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Art Deco Vancouver Part 2-The Power Block & Beyond
While the Marine Building is Vancouver’s main Art Deco attraction, it’s not the only one. The area of Granville Street known as the Power Block, named for Captain William Power also has fine examples. First, there is the Vogue Theatre. Dating … 
The Art Deco Evolution of L.E. Arent
Having identified Chicago artist Lyton Erl Arent (1897-1970), I set about looking for more of his work and discovered he drew covers for American Builder magazine as early as 1932. These earlier illustrations show his talents, but other than the …
Art Deco Vancouver Part 1 – The Marine Building
A product of 1920s euphoria and the Depression that followed, there is nothing quite like Vancouver’s Marine Building. Though dwarfed by it’s more modern neighbors, the Marine Building is host to an endless stream of tourists and the curious, and …
Art Deco Separated At Birth #19-Streamlined Bookends
Not quite a mirror image, but close. Here we have a chiropractic clinic in Sacramento, California and a house on Vancouver Island in Victoria, British Columbia.
Who was Jose F.M. Arentz?
My thanks to John Glass who responded to my post on mystery artist L.A. Arent by checking the Illinois census from 1930. This led to Lynton Erle Arent, whose occupation was commercial artist. Since Arent did illustrations for American Builder …
The Demise Of Science High School
With its close proximity to Manhattan it was inevitable that Newark, New Jersey would someday reverse it’s decline. That day is here or soon will be, and with new development comes demolition. Newark is, or was, home to three Art …
Forgotten Art Deco Fairs 1925-1940
1925–The ideas forming the basis of Art Deco coalesced at the Paris Exposition des Artes Decoratifs in 1925 and shortly thereafter an era of great expositions began. During the 1930s, almost every year brought an expo or Worlds Fair. Art …
Who Was L.E. Arent?
I try to focus on lesser known aspects of Art Deco and this entry certainly meets that requirement! American Builder was a long-running publication aimed at contractors and developers. Like the pulp magazines of the 1930s, American Builder’s covers were …