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Miami Apartment Building, San Juan, Puerto Rico
This postcard shows the Miami Apartment Building in San Juan; the building beside it has since been demolished.
📷 Published (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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Vintage color postcard of two adjoining apartment buildings on a palm-lined street; the taller building at left has rounded corners and horizontal balcony bands, while the building at right has a large arched entrance topped with an ornate scrolled parapet.
November 9, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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Hong Kong Cultural Centre
This Tsim Sha Tsui performance venue, designed by José Lei for the Urban Council, opened 8 November 1989, officiated by Charles, Prince of Wales and Princess Diana.
📷 Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
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A smooth pink curved-roof building (Hong Kong Cultural Centre) rises behind a red-brick clock tower on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront; a ferry is docked at a pier on the left, with the harbour and Hong Kong Island skyline visible. Multi-level atrium interior of Hong Kong Cultural Centre with curving white balconies, a grid ceiling with hanging lights, and escalators leading to lower floors. Black and white close-up of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre's angular ribbed facade meeting at a sharp triangular point above a dark entrance, with a person standing beneath. Upward view of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre's tall sloping tiled facade under a blue sky, with four large theatre promotional banners hung along its base.
November 10, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Sierra Theater (2018)
819 Main St. in Susanville, California.
From my road trip down US Hwy 395.

