A.S. Beck Building

USA / New Jersey / West New York / West 34th Street, 128
 Streamline Moderne (architecture), Art Deco (architecture), commercial building

5-story mercantile building originally completed in the 1920s for Alexander Samuel Beck to house one of his shoe stores. The Art-Deco style exterior reportedly designed c. 1955 by Harry L. Alper is clad in grey stone tiles above the ground-floor storefront. At the top floor there is gold Art-Deco ornament, including large letters spelling "A.S. BECK".

The shoe store closed in 1982 and was replaced by a liquor store, although the name at the top remained.

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Coordinates:   40°45'0"N   73°59'21"W
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