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The last several months have been as busy personally and professionally as I have been in many years. As a result I had to really let this little habit/hobby go for a bit, but I promise to work hard to make up for lost time.  I have missed UrbanOhio a lot.

 

So 'back in the day', and I mean 'way back', before air conditioners, even before fans - staying cool in the downtown basin was tough to do in the hot sticky Cincy summers.  About all one could do was sit and sleep on the veranda (down home it's called a porch!) There are quite a few remaining in OTR, here are some of them, plus just some other stuff I have snapped over the last few weeks.

 

I'll just start with this one, because I think it's cool.  Harley-Davidson should pay me for this one!

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just wanted to show you the new locale for the "Know Theatre Tribe"

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I was told on an Architrek tour that Union soldiers stayed here

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beautiful!

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coolin' it on the roof is another option

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missing

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neat chance to look inside these amazing rehabs in progress

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just some 'new' hidden history that caught my eye (I love this stuff)

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absolutely!

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note the great iron work

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not a veranda - but one of the most unusual cornices/friezes/brackets/eaves WHATEVER that I have seen

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lousy

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mary kay house

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hiding on me

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keep cool!    more soon...   

 

 

 

concertina wire and board-ups.  lovely.

 

 

So much potential!

Wow, fantastic shots of OTR's backside!

Dude, amazing shots. I love soooo many of them.

Some of those look very unsafe!

 

Thanks for another unique tour.

 

Wahoo!!!

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

nice textures... OTR should be a world heritage site

OTRFan's back!  OTRFan's back!  Life just got better, 'cause OTRFan's back!

 

(Isn't the chorus to a song, but it should be!)

 

Very cool!  Gotta use exclamation points!  Yay!

 

Oh, and a great thread too!

 

Happy!

 

Yay!

 

!

Great to see you back OTRfan!

I repeat, OTRFAN for Forumer of the Year 2006!!!!

 

 

Awesome! Thanks.

i love this kind of stuff.

 

also, great to see the rehabs in action.

 

Its GREAT to see those rehabs moving along on Vine!!  Nice pics

Very nice OTRFan!

WTF, that's NOT Manhattan. ;) Nice Pics.

  • 3 years later...

The last several months have been as busy personally and professionally as I have been in many years. As a result I had to really let this little habit/hobby go for a bit, but I promise to work hard to make up for lost time.  I have missed UrbanOhio a lot.

 

So 'back in the day', and I mean 'way back', before air conditioners, even before fans - staying cool in the downtown basin was tough to do in the hot sticky Cincy summers.  About all one could do was sit and sleep on the veranda (down home it's called a porch!) There are quite a few remaining in OTR, here are some of them, plus just some other stuff I have snapped over the last few weeks.

 

I'll just start with this one, because I think it's cool.  Harley-Davidson should pay me for this one!

IMG_4392.jpg

 

just wanted to show you the new locale for the "Know Theatre Tribe"

IMG_5244.jpg

 

I was told on an Architrek tour that Union soldiers stayed here

IMG_5246-1.jpg

 

beautiful!

IMG_5247.jpg

 

IMG_5248.jpg

 

IMG_5250.jpg

 

coolin' it on the roof is another option

IMG_5251.jpg

 

missing

IMG_5252.jpg

 

IMG_5253.jpg

 

IMG_5255.jpg

 

IMG_5257-1.jpg

 

IMG_5258.jpg

 

IMG_5259.jpg

 

neat chance to look inside these amazing rehabs in progress

IMG_5281.jpg

 

IMG_5287.jpg

 

IMG_5289.jpg

 

IMG_5290.jpg

 

IMG_5291.jpg

 

IMG_5292.jpg

 

IMG_5293.jpg

 

just some 'new' hidden history that caught my eye (I love this stuff)

IMG_5294.jpg

IMG_5295.jpg

 

absolutely!

IMG_5297.jpg

 

IMG_5299.jpg

 

note the great iron work

IMG_5301.jpg

 

IMG_5302.jpg

 

IMG_5303.jpg

 

IMG_5304.jpg

 

not a veranda - but one of the most unusual cornices/friezes/brackets/eaves WHATEVER that I have seen

IMG_5305.jpg

 

IMG_5307.jpg

 

IMG_5310.jpg

 

lousy

IMG_5311.jpg

 

mary kay house

IMG_5312.jpg

 

IMG_5313.jpg

 

IMG_5314.jpg

 

hiding on me

IMG_5316.jpg

 

IMG_5317.jpg

 

IMG_5320.jpg

 

IMG_5321.jpg

 

IMG_5322.jpg

 

 

keep cool!    more soon... 

 

 

 

 

Check out the Gateway Quarter during rehab!  AWESOME THREAD

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