It’s still dark when I pulled up to Eden Park. Check out this document from Cincinnati Parks that gives some insight into the “Master Plan”. There is enough history surrounding the park to fill several posts so I’m going to keep it mostly brief. It’s one of the oldest parks in the city and used to be one of the main vineyards during the mid 1800s that supported the German catholic wine scene. I’d like to spend a few more sunrises at Eden Park to get to know more of the memorials and historic buildings. I hopped around through the park and checked out only some of the major attractions. One of the postcards depicts a peaceful scene at Mirror Lake in 1906, the other depicts the entrance to alms park with the infamous Elsinore Arch (not featured in today’s post) which was constructed as a piece of the Cincinnati water system. I have wanted to get up to Eden Park for sunrise for the entirety of this project, but I was inspired by the recent 105 year old postcards that I recently found at an Antique Mall featuring Eden Park at the turn of the last century. The benches on the overlook (and their cherry tree companions) appear to be deliberately aligned with the sunrise. The lower two overlooks (there is a “main” overlook next to the Twin Lakes and a lesser known upper overlook by a turn of the century brick water tower) look directly East over the bend in the Ohio River. I’ve never visited the park for sunrise and I have to say it was an impressive location. It sits next to the Art Museum, Krohn Conservatory, on top of ruins from the old Cincinnati Water Works Reservoir, and has many memorials and two overlooks. Eden Park is known to be one of the most scenic and historic parks in the city. I left my place at 7:10am and rode, for the first time during this project, to Eden Park in Mt. I took advantage of the latest sunrise of the entire year, that also happened to be on a beautifully clear morning, and got up extra early on Saturday morning. The ruins of the old water reservoir in Eden Park Looking down from Eden Park’s upper overlook Apparently there used to be a quarry here about 150 years ago. Sunrise 115: Eden Park (Reservoir Ruins, Hotel Alms, Clear Skies)
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