Definitely, one of my favorite styles of architecture is art deco. It got its name from the 1925 Expositon des Arts Decorants in Paris. By 1925, it had made its way to Chicago, where the Chicago tribune Magazine had a picture of artwork on a building.
Many of the buildings in Tulsa, Oklahoma, were built around this time and also show the art deco style, as do many of the buildings in Miami Beach's South Beach area.
The spire of New York City's Chrysler Building and Chicago's Wrigley Building are two other examples.
In Fox Lake, Illinois, we even have an old gas station dating to the 30s whose tower is art deco. The owner had it designed after attending the Chicago's World Fair of 1933 when art deco was the big thing.
The design was originally called art moderne.
Not only was architecture influenced by it, but also interior and industrial designs, fashion, paintings, and graphic arts. Much of the WPA art was of an art deco style. The Nash Rambler of the 1930s was of an art deco style.
Love That Art Deco. --RoadDog
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