23 new CINCINNATI photos and videos posted!

[bandit957]

Roads Scholaring season begins in Ernest, and now I've got 23 photos and videos up from last week's Scholaroo near Cincinnati's Red Bank Road area!

Peep them now before it's too late...

http://www.angelfire.com/yt2/lastword/roadpics/cineast11.html

[jjakucyk]

Very nice.  The whole Red Bank/Old Red Bank/Wooster situation probably started in the early 1930s when they added another leg of railroad tracks along today's Red Bank Road.  I suspect they started rerouting Red Bank at that point to avoid excessive railroad crossings. 

http://homepage.mac.com/jjakucyk/Transit1/roads/large-46.html

The series of photos after that one show a few of the same things you saw, as well as areas inside that triangle of railroad tracks that aren't really bike accessible.  I also put together some photos of the whole Torrence Parkway/Road/Lane/Court situation as well.   

http://homepage.mac.com/jjakucyk/Transit1/roads/large-59.html

I believe those signs are bronze.  It does turn green, it just takes a lot longer than copper.  The city has restored some of them, like one in Ault Park, by stripping off the patina (probably with an acid wash of some sort) and then putting on a clear-coat to protect it.  They used a similar technique, including some flame treating to bring out the brown color, on the Tyler Davidson Fountain about 15 years ago.

We should go bike exploring sometime.  You rode right past my place just east of O'Bryonville.

[agentsteel53]

but I like the green patina!

[rawmustard]

but I like the green patina!

Yeah, anyone who ever watches Antiques Roadshow knows the value of an item significantly decreases if patina is removed.

[jjakucyk]

Perhaps, but patina is also a fancy term for rust, at least in the case of metals.  The restored signs are much more readable because of how they're cleaned and in some cases painted.  A sign isn't much good if you can't read it, after all. 

I also forgot to mention that the realigned Erie Avenue over the I&O Railway tracks and Red Bank Road were built between 1941 and 1943.  That precipitated the abandonment of the former Cincinnati, Milford & Blanchester interurban which had been taken over by the Cincinnati Street Railway from there along Murray Road and through Mariemont to Milford.  The embankments for the new bridges cut off the connection to the old Erie Avenue streetcar line and also required demolishing the carbarn.  They had planned to build new streetcar rails on the realigned Erie Avenue to maintain service to Madisonville, but wartime demand for steel compelled the city to convert Route 69 to trolleybuses instead.  However, the shortage of rubber became even more acute than the need for steel while it was being constructed, so the decision was reversed somewhat and a temporary single track was placed over top of the finished roadway to connect streetcars through to Madisonville.  The temporary rails were removed after the war was over and the line was finally converted to trolleybuses. 

[hbelkins]

Yeah, anyone who ever watches Antiques Roadshow knows the value of an item significantly decreases if patina is removed.

Personally, I was glad to see patina removed from University of Kentucky basketball, as I couldn't stand that prick! 

[Alps]

Tim, next time I'm in Cinci area we're going to Torrence and Red Bank. And other ru places. Can't wait.