April 28 is International Art Deco Day, marking the anniversary of the date in 1925 that the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, or the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Art, from which Art Deco derives its name, opened in Paris. To mark the 100th anniversary of that event, last year Village Preservation launched our interactive Art Deco Map of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, exploring the Jazz Age-style’s trajectory through, and impact in, our neighborhoods. 

The map grounds you in defining landmarks of the style across the world and New York City, and then zooms in locally. You’ll find everything from skyline-defining monuments to modest workaday structures; luxurious apartment buildings and hotels and industrial relics; designs which pre-dated the 1925 fair and those that continued the style a quarter century later; bold visions of the future and nostalgic nods to the past.

This is one of dozens of maps Village Preservation has designed to explore the history of our neighborhoods; explore them all HERE.