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Originally Posted by TempleGuy1000
^I think out of the Ohio "C" cities, Cincinnati is my favorite. I have never been there but I do like the urbanity and cityscape from photos. Is there any particular reason multi-story tenement housing was built in Cinci and not elsewhere in Ohio?
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Cincinnati is considerably older than the other 2 C's. In 1850, Cincinnati had 115,000 residents (plus ~10,000 on the Kentucky side), while Cleveland and Columbus only had ~17,000 residents. Before technology allowed the city to climb the hills that ring the urban basin, the city was crammed into the flat land between the river and the hills. That meant everything had to be very densely constructed. For the most part, Cincinnati outside of the basin is lower density (built density, not necessarily population), and more resembles other midwestern cities. Though Cincy's architecture is considerably better throughout the city than either Columbus or Cleveland, imo. Italianate is the defining style of Cincy.
Those are some awesome aerials, Jake. Thanks for sharing!