
Louisville Water Tower & U.S. Marine Hospital
Season 8 Episode 19 | 26m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
The fifth installment of the six part series, "The Ten Buildings that Changed Louisville"
In the fifth installment of the six part series, "The Ten Buildings that Changed Louisville," we visit two of the city's most iconic landmarks - the Louisville Water Tower and the U.S. Marine Hospital; Margy Taylor makes her home at her business, Clay & Cotton; an interview with Cary Stemle, new managing editor of Louisville's Business First; and Rivue, the only rotating restaurant in the world.
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Louisville Water Tower & U.S. Marine Hospital
Season 8 Episode 19 | 26m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
In the fifth installment of the six part series, "The Ten Buildings that Changed Louisville," we visit two of the city's most iconic landmarks - the Louisville Water Tower and the U.S. Marine Hospital; Margy Taylor makes her home at her business, Clay & Cotton; an interview with Cary Stemle, new managing editor of Louisville's Business First; and Rivue, the only rotating restaurant in the world.
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AND THIS IS RANKED ONE OF THE FIVE RESTAURANTS IN THE U.S.
ACCORDING TO THE TOP RESTAURANTS IN THE NATION AND THIS IS A FINE DINING AND UNFORGETTABLE VIEW.
>> WE'RE THE ONLY ONES IN THE CITY THAT HAVE THIS VIEW.
THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THAT MANY RESTAURANTS WITH A ROTATING FLOOR ANYMORE.
AND WE HAVE TWO OF THEM.
>> WELL, THIS WAS HERE FOR YEARS IN THE GOLF HOUSE SINCE 1976.
THIS RESTAURANT WAS BUILT AT THE SAME TIME AND IT WAS CALLED THE FLAG SHIP.
BACK IN THE DAY IT WASN'T AS POPULAR AS IT WAS TODAY AND THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE TO GO FOR BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES HEALTH CARE SUCH THINGS AND EVERYTHING YOU SEE AROUND HERE AND THE EVOLVING FLOORS AND THE LAYOUT OF THE ROOM MOST OF THE KITCHEN LAYOUT WITH THE NEW EQUIPMENT.
IT IS PRETTY ORIGINAL.
BACK THEN RESOLVING FLOORS WERE PRETTY POPULAR AND THAT IS WHERE THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA.
IT WAS CALLED THE FLAGSHIP AND IT WAS THEMED FROM THE DECOR TO THE COLORS AS A SHIP.
THE WHOLE INSIDE OF IT WAS YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE I SIDE OF A SHIP WHEN YOU WALK INTO IT AND THAT'S WHERE THAT CAME ABOUT.
AND THAT LITTLE SITTING HERE BETWEEN THE TWO WHEELS IS ACTUALLY CALLED THE CAPTAIN'S VIEW.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 11 YEARS AND THE RESTAURANT HAS DEFINITELY INVOLVED AND RENOVATED SEVEN YEARS AGO.
AND THIS USED TO BE THE FLAGSHIP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOOR IN THE BACK.
AND IT WAS LIKE A ROOM A PRO VININGAL SUITE.
SO THE WHOLE FLOOR WAS KIND OF A TOP-NOTCH SUITE AND THE AMENITIES WITH IT.
TO THE OPENERSHIP AND US DECIDED IT IS TIME FOR RENOVATIONS TIME FOR AN UPGRADE WHICH IS PART OF THE COMPANY'S RENOVATION.
>> I'VE BEEN IN LOUISVILLE FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS THE WHOLE TIME HERE AT REVIEW.
THE TIME BEFORE THAT I WAS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
AT 9 FOUR SEASONS HOTEL.
WHEN I FIRST WALKED IN REVIEW OBVIOUSLY WITH THE INTERNET AND EVERYTHING YOU GOOGLE IT AND YOU'VE SEEN IT ALREADY BUT MY FIRST THOUGHT WERE THE PICTURES WAS THAT RIVU H *E THE PICTURES DOESN'T DO IT JUSTICE.
IT IS STRIKING AS YOU COME UP AND EXPERIENCE IT.
>> THIS RESTAURANT DOES MOVE RIGHT NOW AS WE ARE SPEAKING THIS IS RESOLVING.
AND WE HAVE SPEED ADJUSTMENTS.
WE CAN GO AS FAST AS HALF AN HOUR OR AN HOUR IS THE SLOWEST ROTATION.
