by Margo Warminskiphotos by Adam Nelsonvideo by Jeremy Loukinas The iconic former United States Playing Card factory on Beech Ave. in Norwood is facing demolition. The Norwood city administration had hoped to find a developer to renovate at least part of the complex, but was unsuccessful. The company that became United States Playing […]
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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 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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by Evanston Community Councilphotos by Angie Lipscomb Photography In 1904, the Missionaries of the Precious Blood expressed interest in establishing a parish in Evanston, a new middle-class suburb of Cincinnati where there were over 100 Catholic families, many of Polish and German descent. Permission was granted to establish the St. Mark parish in 1905.
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by Deb Del Valle In 1931 Richard Huseman founded HGC Construction based on the values of quality and craftsmanship. Since then the locally-owned business has continued to play an important role in shaping Cincinnati’s future, not only by working on new buildings, but by working to preserve the past. “When HGC was founded
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by Maya Drozdzphotos by Seth Hershey Cincinnati’s neighborhoods offer a plethora of pedestrian-only shortcuts and vistas in the form of public stairs. At the height of their use in the 19th Century, over 30 miles of hillside steps once connected the neighborhoods of Cincinnati to each other. Today, there are almost 400 sets of hillside
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