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Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« on: March 23, 2009, 03:12:09 AM »
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


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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?


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120.


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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)


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141. Washington Park


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143. Germania Building


144.


145. Findlay Market


146. Findlay Market


Northside
147.Northside!


148. Northside business district


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Spring Grove Cemetery
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North Avondale
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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
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2009, 03:14:06 AM »
Awesome!
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2009, 03:29:40 AM »
Great photos.  That theatre is fantastic.
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2009, 03:46:26 AM »
Thanks for sharing! I can never get enough of Cincy.
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2009, 03:57:48 AM »
I have lived in Covington for 17 years, and it is interesting to see The Nati through someone elses eye.  Thanks!  Fantastic set.
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2009, 03:58:59 AM »
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!
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2009, 04:13:27 AM »
You covered some ground now!!!!   Nice job!
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2009, 05:20:56 AM »
Wow, what an amazing tour! Thanks!
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2009, 06:14:28 AM »
You've got me all homesick now...great photos.
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2009, 06:57:56 AM »
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.
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2009, 07:18:59 AM »
I like Cincy!
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2009, 07:31:19 AM »
great pictures.  what/where is 114?
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2009, 07:49:59 AM »
Quote from: edale on March 23, 2009, 06:14:28 AM
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?
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2009, 07:52:02 AM »
Quote from: westbasco on March 23, 2009, 07:31:19 AM
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.
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2009, 07:54:57 AM »
Quote from: westbasco on March 23, 2009, 07:31:19 AM
great pictures.  what/where is 114?


That is the lower wall of the old double-reservoir at Eden Park:

It's the wall holding back the water in this picture:


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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2009, 07:55:15 AM »
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.
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2009, 07:57:19 AM »
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:


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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2009, 07:59:02 AM »
What happened to it? It collapse?
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #18 on: March 23, 2009, 08:04:56 AM »
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.
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2009, 08:06:03 AM »
Quote from: Sherman Cahal on March 23, 2009, 07:59:02 AM
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!
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #20 on: March 23, 2009, 08:10:12 AM »
Quote from: Sherman Cahal on March 23, 2009, 07:59:02 AM
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.

 
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #21 on: March 23, 2009, 08:12:59 AM »
How did you get inside Withrow & Walnut?
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #22 on: March 23, 2009, 09:29:12 AM »
Quote from: ManorBorn on March 23, 2009, 08:12:59 AM
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.
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #23 on: March 23, 2009, 09:38:29 AM »
These are freakin amazing! I'm glad to call this place my home!
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #24 on: March 23, 2009, 10:49:33 AM »
Oh man.  I have to say that I think this is my favorite Cincy thread.  What a beautiful city!!  Thanks for the awesome tour.
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #25 on: March 24, 2009, 02:38:50 AM »
You made me fall in love with Cincy all over again!  Thanks for sharing!
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« Reply #26 on: March 24, 2009, 02:58:32 AM »
I saw this thread, then I ...

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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #28 on: March 24, 2009, 12:16:41 PM »

    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)

   
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #29 on: March 24, 2009, 02:02:47 PM »
Super thread! I love that you got interior photos of some amazing places.
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« Reply #30 on: March 24, 2009, 04:29:16 PM »
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. 
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #31 on: March 29, 2009, 05:41:39 AM »
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
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #32 on: March 29, 2009, 06:15:08 AM »
Thanks for the replies about the reservoir, had never even heard about it before - it's why you gotta love this site.
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Re: Spring Break '09 Cincinnati, USA Part 2 of 2
« Reply #33 on: March 29, 2009, 07:16:08 AM »
Great job Prokno5!
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« Reply #34 on: March 29, 2009, 09:22:29 AM »
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.
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