Tropical Deco : the architecture and design of old Miami Beach. / Laura Cerwinske ; photography by David Kaminsky. txt
Idioma: Inglés New York : Rizzoli, 1981Descripción: 95 p. col. ill. ; 21cmTipo de contenido:- text
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- N6535.M52 C47 1981
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Shows Art Deco apartments, hotels, and theaters in old Miami Beach and highlights the architectural details and murals of those historic buildings.
Includes Bibliography.
Contents:
Preface 7 --
Introduction : The Evolution of Deco 9 --
1 Facades 13 --
2 Finials & Parapets 20 --
3 Moldings & Friezes 28 --
4 Cubes & Planes 34 --
5 Symbols & Imagery 41 --
6 Larger Hotels 46 --
7 Smaller Hotels & Apartments 50 --
8 Doorways 58 --
9 Windows 63 --
10 Materials 68 --
11 Lettering 73 --
12 Interior Details 77 --
13 Murals 84 --
Notes & Bibliography 95 --
Illustrations:
1. Taft, 1040 Washington Henry Hohauser, 1936 p. 14 --
2. Whitelaw, 808 Collins Avenue Albert Anis, 1936 p. 15 --
3. The Majestic, 660 Ocean Drive Albert Anis, 1940 p. 15 --
4. Haddon Hall, 1500 Collins Avenue L. Murray Dixon, 1941 Robert M. Schwarz, sculptor of cast plaque reliefs p.15 --
5. Beacon Hotel, 720 Ocean Drive Harry O. Nelson, 1936 p.16 --
6. Warsaw Ballroom (formely Hoffman’s Cafeteria) Collins Avenue and Espagnola Way Henry Hohauser, 1940 Robert M. Schwarz, Sculptor of plaster relief work p. 16 --
7. Plymouth Hotel, 336 21st Street Anton Skislewicz, 1940 p. 17 --
8. The design of the Miami Beach Post Office emphasizes the classical simplicity of its geometric form p.18 --
9. Miami Beach Post Office Washington Avenue & 12th Street Cheney, 1939 p.19 --
10. Kenmore, 1050 Washington Anton Skislewicz, 1936 19 --
11. Ritz Plaza, 1701 Collins Avenue Delano, 1685 Collins Avenue Swartburg, 1947 National, 1677 Collins Avenue p.21 --
12. In the 1920s an awakened awareness of American Indian culture and the social revolutions in Latin America brought forth attention to Aztec, Maya and Inca cultures. These developments established precedents in American design for Indian rhythms, patterns, and totems p. 22 --
13. The Breakwater, 940 Ocean Drive Anton Skislewicz, 1939 p.23 --
14. Barnett Apartment, 1115 Euclid Ave. Leonard Glasser, 1949 p.23 --
15. Century Hotel 140 Ocean DriveHenry Hohauser, 1939 p.23 --
16. Fairmont, 1000 Collins L. Murray Dixon, 1936 p.24 --
17. Chatham Apartments, 1676 James Avenue Edward A. Nolannd, 1941 p.24 --
18. The Carlyle, 1250 Ocean Drive Kichnell & Elliot, 1941 p.25 --
19. Royal House, 1201 Pennsylvania L. Murray Dixon 1939 p.26 --
20. Abbey, 300 21st Street Albert Anis, 1940 p.26 --
21. Palmer House, 1121 Collins Avenue L. Murray Dixon, 1939 p.27 --
22. Essex, 1001 Collins Avenue Henry Hohauser, 1938 p.27 --
23. Tudor, 1111 Collins Avenue L. Murray Dixon, 1939 p. 27 --
24. Tiffany, 801 Collins L. Murray Dixon, 1939 p. 27 --
25. Residential Apartment Jefferson Avenue and 9th Street p.29 --
26. Alden Hotel , 2925 Indian Creek Drive Nadel & Nordin, 1936 p.30 --
27. Olympic, 426 Ocean Drive Albert Anis, 1936 p.31 --
28. The Taft, 1040 Washington Avenue Henry Hohauser, 1936 p.31 --
29. Deco Plaza 701-45 5th Street T. Hunter Henderson, 1930 p.32 --
30. Beacon, 720 Ocean Drive Harry O. Nelson 1936 p.32 --
31. Evelyn Apartments 711 16th Street p.32 --
32. 1420 Collins Avenue E.G. Cobelli, 1923 p.32 --
33. Collins Plaza, 318 20th Street Henry Hohaser, 1936 p. 33 --
34. 744 Lincoln Road (at Meridian) p.35 --
35. Ocean Drive, 1985 p.36 --
36. Ocean Drive, 1980 p.36 --
37. Collins Avenue at 16th Street p.36 --
38. Viewed individually, or from several blocks away, the buildings express rhythms which are conjugated in a spectrum of levels p.37 --
39. Residential Apartment --
40. 1533-39 and 1521-31 Pennsylvania Ave. Roy France, 1935 p.38 --
