Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Richard Longstreth
Preface
Introduction
PART I: W. S. ARRASMITH, 1898–1965
1. The Early Years
2. Wischmeyer & Arrasmith Forms in Louisville
3. Wischmeyer & Arrasmith During the Depression
4. Fred Elswick Joins the Firm
5. Greyhound Enters the Picture
6. Arrasmith’s Service in World War II
7. Greyhound’s Architect in the East: The Move to Cleveland
8. The Cleveland and Akron Terminals
9. Arrasmith Returns to Louisville
10. The Greyhound Work Ends
PART II: THE STREAMLINE ERA OF GREYHOUND BUS TERMINAL DESIGN
11. A Short History of the Greyhound Bus Company
12. The Evolution and Design of Bus Terminals
History
Design
13. Streamline Styling, 1937 to 1948
The Greyhound Super Coach
The Silversides Greyhound Bus
14. Greyhound’s Transition to an Avant-Garde Style
15. The Grand Opening
PART III: THE GREYHOUND TERMINALS OF W.S. ARRASMITH A Chronological Survey
1937 Louisville, Kentucky
1937 Bowling Green, Kentucky
1938 Jackson, Mississippi
1938 Fort Wayne, Indiana
1938 Binghamton, New York
1939 Evansville, Indiana
1940 Washington, D.C.
1940 Erie, Pennsylvania
1940 Columbus, Ohio
1940 Dayton, Ohio
1940 Atlanta, Georgia
1941 Syracuse, New York
1941 Buffalo, New York
1941 Cincinnati, Ohio
1942 Norfolk, Virginia
1942 Baltimore, Maryland
1942 Chicago, Illinois (Proposed)
1946 Hagerstown, Maryland (Proposed)
1948 Cleveland, Ohio
1949 Akron, Ohio
1949 Battle Creek, Michigan
1949 Grand Rapids, Michigan
1949 Lima, Ohio
1950 Lansing, Michigan
1950 Boston, Massachusetts
1951 Birmingham, Alabama
1954 St. Paul, Minnesota
1959 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Chronology of W.S. Arrasmith Architectural Firms and Commissions
Chapter Notes
Sources
Photograph and Image Credits
Index
