:-) Is there a map of the seven hiils? What are they?

 

Does anyone remember?

 

Along with the old photos, can there be such a memory - on a postcard, perhaps?

 

Anyone??? sdh

The "City of Seven Hills" is a ripoff of Rome, Italy. No one can seem to pin down the actual seven hills.

 

We do have quite a few place names related to hills. Pick your favorite 7.

 

Mt. Auburn

Mt. Lookout

Mt. Adams

Mt. Healthy

Mt. Washington

Mt. Harrison

Mt. Airy

Mt. Echo

 

Kennedy Heights

Lincoln Heights

Arlington Heights

Monfort Heights

Fairview Heights

 

Bond Hill

College Hill

Price Hill

Indian Hill

Jackson Hill

 

 

 

 

I remember thinking Cinti. was perhaps the foothills of the Smokey Mountains; as a child, I often wondered since I remember taking the bus from Parkview Heights to N. Bend and Hamilton and then all the way down to either N.Side or Downtown.

 

I'm glad the names appeared, for now I can look all the "Mount's" up and see where they're located.  My parents (born 1910, 1911) moved to S. Florida in 1955; but I remember as if it was yesterday; and, yes, I've been back at least 4 xs now. 

 

sdh

The "hills" are not individual hills like Beacon Hill in Boston or Capitol Hill in Washington, they're a series of ridges or plateaus.  Also, the "seven hills" saying doesn't refer to any specific hills.   

 

Mt. Auburn to the left, Mt. Adams to the right:

 

Another view of Mt. Adams:

 

Looking from the Mt. Auburn area over to Price Hill:

 

Looking from the UC area (Fairview or University Heights) down to the downtown basin:

 

View from hill above Bromley, KY looking toward Price Hill:

 

Another KY view toward downtown:

 

Kenton County and Campbell County are completely hilly whereas Boone County has some flat land and that's why the airport is there:

 

the seven hills....of rome:

 

 

    * Aventine Hill (Aventinus)

    * Caelian Hill (Caelius)

    * Capitoline Hill (Capitolinus)

    * Esquiline Hill (Esquilinus)

    * Palatine Hill (Palatinus)

    * Quirinal Hill (Quirinalis)

    * Viminal Hill (Viminalis)

 

The technical name for Cincinnati's peaks and valleys is called a "pena plain" (sp.?)  Basically the valleys fell from the level of what we think of as the hilltops.

My favorite place is in Arden, N.C.  Not far from it, North on US 25, is Asheville and the Biltmore.  I'd guess it's 1500'.  Smokey Mountains.

 

I once rode my bike (before I was 12 yrs old) to Wooden She Hollow, up to my Aunt's house on Winton Road - this from N. Bend, just outside of Parkview Heights where I lived until 1955.  That was a hill!

 

Imaine going to or down Hamilton Ave. every day on a bus; and that's what my dad did to go to work at 7th and Vine.

 

I remember Cincinnati as, "hilly", and now I finally know - thanks to everyone here!

 

sdh

yea.  cincinnati isn't technically 'hilly' but rather 'valley-y'.  Its a city of valleys, like jmeck pointed out. 

The technical name for Cincinnati's peaks and valleys is called a "pena plain" (sp.?) Basically the valleys fell from the level of what we think of as the hilltops.

 

Correct.  As I recall the great UC Planning Professor Dr. Daniel Ransohoff (anybody else remember him?) taught us:  It is the peneplain or latin(?) for nearly flat.  He was a college professor who took us on field trips!  We were supposed to go to the top of the Carew but someone jumped off that day...it would have be 1992-93.  So we went to the overlook at Mount Adams and he demonstrated how Cincinnati is a city of valleys.

:-) I guess one way of looking at a thing called a valley is that the valley is surrounded by hills.  Not so small hills, but not mountains,, either.

 

By the way, aforementioned is, "wooden shoe hollow" - certainly then called, but probably not any more.

 

My grandparents (and therefore my Mom) lived at 4805 Winton Road - just almost across from the then gradeschool of Winton Place; things change, except the terrain.

 

What a difference 100 years make.

 

sdh

According to the 'History of Cincinnati' article on Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Cincinnati,_Ohio), which cites an 1853 edition of the West American Review (Article III - Cincinnati, Its Relation to the West and South), the 7 hills are the one's that form a crescent around the basin. They are...

