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Tony Robins offers walking tours of Art Deco architecture in New York (itinerary online), a list of
Art Deco landmarks in the city, book reviews and excerpts from interviews with New York architects
of the 1920s and 30s.
http://trob.home.pipeline.com/artdeco1.htm
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Michael's Architecture Tour
Photographs, history and bibliography of Art Deco skyscrapers in Chicago, New York, St. Louis, and
Tulsa.
http://www.michael.leland.name/index.html
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Architecture in Ghent: Art Deco and Modernism
Gert Defever explores the significant Art Deco buildings in this Belgian city [in Dutch with a
summary in English.]
http://membres.lycos.fr/architectuur/
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Miami Design Preservation League
Protects, preserves and promotes the famed Art Deco District in Miami Beach, Florida. Events,
architectural tours, Art Deco Museum.
http://www.mdpl.org/
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Durban's Art Deco
Andrew Moore introduces the Art Deco style and Durban's contribution to it. Tour of the Art Deco
district.
http://users.iafrica.com/a/an/andryn/
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The Art Deco Society of Toronto
For Art Deco lovers to share their interests, work to increase public awareness, and help preserve
threatened examples of the period. Mandate, events, photographs, archive, list of Toronto Art Deco
landmarks.
http://www.artdecotoronto.com/
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Decorative Art in Architecture as a Part of Bandung History
An essay by Dibyo Hartono on the influence of Art Deco on the architecture of Bandung in Indonesia.
http://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~fujimori/heritage/artdeco.html
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South Bay Deco
Andrew Wood of San José State University introduces the Art Deco movement and provides
photographs of Deco buildings dotted around the South San Francisco Bay area.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/southbaydeco/splash.html
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Art Deco Society of Los Angeles
Aims to save historic Art Deco structures throughout the world. Preservation issues, news, events.
Pictures and listings of Art Deco buildings in the Los Angeles area.
http://www.adsla.org/
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Art Deco Society Inc.
A non-profit organisation promoting the preservation Art Deco in Victoria and Tasmania. News,
events, publications, membership.
http://www.artdeco.org.au/
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Rockefeller Center
NYCTourist describes this Art Deco complex of commercial buildings in New York built 1929-34.
Includes images of Art Deco and Art Nouveau murals and mosaics.
http://www.nyctourist.com/rock_center1.htm
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Building the Chrysler Building
An illustrated history by Emily Zimmerman, part of America in the 1930s.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/DISPLAY/chrysler/Frame-1.html
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Art Deco in Architecture
Illustrated essay by Heidi Dressler on the Art Deco buildings of Kalamazoo, Michigan, US.
http://kalamazoomi.com/deco/decointr.htm
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Art Deco in Miami Beach
A brief history and description of the style and its prominence in the hotels of Miama Beach, from
Absolutely Florida. Listing of hotels, map and directions.
http://www.abfla.com/1tocf/hotf/1/decohis.html
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Art Deco Architecture
Lara Goeke provides an outline of the movement, photographs and brief details of famous examples,
such as the Empire State Building, brief biographies of selected architects and links.
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/1925/index.html
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Midland Hotel, Morecambe, UK
The Friends of the Midland aim to raise awareness and funding towards the restoration of this
important Art Deco building by Oliver Hill. History, photographs.
http://www.midlandhotel.org/
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Art Deco Ireland
Photographs and description of inter-war buildings in Ireland, predominantly Art Deco. It includes
cinemas and the remarkable church designed by Chicago architect Francis Barry Byrne. Geo-cities
pop-up banners.
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Salon/6941/deco1.htm
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The Art Deco Society of California
A not-for-profit organization with both serious and social activities. Events, membership,
preservation awards (with photographs of some Deco buildings), guide to Art Deco in the San
Francisco Bay area, magazine.
http://www.art-deco.org/
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Art Deco Society of Washington
Supports the preservation of Art Deco architecture. Membership, events, preservation news,
description and history of Art Deco sites in the area, articles and reviews, forum, links.
http://adsw.org/
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Chicago Landmarks - Art Deco Tour
Photographs and descriptions of the city's Art Deco skyscrapers and other buildings.
http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Tours/ArtDeco.html
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Boston Avenue United Methodist Church
The official site of this towering Art Deco church in Tulsa, designed in the 1920s by Adah
Robinson, gives a history and illustrated description, with commentary on its religious symbolism.
http://www.bostonavenue.org/
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Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California
The official site offers photographs and a history (with source) of this extraordinary Art Deco
theater. The 1930s movie palace was designed by San Francisco architect Timothy Pflueger.
http://www.paramounttheatre.com
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Art Deco Napier, New Zealand
Napier was rebuilt in the early 1930s after an earthquake and has a wealth of Art Deco buildings,
some with Maori motifs. The Art Deco Trust provides photographs, history and an introduction to the
style.
http://www.hb.co.nz/artdeco/
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