Cincinnati's 'Over-The-Rhine' Makes Most Endangered List

An intact 19th century neighborhood has been placed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's annual list of the nation's Top 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.

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May 11, 2006, 12:00 PM PDT

By David Gest


The area, which encompasses 1,200 structures, has been home to successive waves of immigrants. In the last quarter century, Over-the-Rhine has fallen on hard times; 500 of its buildings are abandoned and more of these are in danger of demolition.

"Over-the-Rhine is home to one of the country's largest collections of 19th century Italianate, Federalist, Greek Revival and Queen Anne-style buildings. Beginning in 1830, the area began filling with German immigrants.

Fifty years later, the 352-acre area became one of the most German neighborhoods in the nation. It was a thriving place, with packed churches, beer gardens and building and loan associations.

Now plywood covers many old relics. Many windows that aren't covered are shattered. For-sale signs dot the landscape along with litter and a people broken by drug and alcohol abuse who sit along small concrete stoops."

Thanks to CollegeTownLife.com

Thursday, May 11, 2006 in The Cincinnati Enquirer

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