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Old Photos Web Site
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:29 pm
by shinatoo
The "No Reservations" episode got me searching the web and I cam across this great web site with TONS of old KC photos.
http://kcmeesha.com/old-photos/
Re: Old Photos Web Site
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:20 pm
by loftguy
shinatoo wrote:The "No Reservations" episode got me searching the web and I cam across this great web site with TONS of old KC photos.
http://kcmeesha.com/old-photos/
The guy is Fang on wodka.
Re: Old Photos Web Site
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:06 pm
by FangKC
Oak Tower (former SW Bell Building) looked so much better before they modernized it.
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/3693db0814f7fdd3_large
Re: Old Photos Web Site
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:20 pm
by smh
Question: I believe I've heard it said that "they" simply covered up the decoration rather than removed it. Any truth to this? Oak Tower is a pock mark on the skyline at this point, but it would be beautiful if returned to its original facade.
What year was it "modernized"?
Re: Old Photos Web Site
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:50 am
by loftguy
smh wrote:
Question: I believe I've heard it said that "they" simply covered up the decoration rather than removed it. Any truth to this? Oak Tower is a pock mark on the skyline at this point, but it would be beautiful if returned to its original facade.
What year was it "modernized"?
The facade was altered in the early 70's. The raised terra cotta was hacked away, to create a "smooth" surface to which the new skin could be affixed.
Re: Old Photos Web Site
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:58 am
by smh
loftguy wrote:smh wrote:
Question: I believe I've heard it said that "they" simply covered up the decoration rather than removed it. Any truth to this? Oak Tower is a pock mark on the skyline at this point, but it would be beautiful if returned to its original facade.
What year was it "modernized"?
The facade was altered in the early 70's. The raised terra cotta was hacked away, to create a "smooth" surface to which the new skin could be affixed.
Depressing.
Re: Old Photos Web Site
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:07 am
by moderne
The terra cotta was removed in 1975 when Civic Plaza National Bank purchased the building after SW Bell moived to their new building a few blocks north. The gothic tracery made it the most romantic element on the skyline.
Re: Old Photos Web Site
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:38 pm
by AJoD
shinatoo wrote:The "No Reservations" episode got me searching the web and I cam across this great web site with TONS of old KC photos.
http://kcmeesha.com/old-photos/
kcmeesha has posted here at least a few times