Disappointing Labor Day Fireworks

Crossposted to American Byways, UrbanUp and Abandoned.

 

For Labor Day 2009, I really wanted to photograph Cincinnati from one of the most unique angles that is not afforded anywhere else in the city. From the west is the abandoned Hudepohl Brewery, with its mid-rise industrial blocks rising more than one-hundred feet into the Mill Creek valley. Recent efforts to seal the neglected structure are evident: padlocks on the front door, cinder-block walls, guarded by open gates, and a ladder to the staircase really make this an easy exploration for the books.

 

It was a cloudy night, threatened with the scary, dark clouds earlier in the day. It rained later that night.

 

The beginning of the fireworks display was disappointing. I thought they would project higher than this, and judging from the comments in the Cincinnati Enquirer, they once did for greater durations.

 

Damn you Cincinnati Enquirer, for ruining something else in this city! (Note: It is my personal opinion that the Enquirer is unfairly biased against developments and positive impacts of Cincinnati.)

 

 

The wind really picked up and blew all of the smoke to the north, completely fogging in downtown Cincinnati and the view for thousands on the top of the skyscrapers and on the hills in Clifton and Auburn.

 

And it's done, in 20 minutes, not the promised 30 minutes.

 

For what the effort to gain entry and climb to the top was, these unrivaled views of downtown Cincinnati offer some of the best glimpses of the built urban environment in the Midwest. Hope you enjoy these!

Are you sure it was only 20 minutes?  I would have sworn that it ended around 9:35.

It didn't start until about 10 minutes after 9.

It definitely seemed a lot smaller than ALL of the previous years. 

thank you for this information about this location in Cincinati

 

Disappointing Labor Day Fireworks

last year ist was also very disappointing , in books about Cincinnati you can see old pictures from Cincinnati labor day firework and this firewrok`s  was grate , bigger und nicer .. Cincinnati is running  out of money  ..

What?

Who actually pays for the fireworks? WEBN? The city? If the former, blame Clear Channel.

^I'm sure that the sponsors pay for most of it, year after year.  WEBN puts it on, their sales department sells ad space on the bridges and around radio airtime bracketing the fireworks broadcast.  I don't know how money is split though, since the station obviously doesn't own any bridges.  It's probably a split between Rossi's, the city, sponsors, and WEBN.

A lot of bitching going on... ;)

 

Great shots, sherman.

Nice shots! Next time, come to C-bus: Fireworks Capital of the USA.

Nice shots! Next time, come to C-bus: Fireworks Capital of the USA.

 

Yeah right!

Fireworks have been disappointing everywhere.  Many shows require private sponsorship, and that has dwindled during the recession.  I just did some flickr searching around July 4th to find that fireworks shows indeed had much larger displays prior to the recession.

The Phony Coney has the best analysis on the smaller show this year:

http://thephonyconey.blogspot.com/2009/09/will-second-fireworks-barge-ever-return.html

 

Great photos though...it's a great perspective you had.  Although I think I would take Gordon's spot at 5chw4r7s' Parker Flats pad.