Feature Articles
Louisville's Art Deco Buildings
Other Cities' Art Deco Buildings
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A celebration of Art Deco architecture in Louisville, KY and the surrounding area. Updated: May 16, 2008
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March 2008 Feature Article Stalking Lawrie: America's Machine Age Michelangelo by Gregory Paul Harm, M.A. |
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Louisville's Art Deco Buildings
What is Art Deco?
Contact Info
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Other Cities' Art Deco Buildings
Books & Reviews
Links
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| May 16, 2008 | Added: New building: Trinity High School Communication & Art Center. Bowman Field Airport: added interior photos and updates to exterior photos. Vogue Theater: added recent exterior photos of the refurbished building. |
| March 11, 2008 |
Added: New Feature about sculptor Lee Lawrie: "Stalking Lawrie: America's Machine Age Michelangelo" by Gregory Paul Harm, M.A. Edited: Links Page: Cleaned up links and added new ones; Book Reviews: Added additional reviews. Louisville's Art Deco Buildings: reorganized by category. |
| August 21, 2007 | Added: Three buildings to "Other Cities' Art Deco Buildings" page, all for Evansville, Indiana: Greyhound Bus Depot; Hullman Building; AT&T Building |
| August 13/14, 2007 |
Added: Six buildings to "Louisville's Art Deco Buildings" page: Valley High School; John R. Sisk Dentistry Building; Colgate Palmolive West Addition; Corydon Pike School; Grand Theater; Silver Slipper Night Club One building added to "Other Cities' Art Deco Buildings" page: LaVeque Tower - Columbus, Ohio |
| August 7, 2007 |
Added: Five buildings to "Other Cities' Art Deco Buildings" page: Chattanooga, Tennessee: City Council Building; Federal Building and Court House; Hardie & Caudle; State Office Building Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Judicial Center |
| July 19, 2007 | Added: Four buildings to "Louisville's Art Deco Buildings" page: Byck's, Fiscal Court Building, Cozy Theater, Liberty National Bank Annex. |
| July 17, 2007 |
Added: Created a new page for buildings I've photographed in other cities. Thus far, ten buildings added for Kentucky (Austin Apparel-Springfield, Dude's Brake Shop-Lawrenceburg, ReStore-Nicholasville), Tennessee (Davidson County Courthouse, Frist Museum, Kress Store, The James Robertson, Unknown Government Building - all Nashville) and Ohio (Netherlands Hotel & Carew Tower, Union Station - both Cincinnati). Added: New feature article about sculptor Rene Paul Chambellan. |
| June 22, 2007 | Edited: Created new thumbs for: "Louisville's Art Deco Buildings" page. These now show the building plus either a part of its design or an interesting decorative element. |
| June 21, 2007 |
Added: Six buildings to "Louisville's Art Deco Buildings" page: "The International", "Doo-Wop Shop", "Preiser Scientific", "Aegon Tower", "Hunt Tractor", "Jeffersontown Colored School" Removed: Three buildings, "Ahren's Trade School", "Kirk & Blum", "The Pennington" (not enough Deco-influenced style). While these are removed from the "Louisville's Art Deco Buildings" page, they still remain accessable to those who may have previously linked to them. |
| July 29, 2006 |
Added: August 2006 Feature - An interview with Frank E. Wrenick, author of
'The Streamline Era Greyhound Terminals - The Architecture of W.S. Arrasmith'; Added: Six buildings, "Courier-Journal building", "Ohio Theater", "Brown-Forman Warehouse 'A'", "900 Building", "Louisville Public Works". "Ahrens Trade School". |
| May 31, 2006 | Added: Six buildings, "Wheeling Corrugated Co building", "Coca-Cola Bottling Plant building", "Kirk & Blum building", "American Bluegrass Marble building", "Kelley Technical Coatings building". "House - 710 Algonquin Parkway". |
| May 7, 2006 |
Added: May 2006 Feature - Streamline Transportation of the Art Deco Era (Trains, Cars, Planes); Added: Six buildings, "Louisville Fire Dept Station #9", "Meyzeek Middle School", "Vogue Theater/Theatre", "Anderson Packaging", "Jacob Elementary School", "Liberty National Bank". |
| April 15, 2006 | Added: Notice to home page. Added 'Louisville Historical League' to links page. |
| January 12, 2006 | Added: "1495 S 11th Building"; "Bridges, Smith Building"; "Fire Department Headquarters"; "Fisher-Klosterman Building"; "Norton Healthcare Building"; "Railroad Overpasses"; "Seagrams Distillery Complex"; "Theatre Building" pages. |
| January 3, 2006 | Added: "Greyhound Bus Terminal" page; "Books & Reviews" page. |
| December 21, 2005 | Added: "Bartholomew Plan" page; pics and links to "Bowman Field." |
| December 20, 2005 |
Added: "Links" page; "Newsletter" page.
Edited: "Local Art Deco" title changed to "Louisville's Art Deco Buildings"; eliminated "Events" and "Societies" pages (included under "Links"). |
| December 13, 2005 | Added: "Bowman Field"; "LG&E"; the "Pennington." |
| December 1, 2005 | Edited: Optimized "Local Art Deco" pages for slightly faster loading. |
| November 29, 2005 |
Added: "AT&T Building"; "Contacts" page; "What is Art Deco?" page.
Edited: "Louisville Municipal Bridge" page. |
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