Price Hill Historical Society P.O. Box 7020 Cincinnati, OH 45205-7020 513/251-2888 phhs@pricehill.org
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Good News from Price Hill
July 7, 2010
If you have a positive story about what is happening in Price Hill, an event to promote, a story to share, or just happened to see someone fixing up a formerly derelict building, please let us know. Send posts and information to phhs@pricehill.org.
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The Enright Ridge Urban Farm Project is having an open house at their greenhouse at 826 Enright Avenue on Saturday, July 10, 11 am to 12 noon. If you're interested in learning about sustainable agriculture in the city, or just want to take a look at how they've put the old greenhouse to use, stop by to take a look and enjoy some homemade, homegrown goodies.
Philipps Swim Club celebrates its 80th anniversary this year–it opened in 1930, and in those 80 years, it has only been owned by three families: the Philipps, the Schmidts, and the Childers/Driehaus family are the current owners of the pool. Some oldtimers may remember that the pool's wooden structure burned in 1937–people had to take the streetcar to the Philipps pool in Walnut Hills to swim for most of that summer, but it reopened the next year and has been a popular summer hangout for all of its 80 years. Do you remember the trampolines in the parking lot? Or the Hitching Post that used to be on the corner, where kids were sent to get sandwiches or chicken when it was just too hot to go home and cook, and Buddy wasn't delivering pizzas to swimming pools yet?
There's a new coffeehouse in Price Hill: the Refuge Coffee Bar at the corner of Glenway and Ferguson. They have coffee and other beverages, including shakes and floats for summer, as well as sandwiches and live music on weekends. Find out more about the Refuge Coffee Bar at their Web site, www.refugecoffeebar.org.
The Crow's Nest still has Roots Music Saturdays every second, third, and fourth Saturday, starting at 10 pm with no cover charge. Visit Price Hill's oldest tavern for the best in modern traditional music. Call the Crow's Nest at 921-2980.
The Covedale Theatre hosts the CYPT production of Les Miserables July 23 through August 1. Call 513/651-2440 for more information or to purchase tickets.
The Price Hill Historical Society Museum is open for tours on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 pm to 4 pm or by appointment (call 513-251-2888). Groups are welcome; please call in advance to make arrangments for larger groups. he Arcadia Press book PRICE HILL is still available, and a portion of the proceeds benefits the Society, so order your copy now from the PHHS Bookstore. And "The Collected Old Curmudgeon," by Roy Hotchkiss, our most recent publication, is also still available and can be ordered from the PHHS Bookstore. Both books are also available at the Museum.
The Price Hill Historical Society has an an online Gift Shop with many Price Hill items available for sale. If there is an item you'd like that is not available there, let us know and we'll see if we can add it. Just call or send us an e-mail.