Mid-to-late 20th Century Vine St/Springfield Pike (Cincinnati, Hamilton: homes, theater)

[GinnyCF]

I was so blown away by all these posts. Hartwell was my old stomping grounds. I have a lot of stories. My parents bought the original farmhouse for the area from the original owners back in the 50's. It was a dairy farm. We had 2 acres. My favorite memories always involved the back yard. We had 2 big cherry trees. My mom made homemade cherry pies. Summertime was the best, we played ghost in the graveyard and tag. In 1969 the tornado came through and tore one of my favorite cherry trees in half. Dad patched it. That tree survived untill the mid 80's when the highway came through.

In the early 70's the county approached my dad. They wanted the land for the Cross County Highway. Needless to say they got it. The house still stands with a big wall almost at the back door.

If I can help with with some of the history let me know.

[Hartwell Girl]

good info Ginny! So did you live on woodbine or avalon? do you have any old photos you would like to share for a hartwell calendar that is being worked on? Contact me via here and we can touch base if you would like. LOVE hearing this!

[LadyBeBop]

This is bringing back so many memories. I don't really have anything different to share, except wasn't there a Daily Donuts on Galbraith, very close to Vine/Rt 4?

[goyguy]

The Daily Donuts on Galbraith was just east of the big Winton Rd intersection, where a Walgreen's sits now. We Wyoming brats were lucky enough to have our own Pastry Shop on Wyoming Ave (still there) which turned out awesome freshly-made-on-the-premises doughnuts. But they were closed on Sundays, imagine that, so once in a great while (not nearly often enough) there was sufficient whining and cajoling that Dad was persuaded to make a Daily run after church. There was another Daily Donuts, for a short while, in the onetime Jerry's on Springfield Pike in Woodlawn. A third was on the even-numbered side of Galbraith Rd east of Plainfield in Deer Park. No doubt there were others. Even if "Dunkies" and dietary nervousness hadn't killed that chain, a variation on the urban-legend theme of bugs/worms/hair in the food persistently circulated and couldn't've helped.

I'm wondering whether the "original farmhouse" is in fact on DeCamp. That's where all the back yards on the south side have a state-sponsored handball/racquetball wall now (lol.) I guess that's a preferable fate to that of Joseph Ave in Bond Hill, where the Norwood Lateral "nicked" the west end of the street and where the abutters' view (and noise subjection) is unobstructed.

I free-associated a screen name in this thread and got Jem Cleaners! Yet another vanished Hartwell merchant, this time from opposite the Vogue Cafe.

Too cool that this topic's finding new life - maybe sometime soon we'll hear from somebody who can chime in about Vine St anywhere between Carthage and Corryville!

[MiddleCincinnati]

Originally Posted by goyguy

The Daily Donuts on Galbraith was just east of the big Winton Rd intersection, where a Walgreen's sits now. We Wyoming brats were lucky enough to have our own Pastry Shop on Wyoming Ave (still there) which turned out awesome freshly-made-on-the-premises doughnuts.

Sorry - I'm not going to sit this one out. As a whilom denizen of
Wyoming, I feel compelled to respond:

Daily Donuts were better. Period.

[GinnyCF]

Original Farm House:
Our house was on Ridgeway Road. My father always told me that it was the original house. They bought it from this elderly couple that had given up the dairy portion of his farm in the early 1900's. Then he mostly had produce and eggs. His last name I believe was York. Mr. York kept 2 acres with lots of fruit trees. It was an L shaped lot. The back yard was hidden from the street. The longer part of the L was up against the creek, and a factory.

[goyguy]

DUHHHH...<bangs forehead on desk.> No one was even thinking about west of Vine, our bad!

Even the old armory on Ridgeway is no longer there, courtesy of expansion-hungry Kroger.

But the golf course on Caldwell Dr remains, an opportunity for anyone and everyone to get in a few rounds while fully exposed to EMF's from the high-voltage power lines which pass right over the middle of the greens! And while the areas of Carthage and Hartwell "downhill" from there are fraying at the edges in spots, there's still a distinct upscale feel to the homes in that vicinity up to St X.

This reminds me of a "bright spot" along that always-raggedy part of Vine St between Ridgeway and Caldwell. A shop all about model railroads is there now, along the west side tucked in among the rooming houses.

[GinnyCF]

There was a corner store on Ridgeway and Vine. I think the name was Charle's. My best friend and I would save some of our money from lunch and buy lots and lots of candy from him. He was a nice man. I had heard sometime in the 80's he was shot and killed in a robbery. But don't know if it was true. There was also a Squire Jacks fish place but I can't remember where it was. I thought it was before Long John Silvers, which was next to the grade school. I haven't been up that way in a long while. I think I need to take a drive.

[MiddleCincinnati]

Originally Posted by GinnyCF

There was also a Squire Jacks fish place but I can't remember where it was. I thought it was before Long John Silvers, which was next to the grade school. I haven't been up that way in a long while. I think I need to take a drive.

I'm pretty sure that the Squire Jack's was on or near the southeast
corner of Vine and Compton. It was there for a few years in the
late 60's or early 70's. I'm also pretty sure that they were gone
by the time LJS opened nearby.

Squire Jack's also had a branch in Roselawn, on or near the site
of the old Fish Fair, next to Old Town Ice Cream and just north of
Bilker's. I always liked their fish and chips better than their main
competitor in those days, Arthur Treacher's - Squire Jack's was
more like teriyaki.

[GinnyCF]

]I am sure they were there at the same time. My father liked Squire Jacks while the rest of the family liked Long John Silvers. This was the arguement we had on Fridays. Most of the time dad won the argurment. This was around 1977-78 before we moved. I also thought there was a Zantigo's now Taco Bell.