Colerain Avenue 1970

[Cincy Rider]

I'm enjoying this thread as it brings back a few memories. My grandparents built a house on Brehm Road (Dunlap? Bevis?) in the late 1950's... and then they practically raised me...We'd be driving down Colerain avenue (this was the late 70's) and they'd show me where it used to be all farmland I remember going to Gold Circle and Children's Palace, lol.

I can't remember the details but something like livestock were herded from the surrounding farms down Colerain Ave down to Camp Washington to be slaughtered.

[northwoodsman]

i remember gold circle the mall forgot the name i loved going into the arcade.. the farmers fields behind me left a long time ago i think late 80's the other one where biglots fazios sat.. teen age punks caught it on fire turned it into fazios

[goyguy]

Originally Posted by sandasene

For those who are interested in Colerain Towship history, this is a good book. All pictures. Being a life long resident, it was a nice look back.

Amazon.com: Colerain Township (Images of America) (9780738584331): Frank Scholle, Don Linz: Books

The blurb says the first (White) settler in what later became Colerain Township was...John Dunlap! My new trivia factoid for today.

[Cincy Rider]

Originally Posted by northwoodsman

i remember gold circle the mall forgot the name i loved going into the arcade.. the farmers fields behind me left a long time ago i think late 80's the other one where biglots fazios sat.. teen age punks caught it on fire turned it into fazios

OK what ever happened to Fazios? That's where we used to shop. Was that where Borders is now??

[northwoodsman]

no it's where big lots is now

[Horse Attack]

I used to play music 6 nights week at the Toga Bar on Old Colerain (Between Dunlap and I-275 - which was not complete). We played downstairs in the 'Orange Grove Room'. On the weekends they had a band upstairs called the Charlie Sidebottom Band. When I would drive there from my teaching job in Deer Park I would take I-275 which ended at the Fairfield exit, then drive up through Dunlap. Going home to Price Hill I passed the Bevis Tavern which was a huge building off of Colerain. There were just farm fields where Northgate Mall went up later. The owner of the Toga was a guy named Dick and his girlfriend 'Ginger Lee' was a singer and would come up and do a show with us on the weekends. Much later I heard that the place burned to the ground. I remember years later doing a gig in Blue Ash and Dick and Ginger came in and remembered me. I was 19 when I played the Toga Bar and it was sort of a hidden gem out in the country that had a lot of class for bars in those days. Does anybody else remember that place?

[ram2]

Originally Posted by kjbrill

Colerain and Beechmont, the few places where West meets East, neither one of which has much to crow about.

I do not understand this. I grew up on Beechmont Ave in Anderson. I never heard anyone say Beechmont/Colerain Ave was the east/west meeting point.

[Karl Lagos]

Originally Posted by ram2

I do not understand this. I grew up on Beechmont Ave in Anderson. I never heard anyone say Beechmont/Colerain Ave was the east/west meeting point.

The comparison is good relative to how Beechmont begins in the city then traverses into Anderson TWP, the same with Colerain Ave. into Colerain Twp. In the city it's mostly residential then forms into mass commercial retail of every type. The intersection of Beechmont and Corbly would mirror the intersection of Colerain and W. North Bend or Kirby. Both have a small retail district (Mt. Washington does have a Kroger). Both avenues also connect to 275. Beechmont has a massive Catholic Seminary and Colerain has a Monastery Friary. I grew up on Colerain Ave, and I lived in Anderson Twp for 15 years. Anderson is more upscale, you will find some much more expensive homes there.

Mt. Airy = Mt. Washington
Colerain Twp = Anderson Twp

[Karl Lagos]

Originally Posted by Karl Lagos

The comparison is good relative to how Beechmont begins in the city then traverses into Anderson TWP, the same with Colerain Ave. into Colerain Twp. In the city it's mostly residential then forms into mass commercial retail of every type. The intersection of Beechmont and Corbly would mirror the intersection of Colerain and W. North Bend or Kirby. Both have a small retail district (Mt. Washington does have a Kroger). Both avenues also connect to 275. Beechmont has a massive Catholic Seminary and Colerain has a Monastery Friary. I grew up on Colerain Ave, and I lived in Anderson Twp for 15 years. Anderson is more upscale, you will find some much more expensive homes there.

Mt. Airy = Mt. Washington
Colerain Twp = Anderson Twp

Edit, it's not a meeting point but more of a parallel universe.