1931

NYC / Manhattan / Century

The Century Apartments is among New York’s finest examples of Art Deco and residential architecture, and a nationally-recognized landmark. Yet it was only the architect’s “Plan B”! The building is one of a pair of twin-towered Art Deco landmarks (the other is ) designed and built by Irwin S. Chanin along Central Park West. Both […]

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NYC / Manhattan / Ardsley

The Ardsley is one of a handful of Art Deco apartment buildings on Central Park West – and considered by some to be Emery Roth’s finest Art Deco building, even surpassing his Eldorado, one block south. It’s a sharp departure from the styles Roth used in his other famous Central Park West apartment towers: Alden,

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NYC / Manhattan / El Dorado

El Dorado (aka The Eldorado*) is among New York’s most fabled apartment buildings – for its celebrity residents as much as for its stunning twin-tower Art Deco architecture. Despite (or because of?) the building’s impressive design, El Dorado (The Golden One) got off to a rocky start – foreclosure following the stock market crash. Though

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NYC / Bronx / Noonan Plaza Apartments

Noonan Plaza Apartments, designed by Horace Ginsbern and Marvin Fine, are Art Deco landmarks in the Highbridge section of The Bronx. Name: Noonan Plaza Apartments Location: 105-149 West 168th Street, 1231-1245 Nelson Avenue, 1232-1244 Ogden Avenue Year Completed: 1931 Architect: Horace Ginsbern and Marvin Fine Style: Art Deco NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designation Report Google

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Philadelphia / Market Street National Bank

1319 Market Street, the Art Deco landmark Market Street National Bank, faces Philadelphia City Hall. The former bank building has been converted to a Residence Inn by Marriott hotel. Name:  Market Street National Bank Location:  1319 Market Street Year Completed:  1931 Architect:  Ritter & Shay Style:  Art Deco Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia:  Market Street National

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Buffalo / City Hall

Buffalo City Hall is an Art Deco landmark at 65 Niagara Square, built in 1932 to plans by Dietel, Wade & Jones. Name: Buffalo City Hall Location: 65 Niagara Square Year Completed: 1931 Architect: George J Dietel Style: Art Deco Wikipedia: Buffalo City Hall Google Map

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