Carew Tower is a 49-story, 175 m (574 ft) building completed in 1930 in the heart of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, overlooking the Ohio River waterfront. It is the second-tallest building in the city and was added to the register of National Historic Landmarks on August 5, 1982.
The site comprises Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza (formerly Omni Netherland Plaza), which is described as "one of the world's finest examples of French Art Deco architecture", and was used as the model for the Empire State Building in New York City. The tower was eclipsed by the Great American Insurance Building at Queen City Square on July 13, 2010, rising 86 ft (26 m) higher than Carew Tower. Prior to the construction of the Great American Insurance Building, Carew Tower gave Cincinnati the distinction of having an American city's tallest building, constructed prior to World War II. It is named for Joseph T. Carew, proprietor of the Mabley & Carew department store chain, which had previously operated on the site since 1877.
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“The weary pilgrim to thy roof;
Where if, refresh’d, he will away,
He’s fairly welcome; or if stay,
Far more; which he shall hearty find
Both from the master and the hind.”
—Thomas Carew (1589–1639)
“What did it matter where you lay once you were dead? In a dirty sump or in a marble tower on top of a high hill? You were dead, you were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that. Oil and water were the same as wind and air to you.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)