Posted January 15, 200619 yr The deal was that my sister and I would get the famous ColDayMan tour of Dayton on beautiful, sunny Thursday, but ColDay ended up having some precious meeting to attend! Not wanting to waste such a nice day, my sis and I went by ourselves to the Oregon District and downtown for some photos. (Other neighborhoods would be saved for a belated tour.) So here are random Oregon District pictures. Downtown photos will follow in another thread at some point. And then there will be a shorter third thread, too. Roar! It spins! My mom has one of these things! (But it's kept indoors.) Read it! Wheeee! A few shots out on Wayne Avenue. Maybe not part of what people consider the Oregon District, but it's technically within the neighborhood of Oregon, so to hell with you all! They're going in this thread! A little farther down 5th Street. Also in the Oregon neighborhood! Back to the more typical. ColDay later tells us that this church has been converted into a single family home! Is it summer already? You wish! End of Part 1.
January 15, 200619 yr Is it pronounced "Ore-gun" like the state, or "Ore-gahn" like the Toledo suburb? Beautiful pictures on a beautiful day! When is New Orleans Lady going to see a real Ohio winter?
January 15, 200619 yr "Ore-gahn" like the Toledo suburb? Bingo. And yes, the church is now single family and yes, nice photos. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 15, 200619 yr "Ore-gahn" like the Toledo suburb? Bingo. Says you. I hear it the other way, too. Thing is, lots of people say "Ore-gahn" for the state as well, which an Oregonian will tell you is wrong, and by extension I always assume that these people pronounce any instance of "Oregon" in this way. I do it the other way, always saying it as the state is pronounced. One of those dialect things, I guess. Now to check the fridge for soda and cold cuts... :-D
January 15, 200619 yr Excellent photos! Thanks for including the buildings on Wayne Ave. I have always felt like those buildings are a redevelopment project waiting to happen, yet they seem to just sit there. Anyone know what's the deal with that building that advertises 12 units for sale? Are there currently condos in that building? I'd have to say that I almost always hear it pronounced as "Ore-gahn"
January 15, 200619 yr Excellent tour, great light! I love the Oregon District. One of the wonderful things is that there are some newer houses that are just about indistinguishable from the originals unless you read the dates on the bronze plaques.
January 15, 200619 yr Anyone know what's the deal with that building that advertises 12 units for sale? Are there currently condos in that building? I couldn't figure out what the story was with that building by looking in the windows (it just looked empty), so I'd be interested to know about it, too.
January 15, 200619 yr I really like the 15th picture from the top of that house. Its a nice blend of old building with new addtion. I think I found my new dream house
January 16, 200619 yr Quoted from Conovercourt - "When is New Orleans Lady going to see a real Ohio winter?" Ha ha! Actually I did experience a winter here. I was here when it snowed on Thanksgiving day and when it was 5 degrees in early December. But I was hoping for snow last week while my parents were in town. No such luck though. However, I am glad that there was no major snowstorm though to welcome me in my first winter here. I read all the horror stories in the paper that happened last Christmas. I don't think I would have dealt with that so well. Well, ya never know....i've already survived a hurricane, so what the hell!? Bring on the snow!
January 16, 200619 yr Actually I did experience a winter here. I was here when it snowed on Thanksgiving day and when it was 5 degrees in early December. But I was hoping for snow last week while my parents were in town. No such luck though. However, I am glad that there was no major snowstorm though to welcome me in my first winter here. I read all the horror stories in the paper that happened last Christmas. I don't think I would have dealt with that so well. Well, ya never know....i've already survived a hurricane, so what the hell!? Bring on the snow! I thought 5 inches of snow fell in Dayton at one point this winter... were you perhaps not around at the time, or am I wrong about it? I can't recall when it would have been; it has snowed often enough here in Wisconsin that I have trouble keeping track of my own weather, let alone the weather back home. Speaking of the newspaper's horror stories from last year, my horror story is that I (and several others) had to spend a few hours shoveling the freakin' street so that my dad could get his car to work. My parents run a retail store (if you ever want puzzles, it's the place to go :wink:), and on December 23, their biggest sales day of the year, staying home because of snow is not an option. ---- (Moving on...) Hey, smackem81, you're going to have to fight my sister for that house; she wanted it, too!
January 17, 200619 yr I love The Oregon District. I go to school in cincinnati, and everytime i come back home i head down to haur music, then grab a coffee at the little corner coffee place. the neighborhood is like nothing i have seen in cincy, or any other city. It is unique, and it is amazing. :-D
October 8, 200816 yr ^ The deal was that my sister and I would get the famous ColDayMan tour of Dayton on beautiful, sunny Thursday, but ColDay ended up having some precious meeting to attend! Not wanting to waste such a nice day, my sis and I went by ourselves to the Oregon District and downtown for some photos.
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