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25 Things I Learned in Brussels
This post veers from my usual Art Deco patter because It’s directed to a particular group: you lucky folks who will be visiting Brussels, Belgium as part of the 2025 World Congress on Art Deco. But anyone curious about Belgium … 
Streamlined Deco in Tokyo? The Takanawa Fire Station
Art Deco architecture in Japan is pretty scarce. You’d have to be a little crazy to visit the country just to hunt for Art Deco buildings–as I do. Having established the two Art Deco must-sees in Tokyo (the Asaka Mansion/Teien …
A Native American Art Deco Wonder – Buffalo City Hall
Buffalo, New York was already a busy trading post when the Erie Canal opened in 1825. The canal brought newfound prosperity to all the upstate New York cities (Albany, Syracuse, Rochester) but Buffalo benefited most due to it’s proximity to …
The Art Deco Bridges On The Ooka River
Japan has many bridges and pillars, quite a few in the Art Deco style. And there is one place where a bunch of these Art Deco artifacts are gathered close together, the Ooka River in Yokohama. Judged on beauty alone, …
The Art Deco Splendor of St. Luke’s Hospital
The Tsukiji fish market has relocated, but most of the vendors remain, so Tsukiji is still the best place to get a simple, fresh fish meal in Tokyo. And now that the fish auction has moved (to Toyosu) there’s really …
Art Deco Separated At Birth #21 – Sun Worshippers
California has many Art Deco sun worshippers, but few as closely related as these two.
Merrell Vories and the World’s Most Beautiful Art Deco Department Store
How a Christian missionary from Kansas built the most beautiful Art Deco department store in the world, in Japan.
John Beck and the (Art Deco) Gamble House
There are two Gamble Houses in southern California but only one is a streamline moderne castle.