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...field of design. "Paris/New York," a dense, imaginative exhibit running at the Museum of the City of New York until Feb. 22, focuses on 1925-40 - the bright, anodized moment when Paris and New York were forging new ways of looking good. That was when Paris invented Art Deco (and New York improved on it), New York was alive with a new sound called jazz (and Paris went crazy over it) and Paris dominated haute couture (while New York industrialized it). "Let's work together," enjoined the French architect Le Corbusier. "Let's build a bridge across the Atlantic." Leading...
...Aside from a few paintings by the transatlantic practitioners of Neo-Romanticism, a gentler version of Surrealism, this is a show about stuff. One of the first things you see is a 6-ft.-long (2 m) wooden model of the Normandie, that floating showcase for Art Deco and French luxury that was once the classiest way to go between the two cities. Nearby are modernistic silver serving pieces and other shipboard relics. A striking 1934 photomontage advertising the Normandie shows it sailing through Times Square past the Art Deco Paramount Building. Art Deco - that decorative fusion of Art Nouveau...
Luxury on Sale. The Art Deco Fontainebleau Miami Beach resort reopened in November after a $1 billion renovation. The hotel added an iMac to each of its 1,504 ocean-front rooms, plus a 40,000-sq.-ft. spa. Through Dec. 20, the Fontainebleau is offering special rates starting at $289 per night, which includes a $50 daily credit for use at the resort's spa, shops or 11 restaurants. From Dec. 21 to May 31, 2009, rates start at $399 per night. 4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach...
...Fontainebleau is more than just a hotel. Built in 1954, "it's still a timeless and iconic showcase of the style and energy of the Beach," argues Howard Karawan, the Fontainebleau's chief operating officer. "The Fontainebleau made Miami Beach." That's not hyperbole. Even more than the art deco splendor of Ocean Drive, Lapidus' wavy edifice and quirky interior design - the Stairway to Nowhere, the Swiss Cheese Wall - define Miami the way the Plaza once epitomized New York and the Ritz embodies Paris. And it spotlights what still puts food on the table in Florida: tourism. In that sense...
...Rockefeller Center's "Election Plaza," an enchanting display of democracy on ice - literally. NBC has temporarily transformed the iconic Rockefeller skating rink into a frozen map of the U.S.; the states will turn red or blue this evening as the election results are announced. In front of the art deco landmark, a gigantic TV screens display footage of the past 20 months of the campaign as The Today Show ticker streams news updates across the street. Tourists mill about in campaign buttons and patriotic outfits, posing for photos with the Republican donkey and Democratic elephant as if they were Disney...