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I don't know much about the tunnels, but I'm sure others do. Check out other local parks, big and small, to find places you like [Winton Woods, Sharon Woods, Mt. Storm, Ault Park, etc).

Take The Cake [Cafe+Bakery] in Northside has a chalkboard menu, so every day the food is different, but awesome. (I'm biased towards this place. Others will say MELT, etc)

If you like music, be sure to keep track of all the local venues, big and small.

• 20th Century Theater, Madison Theater, etc
  
• Memorial Hall, Music Hall
  
• Northside Tavern, Mayday, MOTR, Drinkery, Neon's, Mockbee, (is BunkSpot still open?)
  
• US Bank Arena, Riverbend, Bogarts, etc
  
• Contemporary Art Center also has the occasional concert
  
  Arcade Legacy is popular amongst redditors, they moved to Cincinnati Mills Mall, haven't checked out the new location yet, but they have $10 all you can play, plus a large selection of music and games that are very reasonably priced.
  
  MPMF Indie Summer Series is going on now. Every Friday on Fountain Square there's live music, 3 bands each night, and sometimes they have really good tunes. My highlights from last year were Pomegranates and These United States.
  
  If you like stargazing, or just want to be able to see stars, I recommend Stone Lick State Park. It's about 50 minutes East of Cincy, and the park is a dark sky site, so there's not much light pollution and you can see the sky much better than you can in the burbs or the city. I've got a pair of these Celestron binoculars, you can see some incredible stuff on a clear night.
  
  That's all I've got off the top of my head. Cheers!
  
  
  *Edit: Final Friday's in OTR/Cincy, most of the galleries have stuff going on [wine & cheese], same thing with a lot of the bars. Second Saturday in Northside is the same deal. Going to gallery openings is fun because you can feel fancy, see some good art (sometimes), and drink free booze.

Oh, it was not a critique of your photos at all... They're great! I was just assuming you had a lot more that you didn't include in the posts. Since it was a blog (versus book or magazine), I was saying it would be cool to see more pics, even if they weren't the "perfect shot", if that makes sense.

I absolutely love photography of industrial decay. One of my prized possessions is a copy of "Ruins of Detroit", which sadly is out of print, but the publisher page has some good pics from it. Each one tells an entire story. (If you're not familiar, it's worth clicking through that second link.)

BUT... I would love to see the photographer's b-roll pics that didn't make the book! That's what I was trying to say about yours, albeit not so eloquently.

Again, thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed it and passed it on to some friends as well.

There's lots of Cincinnati in music, blues and bluegrass and rock. This was written by a local author, but you can hardly kick a can downtown/OTR/Clifton without some story of (especially) musical excellence in the city. Really. CCM, Music Hall, The May Festival, we do have some musical roots here.

As far as on TV, I think the best you get is WKRP In Cincinnati. I'd argue that that's all we need.

Also, wasn't Harlem Nights (the Eddie Murphy movie) also shot here? There was some random DeNiro film shot here, too, that was a period piece.

I did read some diary of a dentist on Vine (late 19th century) somewhere once that was very interesting & creepy, I'll ask a friend if he remembers it. Lots of flies in that one.

Nothing I can think of on film. When the Museum Center opens up again, they had a neat section devoted to Cincinnati history.

If you come up with something, please share.

I found I was able to walk, bike, or take lyft/bus most anywhere and ended up driving only once or twice a month. There's so many great places to find and explore just by moving a little slower. Enjoy living in the city.

Loved walking up and down the hills, there's hidden stairs everywhere. Walnut Hills, Prospect and Mt. Auburn, Mt. Adams, all have great places to check out. Loved walking across the bridges, so much beauty to see from above the river. Don't forget to walk around Covington and Newport too, they're right there and have super cool neighborhoods in their own right.

Like someone else said, there's events and parades all the time down there, so there's always something to do.

Edit: Check out this great book

1. Natural Capitalism - Creating the Next Industrial Revolution. Most businesses still operate according to a world view that hasn't changed since the start of the Industrial Revolution. Then, natural resources were abundant and labor was the limiting factor of production. But now, there's a surplus of people, while natural capital natural resources and the ecological systems that provide vital life-support services is scarce and relatively expensive. In this groundbreaking blueprint for a new economy, three leading business visionaries explain how the world is on the verge of a new industrial revolution.
   
   
2. The Information Diet. The modern human animal spends upwards of 11 hours out of every 24 in a state of constant consumption. Not eating, but gorging on information ceaselessly spewed from the screens and speakers we hold dear. We're all battling a storm of distractions, buffeted with notifications and tempted by tasty tidbits of information. And just as too much junk food can lead to obesity, too much junk information can lead to cluelessness.
   