 

1. Mt. Adams

2. Walnut Hills

3. Mount Auburn

4. Vine Street Hill

5. Fairmount

6. Mount Harrison

7. College Hill

 

 

Mt Harrison????????    Where dat?    I'd guess near the Western Hills Viaduct, but that could be considered South Fairmount.  (Little Italy)

^Was there ever really a Little Italy in Cincinnati? I've always wondered if we ever had one at some point.  I know Newport was very heavilly Italian, so maybe that was it?

Correct.  As I recall the great UC Planning Professor Dr. Daniel Ransohoff (anybody else remember him?) taught us:  It is the peneplain or latin(?) for nearly flat.  He was a college professor who took us on field trips!  We were supposed to go to the top of the Carew but someone jumped off that day...it would have be 1992-93.  So we went to the overlook at Mount Adams and he demonstrated how Cincinnati is a city of valleys.

 

Same place I got my info!

 

^Was there ever really a Little Italy in Cincinnati? I've always wondered if we ever had one at some point.  I know Newport was very heavilly Italian, so maybe that was it?

 

I believe Mt. Adams at one point was an enclave for the Italian community.  It was not nearly as big as other city's Italian populations, but they tended to cluster as most immigrant groups did.  I believe the Hill was split pretty much 50/50 Italian and Irish if memory serves.

South Fairmount was heavy heavy Italian until the early 70's I guess!!    I can remember going to San Antonio Italian Church Festival in the early 80's and it being something out of a God Father scene.  The pizza was to die for!!!!

I think every suburb of Cinti - at least eons ago - had a place which in a sense was defined by the society living within it.  I think the generation I'm speaking of felt more comfortable in it; they could speak their own native tongue, and understand as well as be understood...

 

I was born a Dotzauer, but didn't live in Cumminsville - though my dad did.  He could speak German, but didn't.  On the other hand, that's exactly (Northside -Cumminsville) where his sister lived with her husband; just blocks from her dad's house - and of course after his death.  His other sister moved to Conn.

 

Isn't history wonderful?  Just imagine the things that give us permission to move on - or not to.  I love it.

 

sdh

South Fairmount was heavy heavy Italian until the early 70's I guess!! I can remember going to San Antonio Italian Church Festival in the early 80's and it being something out of a God Father scene.   The pizza was to die for!!!!

 

Very cool! My dad's grandparents were immigrants from Sicilly and they settled in Pittsburgh and ran a grocery store there, and he always tells me about huge Italian festivals, and people speaking Italian in and around the store, and those stories always seemed so cool.  I'm pretty sure Pittsburgh has a larger Italian population than Cincinnati, but still cool to know that we had Mt. Adams, Newport, and Cumminsville as heavilly Italian neighborhoods!

what does this have to do with Parma's neighbor to the east?

 

http://www.sevenhillsohio.org/images/110520061344-8543634.png

Cincinnati had a pretty small Italian community (esp. compared to anything to the north, Cincy industry required too much skill which is not what the Italians had). Florence Ave. was one of the centers of the Italian community along with the smaller westside Italian communities.

Price Hill sounds right.  My cousins, the Letto's lived there; place called Delhi.  I guess N. Bend Rd. went E/W, and Delhi was west; N. Bend must have had a drastic turn somewhere past Hamilton Ave.  The OES Home was at Hamilton Ave., I think, and while my sisters and I walked to the theater there (turned L at Hamilton Ave.) (College Hill), and I often took the bus to downtown, I never went West on N. Bend past Hamilton Ave., unless in the car with my dad.

 

Wish now that I had.

 

sdh

Correct. As I recall the great UC Planning Professor Dr. Daniel Ransohoff (anybody else remember him?) taught us: It is the peneplain or latin(?) for nearly flat. He was a college professor who took us on field trips! We were supposed to go to the top of the Carew but someone jumped off that day...it would have be 1992-93. So we went to the overlook at Mount Adams and he demonstrated how Cincinnati is a city of valleys.

 

Same place I got my info!

 

^Was there ever really a Little Italy in Cincinnati? I've always wondered if we ever had one at some point. I know Newport was very heavilly Italian, so maybe that was it?

 

 

I believe Mt. Adams at one point was an enclave for the Italian community. It was not nearly as big as other city's Italian populations, but they tended to cluster as most immigrant groups did. I believe the Hill was split pretty much 50/50 Italian and Irish if memory serves.

