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Cincinnati Parks and Parkways (Images of America)

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Over more than two centuries, Cincinnati evolved from a riverside settlement within the wilderness to an incredible center of business, commerce, and manufacturing. Boasting titles such as “Queen City of the West” and “Porkopolis” (for its many pork-packing plants), Cincinnati never suffered from a loss of self-esteem. Indeed, town earned its place within the honor roll of American cities as it spread outward from the Ohio River into the encompassing hills. Blessed with good transportation by river, canal, and railroad, Cincinnati grew swiftly, attracting great numbers of native-born Americans and foreign immigrants alike. Drawn by abundant jobs and economic opportunity, Cincinnati’s citizens lived in densely developed neighborhoods, walked crowded streets, and worked hard in mills and factories. Early within the city’s history, farseeing individuals saw the good thing about creating public parks where the population could enjoy a couple of hours of recreation among trees, green grass, and gorgeous vistas of the Ohio River Valley. Starting from modest beginnings, within the late 19th and early 20th centuries Cincinnati developed a system of more than 5,000 acres of parks and connecting parkways that will be the envy of cities time and again its size.

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