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94-728: James Edward Baker was born on July 4, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio . Although he said he had been awarded the Silver Star while serving in the Marine Corps during World War II , the Corps does not carry his name in its official listing of Silver Star recipients. Baker also said he had become an expert in jujutsu . On 11 February 1949 he beat "Wild Bill Zim", an Argentinian, at Judo in Cincinnati. He moved to California to become

188-659: A house husband , caring for his young son until his murder on December 8, 1980, when Sean was only five years old. Sean attended kindergarten in Tokyo and, at his request, was educated at the exclusive private boarding school Institut Le Rosey in Rolle , Switzerland, and earlier at New York's private Ethical Culture Fieldston School and Dalton School . He attended Columbia University for three semesters, majoring in anthropology before dropping out to focus on his music and tour with his mother. In October 1984, when Steve Jobs

282-512: A Hollywood stuntman and was influenced by the Nature Boys , a Los Angeles -based group of beats who lived a natural lifestyle, maintained vegetarian diets, and lived "according to Nature's Laws". Baker also studied philosophy, religion and esoteric spiritual teachings, even becoming a Vedantic monk for a time. He later became a follower of Yogi Bhajan , a Sikh spiritual leader and teacher of Kundalini Yoga . In 1969, Baker founded

376-462: A Saber Tooth Tiger (Acoustic Sessions) , on 26 October 2010, both on Chimera, their own label. In conjunction with the debut, they performed six songs during an hour-long interview on WNYC and four songs for a Tiny Desk Concert on NPR. Ono Lennon has also collaborated with Muhl with a group called "Kemp and Eden" who premiered at The Living Room in the spring of 2012. On April 29, 2014, the Ghost of

470-576: A Saber Tooth Tiger released their most successful album to date, titled Midnight Sun . The album was selected as one of the Top 50 best albums of 2014 by Rolling Stone . The album's release was followed by tours with the Flaming Lips , Tame Impala , Beck , Florence and the Machine , Dinosaur Jr. , and Primus . At the end of 2018, Ono Lennon collaborated with Miley Cyrus and Mark Ronson for

564-442: A bass player. This eventually led to Ono Lennon's contributing to their side-project Butter 08 and to his becoming a member of the group. He continued to play with them on tour, joining them on television and providing bass guitar and vocals on their EP Super Relax . Through his association with Cibo Matto, Ono Lennon was approached by Adam Yauch (of Beastie Boys ), who expressed an interest in his music and persuaded him to sign

658-474: A century and a half, Cincinnati went unchallenged as the most prominent of Ohio's cities, a role that earned it the nickname of "chief city of Ohio" in the 1879 New American Cyclopædia . In addition to this book, countless other books have documented the social history of both the city and its frontier people. The city fathers, of Anglo-American families of prominence, were Episcopalian . Inspired by its earlier horseback circuit preachers , early Methodism

752-619: A combination of syllables drawn from French and Latin words, intended to mean "town opposite the mouth of the Licking". On January 4, 1790, St. Clair changed the name of the settlement to honor the Society of the Cincinnati. In 1811, the introduction of steamboats on the Ohio River opened up the city's trade to more rapid shipping, and the city established commercial ties with St. Louis, Missouri , and New Orleans downriver. Cincinnati

846-518: A comic book, and The Source Family in 2012, co-directed by Jodi Wille and Maria Demopoulous. Sean Ono Lennon credited the Source Family with inspiring the look and attitude portrayed in the video for his 2013 song "Animals". The experimental sound collage program Over the Edge , hosted by members of Negativland , presented a Source Family retrospective in the second half of the program on

940-636: A core communal group of 150 people living in Los Feliz. He as Father Yod and Ya Ho Wha had 14 wives and 3 children. His wives were named Makushla, Isis, Astral, Heaven, Prism, Aquariana, Harvest Moon, Galaxy, Lovely , Paralda, Hypatia, Tantalayo and Venus, with Robin (now Ahom) forming the group. His children were Tau, Buttercup and Yod: (NB: The Source Family ) On December 26, 1974, the Source Family sold their restaurant and moved to Hawaii. On August 25, 1975, despite having no previous hang gliding experience, Yod decided that he would go hang gliding. Yod used

