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Art Deco Venue | Cicada + The Oviatt Penthouse

Up today, we’re featuring what just might be the West Coast’s most perfect art deco venue….

In 1925, James Oviatt was already a successful businessman. His department store, Alexander & Oviatt, had been attracting a high-end Los Angeles clientele in downtown LA for nearly a decade. He was in the midst of plans for their next expansion, a new building, constructed from the ground up…

Oviatt Building Los Angeles

Photo via Flickr user Floyd B. Bariscale

… when he took a business trip to Europe. The original building design was in Italian Romanesque style, but luckily for us, he happened to find himself in Paris at the dawn of a new age… 1925 was the year of Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, the birthplace of Art Deco.

Exposition Arts Decoratifs Paris Poster

Paris Art Exposition, c.1925

Oviatt was awed by these new designs, and upon his return to the States, he ordered the architects to construct the new building in the brand new style. He spared no expense, importing over ten tons of Lalique glass for use throughout the building.

And so the first true art deco building made its debut in Los Angeles in 1928 (and it included a 10 room art deco penthouse on top for Oviatt’s own residence.) The store closed in the 60s, but both the main space (a restaurant and venue now known as “Cicada“) and The Oviatt Penthouse are available for weddings and events, and they are the perfect backdrop to a Los Angeles art deco wedding. Take a look!

Oviatt Penthouse Wedding
Art Deco Bathroom Oviatt Penthouse
Gold Art Deco Ceiling Chandelier
Art Deco Staircase Chevron Pattern
Cicada Art Deco Wedding
Art Deco Lobby Cicada
Art Deco Venue Cicada
Art Deco Bride Cicada
Art Deco Wedding Venue Cicada

(also: If you are an art deco fan who happens to be visiting Los Angeles,  be sure to check out the wonderful LA Conservancy and their incredible walking tours. They have an Art Deco Tour that features Cicada and the Oviatt Penthouse, and the other stops on the tour are a delight as well. They do great work!)

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