Perhaps downtown Cincinnati’s oldest corner took on new life with the renovation of Lytle Park on the east end of Fourth Street. After a long-term argument about tree removal, Lytle Park now features a lovely fountain, a jogging path, a bocce ball court, a playground with picnic tables and beautiful seasonal flower beds (supported by Western & Southern Life Insurance Company). Around the park’s perimeter, visitors can find the Taft Museum of Art, the posh Lytle Park Hotel, the Phelps Hotel with a scenic rooftop bar and several historic buildings. The statue of a beardless Abraham Lincoln that’s been there for a century moved closer to the curb, as if he might be waiting for an Uber. cincinnati-oh.gov.
City Life
Here are the 2025 Best Of Cincinnati® Reader and Staff Pick winners for City Life.
- JD Vance
- Liz Keating
- Joe Deters
- 3CDC
- Al Neyer
- Over-the-Rhine Community Housing
- Matthew 25: Ministries
- Longbottom Bird Ranch
- Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
- La Soupe
- ArtWorks Ohio
- Innocence Project
- Life Food Pantry
- ArtsWave
- The Friends of the Public Library
- Aubrey Rose Foundation
- Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
- Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub
- Longbottom Bird Ranch
- Great Parks of Hamilton County
- Cincinnati Parks
- Keep Cincinnati Beautiful
- Krohn Conservatory
- Cincinnati Nature Center
- Indigo Hippo
- The Friends of the Public Library
- Bob Herzog (WKRC)
- Jessica Schmidt (FOX19)
- Megan Mitchell (WLWT)
- Tana Weingartner (WVXU)
- Lucy May (WVXU)
- Tricia Mackie (FOX19)
- John Matarese (WCPO)
- Keith Pandolfi (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- Nick Swartsell (WVXU)
- Becca Costello (WVXU)
- Jimmy Longbottom
- Jim Tarbell
- Missy Spears
- Cincinnati Animal CARE
- Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio
- Longbottom Bird Ranch
- Matthew 25: Ministries
- Freestore Foodbank
- SPCA Cincinnati
- ArtWorks
- Cincinnati Public Radio
- Aubrey Rose Foundation
- ArtsWave
- Aftab Pureval
- Greg Landsman
- Charmaine McGuffey
- Cincinnati's Crime Vault: Beyond the Broadcast
- Cincinnati Zoo Tales
- Jungle Jim's Podcast
- University of Cincinnati
- Xavier University
- Northern Kentucky University
- George Clooney
- Nick Clooney
- Maryanne Zeleznik
- Kathrine Nero
- Missy Spears
- Cris Collinsworth
- Otto M. Budig Jr.
- Amy McGrath
- Gary Holland
- Lucy May
- Covington
- Newport
- Union
- Smale Riverfront Park
- Eden Park
- Ault Park
- Washington Park
- Devou Park
- French Park
- Mt. Airy Forest
- Alms Park
- A. J. Jolly Park
- Bellevue Beach Park
- Cincinnati Nature Center
- Sharon Woods
- Winton Woods
- Anthony Munoz
- Bootsy Collins
- James “Jungle Jim” Bonaminio
- Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
- Findlay Market
- Jungle Jim's International Market
- Over-the-Rhine
- Smale Riverfront Park
- The Banks
- Cincinnati Art Museum
- Cincinnati Reds Game
- Cincinnati Museum Center
- The Friends of the Public Library Warehouse
- Smale Riverfront Park
- Washington Park
- Parky's Farm
- Cincinnati Waldorf School
- Elder High School
- Saint Xavier High School
- Aftab Pureval
- Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney
- Kari Bloom