1034-548: A cover of Yoko Ono and John Lennon's original Christmas song " Happy Xmas (War is Over) ." The trio additionally performed the song at the Winter finale of Saturday Night Live . In 2015, playing lead guitar, Ono Lennon formed the Claypool Lennon Delirium with Primus' lead vocalist and bassist Les Claypool . The following year, the new group released their debut album, Monolith of Phobos , which reached

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1128-424: A crescent around the city: Mount Adams , Walnut Hills , Mount Auburn , Vine Street Hill , College Hill , Fairmont (now rendered Fairmount ), and Mount Harrison (now known as Price Hill ). The name refers to ancient Rome, reputed to be built on seven hills. "Queen City" is taken from an 1819 newspaper article and further immortalized by the 1854 poem "Catawba Wine". In it, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote of

1222-505: A crisis and then retired to farming because he did not want to remain in power, becoming a symbol of Roman civic virtue . Cincinnati began in 1788 when Mathias Denman, Colonel Robert Patterson , and Israel Ludlow landed at a spot at the northern bank of the Ohio opposite the mouth of the Licking and decided to settle there. The original surveyor, John Filson , named it "Losantiville",

1316-580: A film. The videos were actually screen tests for Coin Locker Babies, another project on which Ono Lennon was working which became a cinematic counterpart to his new album. Friendly Fire was released in October 2006. The theme of the album is love and betrayal, and it is dedicated to the memory of a close friend who died. The night the album was released, Ono Lennon made his first major television appearance in five years, performing "Dead Meat" live on

1410-612: A globalized fracking industry." On August 30, 2012, Ono Lennon unveiled "Artists Against Fracking", a campaign aimed at preventing the expansion of fracking in the United States. Over 200 artists have signed onto the initiative, including Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway , as well as Beatles' members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Asked by the Dallas Observer for his view of religion and spirituality, Ono Lennon said: "I'm not against religion, because I think it serves

1504-516: A hang glider to leap off a 1,300-foot (400 m) cliff on the eastern shore of Oahu . He crash-landed on the beach suffering no external injuries, but was unable to move and died nine hours later. He was 53 years old. The Source Family refers to this day as "Black Monday". After three days of vigil, Yod was cremated and his ashes put to rest at Lanikai Beach in Hawaii. In 2006, two Source Family members, Isis Aquarian and Electricity Aquarian, wrote

1598-591: A keystone of civic history; and among Methodist institutions were The Christ Hospital as well as projects of the German Methodist Church . One of Cincinnati's biggest proponents of Methodism was the Irish immigrant James Gamble , who together with William Procter founded Procter & Gamble ; in addition to being a devout Methodist, Gamble and his estate donated money to construct Methodist churches throughout Greater Cincinnati. Cincinnati, being

1692-510: A male householder with no wife present, and 53.3% were non-families. 43.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 3.00. The median age in the city was 32.5 years. 21.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 14.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.4% were from 25 to 44; 24.1% were from 45 to 64; and 10.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of

1786-653: A number of hills, bluffs, and low ridges overlooking the Ohio in the Bluegrass region of the country. The tristate is geographically located within the Midwest at the far northern extremity of the Upland South . Three municipalities are enveloped by the city: Norwood , Elmwood Place , and Saint Bernard . Norwood is a business and industrial city, while Elmwood Place and Saint Bernard are small, primarily residential, villages. Cincinnati does not have an exclave, but

1880-458: A population growth, marking the first such increase since the 1950 census. On January 4, 2022, Aftab Pureval assumed office as the 70th mayor of Cincinnati. Cincinnati has many nicknames , including Cincy, The Queen City, The Queen of the West, The Blue Chip City, and The City of Seven Hills. These are more typically associated with professional, academic, and public relations references to

1974-471: A purpose in our society and it can be helpful to certain groups of people. But, for me, religion is mythology. ... I do think we all have a spirit, and I think there's a lot more to life and human consciousness than science can explain. But I prefer looking to science for answers because it can be tested and vigorously logical." On October 16, 2013, Ono Lennon, along with Spacehog and Liv Tyler , played "Live on Earth" – an Internet-only performance – to benefit

