The lobby of 310 Riverside Drive

I decided to try a self-guided walking tour of the upper-west side Art Deco highlights on a late February afternoon. I nearly abandoned all hope having walked from 83rd and Broadway to 103rd and Riverside in the freezing cold- weaving across avenues hopelessly finding only run of the mill upper west side chintz- when I came upon this unassuming gem. Wikipedia explains in greater detail the history of the 24 story apartment building.
Art deco is appealing because it seems conflated with a glamorous and nostalgic past. The first associations that come to mind are the roaring 20's, Jazz, and Hollywood's golden era. But being there you could see the inspiration for the Memphis design movement, and post modern architecture's highlights.
The lobby felt stilted, as if there was some major renovation that occurred some time ago right before my eyes but I just couldn't see it. It was like the colors had been tweaked the furniture edited the incandescent bulbs now compact florescent, and an LED peeking out from behind a pillar. Certain things in the lobby felt replaced it felt part historical recreation, part destroyed, part historical.