Hyde Park is a neighborhood on the east side of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The heart of Hyde Park is Hyde Park Square, 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. The Graeter's Ice Cream parlor has been present on Hyde Park Square since 1938.
Withrow High School and The Hyde Park School both serve Hyde Park. Hyde Park is also served by a branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
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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. The neighborhood is named after New York's fashionable Hyde Park area, which the men wanted to duplicate. 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. Hyde Park was annexed by the City of Cincinnati in November, 1903.
In 2010, Forbes named Hyde Park one of "America's Best Neighborhoods", citing the education levels of its residents and its high concentration of shops and restaurants.
Hyde Park School, located at 3401 Edwards Road, is also another landmark of the community that identifies Hyde Park. Hyde Park School closed and served as Temporary Swing Space by Cincinnati Public Schools for Kilgour Elementary and Mt. Washington Elementary Schools. Mount Washingston School is used the Hyde Park School building until their new building was completed. The school currently houses the Cincinnati Gifted Academy as well as classrooms for grades K through 2.
Though the city of Cincinnati and Hamilton County consider Ault Park to be in Mount Lookout, both Mount Lookout and Hyde Park consider it to be part of Hyde Park.
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People from Hyde Park
- Jim Borgman - Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist
- Barbara Fuller Cherry - Retired Deputy Associate Administrator at NASA, Washington, DC.
- Ida May Ault - namesake of Ault Park
- Levi Addison Ault - Cincinnati Parks Commissioner
- Jim Tarbell - entrepreneur, Former Cincinnati vice-mayor
- Dana Fabe - Chief Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
Further reading
- Cincinnati's Hyde Park (OH): A Brief History of a Queen City Gem (ISBN 1596299002), published by The History Press (September 24, 2010)
References
External links
- Hyde Park Daily Community Newspaper
- Hyde Park Square website
- Hyde Park Neighborhood Council
- Hyde Park Square, circa 1901
- Hyde Park Photo Gallery
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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