2016 Urban Life Reader Picks: Cincinnati's best urban life destinations as selected by CityBeat readers.
Cincinnati Neighborhood
1 / Over-the-Rhine
2 / Hyde Park
3 / Northside
4 / Clifton
5 / Oakley
6 / Pleasant Ridge
7 / Mount Adams
8 / Mount Lookout
9 / East Walnut Hills
10 / College Hill Weekend
Getaway (Within 100 Miles)
1 / Hocking Hills
2 / Red River Gorge
3 / Louisville, Ky.
4 / Yellow Springs
5 / Kentucky Bourbon Trail
6 / Indianapolis, Ind.
7 / Lexington, Ky.
8 / Nashville, Ind.
9 / Hueston Woods (Oxford)
10 / Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Ky.
Apartment Community
1 / American Can Lofts
2 / Harper’s Point
3 / Current at the Banks
Local App
1 / Cincinnati Library;
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (TIE)
2 / Roadtrippers
3 / Cincinnati.com
Bed and Breakfast
1 / Clifton House B & B
2 / Gaslight Bed & Breakfast
3 / Symphony Hotel
Builder/Developer
1 / 3CDC
2 / Urban Sites
3 / Fisher Homes
Building
1 / Union Terminal
2 / Music Hall
3 / Carew Tower
Church Festival
1 / Panegyri Greek Festival
2 / St. Cecilia
3 / St. Rita Fest
Northern Kentucky Neighborhood
1 / Covington
2 / Newport
3 / Fort Thomas
Suburban Neighborhood
1 / Blue Ash
2 / Mariemont
3 / Anderson
College/University
1 / University of Cincinnati
2 / Xavier University
3 / Northern Kentucky University
MBA Program
1 / University of Cincinnati
2 / Xavier University
3 / Northern Kentucky University
Charity Festival/Event
1 / The Rusty Ball
2 / Cincinnati Pride
3 / Zoofari
Music Festival/Event
1 / Bunbury Music Festival
2 / Lumenocity
3 / Midpoint Music Festival
Running/Biking Event
1 / Flying Pig Marathon
2 / Girls on the Run 5k
3 / Hyde Park Blast
Fountain Square Event
1 / Oktoberfest
2 / Taste of Cincinnati
3 / MidPoint Indie Summer Series
Washington Park Event
1 / Lumenocity
2 / The City Flea
3 / MidPoint Music Festival
Findlay Market Vendor
1 / Blue Oven Bakery
2 / Pho Lang Thang
3 / Colonel De Gourmet Herbs & Spices
Free Attraction
1 / Cincinnati Art Museum
2 / Smale Riverfront Park
3 / WEBN Fireworks
Kid-Friendly Attraction
1 / Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
2 / Smale Riverfront Park
3 / Cincinnati Children’s Museum
Hiking Trail
1 / Cincinnati Nature Center
2 / Mount Airy Forest
3 / Miami Whitewater Forest
Jogging Route
1 / Lunken Airfield
2 / Loveland Bike Trail
3 / Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum
Local Start Up
1 / Roadtrippers
2 / Butcher Betties
3 / Frameri
Local Tour
1 / American Legacy Tours (Queen City Underground)
2 / Cincinnati Brewery Tours
3 / Cincy Brew Bus
Best New Thing
1 / Cincinnati Streetcar
2 / Red Bike
3 / Braxton Brewing Company
Best Old Thing
1 / Union Terminal
2 / Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
3 / Music Hall
Park (City)
1 / Ault Park;
Smale Riverfront Park (TIE)
2 / Washington Park
3 / Eden Park
Park (County)
1 / Cincinnati Nature Center
2 / Sharon Woods
3 / Miami Whitewater Forest
Place to Take a Visitor
1 / Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
2 / Findlay Market
3 / Cincinnati Reds Game
Place to Kill Time While Waiting for a Table in OTR
1 / Washington Park
2 / 16-Bit Bar+Arcade
3 / The Lackman
Playground
1 / Smale Riverfront Park
2 / Washington Park
3 / Sawyer Point
Public Artwork
1 / ArtWorks Murals
2 / Tyler Davidson Fountain
3 / Mosaic Murals at the Cincinnati Museum Center
Private School
1 / Cincinnati Waldorf School
2 / St. Xavier High School
3 / The Summit Country Day School
Public School
1 / Walnut Hills High School
2 / Oak Hills High School
3 / The School for Creative and Performing Arts at the Erich Kunzel Center for Arts and Education
Summer Camp
1 / Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
2 / Camp Kern
3 / Camp Joy
Scenic Overlook
1 / Eden Park
2 / Devou Park
3 / Ault Park