IT IS FUNNY WHEN PEOPLE SIT DOWN THEY LEAVE THEIR TABLE AND THEY CAN'T FIND THEIR TABLE BECAUSE THE FLOOR MOVES OR THEY SIT DOWN AT ANOTHER TABLE.
SO THERE ARE SOME ENTERTAINMENT ASPECTS TO THAT.
THE LADIES LEAVE THEIR PURSE ON THE WINDOW AND WHEN THEY COME BACK THEY SAY -- AGHH!
SOMEBODY STOLE MY PURSE.
BUT THAT IS THERE.
AND THE RESOLVING VIEWS EAST AND WEST.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS THE WEST SIDE OF THE RESTAURANT SO SUNSET ON A CLEAR NIGHT IT IS BEAUTIFUL UP HERE.
AFTER DARK IT IS A BEAUTIFUL VIEW.
>> AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE CHEF AT RIVUE.
MY FOCUS IS THE RESTAURANT SO IT ENTAILS THE MENU WRITING, SOURCING PRODUCTS, UM, JUST YOU KNOW, SUPERVISION OF THE STAFF, BACK OF IS THE HOUSE.
>> WELL THE KITCHEN WE DO HAVE SOME WINDOWS IN THE BACK.
WE JOKE AROUND THAT THE DISH WASHER HAS THE BEST VIEW IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE THE DISH MACHINE IS RIGHT BY THE WINDOW SO ON A PRETTY DAY HE'S GOT A NICE VIEW.
SHOT WAY I SEE THE MENU AT RIVUE IS A MODERN-AMERICAN AND SOUTHERN IN WAYS BUT WITH INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES A LITTLE BIT OF ITALIAN FRESH, LIGHT ITALIAN UM SOME ASIAN INFLUENCE EVEN SOME LATINO INFLUENCE.
WE HAVE VENISON TACOS, FOR EXAMPLE WHICH ARE A FUN PLAY ON TACOS.
WE GET A VENISON FLANK STEAK IN A MARINADE.
WE BROIL THAT MEDIUM-RARE.
I SLICE IT REALLY THIN.
WE HAVE A NICE AUTHENTIC CORN TORTILLA AND CILANTRO SOUR CREAM.
SO WE MAKE OUR -- WE TAKE THE TACOS SOMETHING SUCH YELL AND DELICIOUS AND MAKE IT OUR OWN THING.
>> OUR MENU DEFINITELY WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW TRYING TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL MARKET SO THE LOCAL FARMERS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA MOST OF OUR PRODUCT IS LOCALLY GROWN FROM THE LOCAL FARMERS.
I THINK CHEF DUSTIN HAS BROUGHT US A NEW TWIST TO IT AND THE FLAVORS THE PRESENTATIONS OF THE PRODUCT.
>> THE RESTAURANT IS PROBABLY KNOWN BEST FOR OUR SHELLFISH PLATTER THE REVIEW FOR TWO.
IT IS A BOLD CRUSHED ICE WITH KING CRAB LEGS COMING OUT OF THE TOP SO IT TURNS HEAD.
WE HAVE THE AMBIANC WHICH IS GREAT AND THE INTAPPINGABLES AND FOOD PRODUCTS ARE THERE, TOO.
>> WHILE THE DIPPER GETS RAVE REVIEWS THE SUNDAY BRUNCH IS POPULAR WITH DATES OFTEN FILLING UP QUICKLY FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
IN THIS NEXT INSTALLMENT OF OUR FIVE-PART SERIES THE TEN BUILDINGS THAT CHANGED LOUISVILLE WE VISITED TWO OF THE MOST ICONIC LANDMARKS THE LOUISVILLE WATER TOWER AND U.S.
MARINE HOSPITAL.
BY CHARLES HERMINY THE WATER TOWER OPERATED FROM 1860 TO 1912 AND THE MARINE HOSPITAL FROM 1902 TO 1933 AND WAS DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT ROBERT MILLS BOTH HELPED DEVELOP LOUISVILLE'S REPUTATION AS A WORLD-CLASS CITY.
>> THE WATER TOWER WHAT AN ELEGANT SOLUTION TO A PRACTICAL NEED.
IT IS YET ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE GREAT GREEK REVIVAL BUILDINGS IN AMERICA IN LOUISVILLE.
IT WAS REALLY THE HIGH POINT ECONOMIC HIGHPOINT IN THE 19th CENTURY.
>> IT WAS BUILT IN 1960 SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT IT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.