Photo ©2018 A. Byron Balogh
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Sierra Theater (2018)
Sierra Theatre, 819 Main St. in Susanville, California. From my 2018 road trip down US Hwy 395. According to the Lassen County Times, the theater opened on March 15, 1935 with the showing of the Edwa...
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November 7, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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American Education Press Building, Columbus
Built 1936 in Columbus, Ohio for American Education Press, this Streamline Moderne building used glass block walls throughout.
📷 Architectural Record (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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Black and white photo of a three-story Streamline Moderne corner building with horizontal bands of glass block, flat roof, and rounded corner, seen from the street with bare trees and a utility pole in front. Black-and-white interior hallway lined with glass-block walls, checkerboard tile floor, a round trash can, and a single pendant ceiling light at the far end. Close-up of the building's recessed entrance: glass-block upper wall, a curved canopy with slatted vents, double glass doors, and brick piers flanking the steps. Interior corner showing floor-to-ceiling glass-block windows, a round structural column, overhead pipes, and hanging schoolhouse-style light fixtures.
November 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Franklin County Courthouse, Ozark, Arkansas
Built in 1904 by architect Frank W. Gibb, this courthouse was rebuilt after a 1944 fire in Classical Moderne style by T. Ewing Sheldon.
📷 Brandonrush (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
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A brick courthouse building with a flat roof and central entrance, flanked by large trees, with an American flag on a pole in front and a street in the foreground. Full front view of the Franklin County Courthouse framed by large trees, showing the clock tower, entrance steps, and flagpole with American flag. Close-up of the Franklin County Courthouse facade with tan brick, tall windows, and the clock tower rising above the entrance under a clear blue sky. Straight-on view of the courthouse entrance with carved 'Franklin County Court House' lettering above tall windows and a columned doorway with steps.
November 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Plainview, Nebraska Bandshell
This bandshell in Plainview, Nebraska is built in the Streamline Moderne style.
📷 Ammodramus (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
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A white and pale blue bandshell with a large rounded arch and smooth stucco curves, flanked by fluted pilasters, set on a concrete pad with trees behind it. Front view of the Art Deco bandshell in Plainview, Nebraska, showing its large white arch with light blue trim and stepped stage entrance. Angled view of the Plainview bandshell showing the Art Deco finial atop the arch and striped vertical window details on the side wall. Three-quarter view of the Plainview, Nebraska bandshell with a vintage lamppost in the foreground and the stage's central arched doorway visible.
November 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Palo Alto Station
Palo Alto's Streamline Moderne depot opened in 1941, built by Southern Pacific to match its sleek Daylight passenger trains.
📷 Scanned postcard from eBay auction: " Postcar (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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Black-and-white postcard of a single-story Streamline Moderne train station with a curved corner, smooth stucco walls, flat roof, and horizontal banding, seen across railroad tracks with a fence in the foreground. Caltrain diesel locomotive with red and silver livery arriving at Palo Alto station platform at dusk, headlights on, yellow tactile strip along platform edge Caltrain train approaching Palo Alto station platform at twilight under a pink sunset sky, headlights lit, trees lining the tracks
November 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Snow White Cleaners and Laundry, Denver
This Streamline Moderne building at 3043 West Alameda Avenue in Denver was Snow White Cleaners and Laundry, later Ethel's Beauty Salon and Gil's Barber Shop.
📷 Cappon, Jack, creator (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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A single-story white stucco Streamline Moderne commercial building on a street corner, with a curved corner edge, horizontal dark bands, small windows, and a utility pole in front against an overcast sky. Interior doorway view from the west room through to the east room, with a wrought iron security gate, white door, and curtained window beyond Close-up of the front entrance glass block curved facade with wrought iron gate reading 3043 and overhead light fixture Close-up of curved glass brick window on the southwest facade with tile trim bands above and below
November 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Plaza Theatre, Laredo, Texas
Built in 1947 as a movie house, the 1,586-seat Plaza Theatre is the only remaining Art Moderne building in Laredo, Texas.
📷 Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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A green and cream Streamline Moderne theater facade with a curved marquee and tall vertical 'PLAZA' sign, next to colorful storefronts along a city street under a blue sky. Art Deco Plaza Theatre exterior in Laredo, Texas, with tall green vertical marquee sign reading PLAZA, curved ribbed canopy, and mint-green and cream facade under a clear blue sky.
November 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Curley's Diner, Stamford, Connecticut
Curley's Diner stands in downtown Stamford, Connecticut, a classic Streamline Moderne diner building.
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A chrome-trimmed Streamline Moderne diner labeled Curley's sits on a street corner beneath modern high-rise buildings under a blue sky. Curley's Diner, a classic stainless steel streamline diner with red neon script sign, on a street corner in downtown Stamford with modern high-rises behind it, sunny day. Curley's Diner stainless steel exterior with red neon sign, viewed from a slight distance showing the full diner car alongside a parking garage and brick building.
November 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh
Buhl Planetarium opened in Pittsburgh's North Side on October 24, 1939, funded by the Buhl Foundation; now part of the Children's Museum.
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A long, low Streamline Moderne building glows golden in twilight lighting, with horizontal banding along its facade, bare winter trees in front, patchy snow on the ground, and a deep blue dusk sky above. Twilight view of the tan stone Buhl Planetarium building glowing under lamplight, bare trees and an American flag on a pole in front, snow on the ground. Stone relief of a sleeping woman with flowing hair, head resting on her hand, labeled 'NIGHT' in carved letters beside her, on tan stone wall of Buhl Planetarium. Verdigris bronze relief of a Native American figure holding a spear and shield, with sun and clouds motifs, labeled 'PRIMITIVE SCIENCE' at its base.
November 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Garages, Großsiedlung Siemensstadt
These garages are part of the Siemensstadt Settlement, built 1929–1931 and recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
📷 Leonhard Lenz (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
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A long row of beige, corrugated-metal garage doors with a flat roof stretches across the frame, set in a paved courtyard with apartment buildings and trees in the background under an overcast sky. Row of pale beige corrugated metal garage doors with rounded tops, set before a cobblestone forecourt, with 1930s apartment blocks and trees behind. Close view of the garage row's weathered concrete pillars and corrugated doors, with an oak tree and residential blocks in the background. Angled view of the garage terrace showing individual door handles and hinges along the row, cobblestones in front and apartment buildings behind.
