Posted June 11, 200916 yr Reset 09' Series: 1. Cincinnati, exploring the eastern front 2. Cincinnati, stumbling around downtown 3. Cincinnati, over and out of Over-the-Rhine 4. Chugging further east: Ripley and West Union, Ohio Cincinnati, stumbling around downtown Authored by Sherman Cahal on June 11, 2009 at UrbanUp Following up with the last blog post regarding the Queen City, this is the second of three photographic series covering Cincinnati. Click on the respective links in the headers for even more photographs and information and be sure to click through onto the UrbanUp blog for more photographs and text! Downtown 1 2 Fountain Square after its renovation. 3 While the old signage evokes more of a classic design, the new PNC logo, with its vibrant hues, is more modern in terms of fonttype and color choice. 4 5 A hideous stub along 3rd Street, although it does wonderfully reflect 303 Broadway at Queen City Square and the crane at the Queen City Square site. 6 7 One of my favorite east-downtown buildings. 8 Scripps in the background, with the bridge over Fort Washington Way in the foreground. Queen City Square Queen City Square is a high-rise development project in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, located in the block bounded by East 3rd and East 4th, and Sycamore Street. The high-rise was first proposed in the late 1980s, and Western & Southern Financial Group awarded Turner and HOK the project for construction, however, the project was shelved until 2002 due to slumping office vacancy rates in downtown. The tower's signature feature is a mammoth tiara. 9 July 27, 2008 10 February 8, 2009 11 May 11, 2009 12 13 June 1, 2009 The Banks The Banks is a planned 15-acre mixed-use development between the Paul Brown Stadium and the Great American Ballpark, situated between Second Street and the Ohio River in Cincinnati, stretching for eight blocks. 14 February 1, 2009 15 16 17 May 11, 2009 18 June 1, 2009 19 Cincinnati Riverfront Transit Center The Riverfront Transit Center is an intermodal transit center beneath 2nd Street in downtown Cincinnati south of Fort Washington Way. Although it is vastly underutilized and was designed for both bus and rail transit, although it only comes alive on game days for the Reds and Bengals. 20 A clean transit center that's all but not utilized. 21 22 23 The wavy ceiling contours do serve a purpose for ventilation. 24 It was game day for the Reds against the Cubs. We lost on this day... 25 26 A slice of unmaintained land near the Bengals' stadium that will eventually be part of The Banks project. 27 Doors to the transit center that are closed for all but game days. 28 The infrastructure above ground is starting to look relatively shabby after 10 years of sun exposure, but a little TLC is all that is needed. 29 Entrances below from 2nd Street. Be sure to click through onto the UrbanUp blog for hundreds of additional photographs and history!
June 11, 200916 yr Thanks! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 11, 200916 yr Love the design of the Riverfront Transit Center, especially the glass entrances from 2nd Street.
June 11, 200916 yr Soon, very soon, this transit center will be used daily. Anything less would be an embarassment for our entire city. I don't think Mallory will let that happen. He's already done an excellent job at ignoring the naysayers.
June 11, 200916 yr Soon, very soon, this transit center will be used daily. Anything less would be an embarassment for our entire city. I don't think Mallory will let that happen. He's already done an excellent job at ignoring the naysayers. It's long been an embarrasment in my humble...what are you alluding to as an imminent upgrade of utility down there?
June 11, 200916 yr You make me jealous of when I had more time to take photos throughout the city. My baby girl is very time consuming. :)
June 11, 200916 yr I didn't know we had a "transit center" Sherman I envy your photo skills. You must teach me!
June 11, 200916 yr You make me jealous of when I had more time to take photos throughout the city. My baby girl is very time consuming. :) Well, this is me catching up on a year's worth of photos while at the same time keywording in the images in Adobe Lightroom and at the same time overhauling UrbanUp... so there will be a lot of updates coming!
June 12, 200916 yr What I don't understand is why the tour/school group's buses don't use this staging area. Just yesterday there were 3 Lakefront line buses parked on the East side of the Freedom Center. It was raining and people were running to get inside the buses. I've even seen school buses parked on 2nd street for unloading/loading purposes. Seems dangerous... Same goes for GABP. Students unload/load from Joe Nuxhall Way. "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
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