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Maps and Aerial Imagery

The Rand - McNally, New Commercial Atlas Map of Cincinnati And Environs, Cincinnati, 1912

Sanborn Historical Fire Insurance Maps, Ohio 1867-1970

Map of historic streetcar, interurban, and rail lines

Historic aerial imagery

• Central city and East Side with modern MLK Dr - Madison Rd superimposed, 1932
• Central city and East Side with modern MLK Dr - Madison Rd superimposed, 1956
• Central city and East Side with modern MLK Dr - Madison Rd superimposed, 1977
• Bird’s eye view of West End before Urban Renewal and Mill Creek Expressway

Cincinnati, Hamilton Dayton Railroad map, 1875

Citywide park plan map from 1907 plan

Documents

Illustrated Cincinnati: A Pictorial Hand-Book of the Queen City, 1875

Kessler Citywide Park plan, 1907

• Citywide park plan map from 1907 plan

Cincinnati Exposition Plan 1923

Official Plan of the City of Cincinnati, 1925

• Cover, Table of Contents, and Forward
• List of Illustrations, Maps, and Charts
• Chapter 1: Community Development
• Chapter 2: Building Zones
• Chapter 3: Subdivisions and Housing
• Chapter 4: Thoroughfares
• Chapter 5: Downtown Traffic Problem
• Chapter 6: Transit
• Chapter 7: Rapid Transit
• Chapter 8: Railways
• Chapter 9: Waterways and Flood Control
• Chapter 10: Parks, Playfields and Parkways
• Chapter 11: Schools and School Play Yards
• Chapter 12: Public and Semi-Public Buildings and Tracts
• Chapter 13: Street Structures and Appearance
• Chapter 14: Garbage and Refuse Disposal
• Chapter 15: Financing Improvements
• Chapter 16: Administration
• Chapter 17: Comprehensive Plan and Program
• Chapter 18: Immediate program to Meet Deficiencies
• Appendix A: Program: A Citizen’s City Planning Committee
• Appendix B: Ordinance to Regulate and Restrict and Limit the Uses and Location of Buildings and Other Structures, etc.
• Index

Metropolitan Master Plan, 1948

• Cover, Table of Contents, Illustrations. Introduction, and Forward
• Chapter 1: Objectives
• Chapter 2: Background
• Chapter 3: Master Plan Map
• Chapter 4: Community Plans
• Chapter 5: Residential Areas
• Chapter 6: Industrial Areas
• Chapter 7: Motorways
• Chapter 8: Public Transit
• Chapter 9: Public Services
• Chapter 10: Recreation
• Chapter 11: Railroads
• Chapter 12: Airports
• Chapter 13: Riverfront
• Chapter 14: Public Buildings
• Chapter 15: Parking
• Chapter 16: Produce Market
• Chapter 17: Effectuation

Coordinated City Plan Volume One: Strategies for Current Physical Development, 1980

• Cover, Introduction, Table of Contents, City Profile
• Part 1: Neighborhood Revitalization
• Part 2: Industrial and Commercial Development
• Part 3: Parks, Recreation and open Space
• Part 4: Public Safety Facilities
• Part 5: Health and Human Services
• Part 6: Education and Culture
• Part 7: Public Buildings and Maintenance Facilities
• Part 8: Utility Systems
• Part 9: Transportation

Coordinated City Plan Volume Two: Strategies for Comprehensive Land Use, 1980

• Cover, Introduction, Table of Contents, Cincinnati’s Urban Form, Trends
• Part 1: Industrial Land Use
• Part 2: Commercial Land Use
• Part 3: Residential Land Use
• Part 4: Parks and recreation Land Use
• Part 5: Public and Semi-Public Land Use
• Glossary
• Comprehensive Land Use Plan map

Other

Greater Cincinnati Memory Project - a searchable database of pre-1940 images from Greater Cincinnati. Maintained by the public library.

Cincinnati Views - historic postcards of Greater Cincinnati

Ransohoff Diagram

Transit and roadway history of Cincinnati from CincinnatiTransit.net, including historic description and photos of I-71 and I-75

Historical development of the central basin - a poster series from the Betts House Bicentennial Exhibit

• Poster one: quick download | high resolution
• Poster two: quick download | high resolution
• Poster three: quick download | high resolution
• Poster four: quick download | high resolution
• Poster five: quick download | high resolution
• Poster six: quick download | high resolution
• Poster seven: quick download | high resolution
• Poster eight: quick download | high resolution

Cincinnati Archaeology: Areas of Interest pamphlet

Vanishing Cincinnati prints by David Day

• Vanishing Cincinnati exhibit poster

Historic flood photos

• Bird’s eye view of riverfront during the 1937 flood
• The Roebling suspension bridge during the 1937 flood