April 2, 201510 yr ^It's more context than visual change. The fact that three new businesses opened up outside of downtown in Detroit city limits is a celebration for how far Detroit has come. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 2, 201510 yr Also, I don't know if we are looking at the same images, because the right half of the block has changed dramatically. It's not like the buildings were bombed out shells to start, but it is a pretty dramatic improvement. Look closely at all of the windows especially. And they kept the pawn shop just made it less ugly. Which is cool that it hasn't been run out of the block, but has improved its facade. I feel most pawn shops wouldn't be open to investing in their exterior to make the block look nicer.
April 6, 201510 yr There's a FB group called Old Photos of Cincinnati & somebody was posting a bunch of street shots that all say Highway Engineering on them. Would this just be a municipal department or a state entity? I just think state when I think 'highway'. What I'm wondering is - would there be similar photos for othr Ohio cities like Dayton, Medina, etc. I posted a link to these awhile ago on my blog, and was doing a "before and after" thing for awhile but haven't had time lately. I believe these were all taken by the City of Cincinnati. My blog: http://zfein.blogspot.com/2013/10/cincinnati-then-and-now.html The source (a bit cumbersome to search): http://drc.libraries.uc.edu/handle/2374.UC/702780/browse?type=series interesting. my grandfather worked for ohio engineering most of his adult life. he helped build the ohio turnpike among other ohio roads and highways until he retired in the late 1960s. i put some old scans of that up on uo years ago, but they were lost to the crashes and changes, etc. sorry, i don't really know anything else about it though.
April 6, 201510 yr Streetview: http://goo.gl/maps/hBVpX The disparity between the '07 and '14 views is quite dramatic.
August 23, 20168 yr Just ran across a great 1964 view of Lytle Park in Cincinnati (showing area demolished by P&G in the next decades) from ODOT archives: http://www.odotonline.org/photoArchive/PhotoArchiveImages/Large/1964v.jpg
August 24, 20168 yr Aside from P&G, I'm most upset by 550 East 4th. UGH!!! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 13, 20205 yr Painesville Police seek historic photos. Does this include donut shops? ?♂️?♀️ http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
February 29, 20205 yr ^ I was in Lorain recently and was on Broadway and the new streetscape looks fantastic, a dramatic change. I took some pics but better yet here is a recent video. https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2019/12/31/lorain-s-downtown-gets-new-look#
February 29, 20205 yr ^ loain, loaine, lorain, lorraine, charleston, take yr pick, huh? 10 hours ago, freethink said: ^ I was in Lorain recently and was on Broadway and the new streetscape looks fantastic, a dramatic change. I took some pics but better yet here is a recent video. https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2019/12/31/lorain-s-downtown-gets-new-look# nice to see. they are trying and its paying off, albeit glacially. my bro told me they did something with renovating the broadway bldg again recently and there are a couple new bars or coffeeshop or something. Edited February 29, 20205 yr by mrnyc
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