Monday, March 30, 2009
Portrait of a Dead Mall
The ominous hum of the Segway's electric motor filled my ear as a Cincinnati Mall security guard rode her mighty steed beside me, leading me towards the mall exit. I had been "asked to leave" and they were going to make damn sure I didn't provoke any more "security concerns" with my picture taking ever again. I had been caught read handed, dead in the act of taking photographs within the confines of this dying mall that felt more like the set of Dawn of the Dead than a shopping complex.
- "Cincinnati Mall" deserted on a Friday afternoon.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Take a Ride on the Anderson Ferry
By: Ronny Salerno
queencitydisco@gmail.com
There's a shortcut connecting the shores of Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati and it's the only one of it's kind in the area. That shortcut is the Anderson Ferry. Operating three boats, the crew of the Anderson Ferry shuttles passengers from Anderson Ferry Rd., six miles west of downtown Cincinnati, across the Ohio River to Constance, KY, just North of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) or vice-versa.
queencitydisco@gmail.com
There's a shortcut connecting the shores of Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati and it's the only one of it's kind in the area. That shortcut is the Anderson Ferry. Operating three boats, the crew of the Anderson Ferry shuttles passengers from Anderson Ferry Rd., six miles west of downtown Cincinnati, across the Ohio River to Constance, KY, just North of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) or vice-versa.
Monday, March 9, 2009
The Cincinnati Subway
By: Ronny Salerno
queencitydisco@gmail.com
It was a cold night in March, 2008. I had just finished up photographing an assignment story downtown when I met up with Zach. I was dressed in slacks, dress shoes and a nice button down shirt, hardly exploring clothing. I exchanged my dress shoes for muddy combat boots and my jacket for an old sweatshirt. We grabbed cameras and flashlights then headed out for a recon mission. We parked the car on Central Parkway, and walked over to the stone fence.
"That doesn't look too far down." I said.
"Yeah, we should be fine." replied Zach.
Over the fence and down we went, neither of us landing on our feet. Tours of the abandoned Cincinnati Subway were once put on by a now defunct website and tours by the historical society were few and far between, not to mention they didn't allow cameras and charged you an arm and a leg. By jumping down near the subway portals along I-75, we thought we may able to find a crack in the wall or an old, open vent that we could one day use to slip through and take our own subway tour. Our luck had run out. While the internet was rampant with photographs and stories of explorers before us, the subway was now sealed up tight with metal sheets and steel bars of a post-9/11 world, putting off the dreams of one day seeing the subway.
However, luck would change as I received an email from Zach, now working in New York, about tours of the subway being done by the Over-The-Rhine Foundation as part of the 2009 Bockfest. I immediately bought my tickets and nearly a year after our failed attempts and years of childhood curiosity...I was able to see the abandoned Cincinnati Subway on March 7th, 2009:
-Stairs connecting the Race St. station of the abandoned Cincinnati Subway to the surface.
queencitydisco@gmail.com
It was a cold night in March, 2008. I had just finished up photographing an assignment story downtown when I met up with Zach. I was dressed in slacks, dress shoes and a nice button down shirt, hardly exploring clothing. I exchanged my dress shoes for muddy combat boots and my jacket for an old sweatshirt. We grabbed cameras and flashlights then headed out for a recon mission. We parked the car on Central Parkway, and walked over to the stone fence.
"That doesn't look too far down." I said.
"Yeah, we should be fine." replied Zach.
Over the fence and down we went, neither of us landing on our feet. Tours of the abandoned Cincinnati Subway were once put on by a now defunct website and tours by the historical society were few and far between, not to mention they didn't allow cameras and charged you an arm and a leg. By jumping down near the subway portals along I-75, we thought we may able to find a crack in the wall or an old, open vent that we could one day use to slip through and take our own subway tour. Our luck had run out. While the internet was rampant with photographs and stories of explorers before us, the subway was now sealed up tight with metal sheets and steel bars of a post-9/11 world, putting off the dreams of one day seeing the subway.
However, luck would change as I received an email from Zach, now working in New York, about tours of the subway being done by the Over-The-Rhine Foundation as part of the 2009 Bockfest. I immediately bought my tickets and nearly a year after our failed attempts and years of childhood curiosity...I was able to see the abandoned Cincinnati Subway on March 7th, 2009:
Monday, March 2, 2009
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