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Here is a picture of the building now known as "The Lofts on Fountain Square", right next to Jean-Ro Bistrot on Vine Street. The building looks so much better without the awful awning and fire escape, and the old store name (Dunlap Clothes Store) is now visible. Anyone remembers that store? As far as I know, Jean-Robert is going to expand his bistrot into this space.

One more set of "now and then" brewery pictures. Next is a picture of the Ice House for Christian Moerlein (now with "Apex Furniture" painted on it: Below is a picture of the Christian Moerlein Brewery complex in the early 1900's. The Ice House can be seen in the top right corner. Below the Ice House is the Bottling Plant which still stands today on Elm Street, just South of Henry. In the top left corner, you can see the top of the Bellevue Incline (now Bellevue Park). To the right of the incline, there was a University Hospital building. There are stories about med students waiving dead bodies at the incline's passengers through the windows!

Here is a shot of the Clyffside Brewery (which I think was originally called Mohawk Brewery) taken a few days ago. The building is on McMicken and Stonewall. Now, here is the same building, sometime after 1933: The residence to the right was owned by the brewery and used by the owner. It was razed when the brewery was expanded. The name "Felsenbrau", visible on the side of the building, means "aged in the hills";. This brewery, like the Jackson Brewery just a block away, had tunnels going through the hills that were used for storing and aging the beer.

I just read this thread. Just to clear some facts, the building discussed in this thread (Kauffman Building) was built in 1863, not 1876. It was used as apartments for the brewery workers, and the construction date is still visible on the facade. The 1876 date refers to the construction of Kauffman Brewery, which is on the other side of Vine Street and further South (now Guildhaus).

No, but they used "beautiful", "great", "incredible" about 20 times in a one-minute span, so I guess they are buying!

Great info, mcmicken. Are the bowels of the Kaufman Brewery underneath Vine Street?

Here are pictures of the 7 remaining buildings from the 19th century Christian Moerlein Brewery in OTR. Barrel House - built 1870 (1910 Elm Street) Bottling Plant - built 1895 (Elm & Henry Streets) Warehouse - built 1870 (Elm & Dunlap Streets) Residence (built 1870) and Office (built 1878, horizontal expansion in 1904) - 2017/2019 Elm Street Malthouse (built 1873) - 2025 Elm Street Ice House (built ?) - Henry & Race

Here are a few shots from the tour of the American Building penthouses on Saturday. Looking northeast from the balcony. Looking northwest from the balcony. Access to one of the penthouses - 2 elevators right into the unit! A portion of the original floor was maintained. If you scroll to the right of the picture, you can see a "Cutler Mail Chute" which was in use until the building was transitioned into condos 4 years ago. The chute allowed people to drop their mail from any floor. The mail would go down to a box located on the first floor (unless it got stuck and was found 30 years later, as the story goes in some places!) Jacuzzi tub with city view. And my favorite: the trash chute!

Here are a few pictures from the opening of Joseph Williams Home on Friday night.

That's why we need people living downtown and making their voices heard. At the time when the Albee was torn down (1977), the population supporting preservation was most likely very small. I think the CPA (Cincinnati Preservation Association) had to fight pretty hard for the pieces of the Albee Arch to be even preserved. Kudos to them for doing that.

Great news for this neighborhood and Downtown, especially since Contemporary Galleries is closing. I can't wait to check out the store.

I found this postcard on cincinnativiews (http://www.cincinnativiews.net) which clearly shows the small pyramid at the very top of the capital. You guys were right!

Here's a classic example in Cincinnati: the Albee Theater, constructed in 1927. Here is the theater, as it was on Fifth Street across from Fountain Square, prior to being torn down in 1977: The facade was dimantled and kept in storage for nearly 10 years. It was then incorporated into the Convention Center (3 blocks west of where it used to stand) when the CC was enlarged and remodeled in 1986. It's sad the theater is gone from its original locatioin, but I'd rather see the facade as part of a different building than completely gone. (Picture from Allen's post in http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,7041.30.html)

Very nicely put, jmecklenborg! Now I want to check the places you just mentioned. I've never been to Fairfield Avenue. And what is Elysian Place? Is it near Plainfield Road?

Thanks for the news, Randy. I will definitely go check those out. I had a tour of the penthouses before the construction was finished, and they were already very impressive. The pictures below were taken from the 13th floor.

To what's already been listed, I would add the ghost/faded signs all over the city. I'm not sure whether I just didn't pay attention when I was in other cities, but it seems to me Cincinnati has more of them than any other place. I like the character they give to old buildings and how they reming us of their past.

Here is the answer for my picture. This lion's head is on the façade of the Scientology building on West Fourth Street downtown, close to Plum. Below is a picture from OTRFAN's 4th Street Stroll post (http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,7957.0.html). I don't know much about this building or the story behind the lion's head. Is anyone interested in continuing this thread? Come on!

Here are a few more. Rybolt on 8th Street (near Broadway): Reliance Art Metal on McMicken & Freeman Former flower shop sign? Vine Street in OTR And finally, the Dennison at Main & 7th downtown

Here are some of my favorite shots of ghost/faded signs in Cincinnati. All of them were taken in Over-the-Rhine. Please post yours and indicate the neighborhood they are from! Apex Furniture Manufacturing Company. Before being Apex, this was the ice house for the Christian Moerlein Brewery. Belmont Cafe. This sign is now more than a ghost - it's gone. The building was recently razed for the construction of the new School for the Performing Arts. A&M Enterprises on Reading Road Philco near Findlay Market

Great! Thanks to both of you.

Anyone knows when the old Cincinnati public library was taken down? What building is now standing at its location? I had no idea it existed until I came across a really neat picture of the 4-story room with huge stacks at the Visual History Gallery in Hyde Park (website is http://visualhistorygallery.com/index.html, but you have to visit the gallery to see the picture of the library). I looked for old pictures on the Greater Cincinnati Memory Project website (http://www.cincinnatimemory.org/), and here is what I found:

Here is a picture of the building earlier tonight. I coudn't find any information online about the construction. There is still a sign saying "available" on the facade, but it's not listed on the agency's website. Hush, hush? Anyway, this would be great news for Fourth Street, as this is a really neat building. Next on the list: knocking down that ugly ramp in front of Tower Place Garage? By the way, the only name I know for this building is "Otte Building". It was built in 1916 and the architect was Gustav Drach - the same architect who worked on the beautiful Textile Building also on 4th Street.

Hello: I am looking for pictures of the 9th Street Historic District in Cincinnati from prior to 1970. I'm particularly interested in the corner of 9th and Race Streets. The only old picture I have found is the one below, showing Trinity Church (which still exists, but without the steeple) and the Brittany Building on the far right (still standing as well - this is where I live!). I'm also interested in any information you may have on the history of the Brittany Building (formerly Brittany Apartments).Thanks in advance for your help!

Anyone knows what the green structure at the top represents or is used for? The PNC building was the tallest building outside of NYC when it was built in 1913, and the 5th tallest in the world. Interestingly, the capital portion of the building (columns + pyramid) is designed after one of the 7 wonders of the world (the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus).

Here is a larger version of the picture.