   
3. Republic, Lost. With heartfelt urgency and a keen desire for righting wrongs, Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig takes a clear-eyed look at how fundamentally good people, with good intentions, have allowed our democracy to be co-opted by outside interests, and how this exploitation has become entrenched in the system. Rejecting simple labels and reductive logic - and instead using examples that resonate as powerfully on the Right as on the Left - Lessig seeks out the root causes of our situation. He plumbs the issues of campaign financing and corporate lobbying, revealing the human faces and follies that have allowed corruption to take such a foothold in our system.
   
   
4. Free: How Today's Smartest Businesses Profit by Giving Something for Nothing. A generational and global shift is at play—those below 30 won't pay for information, knowing it will be available somewhere for free, and in China, piracy accounts for about 95% of music consumption. Anderson provides a thorough overview of the history of pricing and commerce, the mental transaction costs that differentiate zero and any other price into two entirely different markets, the psychology of digital piracy and the open-source war between Microsoft and Linux. Although Chris Anderson puts forward an intriguing argument in this cheerful, optimistic book, many critics remained unconvinced.

>There is such an enormous economic impact to being an NFL city that goes way way beyond whether our team sucks or not.

True, but not in the way you intended.

More often than not, "stadiums and arenas rarely bring about the promised prosperity, and instead leave cities and states mired in debt that they can't pay back before the franchise comes calling for more" according to leading sports economics that study the impact of stadium construction. (Atlantic, 2012)

"NFL stadiums do not generate significant local economic growth, and the incremental tax revenue is not sufficient to cover any significant financial contribution by the city,” said Noll, a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He has written articles and books and given talks on the public financing of sports stadiums. (Stanford, 2015)


"Hidden costs may include city or county [...] issuance of tax-free bonds that divert investors’ money away from school, road, and mass-transit infrastructure (Hamilton County, Ohio, issued tax-free bonds to fund the stadium where the Cincinnati Bengals play, and has chronic deficits for school and infrastructure needs as a result)." (Atlantic, 2015)

"In a 2015 study, Ted Gayer and Alex Gold of the Brookings Institution concluded, “Despite the fact that new stadiums are thought to boost local economic growth and job creation, these benefits are often overstated. Academic studies typically find no discernible positive relationship between sports facility construction and economic development. Most evidence suggests sports subsidies cannot be justified on the grounds of local economic development, income growth, or job creation.” " (Atlantic, 2015)

See also:
-(Atlantic, 2018)

I'm not necessarily going to say this is like the best option or anything, but I have this one and it works pretty well. I do have a couple qualms with it, but overall I'm happy with it for the price.

I mostly bought it for use as a back up camera, but I almost never use it while backing up because during the day time you mostly see the reflection of the mirror rather than the screen. But at night the screen works beautifully.

I post this whenever I see people hiking in the area, but I just want to make sure everyone realizes the wealth of trails we have in the area.

I made this map of the trailheads for 60 hikes in the area.

These are the trails in the book 60 Hikes within 60 Miles of Cincinnati. I just finished all 60 last July, so if you have any questions on them, I'll be happy to answer!

Happy hiking!

Afterglow is great. The owner is usually the waxer, and she's really efficient and friendly. Your first time is gonna be the most painful, but it gets easier the more you go.

Also, this stuff is your best friend. It'll keep you from getting ingrown hairs.

I second an ice scraper (not the short stubby ones we use in the south), something like this, to clear the snow off of your hood, windshield, and roof https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HACYNY

I also have 3 pairs of gloves, thin cheap ones that allow you to use your cell phone while walking around. A medium thickness that allows for warmth and dexterity while driving, and finally a nice pair of thick gloves that'll let you stay warm while you shovel your car out of it's parking spot, or driveway (if that's applicable).

Folks also recommend keeping a couple of bottles of water, a sweatshirt, and a blanket in your car.

Other than that, make sure your wipers are good, and keep your windshield fluid reservoir full, to clean off the road salt

Haha, thanks! No gold needed. If you want to learn more about the subway, I highly recommend checking out Jake Mecklenborg's book: http://www.amazon.com/Cincinnatis-Incomplete-Subway-Complete-History/dp/1596298952

Jake's an awesome guy who I had the pleasure of seeing the subway with once and who taught me all I know about it.

My wife and I lived a few different places on the west coast while she did travel nursing for a year. I had my mom ship me packets of Cincinnati recipe chili seasoning and would make my own. It's a super easy recipe and it makes your whole place smell like Cincy style chili which is awesome.

