Innovative Art Deco Building Faces Uncertain Future

Columnist Whitney Gould makes the case for saving the 1930 A.O. Smith (now Tower Automotive) building, an overlooked "icon of the machine age" that was ahead of its time.

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April 26, 2002, 2:30 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"With its seven-story glass curtain walls sliced into tall, zigzag bays, the 1930 tower drew obvious inspiration from the International Style, the geometric, minimalist design vocabulary forged in Germany by the likes of Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius. No wonder Frank Lloyd Wright, who took an otherwise dim view of Milwaukee architecture, admired this building."

Thanks to Cindy Olnick

FULL STORY: Tower Automotive building has a beauty that's rarely seen or appreciated

Sunday, April 21, 2002 in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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