Rusty Shackleford

That is correct. There is a multiplex at the southwest corner of Rt. 122 and Dixie Highway. Springboro and Franklin have nothing and Lebanon has a flea bitten, cramped multiplex at Colony Square. The I-75 access for Austin Road stuff is strategic and makes stuff located there very accessible for suburbs like Springboro, which have little else. Austin Road feels pretty far if you're approaching from the north via I-75, 741 or 675, so I buy that it will not impact the Dayton Mall area that much. I wonder if RTA bus service will be extended to Austin Landing.

Thanks, guys. I see that on UO, content and story is king, and the technical precision can be secondary. Sometimes I get intimidated seeing the excellent work here with high end DSLRs and the like. But having an angle is key. These photos definitely have their problems, including a lot of grain, weird color imbalance in some of the scans, and some blown out highlights. I'll try to post more unique stuff like this. I had a period during my late grade school to early college years when I had a darkroom and was an obsessive amateur, so I probably have several thousand vintage negatives covering the mid 70s.

These were taken during a hike in the spring of 1977, mostly taken along the old railroad that is now the bed of the Little Miami Bikeway, near Kings Mills, the Peters Cartridge Plant, and Fort Ancient. I recall that when we hiked this, we were on edge watching for "things" - the area had an abandoned "Deliverance" vibe to it and it didn't seem especially safe or hospitable to wander off the beaten path. The railroad bed back then had not been used since the very early 70s and we were essentially walking a path through people's back yards. Probably taken with a Mamiya/Sekor 500 DTL using commercially processed Ektachrome. Scanned in the present day with the excellent Epson V700 flatbed scanner and (in some cases) manually retouched. Fort Ancient area, walking on the railroad tracks, south of Ft. Ancient, looking south, approaching the village of Senior. Lots o' laundry hung out to dry. :) These houses are still visible from the trail when you are riding south of Ft. Ancient. Probably closer to Fort Ancient. The trail back then looked so incredibly wild, like parts of Warren County in general back then. Today everything's so manicured and (ick) suburban. Valley view from the overlook at Fort Ancient looking toward I-71, when the view was clear of trees. The houses and structures at the right in the picture are part of what is now "Kings Domain" Conference Center along Rt. 350. Peters Cartridge Factory. In the pictures containing the square tower you can see round metal disks fastened to the sides near the roof. These were wartime (WWII) advertising signs for the NBC Radio Network. At that time, it was possible to wander around inside the factory during the day and not be chased out by police or security. Of course, it was incredibly dangerous, with many holes with sheer dropoffs through the floor. Seeing the hideously dangerous holes in the floor and piles of crap, it is clear that my friend and I were Darwin Award candidates that did not place that day. Old time ad for "The Taylor Stoker" FWIW (seems to be state of the art for around 1917): This is just such a stark difference from today's view along the bike trail. A lone cyclist climbs the hill westward up Grandin Road toward the village of Kings Mills. Goodbye, Peters plant: my car (a 1974 Vega) is at the bottom right, and I recall climbing a staircase built into the hillside to get this picture. The "traffic volume" as such back then was probably a car every couple of minutes.

Tank's doesn't really feel like a bar. It feels more like a restaurant that is incidentally a bar. Lots of families most of the day and evening. (A family member's church group eats here on Sundays, to give an idea.) Their food is completely on point with the exception of the natural cut french fries. They always come out soggy. Otherwise, this place has good noms.

^ I don't have a clue what the answers to these questions are. IMO much of the reason may be psychological aspiration - Belmont had been a very rough school with severe academic problems and high crime rates for many years. So perhaps the thinking is that by blowing away the old school you can change attitudes. That's just a guess. Dayton as a city can ill-afford to waste taxpayer's money like this, but then, I don't live there any more. Personally I completely agree with you. Dayton is a city that over the decades has repudiated its history very aggressively. It has a strong bias toward erasing the past and creating blandness. In the immediate area, probably only Springfield is worse at preservation.