MOST GOT THEIR WATER OUT OF THE GROUND IT WAS FREE SO THEY WANTED TO BUILD THIS GREAT STRUCTURE SAYING WE HAVE GREAT WATER HERE.
>> IT IS A MACHINE.
>> IT WAS WHERE IT COULD HAVE WORKED AND IT IS HANDSOME.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO ELEGANT IS THAT WHEN BOATS WERE COMING DOWN THE RIVER TO LAND IN LOUISVILLE RIGHT BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR AND THERE WERE 3,000 BOATS LANDING WHEN YOU CAME FROM UPRIVER AND YOU WERE SITTING THERE AND WHAT KIND OF CITY IS THIS?
>> IT WAS THEIR FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE CITY AND SAID HEY THIS IS A GREAT PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE.
WE HAVE QUALITY TECHNOLOGY AND WATER HERE SO WHY NOT LIVE IN LOUISVILLE.
>> AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS DESTROYED IN THE TORNADO IN 1890 AND THEN REBUILT.
>> AND WHEN THEY RESTORE IT THEY PUT ALL OF THOSE GRECCO ROOMS AND FIGURES AROUND THE BAYS EXCEPT FOR THE NATIVE AMERICANS AND THAT ADDS TO THE VISUAL RELATIONSHIP.
>> THE ENGINEERING STANDS ON ITS OWN THAT IS ON THE INSIDE IS IT WORKS WONDERFULLY WELL AND THEY BUILT WHAT THEY NEEDED AND THEY BUILT IT ELEGANTLY.
THEY BUILT IT MORE THAN THEY DESERVE AND IT IS A MACHINE BUT A STRIKINGLY HANDSOME ISSUE.
IS.
>> THE U.S.
MARINE HOSPITAL IS SO FUNDAMENTAL TO THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN HEALTH CARE.
ALL FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS WE HAVE TODAY STARTED WITH THE MARINE HEALTH SERVICE.
IT WAS ONE OF SEVEN MEDICAL BUILD H-GZ DESIGNED BY ROBERT MILLED AND IT WAS THOMAS HOBEN AND WENT ON TO BE THE FEDERAL ARCHITECT AND GAVE THE LOOK FOR IMPORTANT BUILDINGS.
THE MARINE BUILDINGS WERE THE FIRST HOSPITALS IN AMERICA DESIGNED TO BE HOSPITALS.
PREVIOUSLY, HOSPITALS WERE BIG BUILDINGS THAT WOULD WILL BE CONVERTED INTO THE OTHER HOSPITALS.
BUT THIS BUILDING WAS VERY INTELLIGENTLY DESIGNED.
IT WAS DESIGNED FOR WHAT THEY UNDERSTOOD HEALTH CARE IN THE 1850'S TO BE.
IT FUNCTIONED AS A HOSPITAL FROM 1852 TO 1933.
THAT'S A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
IT WAS THE FIRST VETERANS' HOSPITAL IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT STILL SERVES THROUGH THE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER PORTLAND THEY USE THE FACILITY FOR THE GROUNDS AND EVERY BIT AS IMPORTANT AS IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
SO THIS IS THE LAST REMAINING OF THE SEVEN MILLS OF WHAT HE BILL ON THE WATERS THIS IS THE LAST ONE.
IT IS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK IT WAS SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES PROJECT.
IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST 11 ENDANGERED PLACES IN AMERICA.
AND FORTUNATELY THIS COMMUNITY RESPONDED AND WE WERE ABLE TO RESTORE THE EXTERIOR BACK TO ITS GLORY.
IT STANDS AS A REAL TESTIMONY TO AMERICAN -- IT STANDS AS A REAL TESTAMENT TO AMERICAN HEALTH CARE.
IT IS GREAT AND IT IS GREAT IT SITS THERE RIGHT ON THE INTERSTATE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT AND WONDER ABOUT IT.
>> AND THE LOUISVILLE IS NOW THE FAMOUS HOTELS THE SEALBACK AND 21-C AND LOUISVILLE'S PRINT SCENES IS LIKE MOST AMERICAN CITIES -- CHANGING AND BUSINESS FIRST INSPIRED THIS WEEK'S INTERVIEW SEGMENT WE WANT TO MENTION CARY STEMIE, THE NEW MANAGING EDITOR OF LOUISVILLE'S BUSINESS FIRST.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> THIS IS NOT YOUR FIRST?
