Hopefully this topic isn't a duplicate but the worst street corner reminded me of how I have some faves. I was driving down Sycamore the other day from the top of the hill and was newly mesmerized by the visual journey of driving down Sycamore all the way to 3rd Street.

 

What's your favorite ?

The tiny streets of prospect hill and pendelton are straight up European. The brick and the ivy is so charming and atmospheric.

As a whole I think Republic street is my favorite. It's a diverse street both in terms of architecture and demographics and is exciting along its entire length.

 

I also love Corporation Alley in Propsect Hill. It reminds me of a mix of small New England beach towns and Small European towns. If that makes sense.

 

I also have a special love for Moline Street in Northside. That row of brightly painted houses, the brick street, the small scale. It's a cozy street.

 

Fort View Place offers some nice modern architecture and nice views on a brick street. It also features a house (two?) down a set of steps at the end that you can't even really see from the street which I kind of love.

 

Across the river I'm a huge fan of Wallace Ave in Covington. Gorgeous homes, mature trees, quiet location, affordable prices. I feel that in the coming decades this street has the chance of becoming a highly desirable spot.

 

Edit: Whoops, totally just realized you said "in the basin." Well...three are in the basin and one looks down into it and one is sort of in a geographical extension of the basin.

I was also going to say Republic... er Bremen St.

13th in Pendleton.  I adore it.

As a whole I think Republic street is my favorite. It's a diverse street both in terms of architecture and demographics and is exciting along its entire length.

 

I also love Corporation Alley in Propsect Hill. It reminds me of a mix of small New England beach towns and Small European towns. If that makes sense.

 

I also have a special love for Moline Street in Northside. That row of brightly painted houses, the brick street, the small scale. It's a cozy street.

 

Fort View Place offers some nice modern architecture and nice views on a brick street. It also features a house (two?) down a set of steps at the end that you can't even really see from the street which I kind of love.

 

Across the river I'm a huge fan of Wallace Ave in Covington. Gorgeous homes, mature trees, quiet location, affordable prices. I feel that in the coming decades this street has the chance of becoming a highly desirable spot.

 

Edit: Whoops, totally just realized you said "in the basin." Well...three are in the basin and one looks down into it and one is sort of in a geographical extension of the basin.

 

Inner ring is good too.

McMicken gets my bid, especially around Mohawk place and the stretch west of Ravine as it wraps through the lower portion of Fairview.

 

I also really like State for some reason, I bet it was really great back in the day.

 

East Clifton and Mulberry also have special spots in my heart, that hillside is a neighborhood unlike any other I've been to.

 

Almost forgot to add Dayton Street! Such a phenomenal block.

 

Honestly the basin has so many amazing streets. I'd add Ezzard Charles too if it still had more historic stock along it, just because of the way Union Terminal dominates the view.

For the major downtown streets, I think Race is nicest from top to bottom. The portion in Over-the-Rhine is largely intact, especially below Liberty, and the downtown section also has a dearth of surface lots and unfortunate attacks from the 1980s like what happened over on Elm.

 

For smaller streets, I love Walker in Mt Auburn. So hidden in the middle of everything, plus there are two bonus houses at the end of the street where it snakes down around a bend. It looks like it's a driveway, but it's still the street.

 

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Mine is for sure 4th Street downtown. So majestic and grand. Then definitely Vine in OTR all the way up to the hill. North of Liberty when fixed up will be big time

^Good call on 4th. I think it's the most quintessentially Cincinnati street in the city. Starts with the Taft Museum, picks up Queen City Square, gets all the dense old skyscrapers between Main and Vine, and the NY style buildings with the fire escapes on the far west side of the street. It also got insanely better with the demo of the Pogues garage--hopefully the new garage and apartment tower will add to the street in a positive way.

 

For small streets, I love Orchard in OTR. 13th in Pendleton is also great.

 

If we're doing city-wide, I'd say Madison, Erie or Grand Vista for a small street.

I love driving up Tusculum too. Never gets old and I've almost had more than a couple of close calls running into parked cars staring at the painted ladies.

A couple of other streets just outside the basin: William Howard Taft close to intersection with Woodburne, and then the side streets leading to the Ohio River in EWH.  Also, a huge fan of Upland Place in EWH, it's right next to my work and I always walk it.  Every single home is grand, different architecture, and in different states of repair/condition. 

 

If anyone is ever in the area this house has gone through a complete makeover, they are still working on it but they tore off all the old stucco to reveal the brick beauty, it's incredible and I'm incredibly jealous I don't own it ;-)

 

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