Apartments, Montreal

Grand Canyon Hotel Sign, Williams

A great deco sign for the Grand Canyon Hotel on Route 66 in Williams, Arizona.

Jones Heward Building, Montreal

Although the Jones Heward Building at 249-251 Rue Saint-Jacques, Montreal is an older building, the doors, according to Art Deco Montreal, date from 1929 and were designed by N I Chipman. Each of the doors has one of these plaques depicting a ship, a train, a factory and a gasometer.

I really like how the steam (at the top) and the pilot or cowcatcher, if you want to be agricultural about it, (at the bottom) have been represented.

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Buildings, Art Deco Montreal

Art Deco Apartments, London

This is one of those cases where I've come across a folder with some pictures of a wonderful but if I ever knew exactly what the building is called then it is long since lost.

I can tell you that this block of apartments is in North London, around the Finchley or Hampstead area I think.

The set of photos is called Riverside so I presume that is the name of the apartments or the street.

Can anyone help?

[Scroll down to see the doors and you'll really want to find out where this building is]

Commercial Hotel, Kaniva

Kaniva is by my reckoning, in the middle of nowhere.

On the Western Highway between Nhill and the South Australian border, it does boast the Commercial Hotel, quite a substantial pub.

I reckon it pre-dates the Art Deco period but I do love this doorway.

553 Rathdowne Street, Carlton

Although the trees and bushes have become a bit too large for the garden and obscure a bit too much of the building but you can still see the beauty of these flats on the corner of Rathdowne and Princes Street, Carlton.

Central Terminal, Buffalo

Yesterday, I wrote about the recently released master plan for the restoration of the Central Terminal in Buffalo, NY and promised some more of my photos, so here they are.

In 1925 a site 2½ miles from downtown Buffalo was selected for the New York Central Railroad terminal. Designed by architects Fellheimer & Wagner it was opened on May 22, 1929 but by 1956 railways were 2nd class citizens to the private car and the Buffalo Central Terminal was in some trouble. It limped along through partial demolitions til the mid 1980s when it was listed in the NY State and National Registers of Historic Places and ceased to provide services for the passing trains.

After many years of neglect the property was transferred to the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation in 1997.

The restoration of the terminal is a huge task after so many years of neglect and lack of use but hopefully the Master Plan can attract funding and see this wonderful opened for re-use.

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Central Terminal Restoration Corporation, Inc

Central Terminal, Buffalo

I visited the Central Terminal in 2009 and was blown away by the scale and potential of the abandoned railway terminal. Built too late and in the wrong part of town to capitalise on the railway boom it stands a forlorn beauty.

It was only after my visit that I found out about the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation who have control over the building. So I was very pleased to see that they recently released a master plan for the restoration and adaptive re-use of this magnificant building.

Furthermore, it was great to come across this report from yesterday's Buffalo News that includes a look at the interior, which didn't look as bad as I expected.

I'll post some more of my photos tomorrow.