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2068-480: A record contract with Grand Royal Records . Regarding Grand Royal, Ono Lennon has said: I think I found the only label on the planet who doesn't care who my parents are and what my name is. It's a good feeling to know that I wouldn't have gotten the offer if they wouldn't have liked my songs. That's pretty rare in the music business! Ono Lennon's solo debut, Into the Sun , was released in 1998. A music video for "Home",

2162-874: A rivertown crossroads, depended on trade with the slave states south of the Ohio River at a time when thousands of black people were settling in the free state of Ohio. Most of them came after the American Civil War and were from Kentucky and Virginia with many of them fugitives who had sought freedom and work in the North. In the antebellum years, the majority of native-born whites in the city came from northern states, primarily Pennsylvania . Though 57 percent of whites migrated from free states, 26 percent were from southern states and they retained their cultural support for slavery. This quickly led to tensions between pro-slavery residents and abolitionists who sought lifting restrictions on free black people, as codified in

2256-519: A significant number of German-speaking immigrants , who founded many of the city's cultural institutions. It later developed an industrialized economy in manufacturing. Many structures in the urban core have remained intact for 200 years; in the late 1800s, Cincinnati was commonly referred to as the " Paris of America" due mainly to ambitious architectural projects such as the Music Hall , Cincinnatian Hotel , and Roebling Bridge . Cincinnati has

2350-479: A single from the album, was directed by Spike Jonze and enjoyed extended airplay on MTV . The album was produced by fellow Cibo Matto member Yuka Honda, who Ono Lennon claimed was his inspiration for the album, who he had begun dating at the time. He went on tour (often backed by Cibo Matto) supporting Into the Sun . During this period he appeared on radio programs such as The Howard Stern Show and KCRW 's Morning Becomes Eclectic . He later recalled promoting

2444-538: A teenager experiencing visions of various M. C. Escher prints in Sony 's 1990 promotional short-film Infinite Escher . Ono Lennon holds dual citizenship with the United States and United Kingdom. In 1996, Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda of Cibo Matto were invited by Ono to remix the song "Talking to the Universe" for a Rising remix EP Rising Mixes . They met Ono Lennon and invited him to join them on tour as

2538-564: A website featuring music, videos, and a forum for his fans. Various members of the forum have created a fan-made cover album titled Truth Mask Replica . Muhl and Ono Lennon premiered the band the Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger during a live performance at Radio City on Valentine's Day , 2008. The duo, commonly referred to as the GOASTT, released their debut single, "Jardin Du Luxembourg", on 6 July 2010, and their debut album, Ghost of

2632-578: Is 79 feet 11 + 7 ⁄ 8  inches (24.381 m), having crested January 26, 1937. Various parts of Cincinnati flood at different points: Riverbend Music Center in the California neighborhood floods at 42 feet (13 m), while Sayler Park floods at 71 feet (22 m) and the Freeman Avenue flood gate closes at 75 feet (23 m). Frequent flooding has hampered the growth of Cincinnati's municipal airport at Lunken Field and

2726-476: Is $ 158,200, and the cost of living in Cincinnati is 8% below the national average. As of September 2022, the unemployment rate is 3.3%, below the national average. Several Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in Cincinnati, such as Kroger , Procter & Gamble , Western & Southern Financial Group , Fifth Third Bank , American Financial Group , and Cintas . General Electric has headquartered their Global Operations Center in Cincinnati; GE Aerospace

2820-498: Is a British-American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono , and half-brother to Julian Lennon . Over the course of his career, he has been a member of the bands Cibo Matto , The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger , The Claypool Lennon Delirium and his parents' group Plastic Ono Band . He has released two solo albums: Into the Sun (1998) and Friendly Fire (2006). He has produced numerous albums for various artists, including Black Lips and

2914-477: Is already complete and 100 percent occupied as of early 2013. Smale Riverfront Park is being developed along with The Banks, and is Cincinnati's newest park. Nearly $ 3.5 billion have been invested in the urban core of Cincinnati (including Northern Kentucky). Much of this development has been undertaken by 3CDC . The Cincinnati Bell Connector began in September 2016. Cincinnati is midway by river between

