Arthur Decorations

Color photo of a two story building taken from the former corner entrance at a wide angle. It has been partially filled in with nonmatching unsympathetic brick at the bottom, and has large windows with drawings of toilets and guys doing HVAC work, advertising the business currently housed here.

Color close-up of the second floor above the former corner entrance, and a small portion of one of the side elevations. On the corner, a concrete sunburst sits above the the parapet, with faces staring out from atop piers that are themselves ornamented by a red brick pattern giving this two story building a sense of verticality. Underneath the sunburst is ANOTHER sunburst, this one a more stylized Art Deco-y version. Centered underneath this is a panel with a golden shield bracketed by an arrangement of dark and light brick creating a diamond pattern highlighting the shield. On either side of this panel are alternating courses of stretchers with sawtooth brick, giving this tiny little section an amazing amount of visual interest and texture.

Color close-up of the brickwork around one of the windows on the side of the building. There's a lot going here. A cast stone sunburst! A shield set into a diamond brick pattern made from alternating dark and tan bricks! Sawtooth brick! Tan brick laid stretcher to stretcher! Red brick where they've used damn near every side of the brick (stretcher, header, soldier) to create a vertical pattern that serves as a visual arrow! Recessed brick arranged vertically! Faces!

Color close-up of another set of windows on the side elevation. Again we have faces atop piers with an arrangement of red bricks that serve to emphasize the building's verticality, but between them are a different shield centered in a bed of brick laid in a checkerboard pattern underneath a stylized Art Deco sunburst of cast stone.

Art Deco AF former Walgreens just quietly going hard as hell on a random corner in Detroit.

Architect: Charles N Agree, 1929
Detroit, Michigan

A black and white photograph of a model with her back to the camera standing in front of a bathroom mirror seemingly inspecting her makeup. She is wearing a shirt vinyl coat revealing her long legs. She is also wearing high heeled platform shoes. #legs #highheels #heels #platforms #leggy #vinylcoat

A 1993 photo of Sunshine who lived in my Chicago apartment building. She was simply checking her makeup in the mirror, and I noticed the great sunlight coming through from the side. As someone who obsesses about dynamic natural light, I immediately noticed it and acted!

Here’s an infrared one from 2012.

@dmercer.bsky.social #Chicago #CubsWin

Some Chicago #ArtDeco #infrared shots I took back in the day.

In West LA to get my Tamara de Lempicka on , but first, some Gothic Deco down the street at the Golden Hour at the First Baptist Church on Barrington & Idaho. @artdeco_la

Photos: me/2012

Van Nuys Municipal Building in #VanNuys #California #ArtDeco

Saturday, I got to see some old cars in Van Nuys, California. This is some detail from a 1936 Chrysler Plymouth. 📸:me/07/2025 #ArtDeco #1936 #Chrysler #Plymouth

Presidio Movie Theatre • #SanFrancisco #California #ArtDeco 2340 Chestnut Street 📸:me/02/2025

3665 Scott Street in #SanFrancisco , #California . Adorned with spectacular unique #ArtDeco elements. #MarinaDistrict

A unique shot of the rotunda chandelier at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills. Infinite thanks to Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for getting me in. #ArtDeco #BeverlyHills #SabanTheater

#ArtDeco detail from 2076 Chestnut Street in #SanFrancisco , #California 📸: me/02/2025

Ralph Stackpole's statues at the Pacific Stock Exchange in San Francisco are so breathtaking, it can be easy to miss the detail of this equally awesome relief up on top of the building. #ArtDeco #RalphStackpole #SanFrancisco #PacificStockExchange #Frisco
📸:me/02/2025

260 Lombard Street, #SanFrancisco #California #ArtDeco
📸:me/02/2025

Some nice #TerraCotta detail in Jamaica #Queens, #NewYorkCity. 📸:me/10/2023

Anyone want to guess where this is from? #ArtDeco decorative shelf on top of a Cutler mail chute 📸:me/2023

The finest close-up of 3030 Larkin in #SanFrancisco that 400mm can get you. 📸:me/02/2025 #ArtDeco

Charles Evans Hughes Middle School in #LongBeach , #California 1948-49 Some call it #LateModerne , some #ArtDeco

Charles F. Berg Building. Portland's #ArtDeco Crown Jewel (even though the Capitol Building would like a word with me).

Originally Central School in #Ontario, #California . #ArtDeco

Detail from Public School 48 in Jamaica, Queens, New YorkCity, #NewYork #Queens #ArtDeco #GoldenHour 📸:me/10/2023

566 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, California 📸:me/02/2025 during the worst rainbursts in decades. #artdeco #sanfrancisco #california

Hill Castle Apartments, #Oakland #California, swipe through for some breathtaking interior shots, also. #ArtDeco 📸:me/2008-2008

1250 Jones, #SanFrancisco #California #ClayJonesApartments #ArtDeco 📸:01/26/2008

[4] When you walk down the short all wood wall & ceiling hallway to get into the Chelsea Chowder House & Bar on the #QueenMary in #LongBeach #California , there is an 'arch' of sorts depicting food hunters from around the world. 📸:me/05/05/2025 [Thread-Last] + bonus photos of Queen Mary #ArtDeco

[3] When you walk down the short all wood wall & ceiling hallway to get into the Chelsea Chowder House & Bar on the #QueenMary in #LongBeach #California , there is an 'arch' of sorts depicting food hunters from around the world. 📸:me/05/05/2025 [Thread] #ArtDeco

[2] When you walk down the short all wood wall & ceiling hallway to get into the Chelsea Chowder House & Bar on the #QueenMary in #LongBeach #California , there is an 'arch' of sorts depicting food hunters from around the world. 📸:me/05/05/2025 [Thread]

When you walk down the short all wood wall & ceiling hallway to get into the Chelsea Chowder House & Bar on the #QueenMary in #LongBeach #California , there is an 'arch' of sorts depicting food hunters from around the world. 📸:me/05/05/2025 [Thread]

What’s cool & sad about this roughly 4 foot high x 8 foot wide piece on the #QueenMary in Long Beach:
Cool: the rays are samples of the many different woods used around the ship. Dozens.
Sad: many of the woods are now extinct due to over-harvesting. #ArtDeco #LongBeach #California