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Sorry no actual pictures in this thread.

 

These photos were taken by Michael G. Smith, grandson of Nelson Ronsheim who took some famous shots of Cincinnati from 1939-1941. Smith has replicated each of his grandfathers photo by taking them from the same perspective 70 years later. A great then and now perspective.

 

Enjoy.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelgsmith/sets/72157622910067110/

Great thread! Thanks for sharing ...

 

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Great thread!

Wow!

Amazing!

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

Awesome!! It sure is sad to see how much of the West End was lost.  What an amazing neighborhood...

Awesome!! It sure is sad to see how much of the West End was lost. What an amazing neighborhood...

 

Have you ever read about how bad the slums were in most of the west end?

These are really terrific.  One of my favorite collections.

Awesome!! It sure is sad to see how much of the West End was lost.  What an amazing neighborhood...

 

Have you ever read about how bad the slums were in most of the west end?

 

Yeah, it was vibrant -- in terms of activity, but it wasn't exactly the type of neighborhoods that people truly desired to live in. They were often vastly overcrowded, unsafe and unsanitary. But it is a part of Cincinnati that I miss -- the vibrancy part, that is, which comes with density.

wow.  i'd say mt. adams looks better today.  full growth trees do a lot. 

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