I finally used the steps about two weeks ago.

 

Walked from Bellvue Park down some steps to Ohio Street, then the short flight next to Phillipuskirche to get to Findlay Market and walked downtown to the Banks.  Returned the same way, but via Main, and saw a flight of steps up the hill in-line with Main Street...didnt go there, though.  Deffo going to use those Ohio Street steps more to work a visit to Duttenhofers in with a trip to Findlay Market.

 

 

Next day, was more ambitious but did things more as a flaneur, with no set route.  This time I walked through Pendelton, then across the street to Liberty Hill and wound around Liberty Hill, using different flights of steps, till I reached Gods Bible Seminary up on top of the hill.

 

Libterty Hill: Such a cute story-book  neighborhood..never knew it existed until that day!  Found that Pendleton House that is in that pen/ink/watercolor (?) notecard you can get at Park + Vine. 

 

Steps are fun and great cardio exercise.  Im going to do more of those.

 

BTW, thanks for the tips on Mnt Adams via steps.  I was wondering how easy it is to reach via downtown.

The Ohio Avenue steps to Bellevue are fun and easy, in part because they are sort of broken up into three stages. I really enjoy the Art Museum steps, through the Elsinore gate up to the Seasongood Pavilion. Then walk into Mt. Adams and take the Immaculata steps down to St. Gregory and walk over to the Celestial steps that take you down and over the Parkway to the awesome (and largely undiscovered) Mt. Adams Gate. Then cross Riverside Drive and head down to Sawyer Point.

Ascending the Fort View steps in Mt. Adams always reminds me of steps in San Francisco.

 

Base: http://g.co/maps/7b2u2

Peak: http://g.co/maps/7axhu

^ And, of course, there is a house with its front door off those steps -- and no regular street frontage. Awesome!

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I was wondering if there was something like that in Cincy, like the famous Filbert Steps off Telegraph Hill in SF, where houses front the steps instead of a street.

There are a handful of houses which onlyhave access off steps. My favorite is a house on the Emming St steps which run from City view place to Emming. It's a pretty long set of steps and from the top it's like a good 50' down the steps.  I trying to do more with the steps blog so maybe a post of all the houses off steps.

 

Also am planning some events to highlight there uniqueness in the city. Currently talking about doing steps walks on final Fridays but would like to do cleanups, promotions and whatever else is thought up.

^ Have you been in contact with Blue Line?

 

Just to give everyone a heads up, my fiancee and I have started an initiative called Spring in Our Steps, begun to take back forgotten public infrastructure. We focus on alleys, city steps, and neglected stretches of sidewalks.

 

Currently, we're working on East Alley, St. Joe Street, and North Wendell Alley. There is a city steps at St. Joe Street and Wendell Alley, but it is closed. I hope to perhaps get permission from the city to work on it too. Perhaps, if we improve the safety and accessibility of the surrounding area, it could be opened again.

 

http://springinoursteps.wordpress.com/

Thanks for the heads up. I'm guessing it's a friend of a friend as I was just hearing about his stuff last night.