Inside the lobby at 730 Fort Washington Avenye, New York.


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My building's lobby. In contrast to the often austere exteriors, Art Deco apartment building lobbys were designed to evoke an impression of stylized opulance. This is what sleek modernity looked like 70 years ago.

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The lobby. Another view of the lobby.
Check out those terrazzio floors!

The elevators have been recently redone in period style. Were the originals really this colorful?

 


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