One of My All Time Favorite Cincinnati Buildings, The Cincinnati Times Star Building
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
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The Cincinnati Times-Star Building at 800 Broadway Street was built in 1933 and was designed by the firm of Samuel Hannaford & Sons in the Art Deco style. The limestone building has 15 stories with a basement and sub-basement beneath. There is no 13th floor as superstitions ran high during this time period. Much of the decorated facade pays homage to the printing and publishing businesses. Two hundred feet above the street stand four pillars at each of the tower's corners; they represent patriotism, truth, speed, and progress.
The newspaper plant occupied the first six stories. The floors above were offices. The Cincinnati Times-Star was an outgrowth of several newspapers and was owned by Cincinnati's Taft family. Charles Phelps Taft was editor.
Before moving into the Times-Star Building on Broadway on January 1, 1933, the newspaper's offices were on Sixth and Walnut streets.
When the Times-Star folded in 1958, its assets were purchased by its rival, The Cincinnati Post, who moved into the building and occupied it until 1984. Hamilton County bought the building in the late 1980s and renamed it the 800 Broadway Building. It is used for county offices and by the juvenile court.
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When I was a teenager, my parents owned a Post newspaper route, and I got to go along when my dad went to 800 Broadway to take care of business. I got to see the 3-story-tall printing presses. Decades later, I worked for Burke Marketing when they moved from Walnut Hills into this building. They had Hannaford & Sons come back in to remodel the workspace. I worked in a cubicle where the presses used to be.
Amazing how things change.
I was first in this building in the 1970s selling news photographs to the newspaper. Then in the 1980s I worked in the building until 1988 when it was occupied by Burke Market Research. It is gorgeous inside. The 4th floor that was mentioned, and other lower floors in the back section of the building are cavernous with incredibly huge columns. It was obviously built for extremely heavy machinery.
Definitely a one of a kind building.
Our family business "Crown Iron Works" produced all of the ornamental metal work on the Cincinnati Times Star Building in the early 1930's: Front Entrance, Newsboys entrance, all metal work throughout building. I have a few pieces from this building "samples" that we've kept all these years. We are celebrating our 140th year at Crown and I am digging out lots of photos of this building and others to print and frame in our new lobby. Would love to visit this building and see these images I've seen throughout my life in person!
Hi David! Would you have any interest in having a documentary video produced on the history of your company? I can send you some information if you like or you can give me a call at 812-623-5727.
I would sit there and wait for my mom to get off work Ed admire how beautiful the building was must thank you for the work what they did to make it so beautiful
Cincinnati has a good number of these gems around downtown and in many suburbs.
Yes they do!
Today, I fell in love with this building. So many lovely buildings to explore in Cincinnati. 🥰
I agree 100%.
Fantastic video! The Times Star is easily one of my favorite buildings in the country. Hopefully a movie maker decides to film a movie set in the 1930s here one day! We have everything they’d need, from the Union Terminal train station, to the Netherland Plaza Hotel, the Esquire Theater, Times Star Building, endless late 19th / early 20th C. Italianate buildings in OTR, Music Hall and now a street car system that they could put some old fashion street cars on!
I agree!
Very nice job! Thank you. Have wondered about this building.
Hannaford the best!
Great video! Thanks! Iwas born and grew up in Cincinnati/Northern Ky. Gave the video a thumbs up and subscribed to your channel, and am looking forward to viewing more of your videos.
As a kid growing up in NKY we got the three papers - TImes-Star, the KY Post and the Enquirer. Must have been a strange kid because I loved read all three - after Dad was finished with them.
Glad to see that some of the neat old buildings are being looked after.
I enjoyed viewing this video about the Times-Star Building very much. I once loved reading the newspaper "TIMES STAR" very much. Thank you!
Glad you like the video Marie! It's definitely a beautiful building with a deep history. When I was a kid I use to deliver the Times Star newspaper in the Price Hill area.
Thanks for this lovely video. I love this building. My father was a newsboy for the Time-Star. I love the pictures of the newsboy entrance. I think of my dad whenever see it. It is a beautiful building.
Glad you like it Darlene. I use to deliver papers for the Times Star too back in the early 1970s. It was a different world back then.
I'm glad you made this. It's definitely the prettiest building in the Cincinnati skyline. I would have liked more shots of the building as the interview went on, but I'm glad to have the video at all. I'm sorry it's a county court building now, and not just because that's a boring and depressing use for the building. Counties are notorious for not keeping buildings well, and I'm guessing that's why the building stays so sooty and grimy on the outside. I've seen how Pittsburgh transformed many buildings in much worse shape, so I know it can be done.
My mom worked in this building after they pulled the Machinery out they put in cubicles and she was a data entry operator there Burke marketing research
Who is your mom? I worked for Burke in that building.
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It's a shame these videos focus on filming the speakers rather than showing and filming the actual subject matter in detail.