On March 19, 1901 sisters, Florence and Georgia Trader instituted a Library for the Blind in conjunction with the Cincinnati Library. It started with a collection of 100 books. There were about 400 blind people in Cincinnati. Now the library serves about 6,000 people annually in 33 counties with 400,000 books, recordings, audiobooks and the various tools to use them.
Well, they did.
That was just so 20th century, tho. In the HamCo library's bold vision for the Library of the 21st Century, they have decided to ditch the gimps & send everything up to Cleveland.
Joyce Rogers of the ACB sez that patrons of the Library of the Blind read at a rate 7 times greater than sighted patrons.
The American Council of the Blind of Ohio, Greater Cincinnati Chapter has invited the library's director, Kim Fender to address their rationale on 4/14 at the YWCA at 898 Walnut St. Oddly enough, they oppose the closing and question why we would send 400,000 items to Cleveland so they can send them back at a rate of 22,000 items a month.
This seems like one of those things Cincinnati should be heralding as a great asset and a sign of leadership nationally. Instead, we will shut it down and pay to mail materials all over the state.
Or you could just go to the Cleveland library yourself.
Since most blind people don't drive (all the screaming and honking is distracting) you will probably have to hoof it to the Clevo Library, so here's the Google walking directions.
1. Head north on Vine St toward E 9th St/OH-3/US-22
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2. Turn right at E Central Pkwy/US-42
Continue to follow US-42
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3. Slight left at Reading Rd/US-42
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4. Slight left to stay on Reading Rd/US-42
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5. Slight right to stay on Reading Rd/US-42
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6. Slight left to stay on Reading Rd/US-42
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7. Slight left to stay on Reading Rd/US-42
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8. Slight right to stay on Reading Rd/US-42
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9. Turn left to stay on Reading Rd/US-42
Continue to follow US-42
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10. Slight left at Cincinnati Columbus Rd/Lebanon Rd/E Lebanon Pike/US-42
Continue to follow US-42
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11. Slight right at State Route 42/US-42
Continue to follow US-42
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12. Slight left at S Broadway St/OH-48/US-42
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13. Turn left at Columbus Ave/US-42
Continue to follow US-42

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14. Slight right at N State Route 42/US-42
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15. Turn left at OH-73/E State Route 73
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16. Turn right at S Main St
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17. Turn left at North St
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18. Turn right at N 4th St
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19. Continue on Old Stage Rd
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20. Turn left at US-42/US Route 42
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21. Slight left at US-42/US Route 42 S
Continue to follow US-42
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22. Turn right at W Main St/US-35/US-42
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23. Turn left at N Columbus St/US-42
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24. Continue on E Xenia Ave
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25. Turn left at East St
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26. Turn right at US-42/US Route 42 E
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27. Turn right at Old Route 42 E/US-42
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28. Continue on Old Columbus Cincinnati Rd/Old State Route 42
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29. Turn left toward Columbus Cincinnati Rd/US-42
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30. Turn right at Columbus Cincinnati Rd/US-42
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31. Turn left at Summerford Rd
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32. Turn right at London Plattsburg Rd
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33. Continue on Old Springfield Rd
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34. Turn left at Markley Rd
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35. Slight right at National Pike/US-40 SE
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36. Turn left at US-40 NW
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37. Turn left at National Pike/US-40 NW
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38. Turn left at Marysville-London Rd/OH-38/State Route 38 NW
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39. Turn left to stay on Marysville-London Rd/OH-38/State Route 38 NW
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40. Turn right at Arthur Bradley Rd
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41. Slight left at Lafayette-Plain City Rd
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42. Turn right at Perry Pike/West Ave
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43. Turn left at S Jefferson Ave/US-42
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44. Slight left to stay on S Jefferson Ave/US-42
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45. Slight left at US-42 S
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46. Turn left at London Rd
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47. Turn left at S Sandusky St
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48. Turn right at Wilmer St
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49. Turn left at S Henry St
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50. Turn right at US-36/E William St
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51. Turn left at Bowtown Rd
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52. Slight left at OH-521/State Route 521
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53. Turn left at N Old State Rd
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54. Continue on County Rd-24/Worthington-New Haven Rd
Continue to follow County Rd-24
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55. Slight left at US-42
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56. Turn right at Cardington Williamsport Rd/County Rd-110/Twp Rd 110
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57. Turn left at Cardington Williamsport Rd/Twp Rd 110
Continue to follow Cardington Williamsport Rd
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58. Slight right at US-42
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59. Turn right at E 1st St/OH-13/US-42
Continue to follow E 1st St/US-42
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60. Turn left at Hedges St/US-42
Continue to follow US-42
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61. Slight right at Ashland Rd/US-42
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62. Slight left to stay on Ashland Rd/US-42
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63. Slight left to stay on US-42
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64. Continue on Claremont Ave
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65. Turn right at W Washington St
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66. Turn left at Miller St
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67. Turn right at Cleveland Ave/County Rd-42B
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68. Turn left at US-42
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69. Slight left at State Route 42/US-42
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70. Turn right at Crawford Rd
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71. Crawford Rd turns left and becomes Lodi Rd
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72. Slight left at Greenwich Rd/Lafayette Rd/OH-421
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73. Continue on Lafayette Rd/US-42
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74. Turn left at S Court St/OH-3/US-42
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75. Slight left at Pearl Rd/US-42
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76. Slight right to stay on Pearl Rd/US-42
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77. Slight right at W 25th St/OH-3/Pearl Rd/US-42
Continue to follow W 25th St/OH-3/US-42
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78. Slight right at Columbus Rd
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79. Turn right to stay on Columbus Rd
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80. Turn left at Old River Rd/Robert Lockwood Jr
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81. Turn right at W Superior Ave/Superior Hill
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82. Slight left at W Superior Ave/US-20/US-42/US-6
Continue to follow W Superior Ave/US-6
Destination will be on the left