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1986: 2009: Close up of Ehrlich's shoes sign: [Where: 1600 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202] nec Liberty and Main I...

Local photographer Ron Rack has some amazing panoramic photos of downtown Cincinnati locations. You gotta look at them. I especially like...

Since Rohs has closed, this is the next closest hardware store at 925 Main. The people are helpful and they have more options on locks and k...

These kind of places are dissapearing down here:  

Court Street. Meat and cheese counters were common at corner stores. Bangs even did this not too long ago.

I was saddened to learn that Rohs Hardware store will close at the end of the year. I do not think this was inevitable, and however unlike...

Cincinnati Nomerati (a blog that will now be added to my link list) has a great post about Stehlin Meats. It is not downtown, but sometime...

Totally by accident last week, I happened upon this:   [where: 3114 Springdale Rd, Colerain Township, OH 45251] Last year, I had a few blog ...

Until last month, there was a Dollar store in this corner storefront. I saw guys working in there and asked them and they said it was going...

[where: 135 E. Court Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202]

photo of inside   Old-timey novelty scale. The kids loved this.   One penny for your weight:  

My wife went into Benet's today to pick up her prescription, an hour before they closed for the day, and the pharmacist told her they w...

This morning, firefighters are still working on Smitty's to make sure the fire is totally out. This was the kind of building that proba...

Still here in OTR, drying spent hops and selliing them as cattle feed:

...in Frankfort KY:  

This old little bar closed last year when someone bought the building and liquor license :   According to Time magazine, this bar was home t...

I notice that Skyline, Clifton was re-painted last week. The new paint job made some original decorative work more visible. The building had...

Just always noticed this little building in Walnut Hills:   [where: 1130 William Howard Taft Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45206]

1986: Today: Close up of Ehrlich's shoes sign: [Where: 1600 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202] nec Liberty and Main UPDATE I origina...

When I drove junky cars, I would find myself here often, getting a $5 plug or even a $15 used tire. Sometimes you just need a tire that wil...