![IMG_1515](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4680726829_a31d48813b.jpg)
Grand Avenue
![IMG_8146](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4676938033_895ec207ef.jpg)
Devon Avenue I
![IMG_8162a](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4807544346_c5383bcfc3.jpg)
Devon Avenue II
The three buildings share more than just a similar design style; they actually have the exact same gold-hued catalog ornament.
![IMG_1388a](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4806920725_5976507297.jpg)
Grand Avenue
![IMG_1865](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4676938139_deaf039fd4.jpg)
Devon Avenue I
![Deco detail](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2186/2440433430_9326c5c41f.jpg)
Devon Avenue II
And they're not alone. Several other Deco buildings were designed by contractors with their finger in the same catalog.
![IMG_2687a](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4677569368_f9583a71f7.jpg)
Lawrence Avenue, directly south of the previous two
![IMG_2688a](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4677569210_3f870a0d6c.jpg)
![IMG_1106a](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4676819285_772d53819a.jpg)
Bryn Mawr at Sawyer, west of the river
![IMG_1106b](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4807585572_9261870dc5.jpg)
It looks like the supplier made the same ornament in multiple finishes. Consider these two details, the first from the Lawrence Ave. building, the second from another Devon Ave. building:
![IMG_2690](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4807617172_4010819d27.jpg)
![Devon Deco](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/3018291088_df5cd9846f.jpg)
![IMG_2688b](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4807005847_c0f1d2a7da.jpg)
The two designs are identical, just flipped and rendered in a different finish.
3 comments:
Just found your site and spent four hours looking over the entire thing. Keep up the good work! Love the MCM churches.
Rob
Wow, the commercial building with a courtyard on Lawrence really reminds me of the little commercial building in Edgewater - on Broadway across from Dominicks - with the hardware store.
Somehow the Asian businesses go well with the gilt decor...
I live across the street from the Lawrence building. Any idea what it once was? Without looking at it I think it may have been a car wash but I doubt that was the original use. But perhaps some kind of automotive garage?
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