Washington Platform's Over-the-Rhine Walking Tour - Cincinnati Event
May 07, 2015 to October 29, 2015 - Cincinnati
1000 Elm Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513-580-8687
Tour starts at Washington Platform, opened as a beer hall and saloon in 1875 on the south bank of "the Rhine," the canal that separated the original, Anglo Cincinnati from its "German Quarter." In the 1800's, the area north of Washington Platform was, per capita, the most German neighborhood in America. The residents of this enclave brought a healthy thirst with them from their Germanic homelands, supporting the operation of almost 300 neighborhood saloons. All of that changed - the neighborhood's identity, social life, and economy - with the double-blow of WWI and Prohibition. Guests begin the tour with the insider's history of Washington Platform, travel "over the Rhine" and take a vivid trip through OTR's immigrant origins, ethnic conflicts, industrial triumphs, and notorious intoxication. The tour features some of Cincinnati's most spectacular and iconic architecture, and ends with a trip into the subterranean malt oven cellars two stories below Washington Platform.
All tours are rain or shine. Due to restrictions on tour space, all ticket sales are final. Tours are designed to last approximately 90 minutes. These are walking tours, and entering the Gerke brewery cellars involves approximately two flights of underground steps. While we are happy to make reasonable accommodations for all people, tours are not recommended for very young children or people for whom walking is difficult.
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