This is an image from the Cincinnati Balluminaria 2008. It is a pretty cool event that is put on every November. I was glad to finally make it and I am looking forward to going back next year. You can see the water turned to ice. It was so cold!!!!! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving for all who celebrate it!

This is an image from the Cincinnati Balluminaria 2009. It is a pretty cool event that is put on every November. This was my second year for this event. Not a great sky but it was a beautiful night. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving week for all who celebrate it!

Cincinnati Zoo

Photo by: A. Shamandour

Location: Cincinnati, OH, USA

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Cincinnati was founded in 1788 when Mathias Denman, Colonel Robert Patterson and Israel Ludlow landed at the spot on the north bank of the Ohio River opposite the mouth of the Licking River. The original surveyor, John Filson, named it "Losantiville". In 1790, Arthur St. Clair, the governor of the Northwest Territory, changed the name of the settlement to "Cincinnati" in honor of the Society of the Cincinnati, of which he was a member.

Germans were among the first settlers. General David Ziegler succeeded General St. Clair in command at Fort Washington and became the mayor of Cincinnati in 1802. Cincinnati was incorporated as a city in 1819. The introduction of steam navigation on the Ohio River in 1811 and the completion of the Miami and Erie Canal helped the city grow to 115,000 residents by 1850.

Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal began on July 21, 1825, when it was called the Miami Canal, related to its origin at the Great Miami River. The canal became operational in 1827. In 1827, the canal connected Cincinnati to nearby Middletown; by 1840, it had reached Toledo. During this period of rapid expansion, residents of Cincinnati began referring to the city as the "Queen" city.

Cincinnati depended on trade with the slave states south of the Ohio River, at a time when growing numbers of African Americans were settling in the state. This led to tensions between anti-abolitionists and citizens in favor of lifting restrictions on blacks codified in the "Black Code" of 1804. There were riots in 1829, where many blacks lost their homes and property, further riots in 1836 in which an abolitionist press was twice destroyed, and more rioting in 1842.

Railroads were the first major form of commercial transportation to come to Cincinnati. In 1836, the Little Miami Railroad was chartered. Construction began soon after, to connect Cincinnati with the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad, and provide access to the ports of the Sandusky Bay on Lake Erie.

In 1859, Cincinnati laid out six streetcar lines, using horse-drawn cars, making it easier for people to get around the city. By 1872, Cincinnatians could travel on the streetcars within the city and transfer to rail cars for travel to the hill communities. The Cincinnati Inclined Plane Company began transporting people to the top of Mount Auburn that year.

Cincinnati, a major city of the Ohio Valley, is situated on the north bank of the Ohio River in Hamilton County, which is the extreme southwestern county of the state of Ohio. It is midway by river between the cities of Pittsburgh and Cairo. The city lies opposite the mouth of the Licking River, which fact was apparently the determinant as to its original location.

Cincinnati's core metro area spans parts of southern Ohio and northern Kentucky. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 79.54 square miles (206.01 km2), of which 77.94 square miles (201.86 km2) is land and 1.60 square miles (4.14 km2) is water. The city spreads over a number of hills, bluffs, and low ridges overlooking the Ohio River in the Bluegrass region of the country. Cincinnati is geographically located within the Midwest and is on the far northern periphery of the Upland South. Two-thirds of the American population live within a one-day drive of the city.

This topography is often used for physical activity. The Steps of Cincinnati provide pedestrians a mode to traverse the many hills in the city. In addition to practical use linking hillside neighborhoods, the 400 stairways provide visitors scenic views of the Cincinnati area.

Cincinnati Reds After Game Fireworks

Riverfront, Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, as seen from Kentucky

The Observatory, the nation's first, now joins 11 other structures in Cincinnati with this prestigious designation. These structures are recognized as being of significance not only to the city, but to the nation as a whole. The Cincinnati Observatory can proudly lay claim to being "the birthplace of American astronomy".

(May 17,1998)

I made a trip to Cincinnati Ohio to photograph the city at night. This is something I wanted to do for many years....More to come!

Go large, or stay at home

Another shot of part of the Cincinnati skyline.

Two frame panorama of the east side of Cincinnati, Ohio. July 15, 2010.

looking back at Cincinnati Ohio, from Covington Kentucky

Suspension Bridge

Cincinnati Ohio at Night

The Cincinnati skyline, taken from across the river in Covington, KY.

