CINCINNATI OBSERVED: ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY (URBAN LIFE & URBAN LANDSCAPE)

Cincinnati Observed: Architecture and History features a series of walking tours that comprise a comprehensive guide to the citys architecture institutions and landscape. Here John Clubbe offers friendly insight into how the places and people that make up a city interact to form a vibrant urban environment. Beautifully situated on a series of large bends in the Ohio River Cincinnati boasts an impressive array of buildings neighborhoods parks and bridges. Beginning with Fountain Square and gradually moving away from downtown the tours focus on places on history and on cultural traditions–from the Art Museum to Riverfront Stadium from the Cincinnati Zoo to the Riverbend Pavilion from Skyline chili to the “gorilla” delicatessen. We learn about important landmarks but we also examine ordinary objects–lampposts cast-iron storefronts street signs–that constitute the texture of Cincinnatis streetscape. As we walk the citys neighborhoods–downtown Over-the-Rhine Mount Adams and many others–Clubbe offers witty commentary on how we can make sense of this diversity. Cincinnati Observed will be enjoyed by both actual and “armchair” walkers and by residents and tourists alike.