The Best Is Yet to Be

Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati, Ohio

That train keeps moving . . .

Black and white warbler at Tar Hollow State Forest, Ohio

The Cincinnati Old Main Library, aka “Old Main”, was once one of Cincinnati, Ohio’s most beautiful buildings. Now it’s a parking garage. The old library building, located in Downtown Cincinnati at 629 Vine St., a few blocks from the current Main Library, was demolished in 1955.

The Main Library occupied a prominent position in downtown Cincinnati since 1874. Above the entrance were busts of of William Shakespeare, John Milton and Benjamin Franklin. Inside – the interior designed by architect J.W. McLaughlin (November 1, 1834 – March 4, 1923) – Old Main featured cast-iron book alcoves and a towering atrium with a skylight ceiling. Of that dramatic atrium, Harpers Weekly said: “The first impression made upon the mind on entering this hall is the immense capacity for storing books in its five tiers of alcoves, and then the eye is attracted and gratified by its graceful and carefully studied architecture…” The building closed in 1955, when the “New Main Library” opened at 800 Vine Street, opened.

Via flashbak.com and Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County

Devil’s Bathtub at Old Man’s Cave - Hocking Hills, Ohio by photodawg2008

Devils Bathtub - Logan, OH [600x900] ✈

Brandywine Falls, Ohio

photo via allison

Huntington Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks System in Bay Village, Ohio.