Unknown new York | the art Deco

Unknown new York | the art Deco

New York cannot be called a city dominated by one architectural style. It is this feature makes it so great.

Some of the most famous buildings have something in common — design in art Deco style.

Below we will continue to meet with the most striking examples of this architectural style. If you haven’t seen the beginning, the first part of our list is waiting for you.

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Paramount Building

Located on Broadway, famous, Paramount Building was built in 1927 to serve as the headquarters of Paramount Pictures. Currently, this building is a 360-th place in the list of the tallest buildings in new York. In 1988 he was recognized as an official landmark of the Big Apple. Stylistically, the Paramount Building is fully consistent with the spirit of his time: speed building is famous for its arched entrance and decoration in the art Deco style. Now it is the Hard Rock Cafe.

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30 Rockefeller Plaza

The skyscraper, which can be found at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. He is a great example of a building in the art Deco style in Midtown Manhattan. The building is the Central object Rockefeller center. The structure rises to a height of 259 meters, which allowed him to enter the top ten highest buildings in new York city and occupies the 33rd place in the list of the tallest skyscrapers in the United States. In our time, the skyscraper is the headquarters of NBC Universal.

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Radio City Music Hall

Radio City music hall opened in 1932, is part of Rockefeller Center. To embody this masterpiece in art Deco style in life, came together two talented artists: the architect Edward Durell stone and designer Donald Decli. Despite its venerable age, on the stage of Radio City Music Hall hosts many theatrical productions and musical ceremonies, for example, Grammy (5 times) and the MTV Video Music Awards (11 times).

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The Eldorado

Beautiful Eldorado building was the result of a creative collaboration of architect emery Roth and the architectural Duo of Margon & Holder. Metal parts, complex brickwork and geometric steeples give the building a character of art Deco. The impression that the longer you look at this relatively simple facade, the more you will see.

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Bronx General Post Office

Although this building may not boast a large number of details of the art Deco style, it is an example of an administrative building that embodies the impact of architectural trends of the time. 13 muralov funded authorities, which are located inside the building, depict people at work across the country. The idea behind these paintings was to tell the people of the Bronx something that can be seen outside of new York.

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Marine Air Terminal

This terminal, designed in the art Deco style, without a doubt, is the best part of LaGuardia airport. William Delano built a round building in 1940, and, according to the national Park Service, it remains the only active terminal operating since when the first generation of passengers started to travel by plane for the United States. Decorative mosaic depicts a flying fish and is located in the upper part of the exterior, and inside visitors can see a mural by James Brooks «Flight».

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Public library Brooklyn

Initially, the Central branch of the Brooklyn public library was not to be built in the art Deco style. Work on the construction of the building began in the early 1900’s, but the policy and delay was forced to shelve the project for decades to come. In 1935 it was decided to abandon classic design in favor of modern trends, what has successfully coped Alfred Morton Hiten and Francis Keeley. A large part of the original building was demolished. The new building opened its doors in 1941, and enjoyed not only ordinary citizens, but the architectural critics of the time.

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