Cincinnati Magazine
February 25, 2021
In a valley off of the wide bowl that cradles downtown Cincinnati, a long-buried creek has returned to the daylight. Where blighted buildings stood shoulder to shoulder along Queen City and Westwood avenues, a stream again runs, riffles, falls, and pools. It undulates past a playground, basketball courts, and a community space.
Lick Run Greenway brings an ancient creek back to the surface between Queen City (on the right) and Westwood avenues in South Fairmount.
Photograph by Deb Leonard
The creek is both ancient and new. And the next chapter in its life could welcome a brighter future for a neglected neighborhood.
Cincinnati Magazine
February 3, 2021
As part of Building Value’s efforts to train their clients in the construction trade, Chris Miday manages a team of deconstructors. He gives a behind-the-scenes look at his work and the value it provides the community for our February 2021 Cincinnati At Work issue.
Photograph by Devyn Glista
16 years(ish).
Why did you get into this field of work?
I was job-coaching people with disabilities at Easter Seals Greater Cincinnati, which launched and owns Building Value, when a coworker asked if I wanted to go tear Woodward High School’s woodshop apart and save everything we could before they demolished it. I said,