{"id":1131,"date":"2020-09-13T22:16:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T22:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelfrances.com\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2020-10-23T23:28:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T23:28:05","slug":"lexington-ky-getting-ready-getting-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelfrances.com\/?p=1131","title":{"rendered":"Lexington, KY: Getting Ready &#038; Getting There"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Books: <\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1626195994\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lost Lexington, Kentucky<\/a> by Peter Brackney.\u00a0Lexington has dozens of well-restored landmarks, but so many more are lost forever. The famous Phoenix Hotel, long a stop for weary travelers and politicians alike, has risen from its own ashes numerous times over the past centuries. The works of renowned architect John McMurtry were once numerous around town, but some of the finest examples are gone. The Centrepointe block has been made and unmade so many times that its original tenants are unknown to natives now. Join local blogger, attorney and preservationist Peter Brackney as he explores the intriguing back stories of these hidden Bluegrass treasures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Getting There <\/b><\/span>\u2013 Drive if you must, or FLY.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Drive<\/strong>: It\u2019s a long haul from just about anywhere other than Ohio, Tennessee or Virginia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fly<\/strong>: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com\/homePage.do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.delta.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Delta<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.united.com\/en\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United<\/a> fly into Lexington.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books: Lost Lexington, Kentucky by Peter Brackney.\u00a0Lexington has dozens of well-restored landmarks, but so many more are lost forever. The famous Phoenix Hotel, long a stop for weary travelers and politicians alike, has risen from its own ashes numerous times over the past centuries. The works of renowned architect John McMurtry were once numerous around &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/travelfrances.com\/?p=1131\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lexington, KY: Getting Ready &#038; Getting There&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,3,4,52,47,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-getting-ready","category-getting-there","category-kentucky","category-lexington-ky","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lexington, KY: Getting Ready &amp; Getting There - Travel Frances<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travelfrances.com\/?p=1131\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lexington, KY: Getting Ready &amp; Getting There - Travel Frances\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Books: Lost Lexington, Kentucky by Peter Brackney.\u00a0Lexington has dozens of well-restored landmarks, but so many more are lost forever. 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