The Art Deco Dude

Neon sign behind glass (for its own good) at Lincoln High School in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. 📸: me/2017/07/17

Some shots of the InterContinental Chicago Hotel. Originally built as the Medinah Athletic Club in 1929. 📸:me/04/2012 #ArtDeco #Chicago #intercontinental

2 N Western Western Ave [Details] 📸:me/2012 • Chicago • Now a Wintrust • Originally a West Town State Bank

Well well well, I guess I did get photos of the Medic Building in Chicago before they tore it down around 2017. It was a dreary April day, as you can tell. #Chicago #MedicBuilding #Demolished #2012Photo . Now a Whole Foods stands in its place. #Infrared

Coit Tower • Frisco 📸: Me/02/07/2025 #ArtDeco #Frisco #SanFran #SanFrancisco #CoitTower

📸 Some Hugo Ballin detail from the CalEdison (AKA: One Bunker Hill) in Downtown Los Angeles. 1930. 📸:me/05/2026 #ArtDeco #CalEdison #DTLA

Detail from Mama Lu's Dumpling House at 6 E Colorado Blvd in Pasadena, California #ArtDeco #Pasadena 📸:me/06/2026

Spring Stirring by Donal Hord. On display in La Jolla at the Scripps Oceanographic Institute (off to the side). After photographing Donal's exterior work for awhile, you learn you need to bring along a soft cloth & some water to clean the dust & bird poop off of them if you want to create a quality exposure. #ArtDeco #DonalHord #LaJolla #SanDiegoCounty

Statue 'Industry' recovered from the 1969 demolished Richfield Building in Los Angeles . On display at UC Santa Barbara since 1982. 📸:me/09/2021

3457 Wilshire Blvd 📸:me/10/2021

Richfield statue IYKYK #ArtDeco 📸:me/2021

Detail from the #ArtDeco Progress Building in Pomona, California 📷: 04/26/2026

Oh, hai, Pomona

1321 Taraval St in #SanFrancisco #California 📸:me/02/2025 #ArtDeco

2222 Taraval Street in #SanFrancisco #California. #ArtDeco #7Eleven 📸:me/02/2025 . Gutted to here the interior burned down in 02/2026, so I hope they rebuild & re-open since this location is my favorite 7-Eleven EVER (even though San Pedro, Los Angeles, California has one but it was built 6 yrs ago, so,,,