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Northside is a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio

Ohio

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. It was originally known as Cumminsville, but changed names to "Northside" several decades ago after I-74 divided the neighborhood into Northside and South Cumminsville. Northside has a very racially and socio-economically diverse population, with concentrations of college students, artists, young professionals, and many members of the creative class

Creative class

The Creative Class is a socioeconomic class that economist and social scientist Richard Florida, a professor and head of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, identifies as a key driving force for economic development of post-industrial...

. In recent years, Northside has earned a reputation as welcoming to Cincinnati's gay and lesbian community

Gay community

The gay community, or LGBT community, is a loosely defined grouping of LGBT and LGBT-supportive people, organizations and subcultures, united by a common culture and civil rights movements. These communities generally celebrate pride, diversity, individuality, and sexuality...

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Northside has been described as "hip," "alternative," "progressive," and "liberal." There are numerous shops and restaurants in the neighborhood, most of them independently owned. Northside has been noted as "one of the best dining neighborhoods in [Cincinnati]." During the warmer months the Northside Community Council sponsors a farmer's market in Hoffner Park. Many of Cincinnati's original bands can be heard at Northside Tavern.

The neighborhood's popular Fourth of July celebrations, which include the Northside Fourth of July Parade and the Northside Rock and Roll Carnival draw citizens from across the region.

Northside's community includes an urban garden co-op that provides "access to healthy food for all residents of the community," as well as a volunteer bicycle

Bicycle

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co-op that promotes and provides cycling to residents. To combat crime Northside's community replaced a troubled corner with two "green" homes

Green building

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. Northside is bordered by the neighborhoods of Clifton, Mount Airy, Spring Grove Village, and College Hill

College Hill, Cincinnati

College Hill is a residential neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Originally a wealthy suburb called Pleasant Hill due to its prime location, it was renamed College Hill because of the two colleges that were established there in the mid-nineteenth century...

History

Northside was a small settlement in Indian

Native Americans in the United States

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territory until the introduction of the Miami and Erie Canal

Miami and Erie Canal

The Miami and Erie Canal was a canal that connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio with Lake Erie in Toledo, Ohio. Construction on the canal began in 1825 and was completed in 1845. It consisted of 19 aqueducts, three guard locks, and 103 canal locks. Each lock measured by and they...

in the 1820s caused the population to grow. The settlement became known as "Cumminsville" after David Cummins, one of site's original settlers. He ran a tannery

Tanning

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, served as a judge in Indiana, and may have been the first person born in Cincinnati.

In 1873, Cumminsville was annexed by the city of Cincinnati. The area continued to grow through the 1920s and at one point the business area called Knowlton's Corner was one of the busiest commercial areas in Cincinnati. However, once the highway system was put in place people no longer had reason to live near work and shopping so they left for more rural neighborhoods and villages. Once people left housing prices dropped and people with less money moved in. They could not support the businesses so they quickly left too. By the 1960s most the industry in Cumminsville had left. However, in the 1980s the area began to grow in popularity due to its undervalued homes. Among the buildings that survived this transition were the two Domhoff Buildings, located at the junction of Chase and Hamilton Avenues. Seen as key to this redevelopment process was the restoration of the abandoned former factory

American Can Company Building

The American Can Company Building is a historic former factory in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Built in 1921, it is a concrete building with a concrete foundation and an asphalt roof; five stories tall, it has a total floor space of approximately...

of the American Can Company

American Can Company

The American Can Company was a manufacturer of tin cans. It was a member of the Tin Can Trust, that controlled a "large percentage of business in the United States in tin cans, containers, and packages of tin." It was formerly a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1959–1991, though...

on Spring Grove Avenue; a longtime neighborhood eyesore, it was redeveloped in the late 2000s as part of a process to enhance the neighborhood's livability and attractiveness to outsiders.

When Interstate 74 was installed it divided Cumminsville into "North" and "South Cumminsville

South Cumminsville, Cincinnati, Ohio

South Cumminsville is a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is bordered by Northside, Camp Washington, Millvale, and Fay Apartments.- History :...

." The neighborhood shortened its name from "North Cumminsville" to "Northside" several decades ago.

GLBT presence

Northside is commonly known as one of Cincinnati's primary GLBT neighborhood. It became home to the all volunteer Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Greater Cincinnati GLBT Community Center in 1999. The Cincinnati Pride Parade and Festival was held in Hoffner Park along Hamilton Avenue for a decade (2000 - 2009). Beginning in 2010, the Greater Cincinnati Gay Chamber of Commerce began organizing the Greater Cincinnati Pride Parade. In the same year, local community members wanted there to be a continuing "pride presence" in the neighborhood and the first Northsiders Pride event was held in August in Hoffner Park and along the Hamilton Avenue business district.

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