Showing posts with label art deco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art deco. Show all posts

Sunday, April 8, 2012

City National Bank Building, Houston, Texas



Using a painting too from the adobe ideas app, a series of progressive views of a beautiful deco building in downtown Houston, focusing on the top portion of the structure...

Historic name: City National Bank, 921 Main Street and McKinney
Current name: 1001 McKinney Building
Architect, Albert C. Finn
Completed: 1947
City of Houston Historic Landmark, National Registry of Historic Places

Monday, October 17, 2011

Alameda Theatre

Timothy Pflueger designed this theater for the Nassar brothers and it opened in 1932 during the depression years.  The exterior caught my eye as the late afternoon sunlight bleached the softer columns and curves of the facade.  Restored in 2008, the building stands proud on Central Avenue and viewable from Park Street, and contains a wonderful set of interior spaces and details. 

SS UNITED STATES detail view