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Some additional homes in the small neighborhood on the north side of Martin Luther King Drive near the intersection with Reading Road in Cincinnati's Avondale neighborhood. Most of the best examples of architecture in the neighborhood have already been lost, most of them being demolished in the last three or four years, leaving only a small taste of what once was a largely intact and well-kept section of homes that were smaller and more compact than those found elsewhere in Avondale. Constructed largely in the late 19th and early 20th Century, this area was historically working-class and lower-middle class, and remained largely inhabited until only a few years ago. Now, time is running short for these homes, with the city looking to redevelop the area as an Innovation district and the neighborhood being the site preferred for a new NIOSH research facility. The loss of these homes, however, is a loss for low-income residents who called them home, as many other low-income areas like this one are being hollowed out and replaced with mega-developments that have very little room for these people. The current political situation in the city is not conducive to addressing this issue, and change is needed.
This is the SE corner that I took the same night as photographing the Now building. This building is now gone, completely demolished.
I understand this space used to house the small #4 and #5 screens, which were added quite late in the cinema's life.
Back when it was first opened, there was only one large auditorium. Later they split the balconies from the stalls to allow three screens instead of just one.
Two of the older houses in Reykjavik burned today - one looks fairly whole on the outside, but the other had to be demolished during the firefighting.
These buildings held no sentimental value for me (I had never been inside either of them), but I still hope that they'll be rebuilt, rather than being replaced by some modern monstrosity.