Hyde Park, Cincinnati

Hyde Park
Hyde Park is a neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Hyde Park is a neighborhood on the east side of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1998, the average home sales price was $248,512.[1]

Hyde Park is an eclectic neighborhood in eastern Cincinnati. Though the city of Cincinnati considers the popular Ault Park to be in Mount Lookout, Hyde Park claims it as its own.[2]

The heart of Hyde Park is Hyde Park Square,[2] which loosely encompasses a 2-block area of Erie Ave primarily bounded by Edwards Rd on the West and Michigan Ave on the East. Map. The square features a park in the center surrounded by retail shops and restaurants.

Graeter's Ice Cream parlor, located on Hyde Park Square, is the oldest surviving ice cream manufacturer in America (125 years) and the only one left that still makes ice cream using the French pot method.

On January 1, 2011, Kirk A Jackson and the community launched its official local online newspaper the Hyde Park Daily.

Withrow High School serves Hyde Park.

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History

Hyde Park was established in 1892 by several prominent Cincinnati businessmen who wanted to create a community exclusively for Cincinnati's wealthy.[2] The neighborhood is named after New York's fashionable Hyde Park area, which the men wanted to duplicate.[2] The men bought up all the land in the area, and then shaped their community by closely monitoring prospective residents and selling only to those they deemed suitable.

A book entitled Cincinnati's Hyde Park (OH): A Brief History of a Queen City Gem (ISBN 1596299002), published by The History Press (September 24, 2010) is available.

People from Hyde Park

References

  1. ^ Hyde Park, CincinnatiHome
  2. ^ a b c d Delguzzi, Kristen (June 9, 1997). "A place synonymous with class: Neighbors appropriate its name because it has what people want". Cincinnati Enquirer. http://homefinder.cincinnati.com/closetohome/cth_hydepark_060997.html. Retrieved 2009-01-11. 

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