Home to former president William Howard Taft, Mount Auburn was founded as a hilltop retreat for Cincinnati's social elite. Ornate historic mansions with incredible panoramic views still reflect this heritage.

 

Mount Auburn offers spectacular hill views and great restoration opportunities all in a conveniently located package. The neighborhood is easily accessible by I-71 and I-75, and is just minutes from shopping centers, top-notch hospitals and the amenities and culture of downtown. Mt Auburn is also located conveniently near the University of Cincinnati and the Clifton neighborhood. (Description taken from Cincinnati Home)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I didn't realize Mt. Auburn had special bio-dome features in which lush vegetation could happen on a 18 degree day.

^ You didn't know about that?  I don't know why you're so hyped as a tour guide...

Don't you have a Captain Bogey's to attend?

Ahh... I think that placed closed last year.

awesome tour.  I love that part of cincy. 

Fantastic stuff.  I want to make love to those photos.

^Now that is a compliment.  Thanks...

Don't you have a Captain Bogey's to attend?

Ahh... I think that placed closed last year.

Yeah, get with it!  It was torn down and there's a Wendy's on the site now.

 

I forgot to follow up my previous sarcastic remark with a compliment of the photos.  Very nice shots, monte... although I hope you won't mind if I say that they don't excite me quite as much as they do grasscat.

Wow, you made Cincinnati look like San Francisco...  :-o

Those are prospect hill pics!  :roll:  but nice ones I might add.

Prospect Hill is not a neighborhood and is part of Mt. Auburn.

Prospect Hill is not a neighborhood and is part of Mt. Auburn

:-o

 

Sacrilige!

 

The Prospect Hill historic District

 

CONSTITUTION OF

THE PROSPECT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

 

October 15, 1975

Revised June 2, 1987

Revised December 3, 2001

ARTICLE I

Name

1.1        The name of the organization shall be the Prospect Hill Neighborhood Association.

ARTICLE II

Purpose

2.1        The purpose of this organization shall be to strengthen and maintain the quality of the Prospect Hill Neighborhood by encouraging an aesthetic living environment, achieving economic stability, and promoting social development with community spirit.

ARTICLE III

Boundaries

3.1        The boundaries for the Prospect Hill Neighborhood Association shall be defined as follows:

North: at the rear property line of those properties fronting the North side of Boal Street.

East:    at the rear property line of those properties fronting on the East side of Highland Avenue.

South:  at the center line of Liberty Street.

West:  at the center line of Sycamore Street.

 

 

 

 

There are offically 52 neighborhoods recognized by the city of Cincinnati, the residents of Prospect Hill might have came up with their own boundaries for this district but it is not an "OFFICAL" neighborhood of Cincinnati:

 

1.  Mt. Airy

2.  College Hill

3.  Winton Hills

4.  Carthage

5.  Hartwell

6.  Roselawn

7.  Northside

8.  Winton Place

9.  Bond Hill

10.    Pleasant Ridge

11.    Kennedy Heights

12.    Westwood

13.    East Westwood

14.    Fay Apartments

15.    South Cummingsville

16.    Millvale

17.    English Woods

18.    North Fairmount

19.    South Fairmount

20.    Camp Washington

21.    Clifton

22.    Heights (Mohawk, Brighton included)

23.    CUF (Clifton Heights, University Heights, Fairview)

24.    Coreyville

25.    Avondale

26.    North Avondale

27.    Paddock Hills

28.    Evanston (O’Bryonville included)

29.    Hyde Park (East Hyde Park included)

30.    Oakley

31.    Madisonville

32.    Sayler Park

33.    Riverside

34.    West Price Hill

35.    East Price Hill

36.    Sedamsville

37.    Lower Price Hill

38.    West End

39.    Over-the-Rhine

40.    Mt. Auburn (Prospect Hill included)

41.    Pendleton

42.    Central Business District (Riverfront, Downtown included)

43.    Mt. Adams

44.    Walnut Hills

45.    East Walnut Hills

46.    Columbia-Tusculum

47.    Mt. Lookout

48.    Linwood

49.    East End

50.    California

51.    Mt. Washington

52.    Queensgate

All the "mt Auburn pics" were in prospect hill, I didn't see any auburn ave or dorchester or highland shots, so you should say pictures of prospect hill neighborhood located in mt auburn. Official or not ask any prospecthillian where they live they will proudly say prospect hill and not mt auburn.  :-D We are too disconnected topography wise from the Auburn ave area and have a closer relationship with OTR and Pendleton.

