Exterior:
placed in service plaque:
Rookwood Tile in the Coffee Shop:
The natural history museum has a cave very similar to the cave that they had at their old location at Eden Park, but now they have real bats, and an ice cave. Their is a sandbox for little kids that has come in handy a few times in mid-winter.
But the building itself is also fun. There is the whispering drinking fountains and beautiful mosaics in the rotunda.
A spiral shell fossil, seen in the red marble of the walls:
We walked here from home. It is a 1.2 mile walk from Vine and Central Parkway to the Museum Center, which is a bit of a chore. I am finding that anything less than half a mile, we will do on any whim, because it is so easy. This will get us to most of downtown, though not to the riverfront. Longer than half a mile, and our chance of walking there drops precipitously. Walking alone at a fast pace, the time difference might be 15 minutes, but with kids and distractions, it can take up to an hour, which is a big dedication of time. I have tried the #1 bus, but it only runs once an hour, and it is hard to justify $8 to go 1.2 miles and back (two adults and two children, two ways). It is also no fun trying to get a stroller with a sleeping baby up the steps of the bus, only to be on the bus for a few minutes.
[Where: 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati,OH 45203]
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This IS an amazing building. When I was a kid, I thought that Superman, Wonder Woman and all the other Super friends lived here because it resembled the Hall of Justice. I loved the building so much, in highschool, I convinced our school to have our Jr/Sr prom in the rotunda.
It is a very cool building. One of my favorites in the whole world.
Namja;
I went to a dance there before the museums were in. It was held in the part where the Cincinnati History Museum is now, on the ramps. It was a lot of fun.
Union terminal is a treasure. And great pics too.
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