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Article: Resort's art deco gem is abandoned to its fate The demolition of Morecambe's Midland Hotel would mark the end of an era, writes Macer Hall
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
- Article date:
- August 25, 2002
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YELLOW CHICKWEED sways gently in the salty breeze where once only
the most fashionable of the holidaymaking classes sashayed to elegant
cocktail parties. Welcome to the Midland Grand Hotel, Morecambe: a
British architectural treasure now deserted, derelict and facing
demolition.
It is Britain's largest and, arguably, most significant art deco
building, designs from which will be featured in an exhibition at the
Victoria and Albert Museum in London next year.
In the 1930s, its sleek curves overlooking the sweeping expanse of
Morecambe Bay and the lush Lakeland hills beyond were an optimistic
statement of Modernism, the futuristic movement in art, architecture
and interior design.
Now the only ...