The Kincaid Towers is a 22-floor high-rise in

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. It is located along Vine Street between Broadway and Mill Street. Its exterior is polished buff concrete with blue tinted glass, with terraces on the 5th, 10th, 14th, and 21st floor. It has a three-story atrium, and a skywalk that connects to the adjacent Hyatt Regency Hotel and

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. It is named after Garvice Delmar Kincaid."300 West Vine." Emporis. 19 October 2006 .

History

Construction on the tower began in 1973 and was completed in 1979 at a cost of $20 million. Major portions of the movie ''

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'' were filmed there during the summer of 1978, and stuntman A.J. Bakunas died from injuries sustained during a record-breaking

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from the top of the construction site. It was constructed by Huber, Hunt, and Nichols Inc., an

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firm that also constructed the Hyatt Regency Hotel, the

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, and

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."Indianapolis Company Built Towers." 14 September 1980. Sunday Herald-Leader. For the next eight years, it was the tallest building in central Kentucky, at 333 feet (101.49 m), before being surpassed by new construction. Upon completion, it was home to Kentucky Central Insurance Companies."Computer Controls Energy Flow", Sunday ''Herald-Leader'', 14 September 1980 It features a $345,000 computer/electro-mechanical energy system that occupies the entire 9th floor. Considered "state-of-the-art", it was derived from space technology.

Original tenants

The original tenants included: * Central Bank and Trust Company, occupying the first seven levels, * Law firm of Kincaid, Wilson, Schaeffer, and Hembree, * General Management Associates, * WVLK Radio on the third floor, * Kentucky Finance Company, *

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, occupying the top 13 floors

References

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History

Original tenants

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