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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Cincinnati
« Reply #30 on: July 01, 2012, 11:59:04 PM »
Here you go Lake, unfortunately, Cincinnati has a record as bad as ours and many of these buildings are now gone.


Location of carbarns and shops at the corner of 20th and Madison in Covington, Kentucky, looking southwest. The pole in the center is pictured in the Trolley Poles section, and the curved crack in the street on the left is pictured in the Revealed Tracks section.


Behind a fence is the main entrance to the Avondale carbarn. The tracks are barely visible under the pavement. Demolished in 2012


The Avondale carbarn as seen from the McMillan Street Overpass. Note the damage to the building at the right, caused by a fire.


Carbarn on Brighton Street in Newport, Kentucky, looking northwest.


Old Cincinnati Car Company building on Mitchell Avenue in Winton Place, looking southeast across Mitchell. This building has since been demolished, leaving no trace of the shops or car company buildings that once flanked both sides of Mitchell north of Spring Grove Avenue.



CINCINNATI-CAR-COMPANY - where many Jacksonville streetcars were born! demolished


Depot Street carbarn, across the street from the State Avenue shops and power substation, looking southeast.


Harrison Av. Carbarn, Cincinnati, demolished


Brighton carbarns on Harrison Avenue, taken in 1983 before the complex was demolished.


Detail of the carbarn on Lowell Street in Newport, Kentucky, looking southwest.


Carbarn on Lowell Street in Newport, Kentucky, looking northwest.


Brighton St. Carbarn, Newport, KY


State Avenue shops, looking northeast at the corner of State Avenue and Dutton Street in Lower Price Hill.


State Avenue shops, looking west along Dutton Street in Lower Price Hill.


State Avenue shops, looking northwest at the corner of Depot and Dutton Streets in Lower Price Hill.


Streetcar tracks entering the Avondale carbarn, looking east across Kinsey Avenue, Reading Road is in the distance.


East End offices, looking northeast from Eastern Avenue. The old PRR line is just behind this building.


Old cable car house on Gilbert Avenue at Sinton Avenue in Walnut Hills, looking northwest.


Cable car barn at the corner of Highland and Dorchester Avenues in Mt. Auburn, looking northwest. The stone section is from the original carbarn that burned down in 1892. The brick parts were built after the fire. This building was used by the Mt. Auburn Cable Railway, which operated cable cars along Highland Avenue to downtown from 1887 to 1902.


Old cable car house on Gilbert Avenue at Sinton Avenue in Walnut Hills, looking northwest. This building was the main cable pulling house for the Mt. Adams & Eden Park Railway. It operated cable cars from 1885 to 1898. Also note the buried tracks in the foreground, pointing towards the building.


Old carbarn on Sycamore Street, at the end of Orchard Street in Over-the-Rhine, looking east. This building was used by the Cincinnati Inclined Plane Railway, who also operated the Mt. Auburn Incline.


Carbarn on Lowell Street in Newport, Kentucky, looking southwest. The new bridge for 11th/12th Streets over the Licking River is overhead. The now demolished Shortway Bridge is visible at the lower right.


CSR Winton Shops along Mitchell Avenue shortly before demolition in late November 1992.

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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Cincinnati
« Reply #31 on: July 02, 2012, 08:05:08 AM »


Silly me.  I passed this building and thought it looked pretty large for an old fire station.....
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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Cincinnati
« Reply #32 on: July 23, 2012, 07:46:11 PM »
Headed to Cincy in September for some baseball games. Looking forward to it, staying downtown and will send back my info. I have stayed in Columbus the last few years in June for the Golf Tournament, nice town, nice roads, nothing like I remember of midwest roads when the snow causes the joints to expand and contract so often the DOT puts down whatever it can to protect the joints. Great pictures, will report back what I find in the Cincy version of Avondale.

Pretty fantastic so far, I liked the drive from the Airport, past Covington, KY as you go down this steep hill, you see the queen city in all its glory, staying at the Radisson downtown, Abe Lincoln has a statue in Lytle Park, and headed to the Reds/Bucs in a few hours. The downtown fountain area is cool, Macy's had a great sale on shorts, as it appears to be getting cooler here, each pair was 15 bucks (DEAL!), so we are having fun, looking forward to the street party on the 3 blocks from the hotel to the stadium. Want to go to the Blue Wisp Jazz club later this week while here. Should be fun.  Anyone got any Cincy tips?
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