Jerald Cooper’s @HoodMidCenturyModern Instagram account is an art gallery, blog, educational tool and cultural archive all rolled into a single vertical scroll.

It was just over 50 years ago that the Cincinnati Reds logged their final game at the now-destroyed Crosley Field, but its spirit still lingers on in the lot behind City Gospel Mission in the West End, where the field was once located. A memorial with replica light towers and yellow foul poles juts from the pavement like ancient ruins...