Cincinatti got bombed in the late 60s early 70s. Any city can come back from getting hit by an hbomb, but there is no surviving the n bomb.

Corrupt govt and corporations sold the nation out.

Well, as a native Detroiter I can definitely think of one compelling reason: racism

@@adriancarroll685 the car industry played a much bigger role

@@akjdhajkdjhaghjkadh9804 they've got to blame all their failures on whitey like the media and govt trained them to do.

Shhhhhhhhh.....we are supposed to say how backwoods and weird Ohio is so people stay away

It was the confusion of convenience being some sort of freedom, and that nothing, not even entire neighborhoods, churches, and grand palaces, should stand against it. So we demolished, so that we could conveniently commute. That, and the exponential rise in speculation on property, saw to a vast and still ongoing campaign of demolition and throw-away mentality.

Everyone who used to live in slums near cinci union station now has a house on a half acre lot in the suburbs with a good school system. So yeah some apartment buildings that no one wants to live in were torn down but everyone who lived there generally improved their amenities.

The corporate model requires perpetual "growth", hence planned obsolescenceahd disposable everything ushered in by the propagandists like Ed Bernays. Humans are gullible and the parasites that run the world prey on that weakness.

​@@mickeygraeme2201Whilst some of that is true and was the case in the UK. I am afraid the great civic buildings including librarys and Universities and commerce was largely replaced with ugly concrete and glass and only largely used 9-5, and this was definately not an improvement. Before you say high maintenance costs most of these building were very well constructed and even if there a slightly higher cost most prople would prefer the interior and exterior aesthetic to have survived.

Great post. People say the US has no history, bullocks. All these industrial age Victorian city centers span the Anglosphere. I visited Cincinnati last year and loved it as I know architecture. Incredible river towns and cities throughout the Midwest

And also railroad history, The B&O and New York Central went to union station and there was the Cincinnati lineup

Also, I would object to the claim that Cincinnati is boring. I’ve been in Cincinnati for almost a decade now, and it’s become my home. From places like Findlay Market to Hyde Park Square where you can see the history living in real time, there’s also a rich social climate in local breweries and a great pride in Cincinnati’s professional sports teams regardless of how good they are. I’d argue that as a midwestern metropolis, Cincinnati is one of the most interesting and fun midwest cities with endless activities and endless neighborhoods to see. Everyone who lives here identifies themself from what neighborhood inside of Cincinnati they’re from - whether that’s the West Side, Eastgate, Hyde Park, Oakley, etc. and it strikes up such amazing conversations between individuals. If only you spread your search up into Hyde Park and Oakley, you’d find that there are so many untouched historical buildings still standing - especially homes. Cincinnati has respected and loves its historical roots, but it has also failed in many aspects in gerrymandering and wiping out African American communities in order to building our modern day skyline. Wish there was a better analysis on this video as a whole.

thats the area of cincinatti im looking into :)

Problem is OTR is a diverse area.

We need a balanced view.

Are you Kidding? At least Detroit, Kansas city and STL are still recognizable, have their cores intact. Cincinnati is like a totally different city.

St Louis has very little left thanks to urban renewal, middle class flight, racial tensions, and a stagnant economy.

@@Rapture582 Riiight, the same Detroti and STL that have a declining population and severe amounts of abandoned homes. Unlike those places Cinncinati actually gained population in the past few years.

@@diodelvino3048 Detroit's core is still recognizable and revitalized. Current population gains has nothing to do with how much Cincinnati has lost. There's no way Cincinnati somehow has more "heritage" in tact proportionally than Detroit or STL.

@@Rapture582 Population gains has EVERYTHING to do with it. you just dont want to believe it since that doesnt match with your beliefs. Thats your own problem

It's baffling how people in the past looked at the historic city centers and said "Nah, let's bulldoze this." And then they flock to Europe on Vacation to enjoy all these historic towns.

​@@c0rnichon this architectural demoralization was/is by design & most of the people certainly didn't want it to go this way - but, of course, it's just the American Fantasy that ' most ' of the people will have their say & their way - in reality - a very small percentage are in charge

What effort to repair

It will improve but not until after 2100

This was all done by design. Kenyon Barr. It's heartbreaking what they did to my hometown.

the difference between the cities that were built before cars and after cars is incredible. once walkability was no longer important everything changed

You need to check out Charleston SC, Savannah GA, San Antonio TX, Key West FL, St. Augustine FL (oldest city in US), Sedona AZ, Pueblo/Taos NM and Santa Fe NM.

@ChatGPT1111 those examples all still kind of reflect my point as they're either old cities or smaller tourism/recreation focused towns. Sunbelt generally refers to more modern developments in sprawling, urban metros like Dallas, Atlanta, or Phoenix.

@@johnd.2114 if you're only interested in high population cities, the south did not have any back then. For example, the population of Phoenix in 1890 was 35,000. If the north had not destroyed the major cities of the south to where they had to start over, it might've been different, but in any event the north had a 100-200 year head start.

Hast du nichts besseres zu tun?

Don't listen to the rude guy Ruedi

@@ChatGPT1111 No problem, I could in reverse call HIM if HE has nothing better to do.

There are many German immigrants there and that's why they celebrate Oktoberfest.

@@ritchirodenbach8972 Schweinhund.

You have to be insane to like Oakland

@@taurusmt5 why do you say that?

@@TomisaLamidrugs, crime, etc

@@taurusmt5 sorry to break to you kid but that's like the entire United States. Actually the worst I ever saw for drugs where are the small towns in Texas and Missouri. It was actually not that bad and Oakland on top of that you have the great weather the great scenery all the cool stuff and all the cool people it really is an awesome place to live.