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3008-553: Is also home to the Cincinnati Cyclones , a minor league ice hockey team. The city's largest institution of higher education, the University of Cincinnati , was founded in 1819 as a municipal college and is now ranked as one of the 50 largest in the United States. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals is based in the city. Two years after the founding of the settlement then known as "Losantiville", Arthur St. Clair ,

3102-462: Is among the largest, most intact urban historic districts in the United States. Most of Over-the-Rhine's ornate brick buildings were built by German immigrants from 1865 to the 1880s. The neighborhood has been intensely redeveloped in the 21st century, with a focus on fostering small businesses. Cincinnati is at the southern limit (considering the 0 °C or 32 °F isotherm ) of the humid continental climate zone ( Köppen : Dfa ), bordering

3196-619: Is based in Evendale . The Kroger Company employs over 20,000 people locally, making it the largest employer in the city; the other four largest employers are Cincinnati Children's Hospital , TriHealth , the University of Cincinnati , and St. Elizabeth Healthcare . Cincinnati is home to a branch office of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland . Cincinnati was platted and proliferated by American settlers , including Scotch Irish , frontiersmen , and keelboaters . For over

3290-685: Is credited as co-producer for one song ("In the Eyes of the Girl") on the fifth studio album by The Lemon Twigs, " A Dream Is All We Know ", and is credited as playing bass guitar on the same track. From 1996 to 1999, Ono Lennon performed in and was involved in organizing the Tibetan Freedom Concerts with Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. The series advocated for the independence of Tibet from China. On October 19, 2011, Ono Lennon

3384-690: Is home to numerous structures that are noteworthy due to their architectural characteristics or historic associations, including the aforementioned Carew Tower , the Scripps Center, the Ingalls Building , Cincinnati Union Terminal , and the Isaac M. Wise Temple . Queen City Square opened in January 2011. The building is the tallest in Cincinnati and the third tallest in Ohio, reaching a height of 665 feet (203 m). Since April 1, 1922,

3478-581: Is the only logical result of the non aggression [principle] . I am a pacifist so therefore an anarchist." Ono Lennon is in a relationship with Charlotte Kemp Muhl , whom he met at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2005. In an interview, Ono Lennon states he stumbled upon Muhl's musical talents over a year after they had started dating, and formed The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger around 2008. Muhl and Ono Lennon are involved in several musical endeavors and much of their work

3572-454: The Late Show with David Letterman . Ono Lennon has since appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Sharon Osbourne Show . When questioned about the eight-year gap between solo albums in interviews, Ono Lennon said that he did not feel like a solo artist during those years and that he wanted to experience music anonymously without the spotlight on him and his girlfriend. Since

3666-592: The Coney Island amusement park. Downtown Cincinnati is protected from flooding by the Serpentine Wall at Yeatman's Cove and another flood wall built into Fort Washington Way . Parts of Cincinnati also experience flooding from the Little Miami River and Mill Creek . Cincinnati consists of fifty-two neighborhoods. Many of these neighborhoods were once villages that have been annexed by

3760-558: The David Lynch Foundation , which funds the teaching of Transcendental Meditation . Of his own practice of Transcendental Meditation, in 2014, Ono Lennon said that "for me, it's like a scientific method to calm my brain down and making my frontal lobe more active. It's an exercise, really. It helps me to have about 10 percent more conscious thinking." Ono Lennon once described himself as a pacifist , capitalist , and anarchist ; on February 6, 2016, he tweeted, " AnCap

3854-561: The Indiana counties of Dearborn , Franklin , Union , and Ohio . Metropolitan Cincinnati has the twenty-eighth largest economy in the United States and the fifth largest in the Midwest , after Chicago , Minneapolis–St. Paul , Detroit , and St. Louis . In 2016, it had the fastest-growing Midwestern economic capital. The gross domestic product for the region was $ 127 billion (~$ 160 billion in 2023) in 2015. The median home price

