@operativevision: They say the Old Cincinnati Library was built in 1874 at a cost of $383,594.53 (about $7.7 million today). This library was a stunning architectural gem with five levels of cast iron shelves, checkerboard marble floors, and a towering skylit atrium. Visitors entered beneath busts of Shakespeare, Milton, and Franklin, passing through a vestibule into a four-story main hall with prismatic glass set in iron and a richly colored paneled ceiling. The library held 60,000 books with space for 300,000, but by the mid-1900s, it was allegedly overcrowded, poorly ventilated, and deteriorating. In 1955, a new library opened nearby, and the original building was demolished soon after. Today, the site is a parking garage. Only the sculpted heads from the entrance were saved and now sit in the garden of the new library. FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES #fyp #tartaria #History

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suomi2169
Tab Suomi :
Probably built a lot earlier than what they say, and destroyed to hide knowledge of the old world. Like many other very old buildings
2025-04-09 17:41:10
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kenlyons56
shadowbannedboy401 :
how could a building that beautiful not be worth saving??? I never understood that. why do they tear down architectural masterpieces for these square and rectangular drab structures?!?! it's almost as if they don't want us to be inspired or enlightened. "if you set the bar low few will try to exceed it, once realized it's within most of their grasp."
2025-09-26 23:14:27
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xantegomez
Xante Christina Gomez :
it's was built to last generation but corporate greed doomed us all
2025-04-13 15:45:16
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kauxiaus
Kauxiaus :
looks like the library from hogwarts legacy
2025-05-01 00:41:02
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fredsancarlos
FredSanCarlos :
"the mistake by the lake" was destroying it all
2025-04-10 00:23:19
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iwanttobelieve4444
Redd :
"They paved paradise and put in a parking lot"
2025-04-09 18:38:47
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.spoonman
spoonman :
An absolute crime!
2025-04-10 04:56:03
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deaf.phoenician
deaf phoenician :
All the k-now-ledge one desires is with-in them
2025-04-11 09:49:02
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pottsygirl1
Elle :
Just WOW 😍 How could something like this be destroyed?
2025-04-09 20:25:25
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timebandit369
timebandit369 :
the world is a stage
2025-04-10 08:09:36
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ash.evolving
ash evolving ✨ :
A parking garage 😭
2025-04-09 18:32:39
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lucamaximus2016
Luca & Company :
So amazingly beautiful
2025-04-09 22:35:37
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ptudor330
Paul Tudor :
BEAUTIFUL WOT A WASTE THANKS FOR SHARING 1LUV
2025-04-25 04:09:18
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melodylynn060
~Phoenixdove :) :
All the feels…. Thank you for sharing!
2025-04-09 22:59:16
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cincy.kid2
Cincy Kid :
A shame such a beautiful structure has been lost.
2025-04-10 11:13:26
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budzbuzz
Budzbuzz :
Horrendous loss.
2025-04-11 23:13:17
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hollysnativehands
~°☆* €R@^¢w@!k¢R*☆°~ Canada 🍁 :
too many hidden secrets. they didn't want people to find out the truth so they destroyed it
2025-05-07 14:25:37
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chrysteg03
user7111888625166 :
Words can not describe the loss
2025-04-11 01:50:39
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thetriplegoddess9
Brittany-The Triple Goddess :
UGHHHH!!!! HOLY Library! Sad its gone💔
2025-04-11 11:08:09
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tinker12342
Tinker12342 :
Anyone notice the man sitting at the table in the library looking at slides with the handheld device???😳
2025-05-03 15:31:52
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dwaynemelton101
Dwayne Melton :
All those books are probably in some drivable big rig cave somewhere in US
2025-04-14 02:41:18
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wouldulookthat
WouldULook@That 😐 :
Yes, Because A Parking Garage Is Better Than This 🙄
2025-05-05 13:31:04
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n11454
Chevy :
knowledge was destroyed to hide history
2025-04-29 17:27:40
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