The Painted Memory: Experiencing Chicago’s Cool Winds in Cincinnati

After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 immediate renovation inspired a rebirth of the city and spawned architectural innovation that has withstood the test of time.

Dubbed the emerging American Exceptionalism because of the grandeur displayed during the World's Columbian Exposition — also known as The Chicago World's Fair, American industrial optimism radiated.

As the cool winds blew further south, a thumbprint of Chicago was placed on the Queen City. Architect Walter W. Ahlschlager, known for Chicago creations such as the Uptown Broadway Building, The Sheridan Plaza Hotel and The Sovereign Hotel, chose Cincinnati as the next midwest region to make his mark.

Ahlschlager was the principal architect of John J. Emery’s Carew-Netherland complex. W.W. Ahlschlager & Associates with Delano & Aldrich, Carew Tower and Netherland Plaza Hotel, 1929-1932, Fifth and Vine streets. For more than 75 years, the Carew Tower was the tallest building in Cincinnati and in southwest Ohio. http://www.architecturecincy.org/Dictionary/J.html

Carew Tower is the tallest building in Cincinnati, Ohio. It stands 49 stories tall in the heart of downtown, overlooking the Ohio River waterfront. It contains the Hilton Netherland Plaza, (formerly the Omni Netherland Plaza), a national historic landmark. Palm Court, the former lobby of the hotel, and now the restaurant, is described by the hotel as the "finest example of French Art Deco architecture in the world."http://www.search.com/reference/Carew_Tower