Friday, July 4, 2014

Deco Delight

This is the entrance to the underground parking for low rise apartment buildings on Avenue Road called the Mayfair Mansions. There are 3 buildings built between 1931-37 and designed by architect H.C. Roberts in a wonderful Art Deco style. The entrances to the buildings are quite nice but I love all the details in this garage door!
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18 comments:

  1. RevrunnerJuly 4, 2014 at 9:52 AM

    Seems like a quite unexpected place to find such fine work.

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  2. SharonJuly 4, 2014 at 9:57 AM

    I love art deco and this is a wonderful representation.

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  3. TexWisGirlJuly 4, 2014 at 11:43 AM

    really neat!

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  4. PerthDailyPhotoJuly 4, 2014 at 11:48 AM

    Gosh hard to imagine this fine example of art deco is a garage door Pat..

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  5. LúciaJuly 4, 2014 at 1:19 PM

    Very unique! ;-)

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  6. cieldequimperJuly 4, 2014 at 1:53 PM

    Oh my goodness, I would love to have a garage door like this (but perhaps a little bit wider! As it is, it looks very much like a Parisian one where no matter how careful you are, your car gets scratched!)

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  7. AndyJuly 4, 2014 at 4:27 PM

    Very out of the ordinary for apartment garage doors.

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  8. DebJuly 4, 2014 at 5:11 PM

    Wow, that is one elaborate entrance to a garage!

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  9. William KendallJuly 4, 2014 at 8:03 PM

    Those details are beautiful!

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  10. StephanieJuly 4, 2014 at 9:38 PM

    Looks pretty cool!

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  11. JackJuly 4, 2014 at 10:55 PM

    It is quite charming, but it sure seems small to serve as an entrance to the parking for an apartment complex.

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  12. AnonymousJuly 5, 2014 at 4:02 AM

    Fantastic, looks like something the Batmobile might emerge from!

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  13. Laura. MJuly 5, 2014 at 6:24 AM

    It has a lovely decor!
    Good weekend,Pat;)

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  14. EG CameraGirlJuly 5, 2014 at 7:51 AM

    Oh my! I have never seen a garage entrance quite like this one!

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  15. BirdmanJuly 5, 2014 at 8:18 AM

    This looks so out of place for me. Surprised. Like it though.

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  16. HalcyonJuly 7, 2014 at 2:54 AM

    It's always nice to find some art deco details. :)

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  17. UnknownJuly 7, 2014 at 11:41 AM

    I just LOVE this!

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  18. ArtandArchitecture-SF.comJuly 9, 2014 at 11:37 AM

    WOW!

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