“Lord, on this day of thanksgiving, we thank you for our loved ones, family and friends. We also thank you, oh Lord, that Chris has almost run out of photos from his trip back in August.”

Heading down the hill from Clifton, passing through some other neighborhoods, I reached what I call “upper” Vine Street (I’ve looked at “lower” Vine Street before) which sweeps down a ravine and is lined with some interesting buildings.

Many are duplexes and are in excellent condition.

There are also some very nice single family houses.

Note the small windows incorporated into the cornice; many of these houses have shallow shed or gable roofs, allowing for an attic story; you can just see that to the left below.

I’m curious if the house below is actually wood frame or brick covered with siding!

Then it gets a little sketchy as the grade flattens out.

I guess there were some houses here at some point.

At this point I got lost in the Over the Rhine neighborhood, which butts up against the hills and has some steep streets beforehand.

Formerly the Philippus United Church of Christ (and probably originally Evangelical Lutheran), this is now the City Church OTR.

This wild intersection is McMicken and Vine, below.

At this point, below, I have no real idea where I was.

Geolocating of business names seems to indicate that I moved over to Race Street, which is to the west of Vine Street.

It never ceases to amaze me how rapidly this neighborhood has changed.

But it is a lesson in that a rising tide does not lift all boats. Every time I visit, I always see people stumbling around in a drugged out stupor. Clearly the revitalization has not reached everyone.

I really enjoyed Findlay Market. There are definitely some froo-froo vendors, but it just seems in general healthier and more diverse in offerings than other historic markets I’ve visited around the United States.