopping nearby.

 

[FrothNinja]

Preston - wonder if it was built by the same lot that did @PeteXXX last pic, or for the same chain. Those 'columns' between the windows look the same .

 

[PeteXXX]

Preston - wonder if it was built by the same lot that did @PeteXXX last pic, or for the same chain. Those 'columns' between the windows look the same .
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Quite possibly.. Definitely a classic design. 👍

 

[Andy in Germany]

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A couple of Art Deco upper floors in Gold Street, Hamtun, noticed while I was waiting for MrsPete to do a bit of shopping nearby.

Preston - wonder if it was built by the same lot that did @PeteXXX last pic, or for the same chain. Those 'columns' between the windows look the same .
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Those are lovely...

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[PeteXXX]

Those are lovely...

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What makes me like them even more is the fact that it's only the upper floors are Art Deco, the original entrances are boring shop fronts.

That'd be a good modelling idea!! 😋

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Back in the late 80s I unsuccessfuly tried to persuade my parents to buy this when it was on the market. I wonder if the period bathroom has survived?

It has, apparently, an ‘interior designer’ owns it (or recently did)
https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/...de-siobhan-murphys-art-deco-house-castleford/

I’m surprised at that projected price, it’s a lot less than ours is for sale at; https://themovemarket.com/tools/pro...e-234-lower-oxford-street-castleford-wf10-4ah

I found this too, not sure what year, given the price?

https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/3971535/doc_0_0.pdf

 

[FrothNinja]

Have found out that the Next was built as a Woolworths in 1934.
What about yours @PeteXXX ?

 

[PeteXXX]

Have found out that the Next was built as a Woolworths in 1934.
What about yours @PeteXXX ?

Not sure if I can find out but I'll try tomorrow when I go into town for my Thursday swim.. 👍

 

[robjh]

Can't believe I've only just found this thread. But anyway, a few images from a bike tour in Morocco a few years ago. These are in Sidi Ifni, which was a Spanish enclave (called Santa Cruz del Mar Pequeña) up until the 1960s, and was built as a planned town in the 1930s with its key buildings in Spanish art deco style. It is a fantastic-looking place.

 

[Poacher]

I found this too, not sure what year, given the price?

https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/3971535/doc_0_0.pdf

Regardless of the year, how on earth can that be Council Tax Band A?