Art Deco Estates: Top Photos

Machine-age dreams frozen in plaster on Miami Beach and Long Island

Neon sign of the Boulevard Hotel on Ocean Drive, Miami Beach Art Deco District, Florida. The building was designed by architect August Swarz, and completed in 1950. The photo was taken from east direc
The Boulevard Hotel's neon on Ocean Drive at dusk — this is exactly the moment the district comes alive. Architect August Swarz finished it in 1950, near the tail end of the Deco era, and it still reads as the real thing. © Photograph: Radomianin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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