Crew stopped from destroying historic bricks
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - It's Cincinnati's oldest neighborhood and proud of it and even though much has been done to move it forward the past few years, there can be daily struggles to keep Over-The-Rhine from being torn apart brick by brick. Margy Waller lives in Over-The-Rhine and loves the history of the neighborhood. When she saw workers digging up bricks that were part of the historic alley, she decided to do something about it. Historic bricks line many of the alleys and workers were in Adrian Alley behind Margy Waller's house. Waller spoke to Local 12 News by Facetime, "I heard a loud drilling and it went to look out my window to see what it was and saw this big machine. Went out to see what was happening and learned that it was water works drilling right through the historic brick in our alley." The workers were trying to fix a leak in a building that the owner was renovating. After some polite back and forth with workers, and an effort to come to a compromise, what followed was a "standoff" of sorts. Margy, against workers and their equipment, refused to move. And she said the workers didn't have the right permit. "And it turns out that our historic rules require that you have a certificate of appropriateness for doing something like this in a historic district," she said. Margy had the police called on her. Her neighbor, who is known for preserving buildings in OTR, witnessed the confrontation, "We have these 150-year-old bricks and they had just come right in and jackhammered them right up and we're very protective of that." Eventually the workers stopped. Margy and Danny Klingler moved the bricks to the side. The pair feel an obligation to preserve the city's history. The workers filled the hole for now. Waller said the workers promised to get the proper permit and that they'll replace the bricks to the condition that they were in.
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - It's Cincinnati's oldest neighborhood and proud of it and even though much has been done to move it forward the past few years, there can be daily struggles to keep Over-The-Rhine from being torn apart brick by brick. Margy Waller lives in Over-The-Rhine and loves the history of the neighborhood. When she saw workers digging up bricks that were part of the historic alley, she decided to do something about it. Historic bricks line many of the alleys and workers were in Adrian Alley behind Margy Waller's house. Waller spoke to Local 12 News by Facetime, "I heard a loud drilling and it went to look out my window to see what it was and saw this big machine. Went out to see what was happening and learned that it was water works drilling right through the historic brick in our alley." The workers were trying to fix a leak in a building that the owner was renovating. After some polite back and forth with workers, and an effort to come to a compromise, what followed was a "standoff" of sorts. Margy, against workers and their equipment, refused to move. And she said the workers didn't have the right permit. "And it turns out that our historic rules require that you have a certificate of appropriateness for doing something like this in a historic district," she said. Margy had the police called on her. Her neighbor, who is known for preserving buildings in OTR, witnessed the confrontation, "We have these 150-year-old bricks and they had just come right in and jackhammered them right up and we're very protective of that." Eventually the workers stopped. Margy and Danny Klingler moved the bricks to the side. The pair feel an obligation to preserve the city's history. The workers filled the hole for now. Waller said the workers promised to get the proper permit and that they'll replace the bricks to the condition that they were in.