Cincinnati Then and Now®

by Jeff Suess

Using archive photos from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, matched with the same viewpoint today, Cincinnati Then and Now traces the city's rich history. Beginning at Fountain Square, the heart of the city, the book rolls out to the riverfront, then back downtown and outwards, eventually to the locations outside of the city center. Essential Cincinnati highlights Roebling Suspension Bridge, Fountain Square, Union Terminal, Music Hall, and Carew Tower, Mount Adams Incline, the canal, and Old Main Library. The book shows many stark changes; historic ballpark Crosley Field is long gone, while Over-the-Rhine is a neighborhood that was pretty tough and dirty and has been upscaled to a trendy neighborhood, particularly Vine Street. For Star Wars action figure aficionados there is no greater place of interest than the former Kenner Toys factory in the Kroger Building. Sites Albee Theater, Shubert Theater, Arnolds Bar, City Hall, Post Office, Nasty Corner, Taft Museum, Enquirer Building, Sixth Street Market, Union Terminal, Lincoln Park, Rookwood Pottery, Eden Park Reservoir, Gwynne Building, Contemporary Arts Center, Baldwin Piano Company, Convention Center and the Plum Street Temple.

Genres: Nonfiction

144 pages, Hardcover

Published May 1, 2018

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book on a display shelf at the library. I really enjoyed seeing then and now pictures of iconic buildings and landmarks in the city, including a building I worked in 20ish years ago that evidently hasn’t changed much in the last 100 years or so except for the types of cars driving in front of it.

It really made me think about the passage of time as I envisioned past generations walking the same streets and paths I have.

[Ron Turner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very nicely done. I like how on one side you see an old picture then on the next you see what it's like now.