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🏙️ Art Deco Daily: an Art Deco landmark twice a day (towers, theaters, lobbies, ornament) with who built it, when, and the story behind it. The full story follows in the thread.
Public-domain photos, many from the Library of Congress. Automated by JD Media, LLC.
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Hess Brothers Department Store, Allentown
Hess Brothers Department Store in Allentown had a Streamline Moderne façade; this photo of its tall sign dates to 1947.
📷 Unknown author Unknown author Self-scanned (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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Black and white photo of a large multi-story Streamline Moderne department store building on a street corner, with a tall vertical 'HESS' sign running down the facade and storefront awnings at street level. Elevated view of the Hess Brothers department store facade draped with a large circular '44th Anniversary Sale' banner and awnings, upper stories of the Art Deco building visible above a dense street crowd. Close-up of an animated Christmas window display on the Hess Brothers facade: carolers in Victorian dress beside a lamppost and snow-topped house front, with a 'Merry Christmas' marquee and holly garland below the stone pilasters. Two illuminated holiday window displays mounted on the Hess Brothers building facade, one with carolers under 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' and another wreathed display reading 'The Mouse Before Christmas', set against the building's vertical window bays.
October 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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“Luminous Transit”

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October 7, 2026 at 6:22 AM
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L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building and Court House
This Art Deco federal building and courthouse in Greensboro, NC was designed by Murphy & Olmsted and completed in 1933.
📷 Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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Entrance facade of an Art Deco stone federal building with glass doors, fluted pilasters, decorative metal light fixtures, and a perforated stone grille bearing the letters USA and CNC above a stairway with metal railing. Art deco courtroom with dark wood pews, teal carpet aisle, red curtain behind judge's bench, and gold-trimmed coffered ceiling with pendant lights. Tufted teal leather double doors with oval windows set in dark marble surround, below a perforated grille transom in an art deco courthouse entrance. Art deco stone facade detail showing stylized eagle reliefs atop fluted pilasters beneath perforated geometric window grilles.
October 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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October 7, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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Through Glass

Lines, light, and forward.

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October 7, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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Art Deco Neon Sculpture, Miami Beach, Florida

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October 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Allegheny County Airport Terminal
Built in 1931 near Pittsburgh by Stanley L. Roush, with 1936 additions by Henry Hornbostel, this terminal served as metro Pittsburgh's main air gateway until 1952.
📷 Cbaile19 (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
#ArtDeco #architecture
A white Art Deco airport terminal building with black zigzag trim, a control tower on top, and a decorative green entrance archway, with cars parked in front. White Art Deco terminal with control tower, zigzag trim, and American flag, seen from an angle amid green trees. Close-up of the terminal entrance with glass doors flanked by green and black Art Deco zigzag tile pilasters beneath a geometric lattice panel. Art Deco planter in green, black and pink tones with octagonal relief plaques, set before the terminal's white brick wall.
October 7, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Art Deco 1929 vintage travel poster Chicago - New York Central Lines.
October 6, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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San Francisco