>> NO, I WAS A STAFF WRITER IN THE MID-90s FOR ABOUT A YEAR AN THEN WE WENT TO LEO WHICH IS WHERE YOU AND I MET LEO WEEKLY.
I SPENT 10 YEARS THERE AND.
>> AND HOW HAS IT CHANGED FROM THE 90s TO NOW?
>> WELL, WE HAVE A NEWS OPERATING AND WE WRITE FOR THE DAILY COLLECTIONS NOW AND THIS COMES OUT IN A WEEKLY EDITION AND FOR SUBSCRIBERS IT IS FREEZE.
ANYBODY CAN READ THOSE.
WE HAVE AN OPTIMIZED FOR MOBILE WEB PRODUCT APPLICATION OF THE PRINT PRODUCT.
THAT COMES OUT ON FRIDAY AS IT ALWAYS HAS.
SO IT HAS CHANGED FROM THE DAYS WHEN I WORKED THERE.
>> AND TOM MONIHAN RECENTLY RETIRED.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR BUSINESS FIRST?
>> WELL I THINK HE WAS A REPORTER FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEY DECIDED HE WAS AN EDITOR WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME.
HE HAD A SHORT FRONT ON BUSINESS FIRST AN THEN BECAME PUBLISHER SO TOM IS SORT OF LIKE THE LEGACY PERSON AT BUSINESS FIRST.
SO I KIND OF TEASED HIM ABOUT LEAVING RIGHT WHEN I CAME ON I DIDN'T TAKE THAT PERSONALLY BUT I'M REALLY GOING TO MISS BEING ABLE TO TALK TO TOM.
HE HAS SO MUCH LONG-TERM KNOWLEDGE AND REALLY A GREAT FEEL FOR THIS WHOLE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND GARY TYLER'S IS OUR NEW PUBLISHER.
HE HAD BEEN OUR AD MANAGER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, SO HE'S LEARNING A NEW POSITION.
AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS TOM A LOT.
>> WHAT DOES BUSINESS FIRST DO, IN YOUR OPINION, IN YOUR OPINION BETTER THAN OTHER PUBLICATIONS IN TOWN?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT, NUMBER ONE, WE HELP CONNECT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WITH EACH OTHER.
WE COVER RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, RETAIL, BANKS.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE READ THE PAPER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE BUSINESS WORLD AND HOW THEY CAN USE THAT INFORMATION TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE PEOPLE WE'RE WRITING ABOUT.
SO WE LIKE TO SEE OURSELVES AS A CONNECTOR FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE GOING CONSISTENTLY WITH OTHER OUTLETS.
>> WHAT ABOUT IN A PRINT IN AN VIABLE AGE?
>> PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WAIT TO GET NEWS.
AND THAT IS KIND OF AN OBSOLETE PROJECT AND BUSINESS FIRST IS PART OF A BUSINESS JOURNAL WHICH HAS 40 PUBLICATIONS IN MAJOR U.S.
MARKETS AS WELL AS DIGITAL ONLY OPERATIONS IN NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES AND CHICAGO SO IT IS A BIG COMPANY.
WE'RE TRYING TO BRIDGE THIS DIGITAL DIVIDE TOGETHER AND IT GOES DEEPER AND WE'RE TRYING TO BOUNCE THE PRODUCTS OFF OF EACH CORE AND THE HEADLINES IT IS A OF WAYS THAT THEY PRESENT IT.
>> AND HOW DO YOU IMPLEMENT THAT?
>> WELL, IF YOU HAVE HAD A TRADITIONAL IN THOSE DEVICES IT CAN BE PRETTY FRUSTRATING SO I THINK OUR WEBSITE AUTOMATICALLY DETECTS WHAT DEVICE YOU ARE READING IT ON AND OPTIMIZES IT IN THAT FASHION FOR YOU AND THAT MAKES THE RE-ING MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE.
>> ONE OF YOUR CLAIM TO FAME IS THE BOOK OF LISTS.
TELL US ABOUT THE BOOK OF LISTS?
>> WELL WE HAVE A RESEARCHER WHOSE JOB IS TO COMPILE THESE LISTS WHICH WE RUN WEEKLY AND WE MAY HAVE A LIST OF THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS IN THE AREA THE LARGEST WINERIES OR THE LARGEST REAL ESTATE TERMS.
THEN, EACH YEAR WE COMPILE THOSE INTO A BOOK THAT COMES OUT.
IT IS A PRETTY HIGHLY COULD HAVE COVETED PRODUCT.
