Some of you may know how I feel about Cincinnati. Some of you may not. I could write a thesis on where my love for this city stems from. To keep it short, I really hated the suburbs while I was growing up. I begrudge people for wanting to live in the suburbs, it’s just not for me.
There’s also one more element to this obsession. There are people who work their whole lives to retire to Palm Beach. Well, I just want to live in a city, an urban, real city. In reality, I’d probably love any city, but I fell in love with Cincinnati when I was a teenager. And you know how hard it is to shake those high school crushes.
I haven’t traveled much, but I’ll stick up for Cincinnati until I die. People get pissed when I defend Cincinnati against New York, L.A., and Chicago, especially since I’ve never been there. What they don’t understand, is that I know those cities are great, I just think Cincinnati is great, too. It gets a bad rap.
Anyway, here’s a shot of my beloved city. I don’t live there yet, but I will soon.
Hmm that’s amazing but to be honest i have a hard time understanding it… wonder what others have to say..
I’d be really interested in what you don’t understand. I want this project to be consumable. I don’t want it to be some weird art school project. More feedback is welcome!
Nattering nabobs of negativisim. I’m a transplant from the Pittsburgh area. I like Pittsburgh. I like Cincinnati. Until true bicycle weather gets here, I grab lunch downtown and brisk-walk a route that takes in part of the Skywalk and I thoroughly enjoy it. I look forward to the sights and the people and the exercise each day. Remember the line from Joe Dirt? Joe keeps hearing, “I like to see homos naked.” However, the gentleman is garbling, “Home is where you make it.” Anyway, this is an angle of Cincinnati I haven’t seen yet. Notice the crane beside Cincinnati’s future tallest building?
I liked that this shot wasn’t from the usual angle. Our city looks great from Devou Park and Mt. Adams, but this was shot within a block of Washington Park. I think it’s a deeper side of town.