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Cincinnati Zoo

Emperor Tamarin Saguinus imperator

The emperor tamarin is a small, tree-dwelling monkey that lives in extended family groups. Weighing only a pound or so, the tamarin is lightweight enough to forage for fruit and insects on the outermost tips of tree branches.

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Fact FilePronunciation: TAM-uh-rin

Height: 9 to 10 in

Weight: 1 lb

Lifespan: 15 to 20 yrs in captivity

Habitat: Rainforest

Diet: Fruit, flowers, nectar, gum, and small animals

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Something cute for my last post of pictures tonight. Have a relaxing evening. Night everyone and thanks for stopping by to visit with me. Hugs!

My brother Mark was the Superintendent for Turner Construction who built the largest buidling in Cincinnati.. Simply Beautiful

8x10 Gum palladium print from in camera negative.

Deardorff 8x10 /HP5 /Bergger COT 320

Image captured from the west side of Covington, Kentucky. The view from one of a series of old hillside streets. Never walked in this area before...but what a view I discovered. Looking across the Ohio River....hidden.

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Cincinnati Zoo

•Grey’s Crowned Guenon

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I went to the zoo for a little while today and boy was it crowded. Guess people are taking an early holiday vacation. The weather was a bit cooler too so that had to help. I'm kind of tired out so hopefully I'll sleep like a baby tonight. Have a nice evening everyone!

Another shot of Cincinnati at night when some of us, Club Blatz members, decided to walk the town after our Photo show at Arnolds Bar.

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Cincinnati Zoo

Flamingo

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Have a nice Friday and weekend everyone! Hugs!

This is another view of Cincinnati's riverfront. I added a simple paper texture to it and put it on the hue setting to get this effect. I like the way it make the buildings pop. This was taken first thing in the morning.

Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and the 65th-largest city in the United States with a population

Cincinnati Magazine Ad

Mayor Mark Mallory

Carew Tower Lobby

Downtown Cincinnati, Ohio

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Cincinnati Zoo

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I'm so sorry that I'm not on Flickr much except to post pictures. Right now I'm so busy so I find that I have very little time to visit your wonderful photostreams. I keep hoping that I'll have more time but something always comes up. I really do hope that soon I'll have more time. In the meantime please except my deepest apology for being an absent friend. Hugs & love!

Yet another panorama of the Cincinnati skyline. This may be my favorite so far. The scene is made up of four shots, three exposures each. Best viewed with the original size. Cincinnati, Ohio 3-12-08

The Cincinnati skyline as seen from the Kentucky side of the Ohio River.

Cincinnati Skyline by John Hudson

I took a ride down to Cincinnati this weekend to drink. Yeah, a four and half hour trip to drink is a bit ridiculous, but I was able to spend the evening in Covington, Kentucky capturing the Cincinnati skyline so it was worth it.

Cincinnati, OH, from Mount Echo Park

This capture of Cincinnati was taken across the Ohio River in Covington, Ky

Cincinnati, Ohio featuring Paul Brown Stadium, home of the Cincinnati Bengals. This shot was taken before the Bengals played the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football. The home of the Cincinnati Reds, The Great American Ball Park, can just be seen to the far right of the shot under the bridge. 11-8-10.

This is a four shot pano, just a little wider shot than my previous photo in my stream.

Downtown Cincinnati. Shot taken from Newport riverside about 30min after sunset with graduated ND filter.

Canon EF28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

28mm cropped

13sec

f/14

ISO 200

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View On Black

Cincinnati skyline one morning when the whole city was lit. I like the reflections in Ohio River.

This beautiful Art Deco design of the interior of the Cincinnati Union terminal has such dynamic lines and shapes, that I had to photograph it. My architect roots drew me to the space and I had to photograph it. Thank God they did not tear it down this beautiful structure but put it to good use for all of the community.

Pictures taken from a kite above Cincinnati Ohio.

As Viewed from Covington KY

This is a view of the east side of Downtown Cincinnati taken from Newport Kentucky. Behind the Big Mac Bridge you can see one of Cincinnati's very cool and hip neighborhoods, Mount Adams.

View looking down five stories to the basement of the giant steam operated plant. It's now converted to electric pumps but kept the 105' steam engines in place to keep the floor from floating. The Greater Cincinnati Camera Club arranged two tours of this iconic plant.