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Old Posted Oct 1, 2006, 3:52 AM
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Columbia Building, Louisville



The Columbia Building

Begun in 1888, and opened on January 1, 1890, Louisville's first skyscraper and once the "tallest building in the Western Hemisphere south of the Ohio River," came down in late1966 to make way for the new Galt House Hotel, Louisville Trust Bank and Belvedere complex. This eyesore nearly didn't get torn down at all, until several banks and a local developer came to the rescue with the additional funding the city required..



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