El Chico’s swank nightclub was located at 22nd St and Park Avenue in the new Art Deco Architectural District. In 1982…”the leaders of the MDPL stood helplessly watching a Big Cat bulldozer relentlessly climb a mountain of rubble to tear apart the 1940’s banquets, bars and the noted murals by deco artist Paul Silverthorn…Barbara Capitman, […]
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Espanola Way
Front and back of 1929 postcard of Espanola Way and 1920’s vintage photographs of a tea room, the “Pirate’s Den” and a street scene. Espanola Way Village, which is so popular with tourists and locals now, was the brainchild of William Whitman and N.Roney. Originally named The Spanish Village, it was designed to copy a […]