Posted March 23, 200916 yr For spring break I decided to take a road trip to my favorite city in the US, Cincinnati. It was an amazing trip and I met some great people. I ended up taking over 400 photos, so here's an assortment by neighborhood split between two threads. Here's part 2: Walnut Hills 83.Woodburn Ave 84. Woodburn Ave 85. Fulton Ave just off Eden Park 86. Park at Nassau St and St James Ave 87. St James Ave 88. St James Ave 89. Walnut Hills High School 90. Walnut Hills High School 91. De Sales Corner - Woodburn and Madison 92. Withrow High School 93. Withrow High School 94. Withrow High School 95. Summit Country Day School 96. Keys Crescent 97. Keys Crescent 98. Cincinnati Gaslight on Keys Crescent Mt Adams 99. Eden Park 100. Eden Park 101. Eden Park 102. View from Playhouse in the Park 103. View from Playhouse in the Park 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. The business district of Mt Adams 112. View from Holy Cross-Immaculata Church 113. View from Holy Cross-Ummaculata Church 114. Eden Park Reservoir 115. Eden Park 116. Eden Park Over-the-Rhine 117. 12th and Vine 118. TriDeCa? 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. New School for the Creative and Performing Arts 129. 130. Memorial Hall 131. Memorial Hall 132. Memorial Hall 133. MEmorial Hall 134. MEmorial Hall 135. Memorial Hall 136. Memorial Hall 137. Memorial Hall 138. Memorial Hall 139. Music Hall (Home of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) 140. 141. Washington Park 142. 143. Germania Building 144. 145. Findlay Market 146. Findlay Market Northside 147.Northside! 148. Northside business district 149. 150. 151. Spring Grove Cemetery 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. North Avondale 157. 158. West End 159. Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal 159. Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Termina 160. Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Termina 161. Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Termina 163. Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Termina 165. Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Termina 166. That's it. Thank you to everyone who helped me through this trip. I had a blast. Back to Part 1, in case you missed it: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,18762.msg379910.html
March 23, 200916 yr I have lived in Covington for 17 years, and it is interesting to see The Nati through someone elses eye. Thanks! Fantastic set.
March 23, 200916 yr I only have one word: definitive. This is the most all-encompassing Cincinnati thread I can remember! And then when you went from the Basilica to Columbia Tusculum, I just thought, "show-off." Then after hitting so many spots, I was thinking, "what the hell hasn't he hit? Well, the Museum Center, and Northside..." Keep scrolling - ah, there's Northside...aaaaaaand there's the Museum Center! Fantastic pictures, and just a comprehensive tour...thank you so much for posting this!
March 23, 200916 yr I really enjoyed your photos. Number 118 made me realize that there had been at least 2 wall signs on that building. You can see that same building around 1988(?) in this topic: Cincinnati Ghost Signs.
March 23, 200916 yr I like Cincy! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 23, 200916 yr You've got me all homesick now...great photos. Seconded... Why the hell am I paying a fortune to live in a rundown shoebox NYC when I could be living in a big apartment back home in Cincy for one-third the rent? Re #151: I love those old amber lampshades that are scattered around town on traffic islands... They remind me of German Kaiser helmets with the spike on top. When I was a kid growing up in Fort Thomas and my parents would take me on drives around the city, I loved seeing the amber lampshades because then I knew I was in Cincinnati... I don't think I've seen anything like them in any other city. I'm always surprised that as many still exist as they do, and that they all haven't succumbed to theft, vandalism, or wayward drivers. Does the city still actively replace those lamps as they get damaged? What's the building under construction in #128?
March 23, 200916 yr great pictures. what/where is 114? Remains of an old reservoir in Eden Park. It's like a piece of Roman ruins that somehow got transplanted to Cincinnati.
March 23, 200916 yr great pictures. what/where is 114? That is the lower wall of the old double-reservoir at Eden Park: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.112073,-84.493275&spn=0.00467,0.007113&t=h&z=17 It's the wall holding back the water in this picture:
March 23, 200916 yr It is the old reservoir in Eden Park. And the building under construction is the new School for the Creative and Performing Arts on Central Ave.
March 23, 200916 yr Living in Gin beat me to it! But here's a link to a page on Cincinnati Views.net, where there's tons of shots of the old double-reservoir: http://www.cincinnativiews.net/Eden%20Park%20part%203.htm EDIT: And this is my favorite shot:
March 23, 200916 yr Oh, also ProkNo, thank you for including some shots of the various Cincinnati Public Schools. Walnut Hills, SCPA, Hughes, and Withrow are all such beautiful schools, and are really an asset to the Cincinnati community. If you are ever in the Cincinnati Art Museum, there is a whole gallery devoted to art that was hung in the halls of CPS highschools, and there is some really great stuff in there. PS great shot of SCD (#95). Sometimes during free bells in highschool some of my friends would climb up on the roof, and the view from up there (downtown, river, KY, etc.) is amazing.
