Los Angeles Union Station is done in Art Deco design as are other buildings like the City Hall, my featured image of the Eastern Columbia Building, Griffith Observatory, and more. So much was created in Art Deco design… buildings, furniture, jewelry, art, trains, cars, screens, doors, theaters. Elegant Art Deco.
LA Union Station waiting room
LA Union Station old ticket room
Kim Novak at LA Union Station 1956
Super Chief
California Zephyr
California Zephyr 1949
Pacific Shasta Daylight
Spirit of the Wind ‘Victoire’ by Lalique
Griffith Observatory
Stream of Consciousness Saturday is hosted by Linda G Hill. Prompt for today is -eco. Featured image is The 1930 Eastern Columbia Building in the Broadway Theater and Commercial District of Los Angeles via Visitor 7 on Wikimedia.
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I’ve always kinda liked art deco, but never really studied it. You’ve got me curious. I really like the blue in the first photo. It reminds me of water. And the Spirit of the Wind ? hood ornament? is fascinating.
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Yes Spirit of the Wind is a hood ornament. I haven’t studied Art Deco but admire many of the designs. 🙂
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I do really love the art deco style. I haven’t seen anything since those days that even comes close
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It is pretty amazing, makes me want to see more of it.
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yes, it is beautiful.
I’d like to see some ‘style’ in our modern design too, not just this blah they’ve been coming out with since the 60’s
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Very nice use of the prompt, Deborah. I love this style.
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I remember you posted a poster of a train that was art deco style I believe. Thank you, Dan.
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Yes, I think I did. It’s amazing the number of things that that style was applied to.
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And it was worldwide apparently.
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I love the intense blue of the Los Angeles buildings you posted. My personal experience with Art Deco comes from growing up near this place:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Mohawk_Building
May you enjoy it as much as I have over the years.
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Whoa that is some building. Is that stainless steel? I read that steel was used a lot in the construction along with concrete.
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Yes, it’s stainless steel. The Crucible Steel plant was only a few miles up the road from the building. They had a ready supply at hand.
I really love Art Deco for buildings, but for other things, I love the Art Nouveau… the curves and floral themes just make my spirit soar.
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The building looks futuristic to me in an art deco way. Steel made into art. I like some of Art Nouveau as well.
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So futuristic and yet, it had to be saved because for a while the city of Syracuse thought it was too old to be safe…. odd how our minds perceive things. Says something for the style too, truly a style that ages well.
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Definitely a candidate for historical preservation. Too many great buildings have been destroyed and I do think people are wanting to preserve more nowadays, at least I hope so.
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There is such elegance in this period and it encompassed all parts of life from clothes to lovely interiors like the ones you’ve posted here today.
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It is interesting how this design movement was expressed in so many aspects of life in its era. 🙂
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