The story
Cincinnati's finest movie palace was torn down despite a passionate preservation campaign, but its marble arch facade lives on in the convention center.
Everything that was here
- 1927–1974
RKO Albee TheatreTheater
Cincinnati's finest movie palace was torn down despite a passionate preservation campaign, but its marble arch facade lives on in the convention center.
See the map in 1928 → - 1912–1974
Hotel GibsonHotel
Cincinnati's grandest hotel was once dismissed as 'too far out in the country' but became the largest hostelry in the Midwest before falling to urban renewal.
See the map in 1913 →
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