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Art Deco Separated At Birth #21 – Sun Worshippers
California has many Art Deco sun worshippers, but few as closely related as these two.
Art Deco Separated at Birth #20 – The Ultimate Deco Door?
Up to now, my favorite door was one in Mexico City. But it’s facing stiff competition from a door in Montevideo. Feel free to vote, but if you’re like me, either one will do!
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.
Art Deco Separted At Birth #18-Towers
I’ve puzzled why the Waldorf Towers in Miami Beach has just one tower. But this makes it ideal for this separated at birth, with the old fire station in West Sacramento, Califrornia. The fire station also has just one tower, … 
Art Deco Separated At Birth #17-A Terracotta Trio
In the 1920s, you could order an entire house from a Sears catalog. No Art Deco homes unfortunately. But suppliers of terracotta produced books of ornaments and trim, including Art Deco, that architects could order, presumably without knowing another architect …
Art Deco Separated At Birth #16-“V” Motif Mailboxes
Each of these early Art Deco mailboxes shares a common thread–a V design motif. The earliest Deco mailbox in the USA, almost Art Nouveau in style, from the Barclay-Vesey Building (begun 1923.) Look closely and you’ll see a “V”: The …
Art Deco Separated At Birth #15-Tiny Skyscrapers
Can there be a greater contradiction than the tiny skyscraper?
Art Deco Separated At Birth #14 – Cutting Corners
Some Art Deco buildings where the architect cut corners. Literally.