Walking the Steps of Cincinnati

by Dusablon, Mary Anna

• ISBN13: 9780821412275
• ISBN10: 0821412272
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr

Summary

During the nineteenth century, various basin and hillside neighborhoods in Cincinnati were linked by over thirty miles of steps -- along cliffs with extraordinary panoramic views and through ravines of stunning beauty.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi	(2)
Mayor Roxanne Qualls
Preface	xiii	(5)
Acknowledgments	xviii	(1)
Introduction	xix
The Legendary Staircases	4	(120)
Mount Adams
Walk No. 1. The Good Friday Pilgrimage. The Ancient Penitential Drama. Sawyer Point Steps, Celestial Street Steps, Saint Gregory Street Steps, Guido Street Steps, Pavilion Street Steps, Saint Paul Place Steps, and Oregon Street Steps	4	(5)
Walk No. 2. Garden of Eden. The Longworth Name. Eden Park Steps	9	(5)
Walk No. 3. Genius Loci. Atop the Mount Adams Incline. Art Museum Steps, Elsinore Place Steps, Carney Street Steps, Fort View Place Steps, and Playhouse in the Park Steps	14	(6)
Walk No. 4. Science Stroll. The Observatory. 6th Street Steps, Celestial Street Steps, 4th Street Steps, Monastery Street Steps, and Court Street Steps	20	(6)
Mount Auburn
Walk No. 5. Prospect Hill. Caroline Williams. Liberty Hill Steps, Hiram Street Steps, Young Street Steps, Ringgold Street Steps, Auburn Avenue Steps, Josephine Street Steps, Estelle Street Steps, Edinburgh Street Steps, and Broadway Steps	26	(6)
Walk No. 6. The Main Street Steps. The Mount Auburn Incline. Pendleton Street Steps, Spring Street Steps, Broadway Steps, Mansfield Street Steps, Main Street Steps, Gage Street Steps, Vine Street Steps, Ohio Avenue Steps, Rice Street Steps, Frintz Street Steps, Sharp Alley Steps, and Lang Street Steps	32	(6)
Price's Hills
Walk No. 7. Mount Hope. From Horsecar to Hilltop House. Wilder Avenue Steps, Warsaw Avenue Steps, Peerless Avenue Steps, Denver Avenue Steps, Maryland Avenue Steps, Olden View Park Steps, Mount Hope Avenue Steps, and Ansonia Avenue Steps	38	(6)
Walk No. 8. Mount Echo. The Men Who Built the Steps. Pica Street Steps, Murdock Avenue Steps, and Mount Echo Park Steps	44	(5)
Walk No. 9. Mount Harrison. The Tale of Two Mansions. Fairbanks Avenue Steps, Woodlawn Avenue Steps, Del Monte Place Steps, Kingston Place Steps, Wing Street Steps, Wessels Avenue Steps, Carson Avenue Steps, La Clede Avenue Steps, and Van Vey Street Steps	49	(7)
Fairmount
Walk No. 10. Shooter's Hill. Annie Oakley. Fairmount Avenue Steps, Saint Clair Heights Park Steps, Adler Street Steps, Engel Place Steps, Rankin Street Steps, and Moellering Avenue Steps	56	(5)
Walk No. 11. Crossing the Viaducts. The Legends of Bald Knob Mountain. Western Hills Viaduct Steps, Dempsey Street Steps, Beekman Street Steps, Linden Street Steps, Merrel Avenue Steps, Seegar Avenue Steps, Geiger Street Steps, and Casper Street Steps	61	(5)
Over-the-Rhine
Walk No. 12. Findlay Market to Bellevue Hill. The Bellevue Incline. Ohio Avenue Steps, Bellevue Park Steps, Vine Street Steps, and Rice Street Steps	66	(6)
Clifton Heights
Walk No. 13. Fairview Hill. The Fairview Incline. Fairview Park Steps, Warner Street Steps, Kress Avenue Steps, Freeman Avenue Steps, Baymiller Street Steps, and City View Place Steps	72	(4)
Walk No. 14. Brighton Hill. Straight Street and Ravine Street. Kottman Avenue Steps, Addison Street Steps, Straight Street Steps, Wagner Street Steps, Clemmer Avenue Steps, and Rush Street Steps	76	(4)
The Walnut Hills
