A Brief Stop in Cincinnati

 Last week, I had to go down to Toyota in Georgetown, Kentucky for a presentation on some quality issues.  It was a nice day as I was heading back, so I first stopped at the plane spotting park for the Cincinnati Airport.

The spotting park is in a pretty nice location.  It gives a pretty decent view of most of the runways (except for the one that is behind the buildings in this picture).  Sadly, I did not have my proper camera so all these pictures were taken with my cell phone but that proves the adage that the best camera is the one you have with you.  Unfortunately, I had to use the maximum zoom, so quite a bit of detail was lost.

This was a Kalitta Air 747 that was getting loaded for somewhere.

An American Airlines Airbus A320.  I'm not sure where this was coming in from because I can't really read the tail numbers but I do like the picture.

A 737 belonging to Amazon.  It was pretty cool to see some liveries that I don't normally see.

A hawk that was flying around near the park.

An United Airlines Embrear.

This Embrear belonged to American Airlines.

A Frontier Airlines plane coming in.  This had the Grizzly Bear on the tail.

This is an A330 that belongs to Amazon.

After the stop at the airport, I stopped at Devou Park.  I love the view of Cincinnati from here.  It was still a nice enough day.

I was able to catch a river barge as she sailed along the Ohio River.

Another view of the Cincinnati skyline.  Again, I wish I had my proper camera.

One more view of the river barge before moving on my way.

I apologize that I haven't done many updates to my blog lately.  It has been pretty cold lately and I haven't felt up to dealing with that.  I think it's supposed to start warming up again, so that will help.  

Passing Cincinnati

 As we were heading to Georgetown, we ended up passing Cincinnati.  Since I wasn't driving, I had to get a picture or two.

A shot of the Cincinnati skyline from I-75.  I will have to admit, it has a pretty cool skyline and if I remember correctly, it had the first skyscraper.

This bridge crosses the Ohio River.  I saw a barge but I couldn't get a picture soon enough.  I was amazed at how busy it was here though.  I kind of liked the way the girders appeared in the picture.

A View of the Cincinnati Skyline

After a stop at the airport, I had to make a stop at Devou Park in Covington to get some pictures of the Cincinnati skyline.

 I've stopped here before but I do like the view.  The park is at the top of a fairly high hill.

 I kind of wish I could have seen more of the river and I was tempted to head closer to the river but it was getting pretty late.

 Just a couple of different angles.

And one more shot before leaving.

Another Brief Stop by Cincinnati

So I decided to head down to Kentucky last weekend.  So that meant a stop in Cincinnati again.

 I was able to park close to the Bridge again this time.  This is the John A. Roebling Bridge.  Construction on it started in 1856 and was completed in 1867.  In many ways it was the prototype for the Brooklyn Bridge.  In 1975, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

 A statue of John A. Roebling.

 A beautiful view of the Cincinnati skyline.  I would like to stay overnight so that I can get a night shot of it.

 A better shot of the bridge.

 I found a nice little park near the bridge.  There were a couple of statues but this one was the most interesting to me.  It is a statue of Captain Mary Greene.  She ended up marrying a riverboat Captain and became one in her own right.  After his death in 1927, she ended up running his company of 27 riverboats.  She has many legendary exploits including navigating through a cyclone.  She died in 1949 on her boat, the Delta Queen.

 This was a shot that I tried to frame with the trees.

 The street coming out of the bridge was pretty nice with some nice houses.

 Another one of those houses.

 I didn't notice the sign on the pylon on the bridge.  It tells the captains the clearance between the water and the bottom of the bridge.

 A pulled out shot of that bridge.

 This is a statue of John James Audubon.  He was a naturalist and his most famous work is a guidebook to birds.  The Audubon books are some of the best nature guides out there.

 Another one of those houses.  Minus the fans, this is what I think of when I think of a proper southern house.

 Another view of the Cincinnati skyline.

 Moving a little further.

 I wanted to get a shot of the bridge itself but this entrance was closed.  So this was the best I could do.

 As I was about ready to get back into the car, I saw this tug and barge coming up the Ohio River. 

 The Sandy Drake is one of many towboats that ply the Ohio River.  I don't have many details on her except that she was involved in the rescue of the crew of towboat that capsized. 

 These boats will travel as far north as Pittsburgh and I presume as far south as New Orleans.  Boats on the Ohio River are limited by the locks that are necessary along the way.  They can still carry a ton of barges though.

