| I included the district between the Miami River and MLK Boulevard and all of German village and dwtn south to Sycamore Street. Hamilton started as Fort Hamilton in. 1791. It was the first of several built north from Fort Washington into Indian territory. A settlement grew up around the fort and was platted. It was officially incorporated in 1810. By the mid-19th century, Hamilton had developed as a significant manufacturing city and by 1950 it had around 57,000 residents. This has resulted in a fairly large urban neighborhood surrounding Dwtn and fortunately much of it is still in-tact especially on the West Side. Dwtn Hamilton held onto much of its fabric of low to medium rise buildings helping fuel its recent renovation the past 10 years. Along with new shops, restaurants, and small businesses, Hamilton created a new multi-faceted downtown park surrounded by new apartment buildings. North of Dwtn, German Village connects pretty seamlessly with gorgeous mid-late 19th Italianate architecture and a nice mix-used district along 3rd Street. Hopefully Dwtn Hamilton continues to fill in all the underutilized lots especially south of High Street. Great progress has been made, but certainly room to improve. |
URBAN STRENGTHS:
| *Highly walkable district in small 0.25 square mile. * Great historic architecture both in along High Street, Hamilton’s main dwtn corridor, and German Village. * The Dwtn/German Village population has historically been very low, but this is changing with increased dwtn population and historic renovations in Germantown. * Nice set of parks including the riverfront park along the Great Miami, Symmes Park Playground, and the downtown jewel Marcum Park, complete with a fountain, significant programming, an outdoor stage, etc. * Nice array of cultural amenities including several local museums & theaters, Artspace lofts, many restaurants & bars, and some live music venues. * There has been a wonderful resurgence of locally owned shops, boutiques, cafes Dwtn and across the river in nearby Rossville. The main post office and library are also located here. No large retail stores or grocery stores however. * High level of ADA infrastructure. Very comfortable to walk here. |
URBAN WEAKNESSES
| * Not great public transit. Some shuttles run by Butler County but the system is not really tied into the Cincinnati public system. * Generally very affordable for-sale and rental product. Nice homes in German Village selling btwn 75K-100K. Larger mansions in the 200Ks. Not a ton of rental product listed dwtn, but higher end product slowly coming starting with the Marcum apts. * Limited ethnic and household diversity dwtn. * There is a public elementary school and Catholic grade school located just south of Dwtn. * Very low density. This partially is to be expected as this is a mid-sized dwtn. |
Evaluating our Urban Communities [with a focus on America] 