365 Things to do in Cincinnati
365 days... 365 things to do... in Cincinnati
It’s Day 179 of “365 Things to do in Cincinnati” and today we are taking a tour of Cincinnati’s City Hall. Today we took a 365Cincinnati “field trip”. A bunch of us met at City Hall for a tour of the building. Tours of City Hall are free and are offered through City Hall (you [...]
It’s Day 175 of “365 Things to do in Cincinnati” and today we are featuring the oldest business in the city of Cincinnati – Bromwell’s. Bromwell’s holds the title of being the oldest business in Cincinnati. The business has been operating since it first opened its doors in 1819. Over the course of its lifetime, [...]
It’s Day 160 of “365 Things to do in Cincinnati” and today we are featuring the Mayerson Foundation Art Gallery. Take a great art collection and display it in the “penthouse” of the Scripps Building downtown and you’ll get an art gallery venue that’s hard to beat! The exhibit is located within the office space [...]
It’s Day 157 of “365 Things to do in Cincinnati” and today we are featuring the Ohio Bookstore, a very unique used bookstore and book binding center right downtown. The Ohio Book Store has been in business since 1940. It is a new and used book store with over 300,000 books and magazines in stock. [...]
It’s our Day 154 of “365 Things to do in Cincinnati” and today we are visiting a downtown icon, Dixie Terminal. Originally built as a transportation hub, Dixie Terminal opened in 1921. At the time it had more square footage than any other downtown building. It was originally built as a terminal for the streetcar [...]
Day 140 of “365 Things to do in Cincinnati” finds us at the Main Branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati. This time we are featuring the Children’s Library and the Teen Section of the main branch. The downtown library has an expansive area dedicated just to children and teens. They have it sectioned off [...]
It’s Day 134 of “365 Things to do in Cincinnati” and today we’re traveling downtown to visit the The Public Library of Cincinnati’s Genealogy Department. Located on the third floor, this department houses the oldest collection of its kind west of the Alleghenies. The Genealogy Department is huge, well staffed and full of resources. They [...]
It’s Day 126 of “365 Things to do in Cincinnati” and today we are featuring a place that I recently found – the Friends’ Shop. Located on the mezzanine level of the downtown library, this is no ordinary gift shop. And when have you ever seen a gift shop in a library? I must say [...]
It’s Day 93 of 365 Things to do in Cincinnati and today we headed downtown to Over the Rhine for the Second Sunday in OTR, where the streets are closed off and the fun begins! A fun and eclectic “festival” atmosphere abounds with lots of vendors selling their wares along the closed off streets on [...]
It’s Day 91 of 365 Things to do in Cincinnati and today we are visiting a new monument for our fine city – a piece of the Berlin Wall. This piece of Cold War history is a permanent display for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Our piece of the Berlin Wall is a new [...]
It’s Day 43 of “365 Things to do in Cincinnati” and today we are featuring our city’s most recognized symbol – Fountain Square and the many, many events that take place there. Over the years the city has really done a great job of welcoming people to Fountain Square. Tables abound at this central downtown [...]
Day 32 of “365 Things to do in Cincinnati” has us out walking on the Purple People Bridge. The Purple People Bridge not only provides us with a great foot path from Ohio to Kentucky, the views it provides of the Ohio River are outstanding. Built in 1872, the bridge was Cincinnati’s first railroad bridge [...]
