Western

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Neighborhoods in Western Cincinnati include:

• Price Hill is one of Cincinnati’s oldest neighborhoods, first settled in 1789 and named Price Hill in the 1870s after General Rees Price. An incline opened by Price and his sons brought many wealthy residents to the top of the hill, and the grand mansions they built still stand today. The community’s history is preserved at the Price Hill Historical Society on Warsaw Avenue, and the neighborhood is home to the first Skyline Chili parlor, the upscale Primavista Restaurant, the 120-year-old Crow’s Nest Tavern, and the Gothic-style St. Lawrence Church.
• Westwood was established as a desirable residential neighborhood. Many of Cincinnati's wealthy industrialists built their homes in Westwood, including Procter & Gamble founder James Gamble. Westwood's main thoroughfares (specifically Harrison Avenue and Boudinot Avenue) feature many uniquely large and decorative houses, while surrounding streets include a mixture of apartment homes and housing, as constructed by the large number of German immigrants who settled in the Cincinnati vicinity. The area's growth continued steadily for many decades, becoming a residential haven for many of Cincinnati's blue-collar workers.
• Mount Airy includes the 1,471 acre Mt. Airy Forest, the largest of the Cincinnati parks. The Mt. Airy water tower, resembling a castle, was built in 1926–27.
• College Hill is a residential neighborhood. Founded as a wealthy suburb called Pleasant Hill, it was renamed College Hill because of two colleges that were established there in the mid-nineteenth century. It features several historic buildings, including Laurel Court, College Hill Town Hall and the Old College Hill Post Office.

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