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| Architect: |
Henry Hohauser
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| Year Constructed: |
1938
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| Address: |
1420 Ocean Drive
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| Façade Structure: |
The Façade is asymmetrical, with the crescent-shaped band starting at the top and continuing down, where it separates a smaller right section from a larger left section.
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| Façade Decorations: |
The highlight of the façade decoration is the crescent-shaped carved-stucco and neon band starting at the top and continuing down vetically. There is band of circular decorations (bosses) at the top, with a larger one at the angle of the crescent.
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| Contour: |
The building has squared-off corners, although the eyebrows that wrap around the corners have a rounded contour.
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| Entrance: |
The building has a terraced porch across the whole front with masonry railings and ribbed columns at each end. The entrance door is offset to the left.
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| Eyebrows: |
There are continuos eyebrows over the windows on each of the sections, which wrap around the buiding corners.
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