Word: deco
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Fans of old Shanghai style rejoice: another of the city's Art Deco beauties has been buffed, polished and restored to its former shine, this time by Langham Hotels...
...hotel's replica 1930s BMW motorcycle and sidecar is one of its nicest innovations. This dashing conveyance is available for two-hour city tours with itineraries that can be tailored according to your interests, be they historical, architectural, cultural or culinary. Book a Destination Deco package, available from now until the end of the year, and the tour, along with a night's accommodation and breakfast for two, is yours for around $250. For more information, visit yangtzeboutique.langhamhotels.com...
...After years of globe-trotting, Benny Andersson - one quarter of that legendary Swedish pop group Abba - hit on the idea of converting a 1930s Art Deco cinema, in the now fashionable district of Södermalm, into a boutique hotel. But banish all thoughts of an Abba-themed property from your mind. The group's music may enjoy continued success - most recently, their songs formed the basis of the movie smash Mamma Mia! - but at the Hotel Rival the connection is barely discernible. One of the group's albums is always among the CDs in each bedroom, and the occasional...
...graphics. Whoever designs the lead-ins to the various programs deserves a Milton Glazer Award for ingenuity and elegance. Osborne used to be fanfared with a shot of the grand (and imaginary) TCM Building, a Deco marvel. The late-night movies are heralded by glimpses of a counterman at a diner, a woman seen dressing in a high window, a fellow waiting for customers in the ticket booth of a 24-hr. theater. The most elaborate intro assembled nearly 30 musicians on pieces of a bandstand assembled by workmen and coming together to create a sumptuous aural-visual orchestration...
...robbers took "Adolescence," a 1941 gouache by Dali and "La Musicienne," an oil painting from 1929 by Polish-born art deco painter Tamara de Lempicka, the museum said in a statement. (Read "Spirited Away: Art Thieves Target Europe's Churches...