The new Belmont High is already in operation: http://www.dps.k12.oh.us/schools/high-school/belmont.html Found this also: http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/belmont-high-school-to-hold-grand-opening-ceremony-1293523.html

Moar destruction "goodness": The following one was taken close to the start of demo around March 17th by a friend: The following were taken March 31. All of the building is now down.

Benham’s Restaurant & Catering closes, to reopen in new Kettering location Benham’s Restaurant and Catering, which traces its roots to 1934 and which in 1984 served a private luncheon to Queen Elizabeth, closed today, although owners Bill and Becky Howser intend to reopen Benham’s in a new location at 2505 Wilmington Pike in a space that previously held Norton’s late this summer, Bill Howser said Friday night. http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/taste/entries/2012/03/30/benhams_restaurant_catering_cl.html?cxtype=feedbot

In Belmont (SE Dayton neighborhood) - up through the early 1970s - there were two corner markets located essentially in converted houses, in the residential area along Revere Avenue, within a couple of blocks of each other. I never figured out how these stores survived. The "Bellaire Carryout" only sold snacks, a few dairy items and packaged deli items like lunch meats, cigarettes and pop. The Nordale Meat Market was a larger scale operation but it, too relied mainly on walk in traffic. I am sure that within a few blocks there were many more such small carryouts and groceries located around Belmont and grandfathered in zoning wise. There are still a few holdouts in east Dayton, like the market on Huffman Avenue. In the 1960s a blue collar middle class neighborhood could support several such stores. I think economics, not only of distribution, but also real estate, have made this impossible. Back then "everything" was relatively cheaper and owners of stores seemed to be able to do alright on smaller scale profits. A corner market by definition today is going to be upscale and niche in order to turn a profit.

^ The images from 2000 that I had of Belmont had file names like "Belmont-Soviet-Entrance#1.jpg" and the like. Some of those old east side schools like Cleveland Elementary look like a politburu designed them. The new Belmont on Wayne Avenue is now in operation. Both the old school and the new school are absolutely "of their times". Dayton had lots of the square red brick school buildings, and this one was obviously planned in the 1950s. The new one looks school-y in a post 2001 way. The facade with the blue arched canopy is similar to the newer schools that have been built in Warren County (Mason and Lebanon) in the last five years.

What I would have expected to happen far in the future when the sun finally went super nova. Nope, just more refreshing of the Dayton landscape. Taken from a sidewalk on Enterprise Avenue and the track field. The site is sealed with chain link fence. What happens with the site? Is anything planned? Bonus pictures: as it was (taken in 2000)

That continuous flow intersection is the freakiest, craziest assed structure that I have ever driven through. Especially the basket weaving of opposing lanes of traffic that pass each other on the "wrong" side. What the heck happens when the signals go out due to a power failure? I'd "love" to see the September 2008 hurricane power outage hit that intersection.

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/state/blue-ash-educational-building-sues-mom-over-negative-online-review1314708747814 I hope I don't get sued for posting about this... :evil:

I wonder what will be developed on the property. I checked reviews on Google. They seem to have had some sanitation and upkeep issues, according to some customers. We did enjoy the holiday fest they did in past years.

Ahem, did they check with these people who used to be down the street, first? http://mannacupcake.com/ Gourmet/high end is like antimatter around here. We could, however, always use another Speedway or Tire Discounters.

"All these worlds are yours except Europa... attempt no landings there." :-D

Ineptly or cowardly-administered Facebook based commenting on Cincinnati.com. Their old forum software ("Plesk?" Something like that) on Cincinnati.com was censored heavily. I'd always post something, it would show, and I'd come back an hour later and it would say "User has been blocked by Cincinnnati.com editorial staff" and the like. I would think they'd just delete the account so I get the message when I try to log in, but that would have been smart. So they replaced all of the news story commenting with Facebook comments. I posted to a local (neighborhood level) interest story the other day, and then visited the story later. At the time I posted earlier there were about five interesting comments, not including mine. ALL gone when I checked back. Screw that site. I'd boycott it if it were possible. It's not that I don't think any site has the right to moderate postings, it's the stupidly sweeping meat axe they take to valid content. And being a newspaper, it should allow citizens a voice where offered without arbitrary censorship - as a sort of civic duty relating to their role.

