From the City's website:

 

Mount Echo Park began with a purchase of 46 acres in 1908. Within four years, a $1.75 million bond issue enabled the Park Board to add four more acres. Soon afterwards, city workers built the roadway from Elberon Avenue entrance to the top of the hill. Further improvements were made in the 1920s and 1930s, including the striking stone retaining wall.

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The drive up Elberon Avenue to Mt. Echo only hints of the view that you enjoy from this hilltop park. The beautiful entrance wall was built up by the Federal Works Project Administration in 1939.

 

The first parcel of land for the park, which got its name from the sheer cliffs and the echoes they produce, was purchased in 1908. In 1929, the pavilion was completed. The pavilion, one of the finest structures of the city park system, stands 825 feet above sea level with columns that support a series of arches.

 

Below the pavilion is the overlook with its magnificent view of Kentucky and the "S" bend in the Ohio River. Due to a gradual slippage of the hillside, the overlook was completely remodeled in 1986. Included in the renovation were new walkways, benches, and an ornamental iron fence to add to the lovely setting high above the river.

 

In addition to the pavilion, the park includes a large open picnic shelter, small open shelter, picnic tables, grills and children's play equipment. Magnificent buckeye and sycamore trees remain from the park's original plantings. Tennis courts and baseball diamonds in the park are operated by the Recreation Commission.

 

 

 

 

The Pavillion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WPA Shelter

 

 

 

 

A restroom too beautiful to use

 

Some nearby East Price Hill

 

 

Cincy Parks: Photo Index

Did you really have to show us the nearby East Price Hill housing stock?  :|

The houses in the last picture have definite potential.

 

Strange that you saw what appears to be a group of young buddhist monks looking into a reflective egg.....in Price Hill...

I didn't realize CloudGate was outsourced.

Great views of the city.  But I think there's a little bit of Chicago in this thread . .

i love the views up there.

 

nice with the bean!  :laugh:

Excellent tour. I haven't visited that park, but it looks like I should.

 

It's Sunday morning and I was a bit drowsy until I saw the photo of Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate on tour in Cincinnati. That must have been quite a feat of logisitics, even creating an appropriate backdrop with representations of Michigan Avenue's 'scrapers.

 

I should go to Chicago and get a photo of the huge gap in Millennium Park.

Great! I've never been there before.

MANY places in this country are called "Mount" and they are not really "mountains."  Mt. Airy in Boston isn't a "mountain."  Mt. Clemens in Michigan isn't a "mountain."  Mount just simply means high place in this sense.  I mean, that's just common sense.

No, it's not.  It represents a high point (and typically, mountains are thought of as high points) and Mt. Airy, Mt. Clemens, and Mt. Echo are all high points in their area.  Saying it isn't the traditional definition of mountain (a point over 1,000 feet in vertical elevation) is just as silly as saying that High Street isn't really that "high."

yea and mound street in columbus should be changed, because afterall, its not very moundy.  and dont even get me started on gay street.    :-)

That random bean photo put the biggest grin on my face.  BTW, I have never ever been able to get a clear shot of Cincinnati from Mt. Echo either.  Every time I make my way their the haze kills the view.

 

Edit: I see C-Dawg had to dump on this thread with his jealousy. 

A "Mount" and a "Mountain" are two separate things, but "Mt." is an abbreviation for Mountain.

 

A Mount is higher than a hill, but lower than a Mountain. Mt. Adams for example is in no way "a hill."

C-Dawg, you should probably avoid Mt. Sterling altogether.