Thursday, June 24, 2010

sixties retro chic

This is a standard 1960s apartment building enhanced by a really good paint job.  Apartment buildings of this vintage are typically beige and brown and rundown.  This structure, on the other hand, is quite striking and shows pride of ownership.   BTW, this is across the street from this building.
Posted by Oakland Daily Photo at 11:00 PM
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6 comments:

  1. James MarkJune 25, 2010 at 12:55 AM

    Amazing how this style is common to both sides of the Pond. We don't know the USA very well, having only been to NYC and New York State, but we enjoyed the differences between here and there and didn't see much of this kind of thing.

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  2. Louis la VacheJune 25, 2010 at 7:34 AM

    You are SO right about this vintage apartment building being beige and rundown - with the emphasis on RUNDOWN.

    Maybe Kelly-Moore should offer a paint: Rundown Beige...

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  3. KaoriJune 25, 2010 at 8:49 AM

    Looks like a classy motel! I love retro :-D

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  4. PaulaJune 25, 2010 at 1:59 PM

    This look suffered a lot of scorn when it went out of style. I don't think you'd have seen this exact color treatment back in the day, but it certainly works.
    I wonder if they're retro inside; that would be fantastic.

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  5. Bob CroweJune 25, 2010 at 6:59 PM

    That's in superb condition - Oakland's architectural heritage?

    BTW, you might be interested in this: http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/travel/27choice.html?ref=travel

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  6. SenoritaJune 26, 2010 at 1:07 AM

    We have tons of 1960s apartments in San Jose, but none of them are cared for like this.

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