October 31, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Cine Montoya, Monterrey
This building in Monterrey was originally the Cine Montoya and later became the Teatro Montoya; it is an example of Streamline Moderne architecture.
📷 Balaenicactus (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
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Upper façade of a curved, white Streamline Moderne building with a sweeping rounded roofline and a horizontal blue band along the lower section, graffiti tags on the wall, tangled overhead wires crossing the cloudy sky. Restored neon marquee lettering from the Antiguo Cine Monterrey, remixed into an art piece, glowing in blue and yellow inside a museum hallway with reflective floor. Weathered concrete tower of the former Cine Monterrey marquee structure against a cloudy sky, with faded lettering, graffiti tags, and a street sign post in front.
October 30, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Thunder Ridge Middle School, Agra, Kansas
Thunder Ridge Middle School, Agra, Kansas—formerly Agra Consolidated School—sits at 941 Kansas Ave.; photo shows its east end.
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A two-story brick school building with a central tower above the entrance, horizontal banding, rows of windows, a paved walkway, and a grass lawn in front under a clear sky. Front exterior of a brick school building with a central peaked-roof entrance tower, American and state flags on a pole in the foreground, and a row of windows along the two-story wing. Close-up of the school's entrance tower, showing a tall pyramidal dark roof above brick walls with vertical window bays and a stone-trimmed cornice over the glass entrance doors.
October 29, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Hall of Transportation, Treasure Island
Built in 1938 for the Golden Gate International Exposition, this Moderne-style hall was designed by architects William Peyton Day and George William Kelham.
📷 William B Dewey (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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Black-and-white photo of a long, low, horizontal Streamline Moderne building stretching across the frame along a waterfront, with trees in front, a small sailboat and buoys on calm water, under a clear sky. Interior of the Hall of Transportation's hangar space, showing a soaring curved steel truss roof over an open exhibition floor lit by tall windows, camera facing northeast. Detail of an Art Deco corner pylon on the Hall of Transportation, tall fluted pilasters and a stepped triangular motif rising above the building's curved roofline. Close-up of the Hall of Transportation's main entrance, an Art Deco pylon framing a carved relief sculpture of a classical figure above the glass doors.
October 28, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Calvert Manor, Arlington
Calvert Manor, a Moderne apartment building in Arlington, was designed and built in 1948 by architect Mihran Mesrobian.
📷 Rosenthal, James W., creator (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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Black and white photo of a multi-story brick Streamline Moderne apartment building with rounded corner bays and horizontal window bands, partially screened by a large tree, with cars parked on the street in front. Street-level elevation of Calvert Manor, a multi-story brick Art Deco apartment building in Arlington with rounded corner bays, banked windows, and entrances facing a tree-lined street; a car parked at the curb. Close view of Calvert Manor's brick facade showing three round porthole windows stacked vertically on a corner tower, with pine tree branches framing the shot and dappled shadows on the lawn below.
October 27, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, Treasure Island
📷 Dewey, William B., creator (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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Oblique exterior view of a large white Streamline Moderne building with horizontal banding, a curved corner tower, and a rounded dome roof, under clear sky with a parked SUV in front. Interior lobby with high ceiling, round skylight coves, glass doors, and a curved wall partition, bright natural light streaming in. Vast hangar-like interior under a curved steel truss roof, rows of hanging lights illuminating the open floor. Close view of massive riveted steel roof trusses and support columns inside the hangar, truck parked below for scale.
October 26, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Billings Senior High School
Built in 1939 with Public Works Administration funds, the school opened in 1940 in Billings, Montana.
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The southwest entrance of a brick Streamline Moderne school building with curved canopies, horizontal banding, and a stone cornerstone reading 'ERECTED A.D. 1939', flanked by wide concrete steps. Southeast entrance of Billings Senior High School with orange double doors, art deco metal canopy, and a brick relief of a flying bee above the doors. Main entrance of Billings Senior High School with carved limestone surround reading 'Billings Senior High School', fluted columns, and glass-paneled doors atop stone steps.
October 25, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Former Greyhound Station, Baltimore
This Streamline Moderne bus station stands at 601 N. Howard Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
📷 Baltimore Heritage from Baltimore, MD, USA (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
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A Streamline Moderne building on a street corner with smooth curved stucco walls, horizontal window bands, a tall vertical fin above the entrance, and a rounded cantilevered canopy over the ground floor. Street-level exterior of the former Greyhound Station, a low Art Deco building with ribbon windows, rounded corner tower, and streetlights, under a partly cloudy sky. Close-up of the Art Deco tower of the former Greyhound Station, cream-colored stone with rounded corner and blue chevron-style metal logo plaque, against a blue sky with clouds. Upward view of the Art Deco tower corner of the former Greyhound Station, showing smooth curved stone edge and a small blue metal emblem, with power lines crossing in front against a clear blue sky.
October 24, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Atlanta Constitution Building, Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution Building, a 1947 art moderne landmark designed by Robert and Company, once housed the Atlanta Constitution newspaper.
📷 Warren LeMay from Cincinnati (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
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A rounded brick building corner with horizontal banding and rows of boarded or tinted windows, photographed from the street under a clear blue sky, with traffic signs and crosswalk lines in the foreground. Historic sepia photo of the ornate Atlanta Constitution Building with a rounded corner turret, arched windows, and awnings, horse-drawn carriages on the cobblestone street below. Aerial view of the weathered brick Atlanta Constitution Building, now vacant with broken windows and plywood boarding, people standing on its rooftop amid city skyscrapers.
October 23, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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Modern Diner, Pawtucket
The Modern Diner in Pawtucket, R.I., built 1940 by John B. Judkins Co., is one of few surviving Sterling Streamliner diners, styled like a 1934 silver locomotive.
📷 Carol M. Highsmith (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
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Exterior of a cream and maroon streamlined diner car with rounded roofline, reading 'MODERN DINER' on a curved sign, flanked by trees under a cloudy sky. Interior of the diner with chrome stools along a white tile counter and wood booths beneath a curved ceiling with checkerboard floor Close-up of a square clock mounted above a nameplate reading Sterling Diner on wood-paneled wall inside the diner Close-up of the rounded streamlined rear end of the diner showing maroon and cream stripes, chrome trim, and DINER lettering
October 22, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Dominion Public Building, Aug 2026. Winnipeg, MB.

