August 24, 2021...the Brent Spence Bridge is being repainted:
All of the rest of these photos are from February. I set down my still-working iPhone 5S and upgraded to an iPhone 12 Mini. I walked around for two nights in the snow testing out the camera. I didn't get around to uploading the photos until...now.
The Court St. Market hasn't functioned as a market for at least 50 years. It was renovated in the 1980s with a center esplanade but just remade 2020-21 in a new configuration.
This mural shows the various toys designed by Kenner in Cincinnati. Yes, all of the famous Star Wars toys were designed in Cincinnati and some were made here.
North side of Findlay Market, looking east:
North side of Findlay Market, looking west:
The metal thing at right is one of the streetcar transformers:
The three building on the right side of this image collapsed in April or May. It's a bare hillside now. Rehabilitation and apartments are planned for all of the other buildings but nothing has started.
It is rumored that the Chicago White Sox agreed to throw the 1919 World Series at a meeting in this building:
The Streateries all exist now...I'll get new photos:
The original version of this bridge opened in 1872. Most of what you're looking at was built in the 1890s on the original 1872 piers. The railroad tracks were removed from the railroad side of this bridge in 1987. Cars still traveled on the car side until 2000 or 2001. The deck is only 20 feet wide so cars passed very close to one-another.
This mostly-wood apartment building is nearly complete as of August 2021. Back in the mid-2000s, various mid and hi-rise condo towers were proposed for this site.
The railroad tracks that are barely visible in the snow still carried trains until the late 1980s. These are the tracks that passed under the old Riverfront Stadium parking garage in classic Cincinnati sports clips. Construction of the Riverfront Transit Center 1998-2000 preserved a ROW for freight trains across the riverfront without obstructing the park, should the need ever arise.
This building topped out summer 2021 and most exterior brick is in place:
This is where Riverfront Stadium stood, 1970-2002:
The bridge has been closed all year for repairs. They scheduled these special repairs to coincide with the Brent Spence Bridge repairs. Otherwise the old bridge would have been overwhelmed with traffic. Any time any of the other bridges are closed, tractor trailers divert to it, in violation of the weight limit.
This area had railroad tracks and small warehouses until the late 1990s:
This functioning garage has been awaiting development for about five years:
This is a flawed panorama shot with the iPhone 12:
This Macy's department store was built in 1997 (originally Lazarus). It closed in 2019 and is being converted to office space:
New stage:
The iPhone 12 doesn't do to well with this mixed lighting at a high ISO:
The conversion of this office building to a hotel has been delayed by the pandemic:
The Rosenthal CAC was built in 2003.
Metrobot was commissioned by the CAC around 1988. When it stood on Fifth St. it had a working pay phone behind its left leg. Unfortunately, after it moved to its present location, they removed the pay phone.