Friday, October 15, 2010

Oakland Floral Depot

Oakland Floral DepotThe old Oakland Floral Depot at 1900 Telegraph Avenue, designed by Albert Elvers and dating from 1931, is now a restaurant called Flora.

It is a glorious building covered with cobalt blue tiles and silver Art Deco decorative flourishes.

The corner tower is stunning. It takes quite a few minutes of concentrated effort to absorb all the decoration. I particularly like the band of chevrons about half-way up.

Oakland Floral Depot
Oakland Floral Depot

References:
Flora Restaurant & Bar website
Deco by the Bay: Art Deco Architecture in the San Francisco Bay Area ~ Michael F Crowe

3 comments:

  1. Gorgeous eye candy! Love the blue tiles too. Thanks for sharing this.

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  2. Yes, magnificent eye candy. Thanks for dropping by.

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  3. Beautiful! Thank you for sharing. A group of friends and I are starting to appreciate old buildings here in Eugene, Oregon. One of the best is the Schaeffer Building on 10th and Willamette. Google it and check it out!

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