S&W Cafeteria Building, Gay Street, Knoxville, TN : 無料・フリー素材/写真
S&W Cafeteria Building, Gay Street, Knoxville, TN / w_lemay
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| 説明 | Built in 1937, this Art Deco and Art Moderne-style building was built to house the Knoxville location of the S&W Cafeteria, a chain of cafeteria-style restaurants headquartered in Charlotte, NC that operated in the Southern United States between 1920 and the 1990s. The building was in operation as a S&W Cafeteria until the early 1980s, when it closed, as a result of changing tastes and consumer habits, combined with the decline of Gay Street as a retail and entertainment corridor. The building remains very well-preserved, partially as a result of the efforts of the preservation nonprofit Knox Heritage, which helped spearhead the preservation of the building during the construction of the adjacent Rivera Theater in 2007, and subsequent restoration of the building between 2007 and 2009, with it reopening as the S&W Grand Cafe in 2009. Unfortunately, this venture proved unsuccessful, and the restaurant closed in 2011, with an Aveda Institute (cosmetology school) having occupied the building since. The building appears to possibly have been created by the joining and heavy modification of two preexisting 19th Century commercial buildings, though information on its early history remains unclear. However, the building features a low-slope rear shed roof with a parapet in the middle, terra cotta panels with varying textures and forms on the exterior, a central window opening with curved facades on either side, Egyptian-inspired trim above the window, and trim panels in a basket weave pattern underneath the window, an aluminum canopy over the street, and a first floor storefront with a large glass window, wooden revolving door, and polished stone panels. Inside, the building features many of its original fittings and finishes, including terrazzo floors, cantilevered wooden staircase with aluminum railings, a ceiling with octagonal light fixtures and decorative panels, wooden paneling on the columns, large mirrors, decorative Art Deco wallpaper, and a wood-paneled bar. The building is a contributing structure in the Gay Street Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. |
| 撮影日 | 2022-09-11 18:17:41 |
| 撮影者 | w_lemay , Chicago, IL, United States |
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| 撮影地 | Knoxville, Tennessee, United States 地図 |