6 Pack Cincinnati Chili Mix Packets https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000B6O4LO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_0vfCCbQ789WDT

Read this book. It's really fascinating, and sheds a lot of light on the situation.

The Charterites pushed out the Republican machine, who was behind building the subway, and when the Charterites (Murray Seasongood) got into power, they canceled the subway to embarrass the previous administration (the machine) by making them responsible for a boondoggle of epic proportions. (Very similar to what Cranley tried!)

If Cranley had succeeded in canceling the streetcar, realize that 80 years from now (if it were spoken about at all) the line would probably be "the city ran out of money building the streetcar".

Edit: It's also interesting to read about the formation of the Charter Party.

If you are looking for other genre books set in Cincinnati, these are a few I'm familiar with.

Have you read Mosaic 17K? It's a cyberpunk book based in Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati. Really captures the area IMO. Good stuff.

Also Queen City Jazz, which doesn't really fit comfortably in a genre. Not really my cup of tea, but might be worth the read. Very surreal. Has kind of a 1970s sci-fi vibe to it.

And the Kim Harrison Hollows novels, which are urban fantasy. IMO, she didn't capture the area at all well. It came across as super generic midwest large city. And she described the town I live in all wrong, not even a little bit right. Possibly the most well known series of books set in the area.

My friend (Cincy native) just wrote a book about it. It's really comprehensive. If you're into this sort of thing pick up a copy, he could use the support!

http://www.amazon.com/Cincinnatis-Incomplete-Subway-Complete-History/dp/1596298952

I actually like it better than the real thing. If for some reason you can’t find it in the store, it’s available on Amazon as well:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000B6O4LO/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_t1_wuxaBbB9D8B2J

You should read this book. It will make you a better driver, and make you more accepting to other drivers.

Those people zooming to the head of the line are actually doing it correctly, and (believe it or not) actually helping alleviate traffic.

https://www.amazon.com/Traffic-Drive-What-Says-About/dp/0307277194/ref=nodl_

There is a radio dramatization of the book out there... it was pretty good.

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743571282

A year ago I posted this thread mining ideas for strange, unknown, "secret" places in and around Cincinnati. Based on your responses (and suggestions from other family members and friends), my mother wrote this book (and my father did all the photography). She went and visited like 80-90 places and this is the result.

EDIT: I got a PM asking for the link to the book. Here it is on Amazon.

Looks like you can also buy it on Joseph Beth's website, and this one does NOT show any sort of shipping delay

Her website
The book's Facebook page

She has some events coming up so you can check those links.


Edit about Amazon
My mom's publisher on Amazon:

>This is Amazon being Amazon. We have no input as to what they show for availability on any of our book product pages. They always order a few copies to start and after a few weeks ramp up more reasonable quantities. The availability should change to "In stock" with a normal statement about delivery time, in a week or so.

Use these. Add whatever ground meat you want and tomato paste. It is my current favorite with ground turkey and you can simmer it down to be as thick as you would like.

Here's a good book about stair walks with a fair bit of history included:

https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Steps-Cincinnati-Mary-Dusablon/dp/082142081X/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

I've been reading "Lost Cincinnati" this week an absolutely loving it.


https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Cincinnati-Jeff-Suess/dp/1626195757


Jeff Suess is the historian/librarian at The Enquirer and has some great knowledge of the city, and access to tons of archival material. He has a few books but this is the first one I've gotten to read so far.

Amazon link for those who are interested.

Good, if somewhat outdated, summary of the Cincinnati bridge:

http://library.cincymuseum.org/journals/files/chsbull/v23/n4/chsbull-v23-n4-sus-211.pdf

Newer book on the topic by Don Tolzmann, dean of German-Americana:

https://www.amazon.com/Roebling-Suspension-Bridge-Historic-People/dp/1544004346/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1573006536

Buy these and make your own. Just add water and tomato paste for 6 cups of chili. It's just as good if not better

http://www.amazon.com/Pack-Cincinnati-Chili-Mix-Packets/dp/B000B6O4LO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333728664&sr=8-1

I picked up a book called 60 hikes within 60 miles of Cincinnati at REI, it has quite a few places I didn't know about.

https://www.amazon.com/Hikes-Within-Miles-Cincinnati-Including/dp/0897325109

Blue packet of seasoning you can find in the same area of Kroger that has gravy mixes and other pre-made seasonings
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000B6O4LO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_BkTRAb3QJCB7B

Read Jake’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Cincinnatis-Incomplete-Subway-Complete-History/dp/1596298952