Louisville after the Bombings? (The Thumbnails)

Louisville After the Bombings?
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Each thumbnail links to a series of photographs with that make up a history
of the "development" of the site.
Introduction

Louisville After the Bombings?

Introduction	The Thumbnail Images	Acknowledgements
The Old Post Office Demolition 1942-3 The Post Office in the 1920s The demolished interior The interior about 1900 Lincoln Park Site of River City Mall-(4th Street, 1920s)	The 2nd Presbyterian Church In ruins, 1956 2nd and Broadway St. X College The James C Ford Mansion The Ford Mansion in winter Enlargement Inside the Ford Mansion An Empty Lot	The Warren Memorial Church Demolition, 1958 The Warren Memorial in 1923 Norton Hall The Bus Station
The National Theater In ruins, 1952 In better days Show Time	The Masonic Temple In ruins, 1956	The Rialto Demolition, 1969 The Rialto during the 1920s
The Columbia Building Demolition 1966 Columbia Building ca. 1900 Columbia Building ca. 1920	The Washington Building Demolition 1973 In 1907 Cornice Detail	Clear-cutting the city Wholesale demolition, 1974 The Tyler Block, 1974 Tyler Block, 1931 A Foreign City Convention Center
	Conclusion

ALL HOPE IS NOT LOST
After nearly complete destruction in February 1945 at the end of World War II, see what can
be done to rebuild a historic city center.
Click here to see absolutely amazing photos of the ongoing reconstruction of Dresden
(...reconstruction begun in 2002, and what has Louisville done in that time??)

Dresden 1980s <<nearly same view>> Dresden 2000s

(By the way, although begun as a public project to restore a world heritage site,
the reconstruction of Dresden has now gotten far enough along that the real estate values have skyrocketed.
Remaining un-reconstructed parcels are going for around $6000 per square yard just for the right to rebuild
historically faithful reproductions of former buildings ...including a palace...on the site. check this out)

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The Old Post Office It attracted too many birds	The once proud interior of the Old Post Office


The Warren Memorial Baptist Church became a service station, then a car lot	2nd Presbyterian Church now surface parking


The National Theater Just couldn't make it as anything but a parking lot	The Masonic Temple Yes, for a parking lot	The Rialto provided yet another much needed parking lot


The Columbia Building Oldest "Skyscraper" in the South * 1888 + 1966	The Lincoln Savings Bank Once Louisville's tallest building	Clear-cutting the city