41. The dramatic use of the ‘’mirror image’’, the thrusts and recesses of two buildings identically reflecting one another, was a visual phenomenon which Tropical Deco employed p.39 --
42. Rapsodi Apartments 730 15th Street L. Murray Dixon, 1939 p.40 --
43. Surf, 444 Ocean Drive p. 42 --
44. Pelican on Miami Beach residence p.42 --
45. Bass Museum (formerly Miami Beach Public library ) 2100 Collins Avenue Russell Pancoast, 1939 Gustav Bohland, relief sculptor p. 42 --
46. Bass Museum detail Gustav Bohland, sculptor p.42 --
47. Mayfair Hotel, 1960 Park Avenue Henry Hohauser, 1936 p.42 --
48. The Bass Museum bears Tropical Deco friezes whose imagery relates the history and character of Florida. All of the pictorial representations on the Bass are represented with organic stylization and illustrate the integration of historic awareness into Tropical Deco terms p.43 --
49. The fountain motif added fluidity to the geometry of the style. Though the theme was prevalent in the Art Deco style in general, it literally found its home in the land of Ponce de Leon’s ‘’ Fountain of Youth’’ p. 44 --
50. Barclay Plaza, 1940 Park Avenue Krehnel & Elliot,1935 p.45 --
51. Bancroft Hotel, 1501 Collins Avenue Albert Anis, 1935 p. 45 --
52. Royal Arms, 1223 Collins Avenue L. Murray Dixon, 1934 p. 45 --
53. Delano, 1685 Collins Avenue Swartburg, 1947 p. 47 --
54. Though they may not tower like New York’s Empire State Building or radiate like the Chrysler Building these larger Tropical Deco hotels were successful monuments to their own style p.48 --
55. St. Moritz, 1565 Collins Avenue L. Murray Dixon, 1939 p.49 --
56. New Yorker, 1611 Collins Avenue Henry Hohauser,1940 p. 49 --
57. Victor, 1144 Ocean Drive L. Murray Dixon, 1937 p. 49 --
58. Sands, 1601 Collins Avenue Roy F. France 1939 p.49 --
59. Raleigh, 1777 Collins Avenue L. Murray Dixon, 1940 p.49 --
60. Coronet Apartment, 900 Jefferson p. 51 --
61. Cardozo 1300 Ocean Drive Henry Hohauser, 1939 p.52 --
62. Commodore, 1360 Collins Avenue Henry Hohauser, 1939 p. 52 --
63. Palmer House, 1119 Collins Avenue L. Murray Dixon, 1939 p. 52 --
64. Generally three stories high with classic Deco division of exterior surface , these buildings lent themselves to the social atmosphere of the Beach. No towering high rises nor sprawling megastructures, the Deco buildings were compact and self contained in design and humanly scaled p. 53 --
65. Though individually distinctive, the unity established by the cohesiveness of the style underscores a sense of community p.54 --
66. Block of Meridian and 15th Street p.55 --
67. Kenmore, 1050 Washington Avenue Anton Skislewicz, 1936 p.55 --
68. Residential Apartment Collins and 10th Street p.55 --
69. Galaxy Co-op 852 Collins Avenue Henry Hohauser, 1936 p. 55 --
70. Residential Apartment 1211 Pennsylvania Henry Hohauser, 1939 p.57 --
71. Collins Park, 2000 Park Avenue Henry Hohauser, 1939 p. 57 --
72. Residential Apartment Jefferson Avenue L. Murray Dixon, 1940 p.57 --
73. Residential Apartment 905 Michigan Norden & Nadel, 1937 p. 59 --
74. Dulce Apartments 700 14th Street Henry Hohauser, 1939 p.60 --
75. Residential doorway 310 78th Street p. 60 --
76. Residential doorway Lenox Ave. and 14th Street p. 61 --
77. Residential doorway Lenox Ave. and 12th Street p. 61 --
78. Residential doorway Lenox Ave. and 12th Street p.61 --
79. Residential doorway Lenox Ave. and 14th Street p. 61 --
80. Residential doorway Michigan Ave. and 13th St. p. 61 --
81. Residential Apartment 500 14th Street Gene E. Bayliss, 1939 p.62 --
82. Tiffany, 801 Collins L. Murray Dixon, 1939 p.64 --
83. Ambassador Hotel, 227 Michigan Avenue W.F. Brown, 1925 p.64 --
84. Residential Apartment Collins Ave. and 9th Street McKay & Gibbs, 1947 p.64 --
85. Keystone (oolitic limestone), tinted a sea green, is shaped around an etched glass porthole window. Further articulations of the ocean liner theme are illustrated above p.65 --