I HAVE TO SAY PEOPLE LOVE TO GET THOSE THINGS.
THEY ARE VERY USEFUL, HIGHLY DETAILED AND WIDELY RESEARCHED.
>> WELL, YOU SEE IF YOU ARE ON THAT LIST AND IT GOES BACK TO THAT NETWORK, -- THE NETWORKING YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
>> WE USE IT ABOUT THE PLAYERS IN AN AREA.
IT IS A GREAT RESOURCE WHO IS THE BIG YES ONE OF THESE WHO ARE THE EMPLOYEES AND CONTACTS?
IT IS JUST A FANTASTIC RESOURCE.
>> WHAT BUSINESS STORIES SHOULD WE CARE MORE ABOUT?
>> OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK THE BRIDGES STORIY -- I THINK THE BRIDGES STORY IS A HUGE STORY.
IT HAS SO MANY TENTA KELS AND -- IT HAS SO MANY TENTICLES.
AND HOW IT WILL AFFECT OUR MOVE WILLS AS A HOOSIER YOU AND I KNOW A JOKE CLOSING THE BRIDGES LEAVING HOOSIERS TO FEND FOR OURSELVES.
THE COMMUTE IS GOING TO GET REALLY INTERESTING.
I THINK WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE BEGINNING OF THAT.
I THINK DEVELOPMENT IS A BIG STORY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT.
AND THERE IS A LOT OF ENERGY.
>> THERE ARE THINGS THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF UNTIL IT CAME INTO THE FOLD.
>> WELL, GREAT HAVING YOU HERE.
>> NICE TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU.
>> AND A STORE MIGHT SEEM LIKE A BYGONE EARLY BUT MARGY TAYLOR STARTED CLAY AND COTTON A RETAIL STORE IN 2004 AND ITS BAIRDSTOWN LOCATION IS A MAINSTAY.
AND MAGGIE OPENED AN ADDITIONAL STORE AND MAKES HER HOME UPSTAIRS.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> WOW.
>> MARGY TAYLOR HAS ENTHUSIASM WITH CLAY AND COTTON.
>> MARGY MADE TWO LINES, ONE OF CLAY AND ONE OF COTIN, HENCE, THE NAME AND THE BAIRDSTOWN LOCATION SHOWS JUST HOW FAR SHE'S COME.
>> NOW WE HAVE OVER 75 LINES.
WHEN WE GO TO MARKET WE JUST BUY WHATEVER I WOULD USE IN MY DAILY LIFE TO MAKE -- I SORT OF SAY IT SOUNDS CORNY BUT TO MAKE THE RITUALS OF LIFE MORE BEAUTIFUL IF IT'S A CUP OF COFFEE OR WALKING YOUR DOG OR SERVING A DINNER OR WEARING SOME JEWELRY.
>> MARGY'S SHOP OPENER WASN'T A GIVEN.
THE PROPER TITLE IS MARGY TAYLOR PH.D.
>> I DO HAVE MY DOCTORATE IN LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT.
MY TOPIC WAS RISK-TAKING AND INNOVATION.
I FEEL LIKE I'M LIVING IT HERE BECAUSE IT IS DEFINITELY RISK-TAKING.
>> MARGY'S BIGGEST RISK MAY JUST BE OPENING THIS SHOP IN MORGAN COMMONS BECAUSE IT MEANT MOVING ABOVE THE STORE.
>> I JUST FEEL THIS TOTAL, MAGNETIC PULL TO NORTON COMMONS.
I MISS THE HIGHLAND AND I LOVE LIVING THERE BUT I LOVE LIVING HERE, TOO.
IT'S A NICE PLACE TO BE.
>> OH.
>> A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME OR AT LEAST YOUR DOGS.
>> WE PUT A LITTLE THING ON THE SIGN THAT SAID DOGS WELCOME.
SO EVERYONE COMES IN WITH THEIR DOGS.
I KNOW THEIR DOGS' NAMES.
I DON'T ALWAYS REMEMBER THEIR NAMES BUT I REMEMBER THEIR FACES AND THEIR DOGS.
>> THE NORTON COMMON STORE HAS MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE ALLOWING FOR MORE AND BIGGER ITEMS LIKE FURNITURE AND RUGS.
>> THERE IS SO MUCH BUILDING GOING ON HERE AND WE CARRY ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL RUGS THAT LOOK PERFECT IN THE STYLE OF ARCHITECT YOU'RE SO I THOUGHT -- ARCHITECTURE SO I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND WE SELL ABOUT HALF OF THE BUSINESS' APPAREL.