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October 8, 2026 at 5:27 AM
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I was talking with @upvotegreyhounds.bsky.social about #StreamlineModerne and thought of this.

It's a model for the "Zephyr Land-Yacht" (1936), design by Brooks Stevens (painted wood, aluminum, stainless steel, and wire). More in ALT.

At the Milwaukee [Wisconsin, USA] Art Museum.

23 Jul 2021
This is a model ina very streamline moderne style of a long mobil-home attached to a smaller four-wheel automobile at right, which is meant to transport it. The trailer is black lacquer with a row of "windows" along the side, wheels at the back, and a door at its front to the right. It attaches to the rear of the automobile which has a dramatic teardrop shape like "cars of the future" from the 1930s. The accompanying museum card offers this information: "Designed for Milwaukee's millionaire playboy William Woods Plankinton Jr., this land zephyr boasted a luxurious interior, with the front compartment for the chauffeur, valet-chef, and various mechanicals, while the rear trailer included Plankinton's living quarters, which slept up to seven people! "Employing the popular language of streamlining, Stevens designed the Zephyr Land-Yacht to be forty-five feet in length and eleven tons."
October 8, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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The #StreamlineModerne entrance to #SanFrancisco ‘s historic 1932 Doelger Building in the #SunsetDistrict @ 320 Judah

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A black and white photograph of shiny chrome double doors, each with a half-moon window as a dramatic focal point, sit between columns of square glass blocks. The sidewalk in front of the doorway has a terrazzo starburst pattern.
September 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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#JustBecause Monday

The Odeon Theatre, Carleton Street, Toronto, "Showplace of the Dominion," designed by Jay English; opened 1948 (late for #StreamlineModerne).

Eaton's College Street store (designed 1928, opened 1930) at left across Yonge Street & a TTC streetcar heads west.

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Publicity card for The Odeon Theatre in Toronto, 1948/9. A black and white illustration shows a towering Moderne structure illuminated by flashes of light in a dark sky. A streetcar passes in front of it. An older (1930) art-deco-style building is at the left.
February 16, 2026 at 9:43 PM