Over-the-Rhine, sometimes shortened to OTR, is a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is believed to be the largest, most intact urban historic district in the United States. Over-the-Rhine was added  . .   Expand    Wikipedia

Over-the-Rhine, sometimes shortened to OTR, is a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is believed to be the largest, most intact urban historic district in the United States. Over-the-Rhine was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 17, 1983 with 943 contributing buildings. Besides being a historic district the neighborhood's arts scene is unparalleled in size and caliber within Cincinnati. Once the home of nineteenth century German immigrants, by the end of the twentieth century Over-the-Rhine had become known as Cincinnati's most infamous ghetto. Since the late 1970s historic preservationists and low-income housing advocates have been battling over whether the neighborhood should be a "chic" historic district or a sanctuary for the poor. In the 1980s preservationists got Over-the-Rhine listed as a historic district while social activists expanded the number of federally subsidized low-income housing units by the thousands. In the late 1990s Over-the-Rhine's Main Street briefly became the city's premier nightlife destination, but race riots in 2001 and escalating violent crime drove visitors away. In 2006, Over-the-Rhine was listed as one of America's Most Endangered Places because of the alarming rate at which its historic architecture was being destroyed.

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