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October 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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🏙️ Art Deco Daily: an Art Deco landmark twice a day (towers, theaters, lobbies, ornament) with who built it, when, and the story behind it. The full story follows in the thread.
Public-domain photos, many from the Library of Congress. Automated by JD Media, LLC.
October 7, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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Greyhound Bus Depot, Columbia, South Carolina
📷 https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/sc0758.phot (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
#ArtDeco #architecture
Night view of an Art Deco building's front facade dominated by a tall, illuminated vertical neon sign reading GREYHOUND BUS DEPOT, topped by a leaping greyhound figure, with more greyhound figures glowing along the roofline below. Art Moderne Greyhound Bus Depot facade with tall arched neon sign, rounded glass block corner, and streamlined canopy under blue sky. Night view of neon Greyhound sign with running dog above BUS DEPOT letters, glass block wall glowing beside bank of mailboxes. Night view of illuminated Greyhound Bus Depot sign with arched neon arrow and three running greyhound dogs above glowing glass block wall.
October 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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AT&T Building, Omaha
The AT&T Building in Downtown Omaha opened in 1918 as the Nebraska Telephone Building and later served as Northwestern Bell's headquarters.
📷 WiinterU (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
#ArtDeco #architecture
A tall brick Art Deco tower with vertical fluting and a 'LUMEN' sign near its top, flanked by an antenna lattice structure, rising above lower city buildings with a street and parked cars in the foreground. Tall brown brick AT&T tower topped with a cylindrical microwave relay antenna tower, seen from street level with parked cars in foreground. Close-up of a circular stone relief on a brick building showing a bell inside a bell-shaped frame, surrounded by a carved wreath of leaves. Angled view of the brown brick AT&T building with its distinctive tiered microwave antenna tower on top, under an overcast sky.
October 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Cincinnati Union Terminal
Cincinnati Union Terminal, an Art Deco train station in Queensgate, was built 1928–1933 and designed by Fellheimer & Wagner with Paul Philippe Cret.
📷 Warren LeMay from Cincinnati (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
#ArtDeco #architecture
A large Art Deco building with a massive fan-shaped arched facade and central clock, fronted by curved reflecting pools, landscaped lawns, and a circular driveway under a clear blue sky. Art Deco waiting room at Cincinnati Union Terminal with wood-paneled walls, large relief murals, maroon bench seating, and a terrazzo floor in cream and pink bands. Close-up of an Art Deco inlaid wood relief mural at Cincinnati Union Terminal depicting abstract streamlined train and gear motifs above chevron-patterned wood paneling. Vintage Amtrak ticket counter at Cincinnati Union Terminal beneath a carved wood relief mural, with a roll-down metal grille and Art Deco wood trim.
October 6, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Reynolds Building, Winston-Salem
The Art Deco Reynolds Building, completed 1929 as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco headquarters, rises 314 feet in Winston-Salem, photographed here from Main Street.
📷 Cbaile19 (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
#ArtDeco #architecture
A tall tan Art Deco skyscraper with stepped setbacks and a flagpole on top, flanked by a bare tree and a modern glass tower, photographed from street level. Full view of the Reynolds Building skyscraper in Winston-Salem with stepped Art Deco tower under clear sky Close-up of Art Deco stone relief ornament between windows on the Reynolds Building facade Reynolds Building tower glowing orange in sunset light with flag flying atop
October 5, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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Old Lincoln-Grant School, Covington, Kentucky
Lincoln-Grant School in Covington, Kentucky educated African American students barred from whites-only schools; this building opened at 824 Greenup Street in 1932.
📷 w_lemay (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
#ArtDeco #architecture
A three-story yellow brick Art Deco school building with a central entrance framed by geometric relief carvings and vertical window bays, flanked by bare trees, with a parked car and sidewalk in front under a blue sky. Front facade of the Lincoln-Grant school with Art Deco entrance tower, carved stone lettering panel, and a red car parked along the street. Close-up of the yellow brick school building's corner tower with Art Deco geometric reliefs and tall dark-framed windows, historical marker visible at base. Art Deco corner detail of the school showing stacked windows, decorative brickwork panels, and a lantern light fixture against blue sky.
October 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Cincinnati Times-Star Building
Art Deco Times-Star Building at 800 Broadway, Cincinnati, built 1933 by Samuel Hannaford & Sons for the Taft family's newspaper.
📷 w_lemay (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
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A tall tan stone Art Deco tower with vertical window bays and carved decorative stonework at the top, photographed from below against a blue sky with wispy clouds. Looking up at the Art Deco tower corner of the Times-Star Building against a blue sky with clouds Ornate gilded wrought-iron grille with figural panels above three bronze Art Deco entrance doors at the Times-Star Building Close-up of bronze Art Deco doors with diamond and fan motifs and polychrome zigzag trim above
October 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Texas Hall of State, Dallas
Built for the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition at Fair Park, this Art Deco hall was designed by Donald Barthelme, photographed here in 2014.
📷 Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
Wide exterior view of the Texas Hall of State, a tall limestone Art Deco building with fluted columns and a central arched entrance under a blue sky with clouds. Art Deco lobby of the Hall of State with terrazzo floor, wood paneling, curved staircase, and two round drum light fixtures Bronze and glass entrance doors of the Hall of State with grid pattern of longhorn, snake, and frog relief panels Gilded circular medallion above an entrance featuring a central star with six surrounding coats of arms in relief
