Items Found in Vacant Building

Inside every vacant building are hundreds of stories. This particular building was last occupied/owned 10 years ago by an old man and his brother. Neighbors told me that in the end the last brother was sleeping in his car, because there were too many rats in the building. After he died, no one entered the building for years. His niece, who never entered the building because of the stench, sold it a few months ago. The basement was filled a foot deep with raw sewage. And if you go back in the City Directories, you can see the names of people that lived here and sometimes what their profession was. Anyway, I like to post these things for the record. Sometimes years after I post a photo like those below, someone will google a name and find it and send me a message saying they always wanted to find a photo of such and such... So here is some detritus found this weekend:

5 gallon, glazed clay crock with label of G. Gennert found in crawlspace. The Gottlieb Gennert Co. was a camera and photography supplies manufacturer in operation from 1869-1921 in NY. City Directory at the library shows that 100 years ago a photographer had his shop at the building where this was found:

Found amongst the debris was this customized notepad from Greg Spring a man who demolished lots of buildings in OTR, 20 years ago.. Check out the logo of a Trackhoe chomping into a seemingly occupied house...

Futuristic model car, box misprinted

A beautiful woman, "Itche Hogue"? (written on back)

1986 "Rita and Baby"...

"with love, your sister"

fountain square with Carew Tower in backround (and whatever the building was at the SE corner of Vine and 5th in the 70s)

A teenager's journal entry from 1999

second journal entry

And lastly, found in the attic:

Todd Oneal is a good man. Maybe he should run again..

Million Dollar Bill

Found Item. One Million Dollar Bill. Handed to me by some anonymous stranger on Fountain Square. The message in small print is that money does not buy happiness, God does.

..son tried to spend it at several stores:

Paints - Ghost Sign

This building now houses Legal Aide offices. I wonder what hardware store was once here. Aufdemkampe?

[Where: 215-217 East Ninth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202]

Borg Christian

Obama Bucks

The kids loved finding this million dollar bill:
 

Roadside Haiku

I love these:
 

"BUILD PERSONAL WEALTH...In the Comfort of Your Home ... Read to Your Children.

A Very Large Cow

Whatever

What Does a Home Look Like

From the images embedded in our collective psych: Social Studies book from the 1960s

Smiley Cookies

Is the word inanity or insanity?
 

From Graeter's on Fountain Square

Cone Hole

Happy Independence Day.

Maybe some cornhole this holiday weekend?

Seen at the Ferguson Road Graeters.

Peace Nachos

Some Random cell-phone photos from the past week:

brick detail
 

Down and out in OTR:

playing with fire, at a party at the art gallery (Space Dock Gallery)[where: 18 E. Thirteenth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202] above the Tucker's on 13th Street:
 

Checkered Room at said art gallery:

The start of the 5K Flying Pig, last Saturday:
 

Peace Nacho car 

Opening Day Today

Bunting is all hung. Ready for a celebration:
 

Mt Echo Exploring

Still fascinated by East Price Hill. Last Sunday, daughter had a birthday party to attend there, so son and I explored Mt Echo Park.

The views from the overlooks are fantastic. I just had my cell phone camera, but we sat here a while watching the Southern Railway trains heading up into the hills of Kentucky while the tow boats re-arranged the barges.

We took a hike on one of the very under used trails and ended up off trail and finding cool stuff, like fossils, old bottles and identifying plants, etc...

Found this spooky vacant house in the woods with a view of the river:

[where: 2736 Montreal Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45204)

The undercanopy of most of the woods is choked with honeysuckle bushes. At the entry to the park, the undergrowth has been cleared, and they left some great swinging vines. This was a hit:

Strange vacant house across from the park entry:

[where: 360 Elberon Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45204]

Next stop: Embshoff Woods.

Servatti's Door

 

Silky Slim

I see this sign in a window on upper Race often. I have no idea what it is. I don't interpret, I just report:

Strange Car Seen Around Town

 

Amateur Boxing

I am pretty excited about the streetcar election results, but really don't have much to say about it. It has all been said ad nauseum. I was against the casino. But casinos are in most states now, and having them in an urban environment is better than having them out in a cornfield, I guess. I worry about raising a family a few blocks from a casino. I hope never to enter.

I want the first streetcar painted with Bengal Stripes.

BTW, has anyone here ever been to one of these ameteur boxing matches? I see these handbills every once in a while, and I'm curious:
 

I Need Change

 

Low Profile Gangster

 

Artist in the Roanoke

[where: 359 Ludlow Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45220]