 

Ransohoff was awesome!  He was dying while I was taking his class...we only knew this in hindsight b/c he missed several classes.  He would do this amazing thing:  In the first class of the qtr. he would ask us our hometown.  He would then tell us who founded it and why it was where it is.  i.e. Louisville:  George Rogers Clark, stop-over for the falls of the ohio.  But he would pull of some pretty obscure ones too like Paulding, OH or Dry Ridge, KY.

 

 

Does anyone remember the building on old Queen City Boulevard that had the Little Italy sign on it? 

The building had been the home of Scalea's Deli.  Great old Italian store!  There was a family connection to the Scalea Rest in Covington. 

 

They put the "Welcome to Little Italy" sign on the building as an attempt to stop the new Queen City construction.  They lost that battle, and the building was torn down.

:-)  I'm glad that the Italians were in Cumminsville, a fact I didn't know.  I'm learning about Cinti. like never before; yet the first time I came back was an element of some 20 years, I and left as a young person at the age of 13.  Still, I rented a car at the airport in Ky., and drove everywhere like I'd never left.

 

We certainly were "knowing" in our younger years.  Today. I could still go on the older roads, certainly not the newer highways.  Tooooooooooooo much!  sdh

what does this have to do with Parma's neighbor to the east?

Where did you get this logo?

what does this have to do with Parma's neighbor to the east?

Where did you get this logo?

 

he's joking around....but seven hills is a ritzy cleveland suburb.

 

the logo is from their web site.  not real ritzy, but the avg annual income is 60k. 

Soooooooooooo, what has Cleveland to do with Cinti?  Do the also have a City of seven Hills?  I've never been there, at least not that I'm aware.  sdh

Only you would know if you had been there.  The City of Seven Hills is a suburb of Cleveland.  The phrase "City of Seven Hills" is a nickname for Cincinnati.

 

What part of this don't you understand?

:-) The only time I might have been to Cleveland is as a baby; then, I might not been aware.  Otherwise, I do understand.  I'm wanting to know of an email address for that particlar City; perhaps I can save time by writing more specifically - next time.

 

sdh

 

 

 

 

 

It is amazing what a Google search of the phrase "seven hills ohio" will turn up!

 

www.sevenhillsohio.org

 

BTW, how did you find this web site?

what does this have to do with Parma's neighbor to the east?

Where did you get this logo?

 

he's joking around....but seven hills is a ritzy cleveland suburb.

 

 

Seven Hills is "ritzy"??    :wtf:

I was Looking at everything in Cinti. just to, Pass it on - so to speak.  I'm a huge buckeye fan; that, in fact, was my nickname in highschool - in sunny, So. FL.

 

I started this subject just to learn about the "seven hills"; I'll look up every city mentioned here just to be sure of what info I pass on via the family history that I do pass on.  Too bad I haven't yet found a Topography on Cinti.  THAT would be telling, as it would no room for doubt as to what Cinti. once looked like.

 

My German heritage begins around 1849 in the USA; the British came over around 1881.  My parents are a result; and, with having had we three girls, I'm the one putting it all together so that everyone in the family knows where their heritage lies - at least from we three.

 

I'm truly interested in the history of Cincinnati, since it became a living thing - that is, a City; Hamilton County.  It was a great place to grow up; even if I left in 1955.

 

I hope this briefy answers your question.  sdh

DanB.:

 

I enjoyed "seeing" Seven Hills via the website you so kindly presented.

 

Especially nice was seeing the "I-House" still standing; it was probably built around 1870, and is reminiscent of those built for gentry in England.  My one sister would call it a farmhouse, but I am endeared to that part of my heritage in Cinti., locate at 4805 Winton Road.  It was built to last forever - and, at one time, it had a separated house behind it, known as a cooking kitchen.  Lots of them have been built!

 

sdh

what does this have to do with Parma's neighbor to the east?

Where did you get this logo?

 

he's joking around....but seven hills is a ritzy cleveland suburb.

 

 

Seven Hills is "ritzy"??    :wtf:

 

well yeah shaker hts, where i come from it is.  :laugh:

 

Seven Hills streets are lined with residential developments, featuring spacious well-groomed lawns, brick ranches, split levels, and colonial style homes. It is considered a "premier" community.

 

More so than most places, the people in Seven Hills generally have good jobs with good salaries. The large segment of the population in the city with spending money keeps the city vital. Fewer people in Seven Hills are poor than in most places in Ohio. Impressively, having a college education is normal in the city.

