More About Cincinnati
Cincinnati, just across the Ohio River from Kentucky and roughly three hundred miles from both Detroit and Chicago, is a dynamic commercial metropolis with a definite European flavor and a sense of the South. The city was founded in 1788 at the point where a Native American trading route crossed the river. Its name comes from a group of Revolutionary War admirers of the Roman general Cincinnatus, who saved Rome in 458 BC and then returned to his small farm and refused to accept any reward or glory.
Its tidy center, rich in architecture and culture, lies within a few minutes' easy walk of the arty Mount Adams district, the attractive riverfront and the lively Over-the-Rhine area in the north end of downtown. The city is home to the Tony Award-winning Playhouse in the Park, the new Contemporary Arts Center, the world-renowned Cincinnati Symphony (the third largest in the country), and the Cincinnati Art Museum, which was rated in the 2004 Zagat survey as The Best Art Museum in the Nation (in a three-way tie with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago). Cincinnati raises more than $10 million annually with its Fine Arts Fund.
In the prosperous postwar decade, Cincinnati acquired Fountain Square, the prodigious Music and Exhibition Hall, a zoo, art museum, public library and the country's first professional baseball team. Sport remains a great source of pride: downtown gift shops are decked out in the orange and black of the Bengal's football team and the red and white of the baseball-playing Reds.
With more than 100 attractions in Cincinnati USA, everyone can find something to enjoy!
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