The Streamline Era Greyhound Terminals

by Wrenick, Frank E.; Wrenick, Elaine V.; Longstreth, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780786464456
• ISBN10: 0786464453
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-08
• Publisher: McFarland Publishing

Summary

In post-Depression America, Greyhound brought the glamour of travel within the reach of everyone, regardless of financial status. Their bus terminals functioned as gateways to the cities in which they were located. With this in mind, the Greyhound bus company found an architect who could embody in architectural form the sleek aerodynamics of the buses that served its transportation system: William Strudwick Arrasmith.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Foreword	p. 1
Preface	p. 5
Introduction	p. 7
W. S. Arrasmith, 1898-1965
The Early Years	p. 11
Wischmeyer & Arrasmith Forms in Louisville	p. 20
Wischmeyer & Arrasmith During the Depression	p. 29
Fred Elswick Joins the Firm	p. 41
Greyhound Enters the Picture	p. 49
Arrasmith's Service in World War II	p. 59
Greyhound's Architect in the East: The Move to Cleveland	p. 64
The Cleveland and Akron Terminals	p. 75
Arrasmith Returns to Louisville	p. 81
The Greyhound Work Ends	p. 89
The Streamline Era of Greyhound Bus Terminal Design
A Short History of the Greyhound Bus Company	p. 99
The Evolution and Design of Bus Terminals	p. 101
History	p. 101
Design	p. 104
Streamline Styling, 1937 to 1948	p. 109
The Greyhound Super Coach	p. 112
The Silversides Greyhound Bus	p. 115
Greyhound's Transition to an Avant-Garde Style	p. 117
The Grand Opening	p. 120
The Greyhound Terminals of W.S. Arrasmith
A Chronological Survey
1937 Louisville, Kentucky	p. 125
1937 Bowling Green, Kentucky	p. 128
1938 Jackson, Mississippi	p. 129
1938 Fort Wayne, Indiana	p. 130
1938 Binghamton, New York	p. 131
1939 Evansville, Indiana	p. 133
1940 Washington, D.C.	p. 136
1940 Erie, Pennsylvania	p. 140
1940 Columbus, Ohio	p. 141
1940 Dayton, Ohio	p. 143
1940 Atlanta, Georgia	p. 144
1941 Syracuse, New York	p. 146
1941 Buffalo, New York	p. 147
1941 Cincinnati, Ohio	p. 148
1942 Norfolk, Virginia	p. 149
1942 Baltimore, Maryland	p. 149
1942 Chicago, Illinois (Proposed)	p. 151
1946 Hagerstown, Maryland (Proposed)	p. 153
1948 Cleveland, Ohio	p. 153
1949 Akron, Ohio	p. 158
1949 Battle Creek, Michigan	p. 160
1949 Grand Rapids, Michigan	p. 161
1949 Lima, Ohio	p. 162
1950 Lansing, Michigan	p. 163
1950 Boston, Massachusetts	p. 164
1951 Birmingham, Alabama	p. 166
1954 St. Paul, Minnesota	p. 167
1959 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	p. 167
Chronology of W.S. Arrasmith Architectural Firms and Commissions	p. 171
Chapter Notes	p. 177
Sources	p. 183
Photograph and Image Credits	p. 189
Index	p. 193
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