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Film Center Building

architect

Ely Jacques Kahn

location

630 Ninth Ave., bet. W44 & W45.  

date

1928

style

Art Deco  

construction

 

type

Office Building

 

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  Fans of writer Ayn Rand will be interested to see the work of the architect for whom she was a secretary while researching her book "The Fountainhead". Described by references as a society architect, Kahn nevertheless pursued an iconoclastic Art Deco modernism, as seen in this lobby

 

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  The Film Center Building on 9th Avenue between 44th and 45th was built by Ely Jacques Kahn in 1928 at the very height of the Art Deco movement. Take a look at its spectacular polychromed lobby the next time you are in the area! Across the street is the Film Center Cafe, in glorious 1940s neon.