March 23, 200916 yr What happened to it? It collapse? No, my understanding is that it just wasn't used anymore, and it's less expensive to maintain a grassy field than a water-filled reservoir - more useful too!
March 23, 200916 yr What happened to it? It collapse? It was "undergrounded" in the late fifties/early sixties and covered with the reflecting pool (pic #115.) Don't know why they left some of the old structure.
March 23, 200916 yr How did you get inside Withrow & Walnut? Haha, I just walked in after hours. I got kicked out of Withrow after going into the auditorium, but Walnut Hills was great. I got a guided tour from a student named Christiana (I think she thought I was cute). She showed me the whole campus, but the Library under the dome was locked.
March 23, 200916 yr Oh man. I have to say that I think this is my favorite Cincy thread. What a beautiful city!! Thanks for the awesome tour.
March 25, 200916 yr The old Eden Park reservior was originally divided into two reservoirs. The upper one was upgraded to an underground structure with a shallow pond on top. The lower one was converted to a playfield. The legend is that a contractor bid to remove the lower old reservior wall but didn't know that it was solid stone! He thought it was two walls filled with earth. He ran out of money, and part of the lower old reservior wall remains. Notice the climber on the wall. This is where Cincinnati climbers hang out. (Hang out - he he he)
March 25, 200916 yr The pump house obviously is still there as well. The waterworks moved to its present location near Coney Island around 1850 (the old waterworks is in ruins in Bicentennial Commons) and the current intake tunnel under the Ohio River was dug by hand around that time. The water travels by gravity through a pipe about 9 miles from the waterworks to this point, then it was pumped into the reservoir. The whole downtown basin is served by the reservoir via a tunnel dug by hand in the late 1800's. The new reservoir (built in the 60's) is hidden from view but works the exact same way and uses that same tunnel to feed downtown. It looked like a parking garage when it was under construction, with columns that support the reflecting pool above.
March 29, 200916 yr now I am really looking forward to my trip to Cincinnati. Looks great, and also looks like spring will be in full swing too. Nice pics
March 29, 200916 yr Thanks for the replies about the reservoir, had never even heard about it before - it's why you gotta love this site.
March 29, 200916 yr I went to WHHS before moving back to Columbus. It's weird seeing the building from that angle. That side is really hidden - which sucks because thats the best side imo. I always entered from Blair Ave. Getting to school via car from Blair Ave. was like sitting in traffic on 75 in Atlanta. I remember those Roman statues. They make you take Latin if you start in Middle School but luckily I only had to take Spanish.
March 30, 200916 yr Comprehensive and photogenic. One of those threads you can shove in someone's face when they ask why in the world anyone would want to live in Cincinnati.
April 5, 200916 yr Re #151: I love those old amber lampshades that are scattered around town on traffic islands... They remind me of German Kaiser helmets with the spike on top. When I was a kid growing up in Fort Thomas and my parents would take me on drives around the city, I loved seeing the amber lampshades because then I knew I was in Cincinnati... I don't think I've seen anything like them in any other city. I'm always surprised that as many still exist as they do, and that they all haven't succumbed to theft, vandalism, or wayward drivers. Does the city still actively replace those lamps as they get damaged? To a certain degree yes. I'm doing some more research on these "trolley poles" now and will be writing an article on them, their history and their future in Cincinnati. What's the building under construction in #128? It will become the nation's first K-12 public arts school (part of Cincinnati Public Schools)...and it is located in Cincinnati's center city on the border between Downtown and historic Over-the-Rhine. http://www.thenewscpa.org/
April 6, 200916 yr To a certain degree yes. I'm doing some more research on these "trolley poles" now and will be writing an article on them, their history and their future in Cincinnati. Cool... I look forward to seeing what you're able to dig up. They're one of those local quirks that makes Cincinnati unique, and I'd love to know more about their history.
April 6, 200916 yr I would have driven through the frame of that shot about 27 seconds into this video... (Google map here)
April 6, 200916 yr #142 is on Elm Street immediately south of Memorial Hall and Music Hall, taken from Washington Park.
January 13, 201015 yr Most excellent thread. I love the interior shots; it's like you walked around a deserted Cincy and let yourself in wherever you went.
January 14, 201015 yr Most excellent thread. I love the interior shots; it's like you walked around a deserted Cincy and let yourself in wherever you went. Thanks, I enjoyed making this thread. But the city is most certainly NOT deserted, rather it's filled with delightful people that gladly showed me around many of these historic structures. The man at Memorial Hall was incredibly kind.
January 14, 201015 yr 89. Walnut Hills High School Reminds me of UVA Some of the best pics of Cincy I've seen on here!
January 15, 201015 yr 89. Walnut Hills High School Reminds me of UVA Some of the best pics of Cincy I've seen on here! Good, it was modeled after it according to Wikipedia.
January 15, 201015 yr Where's the chicks taking their tops off? Or tugs-of-war on the beach where chicks' tops fall off? What kind of Spring Break thread is this?
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