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  • Today, the handsome art-deco DAC building is an apartment tower.

    Occupy the Heisman Trophy? Jason Gay 2011

  • A celebratory dinner was held over candlelight at Skylight One Hanson, a dramatic art-deco venue around the corner from BAM.

    Celebrating BAM with Beckett 2011

  • Nearby layover option: LGA's art-deco Marine Air Terminal is on the National Register of Historic Places and is home to the largest hand-painted WPA-era mural, Flight, by James Brooks.

    New York LaGuardia Airport Guide 2009

  • Years ago, during my first trip to Shanghai, I saw art-deco buildings, marble lobbies, and ornate villas wrapped in a world gone grey.

    Random House Reader's Circle chats with with Lisa See about Peony in Love 2010

  • As you can see from these pictures you can find many styles in this house: neoclassical, modern and art-deco.

    Contemporary Greek Style House in the UK 2010

  • Curated by Julie Keyes, a Chelsea gallery owner, it hangs among the vast murals of Venetian life, chandeliers, and art-deco wall sconces of the spacious, elegantly old-fashioned room.

    A Long Path to a Belated Introduction Vibhuti Patel 2011

  • The Seattle-based chain has signed a 12-year, 8,500-square-foot lease for the retail space in the art-deco Fred F. French Building on Fifth Avenue at 45th Street.

    Tropics Heat Up on Fifth Anton Troianovski 2011

  • The interior of the house was interesting—it look like an old California lodge from long ago, with bronze art-deco sconces on the wall that made me think of Hollywood in the 1930s.

    Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011

  • Curated by Julie Keyes, a Chelsea gallery owner, it hangs among the vast murals of Venetian life, chandeliers, and art-deco wall sconces of the spacious, elegantly old-fashioned room.

    A Long Path to a Belated Introduction Vibhuti Patel 2011

  • Years ago, during my first trip to Shanghai, I saw art-deco buildings, marble lobbies, and ornate villas wrapped in a world gone grey.

    Random House Reader's Circle chats with with Lisa See about Peony in Love 2010

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