Art Deco Where and When I Can Find It
Friday, October 9, 2020
Apartment Building, 50 Rúa de García Barbón, Vigo, Galicia (1942)
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Rúa do Areal, 18, 36201 Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain (1928)
This building at 18 Rúa do Areal in Vigo has many beautiful Art Deco features. It is currently occupied by a variety of businesses, that include a rock bar, a restaurant, and a women's clothes shop. All I could find out about it was that it was built in 1928 and has the initials EP accompanying the date over the main door.
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
A Coruña-San Cristovo Railway Station, 1935, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Main Post Office, 1927-1931, Plaza del Alcalde Manuel Casas, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
This beautiful main post office in A Coruna was featured on a 2002 Spanish postage stamp. Built between 1927 and 1931 on land reclaimed from the sea, the architects of this eye-catching gem were Luis Lozano Losilla and Joaquin Otamendi Machimbarrena. All components of this large building, which is easily the best-designed construction in this part of the city, seem to flow easily one into the next, they are so well-coordinated.
http://www.ateeme.net/angles/at70postco.htm
All photos taken on 3rd May, 2018.
Monday, October 5, 2020
Piscine Municipale/Piscine du Cours de la Republique, 1937, Le Havre, Normandy, France
Photos taken 5th May, 2018.
Sunday, October 4, 2020
SNCF Gare du Havre, 1932, Le Havre, Normandy, France
Built in 1932 and designed by Henri Pacon, Le Havre's railway station is one of few buildings to survive the intense bombing of the city in World War II. This art deco station building replaced the original, of which all that remains is the roof over the platforms. The station hall, with its impressive roof and windows, and beautiful clock, still have the power to transport the onlooker back in time to days of greater attention to aesthetics and detail. It's a real treat just to walk around and sit in this station, what to speak of catch a train from here!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Havre_station
All photos above taken on 5th May, 2018.