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Groups such as the Art Deco Society of New York (ADSNY) produce talks and tours about the city's architecture, [64] as well as advocating for the preservation of the city's remaining Deco. [65] New York City Landmarks Commission veteran Anthony W. Robins wrote that decades after the rise and fall of Art Deco, the style "survives and flourishes ...
The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.At 1,046 ft (319 m), it is the tallest brick building in the world with a steel framework.
The Empire State Building is a 102-story [c] Art Deco skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931.
The Art Deco period saw an enormous increase in travel and tourism, by trains, automobiles, and airplanes. Several luxury hotels were built in the new style; the Waldorf-Astoria on Park Avenue in New York City, built in 1929 to replace a beaux-arts style building from the 1890s, was the tallest and largest hotel in the world when it was built.
The Sears Roebuck & Company Department Store is an Art Deco edifice of three stories, plus a 103-foot tower. The building is situated at the corner of Beverly Road and Beford Avenue in an L shape, with nine bays of grouped windows or entrances along Bedford and four along Beverly.
0–9. 1 Rockefeller Plaza; 1 Wall Street; 2 Horatio Street; 10 East 40th Street; 10 Rockefeller Plaza; 14 Wall Street; 15 Central Park West; 20 Exchange Place
Robert A. M. Stern wrote in his 1987 book New York 1930, "Not only was its base a sophisticated piece of urban infill, but its tower was a jewel in New York's skyscraper crown." [17] The AIA Guide to New York City stated that the building's "Art Deco details at both street and sky are both sumptuous and exuberant."
New York City Department of Health Building, Staten Island, 1935; ... Art Deco Society of New York". Archived from the original on 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2019-01-03