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Category Archives: Art Deco
At 80, the Empire State Building strikes back
It is so obvious, so cliché and so visible that visiting the Empire State Building gets, ironically, overlooked. Like the single slice meal, blue Yankee cap and yellow cab, the skyscraper is in the city’s DNA, so familiar you feel as if you have been there even if you have never stepped foot on the observation deck. Continue reading
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Recent NY pop-art images by Simon Fieldhouse.
SIMON FIELDHOUSE is an Artist who lives and works in Sydney, Australia and mainly paints historic Architecture. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art Deco, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
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New York’s Aging Buildings
If the Flatiron Building were a person, it would be dead by now (and so probably would its children). The Chrysler and the Empire State buildings would be getting there. Continue reading
The Future Isn’t Quite What Hugh Imagined
Hugh Ferriss (1889 – 1962) was an American delineator (one who creates perspective drawings of buildings) and architect. Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Art Deco, Historic, Offbeat, Skyscraper
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Historic Construction Projects- The Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a marvel of engineering and architecture, and it occupies a unique place in the history of construction companies and construction management. Not only was the 1453-foot, 103-story structure built in just over 13 months, the construction company that took on the daunting job allegedly began with nothing on hand – no equipment or supplies that would be sufficient for such an enormous undertaking. Continue reading
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