The 14 murals at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport are as much an institution to area residents as Fountain Square, the Delta Queen and a Reds home game. The 20-by-20-foot mosaic masterpieces have also received national acclaim for being outstanding examples of Art Deco.The murals were originally designed to adorn the walls of Cincinnati’s Union Terminal Railway Station. Although the terminal was built in the midst of the Great Depression, the railroads spared no expense in making it a majestic “Temple of Transportation,” complete with Italian marble floors and cascading fountains.
Link to history of the mosaic murals:
http://www.cvgairport.com/airport/murals/m_history.shtml
Link to Pictures of mosaics… Would LOVE more detail shots – to me some parts do not look mosaic – could be the picture.
http://www.cvgairport.com/airport/murals/index.shtml
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