tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post9134191055966441091..comments2023-09-05T03:42:45.586-04:00Comments on Queen City Discovery: The Forgotten Rail Station at Torrence Rd.Ronny Salernohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420637930256541noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-13252409879412825602019-03-04T13:21:14.179-05:002019-03-04T13:21:14.179-05:00wow neat factwow neat factAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-56483306689667100292019-02-07T03:49:38.801-05:002019-02-07T03:49:38.801-05:00we used to play there when we was kids it was call... we used to play there when we was kids it was called The Headless Horseman's what we always called itAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13878946170306756609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-4827960421705783362019-02-07T03:47:47.444-05:002019-02-07T03:47:47.444-05:00 that hole got there because my buddy fell through... that hole got there because my buddy fell through itAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13878946170306756609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-54951249596336566522017-04-02T03:02:32.284-04:002017-04-02T03:02:32.284-04:00Nope it's a stone lined privy, not a brick. lo...Nope it's a stone lined privy, not a brick. lol<br />The dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11659633037691931605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-62922128551378865442017-04-02T03:00:07.827-04:002017-04-02T03:00:07.827-04:00I've been all throughout that area, regarding ...I've been all throughout that area, regarding the woods around the sculpture. Oh and that's not a man hole without its cover. That's a shit house without its house. The brick lined privy, aka the outhouse was used as early as the 1890s, up into the early 20s. I believe everything prior the 90s or TOC was stone lined. Wood lined privys, like wooden barrels were also used. <br />These privys are scattered throughout the wooded area in between Eastern Ave and Columbia Parkway. The majority of them closer to the city have been dug within the last two decades or so. They are packed full of hand blown bottles, lanterns, clay pipes, china, stoneware, pottery, etc etc.. People back then had to toss their trash somewhere and the shifter was usually the place. Then they filled their cisterns around the early 1900s up into the 30s. <br />But you can still find some untouched ones, just have to know where to look. But unfortunately some guys are to lazy to fill them back in, leaving a deep hole exposed, as seen in pic.The dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11659633037691931605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-36638942799430477532015-01-05T13:49:19.376-05:002015-01-05T13:49:19.376-05:00Excellent post. Anonymous, thanks for the info r...Excellent post. Anonymous, thanks for the info regarding Karl Bitters! I have been wondering for years!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-58682113314077139182012-04-29T10:20:36.532-04:002012-04-29T10:20:36.532-04:00Karl bitters was commissioned to do 10 terracotta ...Karl bitters was commissioned to do 10 terracotta sculptures depicting the 10 lgst cities the Pennsylvania RR served,to be placed @ the Pennsylvania RR Broad St.Station.<br />When it was destroyed by fire, they gave each sculpture to the applicable city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-53392264085613470002012-04-29T10:03:59.778-04:002012-04-29T10:03:59.778-04:00I wonder why this was not preserved. I think it sh...I wonder why this was not preserved. I think it should be @ Union Terminal!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-49937435354270851632011-11-12T09:21:49.347-05:002011-11-12T09:21:49.347-05:00Interested in where "Anonymous" came up ...Interested in where "Anonymous" came up with Karl Bitter was the artist on the sculptor piece. Karl Bitter did a piece for the Broad Street RR Station and the station did burn down in 1923... BUT, the piece he did was the "Spirit of Transportation" and the piece at the Torrance Station isn't it. That piece has Cincinnati on it and it would not have been used in Philadelphia.Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-90246555182565803922010-04-05T12:29:55.303-04:002010-04-05T12:29:55.303-04:00Gordon that would be great! Look forward to readin...Gordon that would be great! Look forward to reading it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-69992281019031664902010-03-21T21:42:49.700-04:002010-03-21T21:42:49.700-04:00Beth, I think eventually I need to do a post on th...Beth, I think eventually I need to do a post on this lines potential use for light rail.Ronny Salernohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420637930256541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-9787296821934032432010-03-20T07:51:04.876-04:002010-03-20T07:51:04.876-04:00Nice to read more added history from everyone. Wou...Nice to read more added history from everyone. Would be great to see the old remenats of this and other areas incorporated with new vitiaized use.How cool would it look if light rail station was mixed with this old one.Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-86751358889176395192010-01-21T16:52:19.765-05:002010-01-21T16:52:19.765-05:00my name is shyvonne bradford i lived on eastern av...my name is shyvonne bradford i lived on eastern ave for 21 years and know where this is as a child we played on the railroad tracks and used to call this location headless as the statue on the wall was missing its head lol!! later as teenagers we used to drink on this hill we'd drive our cars up there and hide from the cops untill they put the gaurd rail up there. further down the tracks are some other old stuctures that i found interesting when i was little and still don't know what they are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-39666390651926902132009-12-30T21:41:39.046-05:002009-12-30T21:41:39.046-05:00Watching this whole Issue 9 thing having been away...Watching this whole Issue 9 thing having been away from Cincy for 12 years now has been interesting. Having lived in a few cities that have recently built light rail and seen the growth around them, I cannot for the life of me understand the Coast view. I would have killed for a way to get to Downtown growing up in Mt. Washington. Good to see my hometown is finally getting its head out of its ass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-30904895685219867782009-12-01T11:27:28.910-05:002009-12-01T11:27:28.910-05:00Has anyone tried to get into that little hole miss...Has anyone tried to get into that little hole missing in the brick out front?