Then & Now Lower Town Paducah
Back Cover: “Since its annexation to Paducah in 1836, Lower Town has been reinvented by determined residents , visionary elected officials, a locally owned bank, and the Lower Town Neighborhood Association. Today a vibrant community of businesses and preservationists is joined by artist in the national award-winning Artist Relocation Program. (this book) compares historic images with modern photography to document the spirit of the citizens and the renaissance of the neighborhood.”
Back Cover: “Since its annexation to Paducah in 1836, Lower Town has been reinvented by determined residents , visionary elected officials, a locally owned bank, and the Lower Town Neighborhood Association. Today a vibrant community of businesses and preservationists is joined by artist in the national award-winning Artist Relocation Program. (this book) compares historic images with modern photography to document the spirit of the citizens and the renaissance of the neighborhood.”
Back Cover: “Since its annexation to Paducah in 1836, Lower Town has been reinvented by determined residents , visionary elected officials, a locally owned bank, and the Lower Town Neighborhood Association. Today a vibrant community of businesses and preservationists is joined by artist in the national award-winning Artist Relocation Program. (this book) compares historic images with modern photography to document the spirit of the citizens and the renaissance of the neighborhood.”
Copyright 2005, Char Downs & Jay Downs Siska, EdD, Arcadia Pulbishing Co, , 96 pages including 158 photos, of which 68 vintage photos (Then) from family albums, the others (Now) taken by Char., Table of Contents: Acknowledgements, Introduction including Selected Milestones for the Lower Town Neighborhood Association, and Bibliography of 19 sources, Chapter 1. Early Lower Town, Chapter 2. Mother Nature (the floods of 1913 and 1937), Chapter 3. The Neighborhood Family Album, Chapter 4. The Artist Relocation Program, ends with a 2 page Index