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Article: Johannesburg trying to follow Miami with its Art Deco revival.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 23, 2000
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Art Deco and South Africa are words not normally uttered in the same sentence.
But they should be.
Preservationists here claim that the Johannesburg area has the third-largest number of Art Deco buildings of any city in the world. While both the city and the buildings have suffered neglect, a flurry of new proposals promises to polish the scrolled brass on Johannesburg's Art Deco palaces - its Chrysler Building- and Rockefeller Center-inspired monoliths.
A nonprofit is now planning walking tours to highlight the city's hitherto unappreciated architectural heritage, and new preservation groups and Art Deco societies in the area are hoping to ...