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Cocktail Bar By Ralph Lamprell ca.1936
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
The Beaumont, London, England
via Architectural DigestA slideshow of the newly renovated Beaumont hotel, including some I think pretty darn nice new Art Deco interiors.
From AD:
Originally designed by Wimperis & Simpson and built in 1926, the Beaumont has been given a modern refurbishment by ReardonSmith architects.
Unfortunately Agatha Christie’s Poirot series already finished with “Curtain”. This would have been a great scene for this TV series.
Deux Belles de Nuit, Boulevard de Rochechouart, Montmartre, by Brassaï 1932-1933 (x)
– belles de nuit – never meet such girls, I am too early in bed, I guess.
Taken by Berenice Abbott
Billie’s Bar, First Avenue at 56th street — 1936
Brasserie Terminus Nord, Paris, France
Photos by Yvette GauthierThis restaurant will take you back in time, specifically to 1926. Here it is on Google Street View.