Look Here!, an outdoor site-specific photo installation project throughout Over-the-Rhine, features 70 captioned historic photographs juxtaposed with their current locations to allow viewers to compare the past and present of the neighborhood. The images turn OTR into a large-scale outdoor museum, encouraging historic preservation and adding to the existing cultural vibrancy of the neighborhood. According to exhibit curator Anne Delano Steinert, “As buildings are rehabilitated and new users join long-established residents, it is important to root the present in an understanding of the past.” It’s also something free to do with the fam and open 24/7, even during the holiday weekend.
On view through March 2016. Free. Over-the-Rhine. Map of images available lookhereotr.org.
This article appears in Dec 23-29, 2015.