Description
Part of Belts Neighborhood Guidebook Series, The Cincinnati Neighborhood Guidebook is an in-depth look at the City of Seven Hills, written by the people who live and work there every day.
Cincinnati, Ohio, is a complex mix of many different things: its present and its past, its transitions and its legacies; what defines it and distinguishes it; what makes people love it and what makes some eventually leave it. This collection, written by both lifelong Cincinnatians and recent transplants, offers a sampling of life there todaythe tensions, debates, the life-and-death battles, and, not least of all, the joys that make this city so alive. Its a genuinely felt collection that offers a unique perspective on an evolving and energized city, a homegrown portrait showcasing the voices of people who know something about the way life feelsand why it feels that wayin their communities. Its about all the ways Cincinnatis differences are the very things that make the city so alive.
Here, youll find stories that look at:
How Mount Auburn changed in the aftermath of the police shooting of Samuel DuBose
The Catholic legacy in Mount Adams
A busy intersection in gentrifying Over-the-Rhine
The fading rural landscape of Camp Dennison
How life by the Ohio River defines and shapes life in Ludlow
Edited by Nick Swartsell and with short essays by Gail Finke, Pauletta Hansel, Dani McClain, Ronny Salerno, Katie Vogel, and many others, this collection offers an intimate tour of the citys seven hills, its fifty-two neighborhoods, and its countless stories. Natives of Cincinnati will recognize both their streets and their histories, and readers from outside the city will get an unfiltered look at the locale known as The Queen City.
Author: Nick Swartsell
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Belt Publishing
Published: 12/06/2022
Series: Belt Neighborhood Guidebooks
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781953368447
Language: English
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