Art Deco Walking Tour
The term “Art Deco” has its origins from the 1925 French art exposition at Le Musee des Arts Decoratifs. The exposition was meant to be a display of nouveau design from around the world and the style now known as Art Deco took the western world by storm.
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New, modern, and angular, the style was perfect for the machine age, and was used for everything from jewelry to teapots to skyscrapers. Typified by vertical lines, geometric patterns, and references to Gothic, pre-Columbian, and Egyptian art, Art Deco is stunning in its varieties of color and design.
Downtown Los Angeles boasts an extraordinary collection of Art Deco buildings, due to a building boom during the heyday of this architectural style. You can see these buildings by going to the Art Deco Walking Tour in Downtown Los Angeles. The tour shows you beautiful buildings such as the Eastern Columbia Lofts, featured above.
