Filmmaker
Steve Gebhardt

        It has been seven years since Steve Gebhardt moved from Walnut Hills to 14th Street near Music Hall, so he could live and work in one building at an affordable price. ‘‘Not many people will tolerate living in an alley. I will,’’ he jokes.

        On a blustery spring day, he savors a lunch of pasta and clam sauce at Nicola’s on Sycamore Street, where FreeStore/FoodBank chief Steve Gibbs stops by to say hello. The filmmaker is craving comfort food after a stint of virtuous eating while filming New Age health practitioners in New Orleans.

        An independent filmmaker and teacher at the University of Cincinnati, Mr. Gebhardt, 65, depends on arts grants to support his work. He is aware of the deep divide between haves and have-nots in his neighborhood.

        ‘‘This is not a mixed neighborhood. This is the people with money and the people who have no money,’’ he says.

        Since last year, he says, ‘‘I think there’s less sense of community than before.’’

        Now, when traveling in the neighborhood, ‘‘I’m suspicious,’’ he says. ‘‘You should be able to walk in the streets in the daytime at least. . . . The people who you see are the drunks and the stoners who are out there.’’

        Residents of all races suffer, he says.

        ‘‘Guys boosting things. Guys selling drugs. That’s not a racial issue at all.’’

— Margaret McGurk

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Police officer Michael Ammann
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