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-88143869511371397582009-11-23T11:08:34.945-05:002009-11-23T11:08:34.945-05:00The CAVE men can't get over looking backwards ...The CAVE men can't get over looking backwards can they?5chw4r7zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00635910297238841220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-15436283558039289882009-11-20T03:45:02.625-05:002009-11-20T03:45:02.625-05:00Hey uh...COAST, Remember that Issue 9 thing you gu...Hey uh...COAST, Remember that Issue 9 thing you guys lied and lied and lied about? How'd that do? Oh yeah, it fucking bombed on election day.<br /><br />Go back to Anderson Township and be sore losers over there, cause here in Cincinnati, you got your ass kicked. See ya.Ronny Salernohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420637930256541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-66080183107757623622009-11-19T16:57:13.686-05:002009-11-19T16:57:13.686-05:00Get a life COAST. There was so much more developm...Get a life COAST. There was so much more development around this area when the station was operating than there is now. Of course there's no transit oriented development there now, because there hasn't been any transit for over half a century! <br /><br />A huge amount of the Eastern Avenue/Riverside Drive corridor has been demolished in the past 60+ years. The way it looks now is not the way it used to be. Never mind all the vacant lots on Riverside Drive itself, Columbia Avenue and the streets below it were also lined with houses before it was widened into a parkway in the late 1930s. <br /><br />The railroad station was mainly used by people in East Walnut Hills and nearby areas who were returning to Cincinnati from out of town and didn't want to trudge home from the station at Sawyer Point. This wasn't a commuter railroad suburb like Linwood farther east (which was also mutilated by the extension of Columbia Parkway into Fairfax in the early 1960s). <br /><br />Much of the development of the East End here (Fulton and Pendleton specifically) was brought on by proximity to the river, the presence of the riverboat manufacturing industry, and early horsecar and streetcar lines. The railroad station was probably a nice thing to have, but not that big a factor. The abandoning of the streetcar lines and the construction of highways like Columbia Parkway (not to mention periodic flooding issues) are why this area is so run down now. <br /><br />Learn a little something about Cincinnati history next time.Jeffrey Jakucykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04092631645389171565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-28632334373813759382009-11-19T16:45:46.788-05:002009-11-19T16:45:46.788-05:00I took a handful of similar photos of Torrence Roa...I took a handful of similar photos of Torrence Road down there, as well as farther up the hill to O'Bryonville. The first in the series of pictures is at http://homepage.mac.com/jjakucyk/Transit1/roads/large-59.html Very little of the original road remains, being abandoned completely to the south of Columbia Parkway, and mostly replaced by Torrence Parkway to the north. It's a neat bit of old road history.Jeffrey Jakucykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04092631645389171565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-44688994410725628772009-11-19T16:42:49.614-05:002009-11-19T16:42:49.614-05:00Where's all the "transit oriented develop...Where's all the "transit oriented development" that stations like this are supposed to bring with them?<br /><br />St Rose church had already been there for 40 years when this station was built. Surrounding buildings were there longer than that. Hyde Park was just beginning its conversion from farms to residential neighborhood, but that's miles away.<br /><br />All the "planners" tell us that this little pocket should have been a bustling center of real estate development, having its very own train station and all. And yet nothing much was ever built beyond what was already there.<br /><br />Another nail in the coffin of the TOD myth.COASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-79974438767280787532009-11-18T18:17:07.073-05:002009-11-18T18:17:07.073-05:00The sculpture panel is a terra cotta bas-relief cr...The sculpture panel is a terra cotta bas-relief created by Karl Bitter for the 1890 Broad Street Railroad Station in Philadelphia. When that station was destroyed by fire in the 1920's, the panel was removed and brought here for inclusion in the Torrence Station by the Pennsylvania Railroad, owners of the Broad Street Station and the railway that ran on the Oasis line. The panel depicts two early settlers to this region. The sculptor, Karl Bitter, was a prolific New York-based architectural sculptor whose major commissions include the Metropolitan Museum of art in NYc and Biltmore, the Vanderbilt mansion in Asheville, NC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-49014436138008380132009-11-18T10:09:28.382-05:002009-11-18T10:09:28.382-05:00The Oasis line (the one pictured) is still in acti...The Oasis line (the one pictured) is still in active operation, although it is for special events only (e.g. Circus train). There was once two mainlines and room for a siding, but as you noticed, only one track is active.John Bronsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708821210335051694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-5943148575200361042009-11-18T10:09:08.454-05:002009-11-18T10:09:08.454-05:00looks like a good place to hunt Lazarus Lizards.looks like a good place to hunt Lazarus Lizards.Quimbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414025266566849822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-76064953999972306162009-11-18T07:20:53.786-05:002009-11-18T07:20:53.786-05:00Very Cool! I love this blog!Very Cool! I love this blog!Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01287830474121804583noreply@blogger.com