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New York Architecture
Images- Midtown Film Center Building |
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architect |
Ely Jacques Kahn |
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630 Ninth Ave., bet. W44 & W45. |
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date |
1928 |
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style |
Art Deco |
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Office Building |
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| Fans of writer Ayn Rand will be interested to see the work of the architect for whom she was a secretary while researching her book "The Fountainhead". Described by references as a society architect, Kahn nevertheless pursued an iconoclastic Art Deco modernism, as seen in this lobby | |
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| The Film Center Building on 9th Avenue between 44th and 45th was built by Ely Jacques Kahn in 1928 at the very height of the Art Deco movement. Take a look at its spectacular polychromed lobby the next time you are in the area! Across the street is the Film Center Cafe, in glorious 1940s neon. |