Wednesday, April 07, 1999
Exhibit offers glimpse of future
Ft. Wash. Way, stadium on display
BY TANYA ALBERT
The Cincinnati Enquirer
For months, downtown pedestrians have seen, felt and heard the pounding as a $1billion transformation takes place on the riverfront.
Now, people strolling across the bridge linking the Scripps Center at 312 Walnut St. and Cinergy Field can learn a little more about the flying dust.
Cincinnati and Hamilton County leaders this weekend started hanging slick photos and text boxes explaining the riverfront's past, present and future. They officially unveiled the boards in the pedestrian walkway Tuesday.
“It's important for people to view the progress and understand what is going on,” Cincinnati City Manager John Shirey said.
The walkway has been turned into a minimuseum.
Pedestrians can use the bridge to get a birds-eye view of the $146.9million Fort Washington Way and $404million Paul Brown Stadium projects in progress. Retaining walls are up and show the new path of the downtown expressway that's being narrowed and made safer. The stadium's concrete walls are taking shape, too. Both projects are to be complete in August 2000.
As the pile drivers thump and cranes swing their arms, pedestrians can glimpse boards that show and tell what the riverfront once looked like.
People can look at pictures from 1963 and 1956 and then look out the window to see similarities and differences.
Pedestrians can get a feel for the future, too. Artists' renderings show how the new downtown expressway and football complex will look.
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