Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Empire State Building's Mural


To continue on the mural theme, David sent me a link to an article about the restoration of the Empire State Building's lobby at ShelterPop. It's mostly about the ceiling mural, which depicts a 1920s spin on a celestial sky with sunbursts and stars that resemble the industrial gears, cogs and wheels of the Machine Age.


Why haven't I ever been to the Empire State Building?

4 comments:

Unknown said...

oh, this is fantastic! i wonder how difficult it would be to replicate on a big canvas...

S.G. Kubrak said...

Its a great building. Don't know how many times I have been. Its Art Deco, so that would be diesel-punk, but it doesn't matter. :) One of my favorite buildings.

José Carrilho (Go Detail) said...

Hi,

I've been told that its lobby is awesome and one day I'd like to see it.

Best regards,

José

Lynne Rutter said...

i just visited nyc last month, and the ESB restoration is complete and the lobby is a fabulous sight to behold!
i also dropped in at the chrysler building to see its lobby, which was restored just 10 years ago- it has a fantastic figurative ceiling mural; i posted pictures here: http://www.lynnerutter.com/2009/11/chrysler-ceiling-mural-quick-look.html

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