{"id":10536,"date":"2011-09-29T09:01:37","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T13:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=10536"},"modified":"2017-06-29T14:35:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T18:35:38","slug":"a-new-exhibit-in-the-daap-library-exhibit-on-the-terrace-plaza-hotel-september-12-october-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2011\/09\/a-new-exhibit-in-the-daap-library-exhibit-on-the-terrace-plaza-hotel-september-12-october-31\/","title":{"rendered":"A new exhibit in the DAAP Library Exhibit on the Terrace Plaza Hotel September 12-October 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Elizabeth Meyer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10537\" href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2011\/09\/29\/a-new-exhibit-in-the-daap-library-exhibit-on-the-terrace-plaza-hotel-september-12-october-31\/tp\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10537\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"TP\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/TP.jpg\" alt=\"A new exhibit in the DAAP Library Exhibit on the Terrace Plaza Hotel September 12-October 31\" width=\"184\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a>The Terrace Plaza Hotel by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill is a Modernist masterpiece in Downtown Cincinnati.\u00a0 The exhibit features over 40 photographs of the hotel\u00a0from its heyday in the 40s and 50s.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to photos, architectural plans, letters, newspaper articles, and quotes from those involved in the project, one can also view Rookwood ashtrays, a bottle of Terrace Plaza Kentucky Bourbon, Gourmet Room and Skyline Room menus, other restaurant objects such as spoons, forks, knives, ladles, aperitif glasses, cocktail shakers all adorned with either TPs or rooster logos. Also on view is what is believed to be the only surviving piece of furniture from 1948 \u2013a restored barstool from the cocktail lounge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In addition to information about the client, architects, designers, also incorporated in the exhibit are details about Louis Skidmore, Morris Lapidus (who designed the Bonds Clothing Store on the Walnut side of the complex), and Henry Fletcher Kenney (landscape architect for the hotel). And, of course, information about the now <em>very<\/em> famous artists involved in the project: Alexander Calder, Joan Mir\u00f3 and Saul Steinberg.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the Terrace Plaza Hotel in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/information\/terrace.pdf\">article by Stewart Maxwell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Curated by Stewart Shillito Maxwell and Elizabeth Meyer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Elizabeth Meyer The Terrace Plaza Hotel by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill is a Modernist masterpiece in Downtown Cincinnati.\u00a0 The exhibit features over 40 photographs of the hotel\u00a0from its heyday in the 40s and 50s. In addition to photos, architectural &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2011\/09\/a-new-exhibit-in-the-daap-library-exhibit-on-the-terrace-plaza-hotel-september-12-october-31\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[19,27,35,49],"class_list":["post-10536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daap-news","tag-exhibits","tag-information","tag-just-interesting","tag-new-and-notable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}