Not quite enough this time to warrant a full numerical designation...Scraps and redos, really.
Last time I tried to get the 1929
Peden Co. Building, I wasn't too happy with the results. This one is a little bit better.
Barely visible in the background of
another picture, this the
Tower Community Center c.1937, architect:
Joseph Finger
It may not seem like much now, but here it is back in 1938:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
This Pilgrim's Cleaners on Westheimer (in Houston) looks like Deco to me, but I'm not sure about that. It's pretty neat though.
A different cleaners, a frickin' cool vintage neon sign:
Complete episodes:
Gulf Coast Deco
Gulf Coast Deco II
Gulf Coast Deco III
Gulf Coast Deco IV
Gulf Coast Deco V
Gulf Coast Deco VI
Gulf Coast Deco VII
Gulf Coast Deco VIII
Gulf Coast Deco IX
Gulf Coast Deco X
Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
2 comments:
Well, the Tower Community Center was neutered by subsequent owners for sure. It's pretty bleak now compared to its former Deco glory. If that's progress, I say no thanks.
I thought at first that the attached awning at the PIlgrim Cleaners was Googie-style but then again, the roundness makes it more Deco. Whatever it is, it's cool.
Neutered is very apt. I agree - where did that Deco style go?? I guess people will be looking back at our era some day and saying the same thing (as hard to believe as that may be).
I couldn't find any info about that Pilgrim's Cleaners. It is cool, and it might be Googie or Deco. The asymmetry and roundness (as you said) would suggest Deco.
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