a la Gropius' Werkbund Pavilion

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

conformity

Oh, college life.

Forms, forms and more forms.

Little time left for viewing film.

Wouldn't life be so much easier as a gangster?

A gangster would line up all the forms and fill 'em in with lead

and not the pencil kind either.

Roaring Twenties (1939)

directed by Raoul Walsh

cinematography by Ernest Haller

art direction by Max Parker

a little Gaudi in SF

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.

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:

Chambord Apartments (1921)

1298 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

architect James Francis Dunn