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designed by EA. Williams and
built in 1932. The aiggurat or
“skyscraper” form at the center
of the awo-story facade mimics
a much taller Art Deco land-
mark, New York's Empire State
Building. Fountain reliefs top
the pillar- -like piers berween the
exterior’s tall narrow windows.
A polychromatic paint scheme
highlights the decorative cle-
mens,
Williams also was the archi-

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ag borders trace angular
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display leaded panes
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While some original store-
fronts remain, many were lost
to “modernization” betore the
Art Deco ‘Trust was established
in 1985 and began cducaring
shop owners about the advan-
tages of retaining original
doors, hardware and other
strect tevel fittings. The trust is
headquartered in the Desco
Center, a former fire hall on
Tennyson Street facing Clive
Square. s the muster sta-
tion for guided architectural
walks conducted at 2 p.m.
every Saturday, Sunday and
Wednesday trom Boxing Day
antil the end of March. It
includes a gift shop specializing
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elry, lamps, posters,
cocktail glasses, ctc. The trast
also sponsors what it Tibes
as “a not-too-serious celebra-
tion of Napier’s unique style”
on the third weekend in
February. Residents often dress
in ‘30s costumes to attend the
jazz breakfast, Gatsby picnic,
Art Deco ball of various other
exhibitions, entertainments,
and fod and wine events. The
nent) Art Deco Weekend,
scheduled for February 18-22,
1999, follows the Fifth World
Congress on Art Deco,
February 14-18, 1999, which
is being held in Napier. Visitors
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Art Deco might want to drive
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neighborhood of Marewa, a
development thar began in the
mid- 1930s, und to Hastings, a
town 20 kilometers south that
shared the same fate as Napier
ia the 1931 earthquake. Both
have a number of buildings

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