Fields Building, Dapto

Fields Building, Dapto

GJ & LJ Connell Engineering, Poowong

I love the shapes of this great little building in Poowong in Gippsland. The stepped roofline and the rounded walls drawing you into the entrance and, of course, the stepped lettering in the GJ & LJ Connell Engineering sign.

former San Francisco Stock Exchange, Sansome Street Entrance

We the members of the San Francisco Stock Exchange voted in 1927 to replace their existing building with a new one costing $½ million it was the design of James R Miller & Timothy Pflueger that was chosen. Miller & Pflueger had previously designed separate buildings for the exchange and a rival San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange but those had been prior to the new Art Deco style coming into vogue.

The building was constructed during 1929 and was nearing construction when the Stock Market Crash hit on October 29 leading to the building becoming known among traders as the Monument to the Crash.

This is the Sansome Street entrance to the building dominated by Ralph Stackpole's sculpture, The Progress of Man. There's more of Stackpole's sculptures associated with this building and a fabulous interior but I'll leave those to future posts to explore further.

Reference:
Art Deco San Francisco: The Architecture of Timothy Pflueger, by Therese Poletti, photography by Tom Paiva, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2008

Apartments, Massawa

Apartment Building in Massawa

Alagoas, Copacabana

Here's a peak inside the foyer of another of the wonderful Art Deco apartment blocks in Copacabana.

Cloverhill Apartments, Toronto

This is Cloverhill Apartments in Toronto built in 1939 and designed by John Gibb Morton.

The green awning at the entrance is a later, unsympathetic, addition. Older photos should a more elegant entrance canopy with slender metal letters spelling out the name of the apartments as late as the 1990s.
Reference:

Art Deco Architecture in Toronto, Tim Morawetz, Glue Inc, Toronto, 2009

Homelea, Longwarry

Longwarry is a small town off the M1 about 95km west of Melbourne. The local CFA run a market on the first Sunday of each month, except January and February. Note that it is February … still I took the opportunity to turn right at the railway crossing, rather than left to the non-existent market, and have another look at this great house called Homelea.

former Comfort Station for Women, Korumburra

This amazing streamline moderne pylon belongs to the former Comfort Station for Women in Radovick Street, Korumburra. The building was designed by the Public Works Department in 1944.

Reference:
South Gippsland Shire Heritage Study 2004