March 10, 2025 Update On Friday March 7, 2025 the Cincinnati Planning Commission voted 3-1 to recommend approval for the proposed Planned Development. We want to thank Vice-Mayor Jan-Michelle Lemon Kearny for standing with the Hyde Park Neighborhood, Hyde Park Business Association, and hundreds of concerned citizens and voting no to the proposal. […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjBeKNHIdMY Shirley, Filmed in Cincinnati, is Now Out on Netflix The biopic is centered around Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1972 presidential campaign. Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to Congress and is portrayed by Academy Award winner Regina King. Partly filmed in Cincinnati in 2021 and 2022, the location was special to
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Photo credit: Coney Island Give Today December 21, 2023 ADVOCACY UPDATE In response to the startling announcement of the closing of Coney Island and the potential demolitions of the historic Sunlite Pool and Moonlite Gardens, Cincinnati Preservation Association has the following statement: As the region’s historic preservation advocacy and education organization, Cincinnati Preservation
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Did you know Cincinnati has nearly 1,000 walkable public corridors? That includes over 500 alleys and 399 public stairs! Cincinnati is actually the 4th leading city for public stairways likely trailing Pittsburgh, San Francisco Seattle and LA.Many of our alleys and stairs are unmarked either due to missing signage or they have never received signs at
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Thank You to our members for an amazing ribbon cutting at the John Hauck House on August 29, 2023. You made the space come alive! The Preservation Library & Resource Room in memory of Michael Ibold Wilger is open by appointment Restoration work on the main house is complete Our offices are set up And
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Hands-On Preservation Classes Have Begun Congrats to the first students at the Covington Academy of Heritage Trades! After an economic analysis of trade school graduates job market in the region, the Enzweiler Building Institute saw how people with preservation specialty skills were needed in the restoration market. So, a few months ago the Covington Academy
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Aug 3, 2023 ADVOCACY UPDATE On August 1st, 2023 Cincinnati City Council voted 5 to 4 not to approve CPA’s application for the historic landmark designation of the former Hoffman School located at 3060 Durrell Ave. Thank you to everyone who took action, volunteering time, energy and resources trying to landmark this architecturally significant and
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By Beth Johnson “A large 4-story yellow hexagon on the side of a hill on a wooded lot overlooking a creek” is how I provide a quick description of my house when I first describe it to someone. After I get a look marked with confusion and intrigue, I often explain that this was
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Update 8/14/24: Cincinnati Preservation has transferred property ownership to Eckstein Cultural Arts Center, and applauds the organization’s stewardship and plans with the site! Cincinnati Preservation Association Purchases Endangered School! Eckstein School – Glendale, Ohio Update 9/21/2021: Cincinnati Preservation Association Announces Agreement to Purchase the Eckstein School. “The National Trust for Historic Preservation
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