A few posts ago was Gulf Coast Deco X & 1/4, so-named because I had only a few Art Deco structures to share. I've since gone back to Houston and found a couple of other things, so I decided to combine it all together into a whole Gulf Coast Deco post.
Let me begin with the
Houston Municipal Airport Terminal. It was built in 1940 and designed by
Joseph Finger.
The terminal is right down the street from the
Houston Municipal Airport Hangar, from 1940, also designed by Joseph Finger:
Also from 1940 is the
Hamman Exploration Co. building. I half expected Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers to come out dancing
cheek to cheek:
The former Garden Oaks Theater, from 1947:
I don't believe it's Art Deco, but
this business has been around for at least sixty years (which is around the period of Deco's peak influence). They also have a pretty cool, vintage (I'm assuming) neon sign:
And another relic of that distant age:
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:
Past 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
Gulf Coast Deco XII
4 comments:
You aways find some very cool and inspiring stuff. Tanks!
Thank you, Kevin! Tank you, tank you very much.
If that Tower Community Center would re-do the building to look like it did in the 30s, it would get more attention and still be classy, not garish.
You're preaching to the choir there, Retro Hound.
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