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This post veers from my usual Art Deco patter because It s directed to a particular group: you lucky folks who will be visiting Brussels, Belgium as part of the 2025 World Congress on Art Deco. But anyone curious about Belgium The post 25 Things I Learned in Brussels first appeared on Decopix .
Art Deco architecture in Japan is pretty scarce. You d have to be a little crazy to visit the country just to hunt for Art Deco buildings as I do. Having established the two Art Deco must-sees in Tokyo (the Asaka Mansion/Teien The post Streamlined Deco in Tokyo? The Takanawa Fire Station first appeared on Decopix .
Buffalo, New York was already a busy trading post when the Erie Canal opened in 1825. The canal brought newfound prosperity to all the upstate New York cities (Albany, Syracuse, Rochester) but Buffalo benefited most due to it s proximity to The post A Native American Art Deco Wonder – Buffalo City Hall first appeared on Decopix .
Japan has many bridges and pillars, quite a few in the Art Deco style. And there is one place where a bunch of these Art Deco artifacts are gathered close together, the Ooka River in Yokohama. Judged on beauty alone, The post The Art Deco Bridges On The Ooka River first appeared on Decopix .
The Tsukiji fish market has relocated, but most of the vendors remain, so Tsukiji is still the best place to get a simple, fresh fish meal in Tokyo. And now that the fish auction has moved (to Toyosu) there s really The post The Art Deco Splendor of St. Luke’s Hospital first appeared on Decopix .
California has many Art Deco sun worshippers, but few as closely related as these two. The post Art Deco Separated At Birth #21 – Sun Worshippers first appeared on Decopix .
When I was working on my Lawson clock book, the plan was to print it on demand. This have made a less expensive book (my cost would have been $12-14) and mistakes or omissions could be corrected on the spot. The post Still More Unusual Lawson Art Deco Clocks first appeared on Decopix .
How a Christian missionary from Kansas built the most beautiful Art Deco department store in the world, in Japan. The post Merrell Vories and the World’s Most Beautiful Art Deco Department Store first appeared on Decopix .
There are two Gamble Houses in southern California but only one is a streamline moderne castle. The post John Beck and the (Art Deco) Gamble House first appeared on Decopix .
No matter how many you ve seen, there are always more! First up, a Lawson Carlton, model 402. Made at Lawson Time s Los Angeles factory in the 1930s, and probably not for long, I had seen one of these but couldn t The post Four Very Unusual Lawson Clocks first appeared on Decopix .