Walking Cincinnati. Danny Korman

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href="#ulink_91962e4e-ade1-5388-b934-487049e657c6">images Art Academy of Cincinnati. On the right is images Know Theatre of Cincinnati. Formed in 1997, this theater group started in the basement of Gabriel’s Corner Church on Sycamore Street. Both the Art Academy and Know Theatre have played pivotal roles in stabilizing and energizing this section of Over-the-Rhine.

      Walk one block east to Walnut Street and turn right. Opposite are two popular local bars (Halfcut at 1126 Walnut St. and Below Zero Lounge at 1120 Walnut St.) and Gomez (107 E. 12th St.), a walk-up burrito-and-taco window. The first building on the right is Germania Building (1151–1199 Walnut St.), one of Over-the-Rhine’s architectural treasures from 1877. Johann Bast designed this delightful stone Italian Renaissance facade. Its second-floor nave holds the statue of Germania, symbolizing the German spirit.

      Proceed south down Walnut Street and notice the Crazy Cat, Crazy Quilt (1107 Walnut St.) mural on the back of the American Building (30 E. Central Pkwy.), one of the city’s first Art Deco office buildings from 1927, later converted into condos. The colorfully depicted mural honors the accomplished life and career of Cincinnati Master artist Edie Harper, who later met fellow artist Charley Harper. He remained her partner in life and love until his death in 2007. Turn left at Central Parkway and cross Walnut Street to get an expansive view of Emery Center Apartments. Formerly the Ohio Mechanics Institute Building, Emery is another pivotal building in Over-the-Rhine’s rebirth. Built in 1909 in Tudor Revival style, it contains 59 converted apartments upstairs, Coffee Emporium at ground level, and one of the city’s abandoned gems: Emery Theater. An acoustically exceptional concert hall, it was built specifically for the symphony and was the first theater in the United States to have no obstructed seats.

      Turn right on 13th Street and walk east to Main Street, one of the finest and most intact late 19th-century streetscapes in the city. Many cite Main Street as their favorite street in the neighborhood for its independent and artistic spirit. Cross Main Street, turn right before popping into a shop or two, and then go left on 12th Street. Much of Over-the-Rhine’s early revitalization efforts in the 1980s started here. At the end of this block on the left is the former Queen City Diner (1203 Sycamore St.). Built in 1955 and brought here in 1984 from Massillon, Ohio, it contrasts with its 19th-century neighbors and dazzles the eye compared to the vast parking lots across the street. Turn left on Sycamore Street past Olde Sycamore Square across the street. The five narrow Italianate buildings were beautifully restored in the mid-1980s, a decade before changes started on Main Street and two decades before Vine Street. Cross 13th Street. On the right is the massive Renaissance Revival structure built in 1910, the former Woodward High School and SCPA, recently converted into 142 apartments known as Alumni Lofts.

      To return to the start of this walk, head west along 14th Street from Main Street to Race Street and turn right, returning to Findlay Market.

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