25 Gorgeous Photographs of the Cincinnati's Old Main Public Library

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(04-10-2018, 09:14 PM)GMDino Wrote: (I love old photographs and this is one of my favorite sites to check daily.)

Can anyone tell me why this beauty was torn down?

I didn't bother looking up the history of it yet...


http://www.vintag.es/2018/04/cincinnati-old-main-library.html

I think Joni Mitchell answered your question 50 years ago.  Literally in this case.

I'm guessing the library decided to move to it's current location for more room, and perhaps in the 50's they didn't care about preserving old buildings as much as we do now. Or maybe that particular building was deemed an eyesore, and the property too valuable to just let sit. Too bad though.