@@TomisaLami kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q6d2Ztphzsell5s.htmlsi=-PBgNG-WoaN1_znv Oakland has been having many problems for decades kid. The drug issues in rural US is way different than in the bay area

good work?

Why do you sound like a MAGA supporter

@@elliotwilliams7421 ?

As a young historic architecture enthusiast and a traditional human-oriented city fanatic I agree. The car-centric design will end with my generation.

@pjflynn220 this is nothing to do with human oriented cities, its a corporate dream that doesn't consider humans at all.

@@elliotwilliams7421 dumbass its not a corporate dream. its my dream. to have beautiful, architecturally relevant, and human oriented design (AKA traditional urban design that has been used for millennia). I am very left leaning on many issues, this is not a partisan issue. His comment was not politically oriented in one way or another you just seem to be delusional lol

Are you joking? Paris is dying just the same way that Cincinnati did.

@@starventure Huh? Paris has some issues but it is certainly not dying, it is a thriving city. History, culture, fine dining, lovely parks and rivers and it is a top international tourist destination, receiving millions more visitors than the highest ranked American entry. Not sure how that compares to the ugly, desolate wastelands American cities mostly are.

@@starventure You haven't understood what I said, it's the whole West that is losing its face, it goes well beyond Cincinnati or Paris

"wokeism" didn't cause this, and today conservatives are the ones who want to keep highways and suburbs.

What exactly does wokism have to do with this?

What do you mean by the detrimental effects of urban renewal? Our cities have seen detrimental effects of suburban sprawl, but urban renewal will be what saves them, as it already has saved them to a degree.

Plus Cbus didnt die like the other C's. Its great to see how much progress is being made in the city

One interesting thing about Cincy is that, because of the hilly topography, there are a lot of old walkable mini town centers in the other neighborhoods. This video focused on the urban core and the furthest-flung suburbs, but there’s a lot of preserved walkability in other parts of the city, fortunately.

You can see remnants of old Atlanta on broad street, parts of Forsyth, and Inman and Candler park.

Most Americans dont care about cities being sprawl and suburbs as long as it provides, and Atlanta has been providing. What it "once was" was a much higher crime rate anyways.

It's boring, but the economy is fairly well, and the population increases. Downside is that the living cost is so pretty high

HOTLANTA burned down a looong time ago ..

A corporate Stonehenge is fireproof ...

@FailsafeZero WENT TO 18TH & VINE July,86. Was a near ghetto. Just looked up the famous inters3ction from Maps : a miracle has happened : its clean & ...decent. Listen the song PINEY BROWN BLUES by BJT (=Big Joe Turner), so you ll reach its historicity in 30s jazz. Piney was a bartender legend in the joint where Basie, McShann, Bird and many others started. MARY LOU WILLIAMS, voc & p,

yeah, that’s the problem (smile)

Noooo really? It took me so long to find what I thought was a high quality image of the floor of the Cincinnati library. The relief I had in finding that photo, and all for nothing :/ My apologies!

@@alexanderrotmensz Yeah I live nearby and verified on the library website, but no worries! Its amazing that you found as many photos as you did.

It is not in the name of progress, it is deindustrialization and loss of significance

You can't fix a problem using the same logic that created it.

Boom exactly

Great ideas!

Yes, but it seemed like there was quite a bit of space given to those "back streets." They are not as narrow as Chicago's back alleys, for example.

That doesn't quite fit with the carefully constructed narrative, so it's not a surprise that it was overlooked.

@@richardcypherrahl Nah…Technical stuff is hard to understand

It's the small hats

Not really. Europe has cities which developed over 1000 years with several different architectural epochs.

All of the firebombings and destruction of US cities were domestic. Riots all theoughout the 69s that burned hundreds of blocks in cities all across the country, never to be rebuilt. “White flight” happened bc the cities were being literally torn down, looted, and destroyed

That what it means getting poorer, as a society - you cannot afford what you could before

And Western Civilization crumbles

I find cemeteries peaceful and beautiful. Whatever's after this, even if nothing, has got to be better than this manmade hellhole.

Well, that's because it's a lie.

There was certainly an American theme from city to city, although there were strong regional differences. It’s not as noticeable in the downtown but in the low rise neighborhood like north side, there is a more specific, local theme, and you see this in different cities across the country. Also, cities in California and Florida had a very different aesthetic. Most of these cities so far in this series are in the same general part of the US. Great question!

@@alexanderrotmensz Thank you very much.

@@alexanderrotmenszprops for knowing about northside. Cincy still has a lot of really cool spots, and thats definitely up there

Yes, and the "events" of 2020 finished the job.

Modernist ideology

@alexanderrotmensz fair enough. I have a theory of my own. Bear with me as it will initially sound fantastic. I think it has to do with leaded gasoline. I think planners knew well before the second World War that city smog had extremely negative effects on the population (there are very telling graphs that correlate leaded gasoline with crime in a way that's hard to simply explain away). I believe the solution they settled on was the open air spaces we refer to as the suburbs. All these highways through otherwise viable areas coupled with the deliberate creation of ghettos were designed to push the obstinate ethnic white city dweller to finally opt for the suburbs. I don't think it's an accident that cities were once again presented as viable after the problems caused by leaded gasoline abated in the early to mid 90s. Entire programs like Friends and Sex to the City beckoned the children of those who had left to the suburbs a generation or two earlier to return to the cities.