Saturday Night Cincinnati: The Enclave of Norwood

The City of Norwood is one of the original neighborhoods of Cincinnati. The history of the city goes back to stagecoach roots, but primarily reflects its early 20th century industrial growth. The neighborhood is slightly less dense than its southern neighbors, Evanston and Walnut Hills, but still feels rather urban around its main corridor, Montgomery Road.

I didn't take any pictures further than Linden point, right there on the edge of the white, so it sorta works out.

The center of the city, the intersection of Montgomery Rd. and the Norwood Lateral, a 1950s style highway, still holds the bulk of Norwood's history. Inside the arrow were two large industries, one a washing machine factory (!) and the bottom right, (now a Kroger?) once home to the GM production factory which closed it's doors August 26th, 1988, also known as Black Wednesday.

The arrow points to perhaps the most intriguing building in Norwood, The Arnold Building, a classic triangular shaped building separating Montgomery Rd. and Carthage Ave.

The building was sadly demolished in 2006 to disconnect Carthage Ave. from Montgomery road and construct Brown Mackie college and new but half vacant shopping center.

Similar brickwork.

Brown Mackie parking lot. No more or less attractive than before.

Light, soft, empty.

How important was that Arnold building? They built a replica in the middle of a parking lot. The inside was empty except for a 3D model of the new development and an aerial photograph of the area prior to the demolition. But... doors were locked.