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Started by Greg G., July 08, 2009, 05:12:39 AM

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foots

Yep Brinybay, I sure did. This is what happens when I post at 3:00 am after a long, very hot day at work.
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HobieSport

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Foots I also really like "Streamline" design, from Henry Dreyfuss' 1939 Twentieth Century Limited locomotive, to the earliest Airstream trailers, to clothing irons that looked like they could win the Grand Prix.

Dreyfuss ( http://tinyurl.com/ngvt7v ) used to joke a little about the over application of "streamlining" to every little household item back then, like a teardrop shaped "streamline" pencil sharpener that looked like it wanted to go 100 m.p.h., yet was obviously screwed down to the desk. So he coined the term "Cleanlining", meaning I guess the simplification of forms to their useful basics and getting rid of most of the unnecessary decorative bits.

I still prefer design like that in home architecture, furniture and household items, etc.. Just simple "clean" designs that work, are ergonomic, efficient with labor and materials, look simple yet elegant, and not really imitating any particular design era, so they have a kind of universal, timeless appeal and practical day to day usefulness.
-Matt

bwanna

briny...   too bad you missed that gorgeous sideboard :'(
donna

Greg G.

Quote from: bwanna on July 16, 2009, 09:24:41 PM
briny...   too bad you missed that gorgeous sideboard :'(

Yeah, was kicking myself for a month over that.  I saw the ad several days prior to my actually contacting them.  The lady said the new owner just left with it an hour before I called!  Argh! 
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HobieSport

Quote from: bwanna
briny...   too bad you missed that gorgeous sideboard :'(
Quote from: Brinybay
Yeah, was kicking myself for a month over that.. Argh!  

Yeah but the couch and the radio and phone chair are all still gorgeous, no matter what design era they're from. Got any pictures of the inside of the radio? Just the radio cabinet looks downright droolworthy.
-Matt

mienaichizu

the buffet table I can safely say an Art Deco furniture.

speaking of streamlined design and Art Deco, check out the SS Normandie of 1935. Truly an Art Deco ocean liner of its age

http://www.bryking.com/normandie/

bingster

Quote from: Brinybay on July 17, 2009, 05:00:09 AMI saw the ad several days prior to my actually contacting them.  The lady said the new owner just left with it an hour before I called!  Argh! 
It's bad enough to miss something cool, but to miss it by an hour? That just stings!  (It's happened to me, too.)

Mienaichizu, I've always loved big ocean liners, and the Normandie has always been my favorite because of it's interiors.  They were absolutely amazing.  Such a beautiful ship, and such a tragic loss when it burned.
= DARRIN =



Greg G.

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Quote from: HobieSport on July 17, 2009, 06:03:23 AM
Got any pictures of the inside of the radio? Just the radio cabinet looks downright droolworthy.

Everything's there and all original, except probably a few of the tubes have no doubt been replaced over the years.  Doesn't work though.
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Greg G.

Quote from: mienaichizu on July 17, 2009, 09:05:35 AM
the buffet table I can safely say an Art Deco furniture.

speaking of streamlined design and Art Deco, check out the SS Normandie of 1935. Truly an Art Deco ocean liner of its age

http://www.bryking.com/normandie/


Locally, we had the Kalakala:


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bingster

Wow, that looks like one of those fantasy future ships you'd see in Popular Science and Popular Mechanics in the 1930s.  That would make one heck of a floating night club or something.
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Phonesrfun

Brinybay:

Oh yes, the Kalakala!

I have actually walked aboard a few years ago when it was moored on Lake Union by Gasworks Park.  Didn't someone in BC buy it? 

Bingster:

Yes, it was a futuristic ship from the 30's.  It was a ferry in Puget Sound (Seattle area).

Now, I am afraid it is pretty far gone.

-Bill

-Bill G

Greg G.

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Quote from: Phonesrfun on July 17, 2009, 08:25:14 PM
Brinybay:

Oh yes, the Kalakala!

I have actually walked aboard a few years ago when it was moored on Lake Union by Gasworks Park.  Didn't someone in BC buy it?  

Bingster:

Yes, it was a futuristic ship from the 30's.  It was a ferry in Puget Sound (Seattle area).

Now, I am afraid it is pretty far gone.

-Bill

According to Wikipedia, it's in Tacoma.  The new owner says he's going to buy other vintage ferries and restore them.  I hope he's more successful at it than the previous owner.
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HobieSport

#27
I had never heard of the Kalakala before now, so I'm just learning about this amazing wonderful beast. I do hope it gets restored. It's on the U. S. Registry of Historic Places, so I guess that may both help and hinder the process?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalakala
-Matt

Greg G.

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Quote from: HobieSport on July 18, 2009, 11:31:17 AM
I had never heard of the Kalakala before now, so I'm just learning about this amazing wonderful beast. I do hope it gets restored. It's on the U. S. Registry of Historic Places, so I guess that may both help and hinder the process?

No idea, but I hope they get it restored also.  Even as a non-functioning floating museum, it would be cool to tour it.  I was working downtown Seattle in 98 when it was pulled into the Seattle waterfront.  I bought a disposable camera from a gift shop in the lobby and went down and got a few pics.  Here's an interesting Youtube clip of it's history, some things in there that I didn't know before.  Includes footage of Galloping Gertie plunging into the Tacoma Narrows.

Part 1:  http://tinyurl.com/njk9oq

Part 2:  http://tinyurl.com/nuwoa2
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HobieSport

I watched the first part:

Part 1:  http://tinyurl.com/njk9oq

I hope they restore her.
-Matt