October 4, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Federal Building and U.S. Court House, Peoria
This Peoria courthouse was built in 1937–38 in PWA Moderne style, photographed by Carol Highsmith in April 2013.
📷 Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
Street view of a large stone Federal Building and U.S. Court House with a blocky Art Deco/Neoclassical facade, flagpole and American flag in front, parked cars and a taller office tower visible behind it under a cloudy sky. Wide view of the stone Federal Building and U.S. Court House in Peoria, showing its corner massing, fluted columns and rows of windows. Carved granite eagle with outspread wings perched on a column base, set in an arched niche on the building's stone facade. Four tall art deco relief sculptures of allegorical figures set between the ground-floor and upper windows of the stone facade.
October 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Centennial Hall, Fair Park, Dallas
This Depression-era bas-relief by sculptor Pierre Bourdelle decorates Centennial Hall, built for Dallas's 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition at Fair Park.
📷 Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
The Art Deco facade of Centennial Hall, featuring a large bas-relief mural of an eagle, a man wielding a pike, a film reel, and radiating sunburst stripes, flanked by palm trees, with three blue doors at the base. Cream Art Deco facade of Centennial Hall with tall arched niche holding a statue, flanked by columns and terracotta trim, wide stone steps in foreground. Close-up of a stylized Art Deco relief statue of a winged figure holding stars, set in a blue-painted arched niche on a cream stone facade under deep blue sky. Colorful Art Deco bas-relief mural on a tan wall above blue doors, depicting stylized swimming or diving human figures in blue, brown and gold tones.
October 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Catalina Casino
This Art Deco and Mediterranean Revival landmark opened in 1929 on Catalina Island under William Wrigley Jr. and David M. Renton.
📷 Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
A white, circular Art Deco building with a red tile roof sits on a hillside above a calm harbor, surrounded by moored boats, with hills rising behind it under a blue sky. The round white Catalina Casino building seen from the harbor with moored boats in foreground and steep hillsides behind, under blue sky. Catalina Casino's circular facade with red roof framed by mountains, reflected in calm harbor water, a small boat passing by. Full view of the Catalina Casino's columned white exterior and flag at the water's edge, green hillside rising behind it.
October 3, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California
This Art Deco movie palace in Oakland opened in 1931, designed by architect Timothy Pflueger; it was photographed here on May 28, 2013 by Carol M. Highsmith.
📷 Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
A symmetric, golden-lit Art Deco theater lobby with fluted pilasters, chevron-patterned wall panels, sunburst ceiling motifs, and a glowing central archway flanked by stylized sculpted figures. Color photo of the Paramount Theatre's tall Art Deco tower facade, with mosaic tile mural and vertical neon PARAMOUNT sign against a blue sky. Close view of the Paramount Theatre's north facade mosaic mural, showing a woman's face above a scene of dancing and musical figures. Close view of the Paramount Theatre's south facade mosaic mural, with a stylized woman's face, stars, and dancing figures in tile.
October 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Alabama Power Company Building, Birmingham
Built in 1925, this art deco/art moderne tower long stood as the only high-rise in northwest downtown Birmingham.
📷 Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
Facade detail of the Alabama Power Company building in Birmingham, Alabama, showing three large carved stone figures in robes flanking two windows, with the words 'ALABAMA POWER COMPANY' carved into the stone below. Carved relief figure of a woman on the Alabama Power Company building, hands raised, flanked by a sunburst motif on her gown. Carved relief figure labeled 'POWER' on the Alabama Power Company building, a muscular man holding a steel girder structure. Carved relief figure labeled 'HEAT' on the Alabama Power Company building, a bearded man with hands clasped at his chest.
October 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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🏙️ Art Deco Daily: an Art Deco landmark three times a day (towers, theaters, lobbies, ornament) with who built it, when, and the story behind it. The full story follows in the thread.
Public-domain photos, many from the Library of Congress. Automated by JD Media, LLC.
October 2, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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U.S. Courthouse, El Paso, Texas
Built in 1936, El Paso's U.S. Courthouse blends Neo-Classical Revival and Art Deco design in downtown El Paso.
📷 Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
A corner view of a tan stone Art Deco courthouse building with fluted vertical pilasters, rows of multi-pane windows, and a decorative carved frieze near the roofline, palm trees in front under an overcast sky. Art Deco courtroom in the El Paso U.S. Courthouse with wood pews, green-trimmed ceiling panels, and the judge's bench beneath a federal seal. Historic black-and-white 1936 photo of the El Paso Federal Courthouse exterior, a stark Art Deco building with streetcar tracks in front. Modern color exterior view of the U.S. Courthouse in El Paso, Texas, showing its fluted limestone facade and palm trees along the street.
October 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California
Designed by Timothy Pflueger, this Art Deco concert hall opened in Oakland on December 16, 1931, photographed here by Carol M. Highsmith in 2013.
📷 Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
Interior view of an ornate Art Deco theatre auditorium looking toward the stage, with a red curtain, gold-patterned ceiling, carved side panels, and rows of empty seats. Four gilded Art Deco female figures with streaming hair form a staircase newel, above a scrolled wrought-iron railing, Paramount Theatre grand lobby. Paramount Theatre grand lobby looking west, soaring patterned ceiling, fluted stained-glass walls, twin curved staircases, and patterned carpet. Exterior view from the northeast of the Paramount Theatre tower, showing the tiled mosaic facade with a woman's portrait and the vertical marquee sign.
September 30, 2026 at 9:12 PM