US40 #24 CINCINNATI, OHIO (Birdseye Map, 1900, Henderson) |
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| Date: | 1900 |
| Author: | Henderson |
| Dwnld: | Full Size (12mb) |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
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This map is part of a series depicting the 40 largest cities in the United States (as ranked by CBSA). This series will run through the month of July.
In soothing slate blues this Henderson birdseye of Cincinnati, Ohio [gmap] is an interesting one.
The image features a rather daring sort of brinksmanship played with perspective -- giving the city an energized appearance in a swelled-to-bursting sort of way.
(Oh, and Cincinnati: I really like Brandon Phillips as a ballplayer and as a personality. Apologies for all the uptight St. Louis Cardinal fans who are oblivious to his charm or angry about his gamesmanship. You'll have to excuse us... their earnest, sanctimonious butt-hurtness comes from the fact that it's been a decade since we've had a ballplayer with actual charisma or personality.)
(You got a good team, you're a real great baseball town, and the rivalry is a fun one and makes a lot of sense in a way that Cards/Cubs really hasn't for the last 30 years: both river cities, similar size, both nominally "Northern" cities that are still very "Southern" in many respects. I say we run with it.)
(Before we start singing "Kumbiyah" and braiding each others' hair over here, come mid-September, all residents of all other contending NL Central cities are dead to me for a period of one month.)
For more map resources and imagery from this period in Cincinnati's history, check out the Ohio Historical Society's website.
Very cool map.
Love the sportsmanship :)
the59king – you don’t have to wait until us boomers die….things change…start a new rivalry and while you are at it, would be nice if you could watch what you write in these posts and at least pretend like you have a little class.
Apologies, ma’am; no slight intended.
I’ll start pretending I have class around the time that you stop pretending to be offended. What was said was innocuous as hell; we can dispense with the pearl-clutching.
Glad you liked the map,
-t59K
Great picture! This map shows the central Cincinnati Mill Creek that runs N/S and divides Cincinnati into West and East (Very different places!) I appreciate your astute observations about the likeliness of our towns; they have to be very similar
BP is bad! Watching Brandon Philips is like watching MJ, or Barry Sanders; he never fails to make an acrobatic play, then bounces right back up.
Alright, wow, that is the spirit of good sportsmanship! I gotta say, I like St. Louis. You are a tough playing baseball team who has whipped up on us for decades and who no-hit us in the playoffs~urgh~ouch~.
In the best spirit possible, the best thing I like about St. Louis is Scott Rolen. The man is a BAD Mofo! 100% on point!
We’ll find our footing and make a run for it. Hope all stays healthy. Peace.
In the best spirit possible, the best thing I like about Scott Rolen is that he hated Tony LaRussa. As far as I’m concerned they can both eat twelve dicks.
That said: Thanks for the kind words, and yeah… I say we make this the new “real rivalry”; not even because the Cubs suck, it’s not even about that… just because it don’t make no sense no more. I’m calling it: Once the Boomers die, We’re making a new rivalry.
Before we go any farther — and in anticipation of your boys dropping out of the race — I can muster similar arguments for Pittsburgh (Blue collar, river city, industrial) or Milwaukee (Second-class Beer Brewing) etc…
But to be clear: my strong preferences are for Cincinnati. I’m finding the best match there. The Cubs can join the AL Central or East for all I care.