36 Hours in Cincinnati

 

By KASSIE BRACKEN

Published: July 19, 2009

 

WITH the quiet momentum of a work in progress, Cincinnati is finding an artsy swagger, infused with a casual combination of Midwest and Southern charm. The city center, for decades rich with cultural and performing arts venues, now offers a renovated Fountain Square area and a gleaming new baseball stadium with views of the Ohio River. Efforts to transcend the damage from several days of race riots in 2001, which nearly decimated the city’s Over-the-Rhine district, are slowly progressing. Transformations are taking place in surrounding areas — as well as across the river in the neighboring Kentucky cities of Newport and Covington — with their cool music venues, funky shopping outlets and smart culinary options.

 

http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/travel/19hour.html

thanks, nice article (now I don't have to waste money for the Sunday Times--up to $5.00, believe it or not). What this piece reminded me of, however, was an excellent NY Times Cincinnati travel story from many years ago (actually almost 10 years) written by longtime legendary writer R.W. Apple Jr. (since deceased, I think). I was able to dig it up (a lot of the stuff is probably dated now, but worth reading): http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/29/arts/on-the-road-northern-southern-sleepy-and-dynamic.html

Nice article.

Not bad. It's nice to see Cincinnati getting some national attention for something that doesn't involve professional athletes or public officials behaving like idiots.