Weekend Reading: Los Angeles Art Deco

I found this book, LOS ANGELES ART DECO, in the store on my daughter's college campus. It's a lovely little volume filled with interesting photos of art deco buildings which were or are in the Los Angeles area.

It follows the usual pattern of the books in Arcadia Publishing's Historic Images series, with crisp black and white photos and informative captions.

As a side note, some of the buildings depicted in the book, such as Crossroads of the World and the Darkroom camera shop, have been paid tribute with reproductions at Disney-MGM at Florida's Walt Disney World. I think it's my favorite of the four Florida parks from a "visual" point of view.

If art deco architecture interests you, it's worthwhile to spend an hour curled up with this interesting book.