The weather has been a bit wet lately so we decided on an urban walk through Northside for our weekly walk. Northside and one of the older neighborhoods in Cincinnati. Settlers first came in the last 1790's but real settlement began around 1820 when the Miami Erie Canal construction began. Because the workers were perhaps a bit rough around the edges, the area was referred to as Hell Town. Northside is an urban community that has been going through a rebirth. It has many eclectic restaurants, art galleries, taverns, and a fabulous collection of old architectural buildings.
We began our walk in front of St. Boniface Church on Chase and wound our way around to Hamilton Avenue where we ultimately came to the corner where Andrew Jergens (of Jergens Lotion fame) mansion once stood. Today it is a playground because as I understand, in the Jergens will he stated that if no in the family wanted to live in the house it should be torn down; they didn't and it was.
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