Walk No. 15. Celebrity Tour. The Boundary Line. Park Avenue Steps, University of Cincinnati Steps, Wilkinson Avenue Steps, Florence Avenue-Kenton Street Bridge Steps, Eden Park Steps, Martin Luther King Steps, McMillan Street Steps, and Earnshaw Avenue Steps	80	(7)
Walk No. 16. The O'Bryonville Social Circles. Saint Rose Church and the Pendleton Depot. Cleinview Avenue Steps, Collins Avenue Steps, Elmhurst Avenue Steps, Annwood Park Steps, Torrence Lane Steps, and Torrence Court Steps	87	(7)
Mount Lookout
Walk No. 17. Mount Lookout Square. The Delta Avenue Connections. Lookout Lane Steps, Griest Avenue Steps, Inglenook Place Steps, and Fawn Alley Steps	94	(3)
Walk No. 18. Around Ault Park. Dance Steps. Ault Park Steps, Parkline Avenue Steps, Pinehurst Avenue Steps, and Avery Lane Steps	97	(4)
Walk No. 19. Grandin Road. The Ill-Fated Viaduct. Grandin Road Steps, Ellison Avenue Steps, Herlin Lane Steps, and Beverly Hill Drive Steps	101	(5)
Elberon Heights
Walk No. 20. Overlook Avenue. Prosperity Place. Ashbrook Drive Steps, Prosperity Place Steps, Belvoir Lane Steps, and Covedale Avenue Steps	106	(6)
Mount Tusculum
Walk No. 21. Columbia-Tusculum. The Friendliest Hill. Delta Avenue Steps, McDowell Street Steps, Strafer Street Steps, Woodbridge Place Steps, Alms Park Steps, and Donham Avenue Steps	112	(6)
The Western Terraces
Walk No. 22. Riverside. The Anderson Ferry. Bowditch Street Steps, McGinnis Avenue Steps, Clyde Street Steps, Baurichter Street Steps, Wisconsin Avenue Steps, and Henrietta Avenue Steps	118	(6)
Thirteen Memorable Stepways	124	(29)
Walk No. 23. Avondale. Rose Hill Lane Steps and Xavier University Steps	124	(2)
Walk No. 24. Old Clifton. Burnet Woods Steps, Lakewood Avenue Steps, Irma Avenue Steps, Bishop Street Steps, and Glenmary Avenue Steps	126	(2)
Walk No. 25. Linwood. Beechmont Viaduct Steps, Ascension Walk, Linwood School Steps, and Hutton Avenue Steps	128	(2)
Walk No. 26. Chris O'Malley's Ridge Walk. Elsinore Avenue Steps, Liberty Hill Steps, Hiram Avenue Steps, Young Street Steps, Main Street Steps, Jackson Hill Park Steps, Gage Street Steps, Vine Street Steps, Ohio Avenue Steps, City View Place Steps Baymiller Street Steps, and Fairview Park Steps	130	(2)
Walk No. 27. Old Milford. Mill Street Steps, Garfield Street Steps, Elm Street Steps, and Locust Street Steps	132	(2)
Walk No. 28. Norwood. Beech Street Steps, Water Works Park Steps, Ash Street Steps, and Quatman Avenue Steps	134	(2)
Walk No. 29. Oakley. Oakley Park Steps, Kilbourne Avenue Steps, Celeron Avenue Steps, Gilmore Avenue Steps, Oakpark Place Steps	136	(2)
Walk No. 30. Crossing the Ohio River Bridges. Roebling Suspension Bridge Steps, Serpentine Wall Steps, Central Bridge Steps, and General James Taylor Park Steps	138	(3)
Walk No. 31. Pennsylvania Railroad. Lancaster Alley Underpass and Steps, Merivale Street Steps, Vance Street Steps, Stowe Place Steps, Lewis Street Steps, Lumber Street Steps, Torrence Lane Steps, Drake Alley Steps, Foster Street Steps, Saint Andrews Street Steps, Wenner Street Underpass and Steps, Holmes Street Steps, and Aspasia Street Steps	141	(2)
Walk No. 32. Sayler Park. Ivanhoe Avenue Steps, Twain Avenue Steps, Monitor Avenue Steps, Thelma Avenue Steps, Elco Avenue Steps, Laura Lane Steps, Gracely Drive Steps, Catalpa Avenue Steps, and Topinabee Drive Steps	143	(2)
Walk No. 33. Downtown Skywalk	145	(3)
Walk No. 34. University of Cincinnati	148	(3)
Walk No. 35. Westwood. Belden Circle Steps, Pickbury Drive Steps, Dartmouth Drive Steps, and Western Hills Shopping Center Steps	151	(2)
Bibliography	153	(6)
Index	159