Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, History, Kirkcaldy at 12:00 on 7 September 2024
Old Burntisland Swimming Pool:-

It was apparently an outdoor Lido style pool:-

The photos are from Love Kirkcaldy!’s facebook page
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Posted in Architecture, Art Deco at 12:00 on 31 August 2024
Blocks of flats on Corbiehall, towards the west side of the town, flanking Matthew Steele Court. Columns with rule of three.

Building at end of street to the right above. Rule of three in central windows:-

Companion building to the first above on other side of Matthew Steele Court:-

Further west along the A 904:-

Detail:-

Central doorway:-

Stitch of whole building:-

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Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Edinburgh at 12:00 on 29 July 2024
This block of flats is on Alexander Drive. Below is a stitch of two photos:-

Detail of taller portion. The windows have been modernised:-

Reverse view, from the car park of Wickes in Stevenson Road:-

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Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Cinemas, Edinburgh at 12:00 on 27 July 2024
This is in the background of my post from three days ago. It’s on the corner of Gorgie Road and Alexander Drive and used to be Poole’s Roxy Cinema. Only the facade of the cinema remains.:-

It’s glorious though:-

Detail in Alexander Drive. From the website linked to above this is a later addition, possibly from when the building was turned over to shops and flats:-

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Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Edinburgh at 12:00 on 24 July 2024
This one is on the corner of Gorgie Road and Westfield Road:-

Facade:-

Ironwork railings on balcony:-

Central Detail:-

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Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Trips at 12:00 on 16 July 2024
It’s really only the doorway that is decoish.
Tyne Electrical Engineers Building, 1928:-

Frieze above door:-

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Posted in Art Deco, Sculpture at 12:00 on 8 July 2024
Our last stp in the Netherlands last year was at the Hook of Holland Stena Line Ferry Terminal,
Fortunately the queue for boarding had me stopped right at the facade of the old terminal building which I had before only managed to photograph obliquely or from a distance.
Facade:-

Roof sculpture:-

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Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Trips at 12:00 on 10 June 2024
Industrial building near River Rhine. Could be 1950s or 1960s but the tower and porthole windows are deco features:-

More modern Deco styling:-

In city centre. Note balconies:-

Detail from top balcony above. Nice gate, but it seems to access only a drop:-

Horizontals, verticals and curves on Zara’s premises:-

Stadstheater. Grand Art Deco style:-


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Posted in Art Deco, Bridges, Dumbarton, Trips at 12:00 on 22 May 2024
John Frostbrug in Dutch, this is the famous bridge too far, except it’s a replacement for the original Rhine Bridge fought over in the Second World War during Operation Market Garden. It’s somewhere in The Netherlands I’ve always wanted to visit.


I must say the River Rhine looks not very wide here – not as wide as the Clyde at Dumbarton certainly. Still an obstacle to an army though:-

Eastern guard post. Slight Deco styling. I assume this is original:-

Western guard post. Note groove up the middle of steps, for wheeling bicycles up and down.:-

Reverse view of bridge:-


Roadway:-

Commemorative plaque with inscription to John Frost by roadway on north side of bridge:-

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Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Trips at 12:00 on 2 May 2024
This was the most Deco building I saw in Amsterdam. A casino on the street called Damrak:-

Canopy, horizontals in windows above:-

Rounded supports:-


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