Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Independence Day 2011 Knee deep on the Mill Creek


The Mill Creek is one of America's most polluted streams running through Cincinnati's industrial district from Northside to the West End. Efforts to clean it up are slow. My son Jasper and I were the only ones out there with the catfish and the blue herons.

Western Hills Viaduct

The Western Hills Viaduct was built in the early 1930's at the same time as the famous train station Union Terminal. Both are great examples of Art Deco.

The Mouth of the Mill Creek July 4th, 2011

There are nine bridges near the mouth. Off in the distance is the Kentucky shore across the Ohio River. I can't remember what I was doing every July 4th, but in 1976, the Bicentennial year, I was selling beer upstream at Riverfront Stadium home of the Big Red Machine. On the NBC news that evening they showed a shot of the crowd as part of what America was doing that day. That evening I worked at the Newport Yacht Club run by Dewey Peluso. A woman got in a fight and a Newport cop threw her over his shoulder and carried her out kicking and screaming.