The second image above is the key to the names of the buildings seen in the first aerial photograph. This is rather awkward to use because it is in two parts but it was the only way I could present it. This was compiled in the 1970s. A more recent image in the 2nd view above is much more easier to use although many of the items mentioned are not buildings and some of the structures mentioned are not well known, it is still interesting. The next map is entirely different, it shows shopping, nightclubs and restaurants back in 1949. The last map (I promise) shows still more points of interest.
DIXIE TERMINAL
Arcade
The Dixie Terminal is located at the s. w. corner of 4th and Walnut. Constructed in 1921 it really consists of two structures. There is the 4 story south building which extends to 3rd Street for (at that time) the loading and unloading of passengers from streetcars from the northern Kentucky area (seen in the 6th card). Later on busses replaced the streetcar. The other structure was the 10 story north building which contain offices and shops plus the Cincinnati Stock Exchange. It is also notable for its 3 story Arcade. When it opened on October 21, 1921 it had more sq. footage than any other building in the city.
GROTON BUILDING GWYNNE BUILDING
7th and
Race
n. e. corner 6th and Main
P. & G. headquarters 1935-1956
INGALLS BUILDING
Not a postcard
"Pine Street"
"Ingals
Bldg."
Same card-different
traffic
Glitter "Ingolls" Color
Northeast corner 4th and Vine. Built in 1903 with 16 stories it was the worlds first reinforced concrete skyscraper. Skeptics predicted that the building would collapse of its own weight.
MERCHANTS BUILDING
n. w. corner 6th and College
OHIO MECHANICS INSTITUTE
Woodshop
National Army Training
The O. M. I. is the oldest technical school west of the Alleghenies. Beginning in 1828 it has been located in several sites. The first card shows Greenwood Hall at 6th & Vine where the O. M. I. was housed from 1848 until 1911 when it moved into the building in the other 6 cards on the n. e. corner of Walnut and Canal (now Central Parkway). Greenwood Hall is where a young Thomas Edison read at the school's Apprentice's Library while working in Cincinnati as a telegraph operator. In the last card I have no idea what kind of training the army was getting.
THE WESTERN & SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO.
The Dexter mansion
The beautiful engraving above is of the Dexter Mansion that was located on the northeast corner of 4th and Broadway. Built in 1856 by Edmund Dexter who had made his fortune as an importer of liquors. It was considered one of Cincinnati's finest residences. In 1910 the Western Southern Life Insurance Company took over the home for offices and in 1914 the company demolished it to make room for its new building seen in the cards below.
West side of Broadway between fourth and Fifth Sts.
TRACTION BUILDING
On the s. w.
corner of 5th and Walnut. The Building you
see behind it is the Mercantile Library Building.
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