86. Residential Apartment 1559 Meridian Henry Hohauser p. 66 --
87. Park Central, 640 Collins Avenue Henry Hohauser, 1937 p.66 --
88. Shirley Apartments 1423 Collins Avenue A. Herbert Mathes, 1949 p. 66 --
89. Residential Apartment 1557 Meridian Henry Hohauser p.66 --
90. Fillard, 236 21st Street Henry Hohauser, 1939 p. 66 --
91. Joy Apartments 1250 Pennsylvania L. Murray Dixon, 1940 p.67 --
92. Mayfair Hotel , 1960 Park Avenue Henry Hohauser, 1936 p.69 --
93. Davis Hotel, 1020 Washington Avenue Henry Hohauser, 1941 p. 70 --
94. Residential Apartment 1525 Meridian L. Murray Dixon, 1939 p.71 --
95. Don Bar, 1571-73 Pennsylvania Albert Anis, 1937 p.71 --
96. Cardozo, 1300 Ocean Drive Henry Hohauser, 1939 p.71 --
97. Governor Hotel, 435 21st Street Henry Hohauser, 1939 p.72 --
98. Hotel Astor, 956 Washington Avenue T. Hunter Henderson, 1936 p. 74 --
99. Dorchester Hotel 1850 Collins Avenue p.74 --
100. Governor Hotel 435 21st Street p.74 --
101. These unembellished letter faces reflect the clean lines and distinct spatial divisions of the buildings they designate p. 75 --
102. Delano Apartment 1540 Pennsylvania p.76 --
103. Alexandria 1515 Euclid p.76 --
104. Royal House 1201 Pennsylvania p. 76 --
105. Victor Hotel 1144 Ocean Drive p.78 --
106. Kenmore 1050 Washington Avenue p.79 --
107. Collins Plaza 318 20th Street Henry Hohauser, 1936 p. 80 --
108. Davis Hotel 1020 Washington Avenue p.80 --
109. Governor Hotel 435 21st Street p.80 --
110. A metal railing cascades down the staircase of the Davis Hotel, while a doorway in the Governor swings with a jazzy metal ornament p.81 --
111. Cardozo 1300 Ocean Drive p.82 --
112. Astor Hotel 956 Washington Avenue p.83 --
113. Colony 736 Ocean Drive Paul Simone, muralist p.86 --
114. Flamingo Plaza Hotel 1055 Meridian Earl LaPan, muralist p.87 --
115. Miami Beach Post Office Charles Hardman, muralist p.88 --
116. Plymouth Hotel 336 21st Street Ramon Chatoff, muralist p.89 --
117. Miami Beach Post Office Charles Hardman, muralist p.90 --
118. Cinema Theatre muralist unknown p.91 --
119. Tiffany Hotel muralist unknown p.92 --
120. Tiffany Hotel muralist unknown p. 93 --
"Born out of fantasy and speculation, designed for fun and profit, Miami Beach has been, from its inception, a city of mythical composition. Its famed Art Deco District was designated a Historic District by the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and today the area is basking in a revival of interest and attention. Nevertheless, while fashion photographers and entrepreneurs, artists, developers, restaurateurs and club owners flock to the neighborhood, it is still struggling, after years of deterioration and neglect, to recreate itself out of its own forgotten glamour. Despite a new palette of confectionery colors and the renovation of numerous buildings, the Art Deco District remains in need of urban cultivation, of a reinterpretation that transcends its original resort identity. Author Laura Cerwinske introduces Tropical Deco: The Architecture and Design of Old Miami Beach by discussing both the area's past and its future. Throughout her comprehensive exploration of the most concentrated neighborhood of Art Deco buildings in the world, she details the style's evolution and examines its design. Tropical Deco: The Architecture and Design of Old Miami Beach treats its readers to a delightful view of a unique adaption of a historic architectural style. For, while Miami Beach's Art Deco architecture derives its stylistic roots from the streamlined and electric visions of the cosmopolitan North, Tropical Deco design is much softer and more temperately seductive. These are buildings whose narrative and evocative nature is at once sophisticated, naive and filled with humor." --