Gordon Bombay

My first thought was: TGI Friday, or Applebees? -Applebees, it's much cheaper. Great picture.

Awesome, thanks for the link Neville, I greatly appreciate it.

Would you happen to have a link to that information?

Thanks John and Jimmy for the info on the transit center. I had checked cincinnati-transit but I breezed over that article too quickly. we do... kinda... Does anyone know if they'll be doing another tour of the subway lines again soon. I remember coming across some pictures on Fickr from a 2006 tour but haven't come across anything and attempts to contact the Cincinnati department of transportation have seem to meet dead ends.

Very good photos. I lived in Fairfield, but went to grade school and high school in Hamilton. The majority of my friends were from there and I spent a lot of time growing up there. These photos bring back a lot of memories of people I don't get to see much of anymore, I really like them.

It seems the tradition with Cincinnati rapid transit is to build it, never use it, and let it sit. I've been coming the internet trying to find some information on the city's bus terminal beneath Ft. Washington Way. From what I could find it was set to open in 2004 and serve as a bus terminal and bus parking area for visitors to the National Underground Freedom Center. I found an article on WCPO.com about how it was open for the the 2004 Red's opening day. I also know that they have directed traffic for the Flying Pig marathon through it before. However, I can't find any information as to if this thing is actually open or not. I tried to search these forums and google but just can't seem to find any solid info, if I'm looking in the wrong place please let me know. The transit center has caught my curiosity since I noticed it being built around the time Paul Brown Stadium was being built. But I had pretty much forgotten about it until this past Monday when I was down town shooting the MLK memorial march. As I was walking back to the U.S. Bank Arena where I parked my car, I headed down 2nd street and saw the entrances to the stairways. The first one I saw was locked. The second had a wooden board behind it's glass doors and chains around the door handles. This was the third one I came by... This entrance had both its doors unlocked, but looking down it didn't appear as if it was welcoming to anyone looking to ride a bus. As I held one door open looking down, a man came up next to me and said; "Oh, is this how you get to the subway?" "No, it's some sort of bus terminal the city built, but I don't think its finished and ready to be used yet." "Oh, I'm from Rhode Island, haven't been here in years, why is the door unlocked?" "I don't know, wanna go check it out?" "Sure!" So my new friend from Rhode Island and I descended the stairs into the dark. Down there this is about all that you can see (sorry for the grain in the photograph) I didn't see any buses, vehicles, or other people down there besides my Rhode Island friend. There were security cameras and I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be down there or not so I didn't really go any farther or looking for other stairwells, plus I had to get home for something else. We walked back up the stairs and parted ways. I figured someone here would know more about the transit center. Do they use it during the summer or anything or is it being delayed? I asked my dad about it but he seemed to know just as little as I did, in fact he said "I thought they built that for rail transit to be used there one day, I didn't know there was anything down there." So does anyone know what the city is planning to do with this place or if it actually ever gets any use?

There is? Why is there a smokestack there?

Awesome pictures, does the arcade still look like that/is it still around? Did you take these?

^I agree, I think the light option would be the best way to go as opposed to the "rainbow of bridges" scenario. I definitely do not like the gentleman's idea in the article of painting the Roebling bridge to reflect the Bengals. I love the Bengals, but the Roebling bridge.....orange? No thanks.

Yes I am, sorry for the confusion. I used these images for a school presentation as well so they had my real name on them. Gordon Bombay is my nick name. It's the name of Emilio Estevez' character in the Might Duck's movies. Thank you, I think this is one of the best sets I've gotten from this area of the city. So far I've loved this site, especially the Cincinnati photos, its nice to see people with a common interest capturing a familiar location in their own way. *slaps head* My bad, I knew that lol.

Thank you for the nice compliments and the welcome. Seicer was actually the one who introduced me to the site, and I'm really glad he did.

So I've had an account here for awhile, but have only gotten around to posting a few times. My names Gordon Bombay, I'm a photojournalism student at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio but originally from Cincinnati. The night before I left to go back to school from my holiday break I went down to Sawyer Point to grab some photographs. 1 - The Big Mac Bridge from Sawyer Point 2 - Heading to the Serpentine Wall 3 - The Purple People Bridge from the Serpentine Wall 4 - A Barge traveling under the People bridge. 5 - Sawyer Point 6 - A couple enjoying the sunset from the Serpentine Wall. 7 - Purple People Bridge 8 - The Ohio River 9 - Downtown Cincinnati (Can't wait for the city's tallest building in 2011 10 - Scripp's Building 11 - Great American Ballpark silhouette 12 - The Ohio River 13 - The Showboat Majestic and the Public Landing 14 - The Taylor Southgate Bridge 15 - The Taylor Southgate Bridge 16 - U.S. Bank Arena access from the public landing. 17 - My friend and fellow photographer Chris at Sawyer Point I shot these with my Olympus E-500 DSLR and Nikon N80 35mm. Let me know what you think of the shots. I can't wait to get back to the city in the Spring.

Thanks for the help guys, i plan on going out there soon. Sorry i posted this in the wrong area.

Hey hows it going? This is my first post and I'm new to this site. I live in Fairfield Ohio, just to the north west of cincy and am currently going to school for photojournalism. I came across this site when viewing the anti war pictures from fountain square. My favorite things to photograph are urban enviroments and abandonments. I'm thinking about going out to CVG (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport) tonight to the overlook (which closes at 10)to try and get some cool pictures of the airport. Has anyone ever been there? Can you get good pictures and once it closes is there anywhere else around where I can get some cool night shots? If anyone has some advice or samples, please tell. Heres an example of some work I've done that features some urban shots of cincy... YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. [youtube=425,350]Odr0FgwKZkI