Still Standing Tall
by Mel Steinhauer
Title
Still Standing Tall
Artist
Mel Steinhauer
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
(Copyright Mel Steinhauer all rights reserved) The Carew Tower has been Cincinnati's tallest building since it was completed in early 1931. One month before the stock market crash in 1929, construction began. Expensive exterior architectural motifs and friezes were stopped at the thrid floor, and limestone cladding was changed for an estimated four million bricks. Now, construction has begun on a new building nearby which will be 86 feet taller. However with 49 stories reaching a height of 574 feet, The Carew Tower is ... Still Standing Tall.
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October 6th, 2009
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