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Eileen Crowe of Finneytown was a University of Cincinnati student about 10 years ago. At the time, she noticed how Vine Street becomes Jefferson Avenue before switching back to Vine. You kind of expect Vine Street to continue where there s Jefferson, but it s offset, she says.
Vine Street used to be unbroken, according to former Cincinnati councilman and local historical Jim Tarbell. He points out Vine started at the Ohio River and ran north, up the hill, to Cincinnati s other neighborhoods and into other communities. It was a seamless transition. You came up, you crossed McMillan, and then William Howard Taft, and then you just kept going straight, he says. You didn t veer off to the left on Jefferson. You went straight through the heart of Corryville.