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Old Posted Aug 25, 2021, 4:53 AM
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Cincinnati 2021 Downtown & Over-the-Rhine

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.

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Old Posted Aug 25, 2021, 7:15 AM
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Wait If I remember correctly, it is still summer with a little bit of autumn breeze ... how come Cincinnati burst into winter 2021 all of sudden?
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What kind of event requires renting a bridge?
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Old Posted Aug 25, 2021, 8:51 PM
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Great photos, thanks for sharing! I love seeing all the renovation and new construction, and OTR looks very peaceful in the snow.
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Where's all the people? Just kidding! I know people don't walk around outside in droves when it's cold and snowy. It's amazing how far along OTR has come. It always had great bones, but seemed like it would never realize its potential. Nice to see that potential finally being realized!
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I think the Brent Spence needs a lot more than a new paint job...
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Old Posted Aug 26, 2021, 5:54 PM
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Where's all the people?
It's sad. When the covid lockdown hit I went out for a walk through the abandoned downtown and my first thought was...this is like the 90s! There is a fair amount of street activity now, but it's nothing like it was in the fall of 2019.

This photo thread is nowhere close to comprehensive. I need to get out and take a new round of photos with a better camera than the lowly iphone 12 mini.

Cincinnati has bounced back big-time over the past 10 years. Things really accelerated around 2015 and prices started getting out-of-hand in 2019. There are solid plans to redevelop all large vacant buildings except for 2 or 3. It's completely unlike the 80s and 90s, when large buildings sat empty for 15+ years.
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Fun tour! Thanks!

Also, I want to say that the latest iPhone takes some incredibly crisp pictures. Wow.
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Nice pictures! I recognize some of these places, after visiting Cincinnati over Memorial Day weekend.

I don't see the railroad tracks along the river, though. Where's the right-of-way?
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great thread and the cold views are refreshing in this summer heatwave.

and the night shots are stellar!

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It's sad. When the covid lockdown hit I went out for a walk through the abandoned downtown and my first thought was...this is like the 90s!
lol you should have seen it in the 1980s!
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That neighborhood is a true gem
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First off amazing pictures. I have always wanted to check out Cincinnati, I've driven through it on I75 but never stayed and actually had a visit. This thread really makes me want to do that.

Thanks for posting.
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Nice pics! I'm visiting family in Pittsburgh and I drove out to Cincinnati a few weeks ago to check it out. Very cool city. The OTR area had some beautiful buildings, but I was surprised by how many empty store fronts there were. Are the amount of empty store fronts caused partially by covid or has it been that way for awhile? Regardless, I liked the city and I could imagine myself living there happily.
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Loved the pics! It's hard to do it, nice cold night pics. Cincinnati looks great, so many beautiful buildings.
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Cincinnati is a vibe in the snow.
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Cincy is criminally underrated... it might... MIGHT have the best one or two urban neighborhoods in all of the Midwest, and I'm including Chicago in that statement. Too far?
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Cinci is such a sleeper city for me, I had no idea it had such a huge amount of pre-war urban neighborhoods.

But I have never been, nor have I known anyone who's been.
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Looks like those neighborhoods are really picking up.
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