thought i'd post some pics of my hometown. yeah it looks like a little shit hole but we have alot of history there, and as much as i love cincinnati my heart is still in portsmouth.

 

just a little monument dedicated to all our veterans

 

the building in the middle use to be my grandfathers meet store. damn i wish he still owned that place.

 

same block just across the street

 

old washington hotel. now a retirement home. lucky old people.

 

these next few pics are from our flood wall murals. they really are a work of art and stretch for over 1500 ft. if your ever in p-town you should definately check them out

 

 

 

 

my little bro in the pic

 

 

 

 

 

 

i've spent many a nights cruising up and down this street

 

 

the souther ohio art museum

 

the old columbia theater. it was the last theater that was owner by columbia pictures. it closed in the mid 70's and now is being restored to a music hall.

 

 

the Mohr Family Housing. dorm projects on the campus of shawnee state university. named appropriately after my family

 

some shots of the shawnee state university campus

 

 

the once pride of Portsmouth. why did they have to move? :sad:

 

 

and last but not least a view of the enormous portsmouth skyline

Great pics of a town we don't see a lot!

Nice, mohr37...I always think of what could've been with Portsmouth. Thanks for the tour.

Great tour. Portsmouth does seem to be one of those "what could have been" cities. I've been meaning to visit the place since I stumbled across some pics on the net a couple of years ago. Here's a link to some old flood of 1937 pics:

 

http://www.portsmouth.lib.oh.us/images/1937flood/1937flood.cfm

 

Thanks for the tour.

yipee, great tour

Thank the lord. I really need to get down to Portsmouth one of these days for a photo shoot. It's a wonderful little Appalachian town.

yeah get out there Chris.

Yeah, Chris. It's been like three days since you posted any photos! :D

I have a documenation booklet prepared by the Miami U. school of architecture, I think, on Portsmouth, as a class project. Measured drawings and photos of representative buildings in the town (some old houses in Boneyfiddle district, the Oddfellows Hall, a shoe factory, etc.) Actually a suprisingly "urban" place that I discovered by accident on a road trip down the Scioto Valley ("Portsmouth, hmm, lets see whats that about...").

 

Its a bit far, but I did spend a bit longer there on an overnight trip to Huntington/Ashland.

 

 

Some pretty impressive vintage architecture, inlcluding a huge old church. Then theres the old mill-town "suburb" of New Boston, with its rows of doubles wedged between the bluffs and an shuttered steel mill.

 

And definetely check out the murals!

Jeff, u hit the nail on the head with the description of P-town. My family actually attends the big old church you discussed and I grew up in the small mill town of New Boston. I'm going back this weekend so I'm hoping I can find some time to take some more pics of the other small towns nearby. Maybe some Ironton and Chillicothe? I'd also like to see that book of Portsmouth architecture MU made someday.

^ I'd like to see some Ironton if you get the chance. I haven't been there in years.

bump...it's been a while.

You know those floodwall murals are online...since Porstmouth is a bit far you can take a virtual walk along the murals

 

Here are some samples....these murals are pretty durn good....

 

 

 

 

 

 

does anyone have an update on their new bridge?

yeah still not done.  maybe next year, or the next, or the next (i'm sure your pretty familiar with odot).  so far they are just about done with the two towers.  still no deck or anything.

^thanks

Jeff I have a friend who informed me of the mentioning of the book on this website. I happen to know the author, and the conditions of the book Portsmouth: Architecture of a River City Town, very well. I have the author in class, Dr. Sergio Luis Sanabria, and have discussed the book with him several times, because my mother is from Portsmouth and gave me one of the last copies he has the book. Sergio joined the teaching staff at Miami in 1981 and previously been the curator at Metz cathedral in Cathedral for several years. Sergio did this as a studio, 5 credit hour course, and traveled back and forth from Oxford to Portsmouth. He surveyed buildings of architectural interest he felt would not be with us much longer. My parents took pictures of the existing buildings and sent them to him. He was pleased and yet disappointed. Most of the buildings have survived and yet they were in horrible condition. If you have anymore questions you can leave me a message and if I don't know I can ask Sergio.

Nice shots, I need to get back there soon.

great photos!