art deco
A style of the 1920s and 1930s featuring streamlined shapes and restricted ornamentation.
Art Deco use setbacks to reduce building mass and to emphasize verticality. Unlike wedding cake buildings, their shapes recede from the street gracefully, not in tiers but in gentler and more carefully positioned steps. Limestone is the most common cladding material, with brick, tile, terra-cotta, and stucco facades also very common.
Approximate Dates: 1920 to 1940