 

Where's the moderator when you need 'em?  These two ^ need to go through arbitration!  :wink:

Where's the moderator when you need 'em?  These two ^ need to go through arbitration!  :wink:

 

I am right here. ;)

 

I have no problem with Maximillians debate.  It has been quite civilized.  I agree that if you ask a person that lives in Prospect Hill that they would say Prospect Hill is their neighborhood, but I don't see how that makes my title incorrect.  Your point is taken that the photos are of the Prospect Hill district but that district is within Mt. Auburn as a whole.  It almost seems like you are trying to separate yourself from Mt. Auburn like Mt. Auburn is a bad thing.  I think Mt. Auburn as a whole has a decent reputation in the city.

 

I went to Taft's old house in Mount Auburn, that's the only part I've seen of it.  It seemed kinda dangerous at the time... but I only saw a small part.

Prospect Hill is one of the transitional old neighborhoods that have been lumped into a larger one (Mt. Auburn).  So you both are correct.

 

Ditto with Pendleton and OTR; Mohawk and The Heights; O'Bryonville and Evanston; blah blah.

No we went through this already and found Pendleton to be it's own neighborhood recognized by the city.

No we went through this already and found Pendleton to be it's own neighborhood recognized by the city.

 

Not even the city knows what it's talking about.  You, of all people, should know that.

I went to Taft's old house in Mount Auburn, that's the only part I've seen of it.  It seemed kinda dangerous at the time... but I only saw a small part.

 

Well, it is right next to 2020....

 

The area's really not all that dangerous, though.  There's some drug activity but it's not anarchy in the streets or anything.

yay!

 

 

^ I had some family in town this weekend from out of state and I took them through Prospect Hill.  I thought it was gorgeous in the summer but it is even better in the winter when the houses are all lit up with lights.  It has become one of my favorite parts of the city and reminds me of the East Coast. 

What a cool neighborhood.  But I'm not sure exactly where it is (or I should say, how to get there).  Is it safe?

Monte,

 

These pics are really unbelievable. They represent what us Cincinnatians are so proud of about our city. This neighborhood sets me back every time I drive through it. More and more mid to upperclass citizens are moving into this area and this is causing the area to become safer and more valued as far as worth and respect is concerned!

 

I give it two thumbs up! ;)

What a cool neighborhood.  But I'm not sure exactly where it is (or I should say, how to get there).  Is it safe?

 

Here's a map.  I zoomed it out so that you can see where it is in relation to downtown.

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.110566,-84.509861&spn=0.008715,0.016186&t=h&hl=en

 

Prospect Hill is a the top right of the image.  It's the neighborhood with the boundaries of Boal, Highland, Liberty Hill/Liberty and Sycamore, though there is a similar feel on parts of other streets that are nearby, such as Slack.

 

Over-the-Rhine and Pendleton (part of OTR) are south of that, and then downtown is south of Central Parkway.

 

As far as safety, I think nothing of walking around there with a camera, and it's obvious that Monte doesn't either.  It's a pretty quiet area generally and it's gentrifying at a steady pace.  New construction is going on.

 

Prospect Hill is fine any time day or night. The only incident I can remember and this was about a year or two ago was  a woman was walking up the highland ave steps one morning from reading rd and a bum reached out and grabbed her leg from under the stairs. She ran away. There was a murder here but it was a psycho handyman that knew the owner, I heard he was the Expedex Co president. Cops patrol the PH area because people park on boal to look at the skyline and have sex or get high.

because people park on boal to look at the skyline and have sex or get high.

 

Thanks for planning my weekend!  I wasn't sure exactly what I was going to do.  :D

 

Great pics Monte!  Damn, I'm really starting to fall in love with Cincy... might have to make a weekend exploration trip pretty soon.

The short purple townhouses on Boal Street are actually four stories tall in the back.  Boal Street like several Cincinnati streets are built like land bridges that run along the edges of the hillside.  If you go to the park between Milton Street and Boal you can see the stone arches that support it below the sidewalk of Boal Street.