 This particular towboat is only carrying one barge.

 And the barge continues up the river.

 After hanging out along the river, I was told about a park up on the hill.  I went up there next and it provided a pretty awesome view of the city.

 Another shot.

 This Cessna flew over as I was taking picture.

As I was about to leave, I saw this train crossing over the bridge.  More on it later.

Wandering to Cincinnati

I decided to head down to Cincinnati yesterday.  I wanted some pictures of a city and I was actually thinking of heading over to Chicago.  Then it dawned on me that I've never been to Cincinnati since starting this blog.   I've visited there before and remembered that there were some pretty nice buildings there.

 My first stop was at a little park across the Ohio River from Cincinnati.  It was in a town called Covington, Kentucky.  Covington was founded in 1815.  It actually gave a pretty nice view of Cincinnati.

 The Brent Spence Bridge is a double decker that is used by I-75 to cross over the Ohio River. Southbound Traffic is on the top side and Northbound Traffic is on the bottom.  That is the bridge in back.  The Bridge in front is a railroad bridge.

 Cincinatti was founded in 1788 when Mathias Denman, Colonel Robert Patterson and Israel Ludlow landed in the spot opposite of the Licking River across the Ohio River.  It is currently the 3rd Largest City in Ohio and 65th in the United States.  It currently has a population of almost 300,000 with another 1.7 Million in its Metropolitan area.  There are a number of corporate offices in the city.

 The John A. Roebling Bridge was finished lt in 1866 and at the time was the longest suspension bridge in the world.  Construction was started in 1856 when it was apparent that a bridge was needed between Kentucky and Ohio.  Construction was delayed by the start of the Civil War and continued in 1864.    It has a span of 1,057 feet and goes 100 feet over the river.  The bridge is named after its designer who would later go on to build the Brooklyn Bridge.

 You can see many design cues that would later be used for the Brooklyn Bridge

 A pair of Canada geese at the waterside.

 The building on the left is the Scripps Tower and was built in 1990.  It was the tallest building built in Cincinnati in the 1990's.  The building on the right is Great American Tower at the Queen City Square.  At 660 feet tall, it is the current tallest building in Cincinnati and third tallest in Ohio.

 Another view of the Roebling Bridge.

 A statue of Roebling himself, it appears he is overseeing construction of the Bridge.

 Another view of the Cincinnati skyline.

 Another view of the statue.

 With the amount of snow that has fallen in southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky, the Ohio River is a bit on the high side.

 I decided to briefly walk across the Bridge.

 Looking up at the tower.

 The building on the right is the PNC Tower.

 As I was taking a picture of this bridge, there was a train crossing.  There is a fairly large CSX yard just outside of Cincinnati, if I knew how to find a spot were I could look I would have gotten pictures of it.

 Another view of the skyline.

 The bridge viewed from another angle.

 A Robinson helicopter.

 Looking down the street near the park I stopped at.

 I don't remember what this church was called, but I liked the looks of it.

 Construction on the Mother of God Church began in 1870 and was completed in 1871.  It was built by German Catholics.

 Not sure who this guy was.

 Looking up at the spires.  The church is a Italian Renaissance Revival style.

 Or this guy.

 There was some pretty nice tilework in front of the church.

 And you can't have the Omega without the Alpha.

 I'm not sure what this building was called but I liked the murals.

Another view of the church.

 Looking down one of the streets in Covington.

 The PNC Tower was originally known as the Union Central Tower and Central Trust Bank Building.  It was built in 1913 and stands at 495 feet tall.  When it was completed, it was the fifth tallest building in the world and the tallest outside of New York City.

 The Great American Tower was completed in 2010.

 Looking down the Roebling Bridge.

 A partial view of the Cincinnati skyline.

 Another view of the skyline.

 Another angle of the Scripps Building and Great American Tower.

 Looking down one of the streets.

 A view of the Covington Skyline.

 Another street.

 I kind of like this angle.  It reminds me of a typical Midwestern City.

 I kind of liked the looks of this street.

 Some building reflections.

 I think this was the PNC Tower.

 Another reflection shot.

 I kind of like the look of this building.

 Looking up at the PNC Tower from another angle.

 Another cool looking street.

I kind of wish I could have spent more time in Cincinnati.  There is a lot of neat architecture to be had.