Last week, I was watching a segment on the Today Show where they featured a little town called Napier in New Zealand. Next to Miami in the US, Napier is one the most comprehensive Art Deco Cities in the world. In 1931, a earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale hit and destroyed most of the town. Development anywhere in the world at this time was rare due to the Great Depression however Napier had to be rebuilt. So by the end of the decade, Napier was the new city.
At this time, the fascination with Hollywood and Africa and South Amercia set in as well as the exciting engineering developments in cars, railways, ocean liners, and airplanes.
Today, Napier celebrates its city every summer by holding Art Deco Weekends with music, performances, people dressing up, steam train rides, displays, picnics and competitions.
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