When Provident Camera closed earlier this year, I didn’t really hear people mourn its loss. Maybe they accepted that stores like this no longer need to exist in neighborhoods like this. For us, though, the loss was significant, since now we have to go to Kenwood for our specialized light bulbs. In any case, here is the ghost signage Provident has left behind.
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Hot off the presses is our largest serigraph yet –20×28 inches, and three colors. The print shows the Ohio River, downtown, Over-the-Rhine, Mt. Auburn, Clifton, the University of Cincinnati, and parts of Queensgate, the West End, and Mt. Adams. You can recognize the major buildings and landmarks by their distinctive shapes. The coordinates in the lower left corner reference the heart of Fountain Square.
It’s supposed to get up to 74 degrees on this glorious mid-October day, and Macy’s already has its Christmas decorations out in full force. So, now the Christmas season lasts 1/4 of the year?
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Today the exhibition House of Cars: Innovation and the Parking Garage opens at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. It is the first-ever exhibit to focus on parking garages. Actually, what’s really momentous about it is that the above photo, taken by yours truly about a year and half ago, is part of the exhibit!
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Save the date! Our talented friend Cedric Michael Cox will be having an exhibit of new paintings entitled Soul within Structure at the Contemporary Arts Center, with an opening reception on Sat 24 Oct, 1-4pm. I had fun designing the poster promoting the exhibit and, this time, our intern helped with the printing.
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The Rybolt Heating Cooling building, a.k.a. Trimble’s Bail Bond, is at 813 Broadway St. in downtown Cincinnati. Which do I prefer, the “Ry” ligature of the Rybolt sign, or the “don’t tremble” slogan of the Trimble’s sign?
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Enjoy Your Weekend: this weekend, Cincinnati has art out the wazoo.
VisuaLingual for the Home: Queen City Survey makes our day! [See more of our work in situ here.]
About Cincinnati and How I Ended Up Here: The Walking Green shares her thoughts on the trajectory that’s led her from the suburbs of Chicago to Over-the-Rhine.
Metropole Should Stay: fighting words [and sound reasoning] from CityKin about a downtown Cincinnati SRO.
Re-Imagining Boston’s Stalled Projects: imaginative, inventive, and somewhat silly ideas for stalled construction sites in Boston.
What’s A ‘Spooey’? A Field Guide To Freeway Interchanges: Freeway Interchange Typology 101.
Detroit: The Death — and Possible Life — of a Great City: thoughts about regionalism and diversification in and around Detroit.
I woke up yesterday morning to discover that Over-the-Rhine was, in fact, the edge of the universe. My trusty friends, Carew Tower, the Kroger Building, et al., were nowhere to be found. Who imported all this fog from San Francisco?
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Enjoy Your Weekend: lots going on this weekend, including Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, but you already knew that, right?
Cincinnati Park[ing] Day 2009 Locations: check out all the shenanigans being organized by your neighbors today in parking spaces downtown and in Over-the-Rhine.
Raymond Thunder-Sky Legacy Mural: artist Cedric Michael Cox worked with Antonio Adams and a team of ArtWorks apprentices to create this mural on the side of the Visionaries & Voices building in Northside.
Overlooked Cincinnati: everyone, meet the latest member of the Cincinnati Minutia Militia [found via Stop Working, Start Living].
A Talking Head Dreams of a Perfect City: David Byrne [David Byrne!] discusses the elements needed for a livable city.
Winnipeg: Love and Hate: a bit like this blog, but with better photography.
Riihitie 20: The Aalto Family Home, Studio & Laboratory: wow!
I recently stumbled onto a Facebook group called You Know You’re from Cincinnati If…. I didn’t join [it wouldn't be right], but I’m copying the group’s fun quiz for all Cincinnati readers, both natives and transplants, along with my answers. I’ve answered the questions off the top of my head, so you can see what one person has learned in three years.
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