Why Over-the-Rhine Matters Part 1 PDF

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Presentation: Why OTR Matters

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To preserve, protect and celebrate Over-the-Rhine,the historic heart of Cincinnati, by encouragingcommunity growth, good government, planning andresponsible development.

Mission


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A former working-class German immigrant neighborhood

A mixed-use community A center geographical, topographical, economic, cultural

A poster child for urban blight, crime, and poverty

A densely knit streetscape

An unparalleled architectural collection

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Extremely high density

Rarely found outside NYC

Strong architectural cohesiveness

Largest collection of Italianate buildings

Individual iconic buildings

Fingerprints of iconic people

National and local historical significance

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What sets OTR apart?

A densely knit fabric of cohesivearchitecture reminiscent of

European cities


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One of the most unique, inspiring,and talked about neighborhoods

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In all of America, there is no more promising an urban area forrevitalization than your own Over-the-Rhine. When I look atthat remarkably untouched, expansive section of architecturallyuniform structures, unmarred by clashing modern structures, Isee in my mind the possibility for a revived district that literallycould rival similar prosperous and heavily visited areas

-Arthur Frommer,Founder of Frommers Travel Guides

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(Over-the-Rhine) is prettier and more valuable thananything in Charleston or Savannah, and I love themboth

Carl Westmoreland

Founder, Mt. Auburn Good Housing Foundation

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4Findlay Market:Ohios oldestfarmers market

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Memorial Hall:

Samuel Hannaford &Sons designed in 1908to honor Civil Warveterans. Contains a600 seat theater.

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School for Creative and Performing Arts: Cornerstone waslaid by President Taft. The school was built adjacent to the

site of Levi Coffins Underground Railroad stop

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Emery Theater: Designed to be one ofthe most acoustically perfect theaters inthe nation, it was home to the Symphony

for 17 years

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Music Hall: Americas oldest, large-scale music hall, andhome to one of Americas oldest symphonies and opera

companies. Site of presidential debates and numeroushistoric events.

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Washington Park: Cincinnatis oldest public park

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Cincinnati Art AcademyPendleton Arts Center

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Wielerts Caf, a restaurant/beer garden on Vine St. was ahub of social and political activity in Cincinnati

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Old St. Marys Cathedral Built in 1842, it is

Cincinnatis oldest church and still conducts Germanmass every week.

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St. Paulus Kirche (Old St. Pauls) isCincinnatis Third Oldest Church,constructed in 1850

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Phillippus Kirche:Constructed in 1891, it is most

famous for its hand to Godsteeple top and its pipe organdonated by the famedMoerlein brewing family.

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Nast Methodist Church, constructed in 1842/1880 to

house the first German Methodist congregation in theUnited States. The church was designed by Hannaford.

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4St. Pauls Cathedral:Romanesque structurewith cupola, originallydedicated in 1850

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St. Johns German Protestant Churchwas constructed in 1867, when itbecame the new home ofCincinnatis oldest Germancongregation, started in 1813.

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St. Francis Cathedral, built in

1859. Like many Europeancathedrals, St. Francis hasbodies of the faithful interredin its basement.

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The Baptisten Kirche (GermanBaptist Church) was constructedin 1866 and was the center of the

German-Baptist community in theWest until the WWI.

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We believe that OTR contains thenations largest collection of 19th

Century brewery building stock.

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