Cincinnati architecture lovers, this one’s for you.
Sydney Franklin here. It’s not every day a neighborhood tries to create a historic district. Why? It’s expensive to do right , takes months of cataloging buildings, and it requires round after round of approvals by the city.
The bigger the historic district, the more complicated the process.
In North Avondale, a neighborhood chockablock with architecture from the 1890s and early 20th century, residents want to zone the northeastern pocket as Cincinnati’s 28th historic district .
Their reason is both personal and political: They want to protect these precious properties from any future impacts of Connected Communities , the new zoning law that encourages multifamily development around neighborhood business districts and major transit lines.
Read here to learn more about North Avondale’s plan and see some of the stunning homes that line street after street.
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