IT SHOWS OFF HERE, ALSO.
>> AND MARGY SHOWS OFF HER WARES THROUGH WARDROBE AND JEWELRY CHOICES AND IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.
SHE TURNED THE STORE INTO THE MODEL HOME.
>> THAT WAS PART OF THE INTENT TO HAVE EVENTS UP THERE OR TO BE ABLE TO RENT IT OUT FOR EVENTS OR TO HAVE A SHOPPING NIGHT AND SERVE REFRESHMENTS UP THERE.
THERE IS A ROOFTOP DECK SO THERE IS EVEN A THIRD LEVEL THERE IS 1,100 SQUARE FEET OUTSIDE IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
THAT IS TOTALLY DOUGH SIGNED TO HAVE EVENTS AND TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT A HOUSE CAN LOOK LIKE.
IT IS REALLY OPEN.
I MADE IT NEUTRAL IN A LIVING SPACE SO ANY OF THIS STUFF CAN BE CHANGED OUT.
THE RUGS, THE FURNITURE HAD BEEN AROUND THE EDGES IT IS REALLY COLORFUL BECAUSE I WANT TO SHOW YOU CAN DO BOTH NEUTRALS AND COLOR AND FORMAL AN INFORMAL AND COMBINE IT AND HAVE IT ALL WORK.
>> THE NOTION OF LIVING ABOVE HER BUSINESS WORKS FOR MARGY.
>> IT'S A GRATE, OLD CONCEPT.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE UPSTAIRS AND TO BE, UM, CLOSE TO THE SHOP.
IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT NEVER GOES AWAY BECAUSE I CAN GO UPSTAIRS AND GET AWAY FROM WORK.
IT'S JUST A REALLY FUN THING TO DO.
I LOVE IT.
>> MARGY ALSO LOVES HOW HER STORE'S DESIGNED TURNED OUT WITH ITALIAN TOUCHES AND PLENTY OF LIGHT.
>> I HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR A LONG TIME.
I WOULD STALK IT AND LOOK AT OTHERS THAT WERE ALREADY BUILT.
I WANTED IT TO BE ON A CORNER BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT, AND I WANTED IT TO BE NEAR THE TOWN CENTER, SO THAT, UM, IT WOULD GET TRAFFIC.
>> AND JUST LIKE HER WORK SETUP IS A THROWBACK NORTON COMMONS IS AN NEW TAKE ON OLD DESIGN, SP-G THAT MARGY APPRECIATES.
>> WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS DRAWING ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS THE OLD NEIGHBORHOODS IN LOUISVILLE, WHETHER IT IS THE HIGHLANDS, CHEROKEE GARDENS, CHESIRE HILL IT IS THE OLD LOUISVILLE ARCHITECTURE.
THEY ARE REALLY PICKY THAT IT IS CLASSY STYLE AND DRAWS ON CLASSIC ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS.
YOU CAN'T REALLY MISS IT AND YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO.
>> SO, IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE FOR THE WOMAN WHO LIVES ABOVE THE STORE TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL?
THIS TRICKED OUT BATH HELPS.
AND, SO FAR, GOING WITH THE FLOW IS WORKING.
>> I DID A LOT OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS IT THAT I WOULD DO THAT WOULD BE FOLLOWING MY HEART THROUGH AND THROUGH?
AND THIS IS IT.
SO IT FEELS LIKE PLAYING.
IT DOES NOT FEEL LIKE WORK.
IT FEELS LIKE HITS JUST A JOY.
>> MARGY FIRST SAW THE LOCATION SHE CHOSE FOR HER STORE WHEN SHE WAS VISITING HOMEORAMA AT NORTON COMMONS IN 2012.
THAT EVENT WAS SO POPULAR NORTON COMMONS HAD THEIR OWN HOME TOUR THIS IS THE 10th OF MAY THROUGH THE 2 A5th.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
AND WITH HELPING TO GREEN OUR REGION NEXT ON "LOUIE DEVELOP LIFE" WE'LL SHOW YOU ONE MAN'S DREAM HOW IT CAUGHT ON SINCE 2002.
WE'LL TAKE YOU TO LOUISVILLE HOTELS AND WE TALK TO ARTHUR KEENE FROM LOUISVILLE PUBLIC MEDIA.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME!
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