Monthly Archives: February 2010

Monthly Archives: February 2010

Demolition Watch: Gambling away history

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Sherman Cahal in Midwest | Leave a comment

Gambling away history. Well, short of a pun, that is essentially what the Greenacres Foundation wants to do with the historic Gamble Estate in Westwood, a western neighborhood of Cincinnati. The historic mansion, constructed in the Queen Anne style in 1875 by James Norris Gamble, son of Proctor and Gamble Corporation’s co-founder, it resided as a country estate amongst other rambling lots and farms near Harrison Pike. James Gamble, an inventor and humanitarian, lived in the house for 57 years … →

Detroit plans on downsizing for the future

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Sherman Cahal in Midwest | Leave a comment

It’s a pretty sad situation when a city plans on downsizing to embody the future. But that is what Detroit Mayor Dave Bing plans on doing in the near future. Plagued with neighborhoods almost entirely vacant, thousands of vacant and abandoned properties, unmaintained infrastructure and services spread too thin for a city that was designed for over two million but only contains 900,000. As of 2009, there were 33,000 vacant houses in the city. The process began in April 2008, … →

Deep under Cincinnati’s streets

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Sherman Cahal in Midwest | Leave a comment

Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Sherman Cahal in Midwest | 6 Comments

The Cincinnati and Eastern Railway (C&E) was a railroad from Idlewild in Norwood, near Cincinnati, to Portsmouth, Ohio. At its western terminus, it connected with the Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern (CL&N) and the Pennsylvania Railroad Richmond Division (PRR), and to a Norfolk & Western line at its eastern terminus.