Part of Belt's Neighborhood Guidebook Series, The Cincinnati
Neighborhood Guidebook is an in-depth look at the City of Seven Hills,
written by the people who live and work there every day.
Cincinnati, Ohio, is a complex mix of many different things: its present
and its past, its transitions and its legacies; what defines it and
distinguishes it; what makes people love it and what makes some
eventually leave it. This collection, written by both lifelong
Cincinnatians and recent transplants, offers a sampling of life there
today--the tensions, debates, the life-and-death battles, and, not least
of all, the joys that make this city so alive. It's a genuinely felt
collection that offers a unique perspective on an evolving and energized
city, a homegrown portrait showcasing the voices of people who know
something about the way life feels--and why it feels that way--in their
communities. It's about all the ways Cincinnati's differences are the
very things that make the city so alive.
Here, you'll find stories that look at:
How Mount Auburn changed in the aftermath of the police shooting of
Samuel DuBose
- The Catholic legacy in Mount Adams
- A busy intersection in gentrifying Over-the-Rhine
- The fading rural landscape of Camp Dennison
- How life by the Ohio River defines and shapes life in Ludlow
Edited by Nick Swartsell and with short essays by Gail Finke, Pauletta
Hansel, Dani McClain, Ronny Salerno, Katie Vogel, and many others, this
collection offers an intimate tour of the city's seven hills, its
fifty-two neighborhoods, and its countless stories. Natives of
Cincinnati will recognize both their streets and their histories, and
readers from outside the city will get an unfiltered look at the locale
known as "The Queen City."