 

 

i'm glad the perception that seven hills is ritzy exists.  i've also heard it in conversation.  my dad and grandpa live there.  no part of it is rundown, but i wouldn't consider it ritzy. 

:-)  Cinti. did have its poorer side; but by and large the properties were largely well cared for - at what I remember.

 

This might seem like a Ritzy neighborhood comparitvely speaking.  I didn't see anything grande when I took a look at Cleveland, either; but we didn't see as aspects of it. 

 

Cinit. had grande as a common thing to behold as I remember.

 

sdh

i'm glad the perception that seven hills is ritzy exists. i've also heard it in conversation. my dad and grandpa live there. no part of it is rundown, but i wouldn't consider it ritzy.

 

i was just joking, those remarks came from that city website. i shouldve put them in quotes or something!

^ya

 

actually when i tell people i'm from wickliffe or seven hills i can see the disconnect in their faces, like wickliffe is lousy and seven hills is ritzy.  they're both full of brick ranches and eastern european grandparents. 

^ya

 

actually when i tell people i'm from wickliffe or seven hills i can see the disconnect in their faces, like wickliffe is lousy and seven hills is ritzy.  they're both full of brick ranches and eastern european grandparents. 

 

Thats what I think when you mention Seven Hills, Parma or Parma Hts., a bungalow or ranch house with a pink flamingo out front.  he he he he hhe  But ritzy, never.

^there are people who say 'oh yes i live in a seven hills ranch' like it's a step up from something.

Back to Cincy....should should be done to play up each hill and give it special attention..maybe incorporate them all into a tourism attraction sort of thing to do when people come to visit...even if they are only special overlooks or markers?

:-) SETH:  What a wonderful idea - and add in a topography photo of sorts identify the "hill" as being one of the seven.  Great stuff!  Historical - fact, not someone's idea of "whatever", which helped me realize the importance of living in the foothills - of something; I'd be a liar if I said what they are- actually, I didn't realize the changing of colors, foothills, et al, until I started going to NC on a regular basis.

 

Think of  bringing awareness into otherwise unaware lives.

 

This works for me!  And I grew up in Cinti!  Spent a good 13 years there.

 

sdh

^there are people who say 'oh yes i live in a seven hills ranch' like it's a step up from something.

 

Are you serious? That is so funny to me.

Does anyone know the height of College Hill - one of the seven hills?  I've sent various emails and tried to find out on my own by doing research on the internet, but I've come up with no answer.  Anyone who's gone UP Hamilton Ave. from downtown knows what a climb it is.

 

Anyone?  sdh

No clue about the numbers, but coming up Hamilton from Northside into College Hill is one hell of a climb.  Only thing is, it seems to be more gradual than Mt. Adams, Price Hill, Mt. Auburn, etc.

I wonder if I'll ever find out the answer.

 

Gentel climb up, because of the winding nature of Hamilton Ave., no doubt.  I haven't really been many places in Cinti., though I've had relatives in various parts of Cinti.  The truth is, that elevations of the various cities (Neighborhoods?) within Cinti. just aren't given.  Oh, how I'd love to know!  sdh

Google maps if you poke around has a way to ascertain that data.

North College Hill, Ohio — Elevation: 823 FT (251 M)

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_College_Hill,_Ohio 

 

Go to Cagis and look....

 

http://cagis.hamilton-co.org/map/cagis.htm, go to Cincinnati neighborhoods, pick College Hill, select topography from the top bar, then zoom in to any of the red plus signs and they have heights next to them for variuos points in the area.

Thank you, everyone!

 

N. College Hill, when I was a kid, was just N. and W. of Winton Rd. and Galbraith; we (my sister and I) walked each week to our piano lessons from Parkview Heights.  The map given shows it as being just W., above the Ohio R.  Am I mistaken?

 

College Hill show an elevation of 893.9' - just short of 1K'.  That souns correct, and now I know how to find out!

 

What a difference!  Thanks, forever!  I'm satisfied; I'll try Google next.  sdh

I looked and found Finneytown, Northside, Springdale, Camp Washington - just a few places where relatives once lived - and found they, too, showed in places that looked small and in the "wrong" place on a map, until I realized I was looking at Hamilton County; so, N. College Hill is where it's supposed to be, and College Hill isn't even listed in the on-line encyclopedia that's mentioned in this topic.  sdh