Posted April 9, 200619 yr By special request!! 9th Street retains and maintains some of the classic old buildings, a real mix... Going East to West today.. no room at this "inn" - the justice center I should do a thread on unusual street and alley names downtown, there are several... former republican hq for ham. county this is a curiosity - this building seems never used, but stands there in pretty good shape library ywca - walnut towers garfield suites sorry about the shadow these next 2 are apt. designed by Hannaford - the Brittony and the Saxony I think for sale funny little add-on the left side ruth lyons would love the fact that children now inhabit the old 'crosely square' broadcast center also used for broadcasting "in the day" i love the iron work on this one. city hall former site of "Robinson's Opera House" (he also had a circus - kept animals downstairs here sometimes!) city storage "uptown towers" ninth st. runs into I-75 and essentially disappears here from whence we came..
April 9, 200619 yr Good stuff! That little building -- looks like it may have been a firehouse from the horse-drawn steam-pump days, updated in the 50s or 60s with a stone veneer facade.
April 9, 200619 yr The house with the "funny little addition" was Boss Cox's downtown residence for a while.
April 9, 200619 yr Great pictures! Does anyone know what the story is with Cheapside St.? On an old map, Cheapside Ave is a big fat thing running from Eighth to Court (a segment of Court no longer existing today), and I just know I have read mention of it, but I just can't recall. Was it some kind of market, perhaps?
April 9, 200619 yr Great job. 9th Street is one of those streets that for some reason I tend to overlook, but definitely has some great buildings.
April 9, 200619 yr I think Cheapside had something to do with the Miami and Erie Canal. There was an East Cheapside and a West Cheapside, on either side of a short branch of the canal. The big strip of land contained the canal itself and a street on either side. Rob, I checked the book "Cincinnati Fire Stations" by Bilkaskey and Gargiulo and did not find that building listed in the roster.
April 9, 200619 yr Nice! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 9, 200619 yr I'm not going to be able to change my signature anytime soon. I guess Butler County is kind of the stable huh?
April 9, 200619 yr No one can tell me otherwise - Spring is in the air! To all the Cleveland forumers, don't worry you will get yours in a few weeks, until then look what we have ;)
April 10, 200619 yr i like threads like this, a stroll with a focus. nice work. this one struck me as very familar because it looks like it could be down the block from me in greenwich village:
April 10, 200619 yr This diner (B/G Restaurant AKA Main St. Diner) is awesome. Very old school, but has GREAT food. I highly recomend checking it out for lunch sometime! Nice photo tour.....9th street leaves soooo much to be desired for downtown Cincy. There are a lot of great bldgs. but there are also a lot of surface lots :|
April 10, 200619 yr ^ that's the building my barber (also in this bldg) says is to be replaced by a new office building, but the UrbanOhio researchers pretty much squelched that rumor!
April 11, 200619 yr Great pics! I <3 Cincy Rando I've never been to B/G I need to check it out but every time I'm on Main street I'm too tempted to go to Donatos :]
April 12, 200619 yr Wow - thank you thank you thank you! Very cool...I adore the stretch of residential stuff nearer the west end of the street - I could definitely see living there. Especially that close to the library!
April 12, 200619 yr great pics. Looked like a nice day for a walk. cant wait to get some of that weather up here in cleveland. we have been teased with it a few times. Nice residential buildings. :wave:
April 12, 200619 yr Riverviewer - I have always admired the quality of those townhouses, especially down nearer to city hall. Some have little decks and sun roofs around back. You must have some serious $$ to want to live down that way! ;)
April 13, 200619 yr Great job. 9th Street is one of those streets that for some reason I tend to overlook, but definitely has some great buildings. This is exactly how I feel. OTRFAN, you are the best!
April 15, 200619 yr ^ LOL..... I'd like to thank the academy.... (jeez.... jennifer lopez looks nothing like what I had expected!)
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