The Cincinnati Preservation Society puts together "Architreks," which are exactly what they sound like. Some are guided walking tours through Cincinnati, but the one we took this afternoon was on a trolley. Here's what a trolley is:
The trolley is not optimal for this kind of tour because you can only see the buildings from about the knee down, but I tell you what-- when it's 30 degrees out, you get over that real quick-like.Dan, our tour guide, was fun and awesome, and I hope we run into him next year when we go on some of the walking tours. He says those are better, because you're able to spend more time looking at the details of the buildings.
We also ran into @nth_degree on our tour! Hello Evan and Sarah! All your shirt is belong to us, please!
Apologies, geek moment. Anywho, loved this tour and I will definitely be looking into other offerings by the Cincinnati Preservation Society. Has anyone done a walking tour? They do them in a bunch of different Cincinnati neighborhoods throughout the year.
Cincinnati Preservation Society: http://cincinnatipreservation.org/
Architreks information: http://cincinnati-walks.org/
A few more pictures, taken by Dan: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rrrrred/sets/72157622818066833/
9 comments:
Dan rocks! He's so committed to and knowledgeable about Cincinnati's historical heritage and architectural history. I'm glad the tour was fun!
Do you have contact info (or a last name) for him? I'd like to let him know we had a great time and learned a lot!
The tour was really neat, plus the free gingerbread men was a nice plus.
Side note: It is Sara (sans h). Apparently to people named Sara(h) this is a big deal. It is fought with the same fervor as the Goldstar -v- Skyline debate.
I understand, as I am an Erica with a c, not a k, never ever a k, and CERTAINLY not a ck. My apologies to Sara; I had to take a guess. :)
Dan's email: queencitysurvey at gmail dot com
Love Dan, except that he shut his blog down last month, the quitter!
I didn't know Evan was back in town, cool.
Love that shirt.
I wonder if Sara's ears were burning, we were talking about her Saturday night.
Wish I could have made the tour. I highly recommend the OTR tour. My tour guide "Jerome" was excellent. We covered so many areas and cool histories about OTR. This post has reminded me that I have a bunch of great photos that I have failed to put into a separate set from that tour. Like the alley with wooden pavers. And the public bath house in Pendleton. Here is a link to Jerome's OTR photos.
We'll definitely try to take more of the tours come spring, maybe when things warm up a smidge?
After all, our camera is thirsty.
Finally made it here! For whatever reason I couldn't view this post and my computer kept locking up. But thanks for all the nice words. I do encourage everyone to do an ARCHITREKS walking tour. You really get to experience the streetscape more by walking. And it will be warmer.
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