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By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD

Special to NKyTribune

If I took a poll of my readers, I would probably find that almost everyone loves the Art Deco style of the 1930s. It’s so upbeat, with clean, modern lines, stylized sculpture, and in terms of skyscrapers, stunning results.

No wonder that Cincinnati’s Carew Tower, an Art Deco masterpiece, has stood the test of time for so many decades. Constructed in 1930, during the height of the Great Depression, the Carew Tower was designed by Walter W. Ahlschlager of Chicago, along wi

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