Detail View: Architecture and Urban Planning Collection: Cincinnati Enquirer Building
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Work Record ID:
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5238
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Reproduction Record ID:
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5238
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Work Class:
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Architecture
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Work Type:
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office building
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Title:
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Cincinnati Enquirer Building
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Title Type:
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preferred
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Material:
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bronze (metal)
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Material Type:
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other
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Material:
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limestone
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Material Type:
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other
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Date:
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1928
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Date Type:
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creation
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Location:
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617 Vine Street (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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Location:
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Cincinnati (Ohio)
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Location Type:
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site
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Style Period:
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Art Deco
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Culture:
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American
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Subject:
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bronzes
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Subject:
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gargoyles
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Subject:
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Cincinnati Enquirer
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Subject:
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central business districts
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Subject:
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historic buildings
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Subject:
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National Register of Historic Places
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Subject:
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Cincinnati (Ohio)
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Description:
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The 617 Vine Building (1928, restored 1982) has a symmetrical facade. The bronze work of the ground level shops has been restored. Art Deco bas relief interrupt the dressed limestone facade. Beneath the stone balcony crouched figures peer down. The lower floors of 617 Vine used to house the offices of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Information Source:
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Clubbe, John. Cincinnati Observed. Architecture and History. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 1991. 66.
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Reproduction Creator:
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Cincinnati Preservation Association
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Reproduction Creator Type:
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donor
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Reproduction Date:
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1982
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Reproduction Date Type:
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creation
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Reproduction View:
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Facade sculpture
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Reproduction View Type:
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detail view
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Reproduction Information Source:
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Cincinnati Preservation Association
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Reproduction Rights Statement:
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These images are for non-profit use educational use. Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of material in physical or digital form requires prior written permission from the copyright holder.
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