by Maya Drozdz This German gothic-style building at 1556 John St. in the West End was built as Ahavath Achim (“love brothers” in Hebrew) Synagogue in 1865. It was constructed one year before Plum Street Temple downtown, and four years after the Lodge Street Synagogue on Ruth Lyons Way. In 1906, the building became […]
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by Lilly Arthur When my husband Matt and I began the search for our first home, we quickly discovered that we have some different priorities, but the major things we agreed on were that we were looking for an older home and that we wanted to live in Walnut Hills, one of the oldest
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by Megan Fitzpatrick Northside is perhaps primarily celebrated for its hip bars and restaurants, its unique Fourth of July Parade, and LGBTQ-friendly community – but it is also known for its relatively inexpensive late 19th- and early 20th-century housing stock, which ranges from modest homes built for industry workers to a few remaining grand
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by Deb Del Valle To paraphrase the foreword of their book Vanishing Cincinnati, Barbara and David Day are lifelong Cincinnati residents with a passion for Cincinnati and the places and vistas that make Cincinnati unique. Their detailed freehand drawings of buildings that have been lost and/or preserved “preserve the spirit of the city as it
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