5/21/11

a la Gropius' Werkbund Pavilion

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A bleak look at Europe- refugees moving back and forth  -and always downward.
And this is only 1941.

So Ends Our Night (1941)
directed by John Cromwell
cinematography by William H. Daniels
art direction by William Cameron Menzies
and Jack Otterson


5/8/11

a little Gaudi in SF

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Last week, when I was taking a look at the Ghiberti doors on Grace Cathedral, I noticed a vacancy sign at one of my favorite apartment buildings in San Francisco. Now, I can't find any listings and I'm not surprised.

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It was designed by a self-taught architect, local James Francis Dunn, who clearly absorbed the influences of late-19th century Paris and not a little of Antonio Gaudi.
It's on the National Register of Historic Places, an official San Francisco Landmark and right across the street from Grace Cathedral, as you can see below:

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Chambord Apartments (1921)
1298 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
architect James Francis Dunn