Oh, wow, I'm on the 18th page! :clap:

^ If you pull up a map on Google you can see how the back side of the village backs up to the lake. Caesars Creek Lake took out one small village when it was built (New Burlington) and it looks like Harveysburg was pretty close to being wiped out by construction too. This restaurant is allegedly in an old gymnasium on one of the streets that dead ends in the water. The way most school gyms were built years ago they had no windows for views, so I suspect that it's like eating in any old brick building. No idea what the setting is actually like. We may have to try it this weekend. Edit: I found this old thread: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,19444.msg404544.html#msg404544 I suspect the place is in the building in photos #5 and #6.

Bah, Sears. Uhm, I'd buy a Craftsman hand tool at Sears, or maybe some tube sox, and not much else. A few personal experiences: The stockade fence that my fiance' had Sears build around her very small yard for $9K in the mid 90s (probably overpriced by a factor of 2x) was falling over due to rot in the posts about five years later. The freaking a-holes didn't use treated lumber. Contact with Sears about this problem indicated that Sears just contracts out this kind of work and there is little quality control. Of course they disavowed all support for the work. About that appliance service business. My wife's grandmother had apparently purchased a service plan with Sears on an aged washer and dryer. They were QUITE happy to keep renewing this plan to an old lady on a 20+ year old pair of appliances, and the yearly cost was several hundred dollars - enough to buy a new washer and dryer every year. Some years ago in the early 90s I went to one Sears Paint and Hardware store and received some pretty decent help with some problems I was having in painting walls that were covered with wallpaper that had to be removed. A couple of years later I visited the same store and the staff were sullen unhelpful stiffs and I walked out without even buying anything. Apparently the had accidentally hired someone decent at random at that store just once. The heating elements went out in a 10 year old or so Kenmore electric water heater in my house. The idiots at Sears were quoting me 2 weeks delivery time to receive replacement elements. (In February - lovely.) I bought a new heater at Lowes and pitched the old one. Screw Sears. The brand is garbage. Some of their business practices are unethical, the store employees are low quality, and they don't support the stuff they sell. I cheer the day they go out of business. They're just a hollow holding company and a crappy one at that.

New Restaurant in Harveysburg (!) - "Papis by the Lake" http://papisbythelake.yolasite.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Papis-by-the-Lake/155302647880516?sk=info I was completely blindsided by this thread on Chow.com today (seeing that I consider everything along OH 73 from Springboro to Wilmington my home turf.) The exclamation above is because Harveysburg has had absolutely nothing in terms of commerce except a shed dealer and an obnoxious speed trap along OH 73 for decades. Harveysburg is otherwise a corpse, not even walking dead. Anyone here try this place yet? My batting record with new independent restaurants around here has been pretty disappointing, no matter how glowing the reviews are. (It was a toss-up whether to place this in the Cincinnati or Dayton perma-thread. It's closer to Dayton so this seems right.)

There is a thread on Shawnee, Ohio - a dead and crumbling coal town in SE Ohio - that has similar buildings with rooms overhanging the sidewalk. They are in much worse shape than this, though. Ah, found it - http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=14323.0 Most of em are second story porches but I see one room in one photo.

I can personally vouch that Sabina has extremely effective speed cops who monitor everyone who should be slowing down from the mind numbing 55 MPH drive on arrow straight US 22 once they cross into town. :whip: Is that Kim's Diner any good?

DAMN!

A guy posted this to my own message board this week. I used to work in the Cherry Hill area - it rings true. Pretty funny.