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3948-540: The Soulfly album Primitive , released in 2000, while in October 2007, Lennon joined Mark Ronson in the BBC Electric Proms where he sang " Sail on, Sailor ", as well as " We Can Work It Out " alongside Daniel Merriweather , and Tawiah . The year prior, he wrote and directed his first film, Friendly Fire , starring Carrie Fisher , Lindsay Lohan and others. His eponymous second studio LP served as

4042-602: The humid subtropical climate zone ( Cfa ). Summers are hot and humid, with significant rainfall in each month and highs reaching 90 °F (32 °C) or above on 21 days per year, often with high dew points and humidity. July is the warmest month, with a daily average temperature of 75.9 °F (24.4 °C). Winters tend to be cold and moderately snowy, with January, the coldest month, averaging at 30.8 °F (−0.7 °C). Lows reach 0 °F (−18 °C) on an average 2.6 nights yearly. An average winter will see around 22.1 inches (56 cm) of snowfall, contributing to

4136-490: The nation's 30th-largest , with over 2.265 million residents. Throughout much of the 19th century, Cincinnati was among the top 10 U.S. cities by population . The city developed as a river town for cargo shipping by steamboats , located at the crossroads of the Northern and Southern United States, with fewer immigrants and less influence from Europe than East Coast cities in the same period. However, it received

4230-619: The twenty-eighth largest economy in the United States and the fifth largest in the Midwest , home to several Fortune 500 companies including Kroger , Procter & Gamble , and Fifth Third Bank . It is home to three professional sports teams: the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball ; the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League ; and FC Cincinnati of Major League Soccer ; it

4324-419: The "Black Code" of 1804. In the pre-Civil War period, Cincinnati had been called "a Southern city on free soil". Volatile social conditions saw riots in 1829 , when many black people lost their homes and property. As the Irish entered the city in the late 1840s, they competed with black people at the lower levels of the economy. White-led riots against black people occurred in 1836 , when an abolitionist press

4418-481: The 49- story Carew Tower , which was the city's tallest building upon its completion. Cincinnati weathered the Great Depression better than most American cities of its size, largely due to a resurgence in river trade, which was less expensive than transporting goods by rail. The Ohio River flood of 1937 was one of the worst in the nation's history and destroyed many areas along the Ohio valley. Afterward

4512-456: The Beatles , "This Boy", "Across the Universe" and "Julia" alongside Robert Schwartzman , Rufus Wainwright and Moby for Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music . In the following years, Ono Lennon faded out of the spotlight to focus more on his role as a producer. In 2000, Sean had a guest appearance on the Soulfly album Primitive on the song " Son Song ". After

4606-509: The Ohio flood stage at Cincinnati has officially been set at 52 feet (16 m), as measured from the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge . At this depth, the pumping station at the mouth of Mill Creek is activated. From 1873 to 1898, the flood stage was 45 feet (14 m). From 1899 to March 31, 1922, it was 50 feet (15 m). The Ohio reached its lowest level, less than 2 feet (0.61 m), in 1881; conversely, its all-time high water mark

4700-538: The Plastic Ono Band. Sean Ono Lennon was born at Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, New York City, on 9 October 1975, his father's 35th birthday. He is of Japanese descent on his mother's side and English, Welsh and Irish descent on his father's side. Julian Lennon is his half-brother, and Kyoko Chan Cox is his half-sister. Elton John is his godfather . After Sean's birth, John Lennon became

4794-537: The Source Family, lived together in a Hollywood Hills mansion in Los Feliz (the former Chandler estate, built in 1914 for Harry Chandler ) and was supported by the earnings of the restaurant, which grossed $ 10,000 a day during its peak popularity. Some of the doctrines of the Source Family were kept secret; however, they generally adopted a way of life that promoted natural health , organic vegetarian diets, communal living and utopian ideals. Father Yod/Ya Ho Wha had

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4888-645: The Source Restaurant on Los Angeles's Sunset Strip . The restaurant served organic vegetarian food , with such celebrity regulars as John Lennon , Julie Christie and Marlon Brando . Jim Baker had two other successful restaurants on Sunset Strip: the Aware Inn and the Old World. Despite claims that he had fourteen different wives, he had only one legal wife as James Baker, Robin Popper, to whom he

4982-494: The Top 10 of three Billboard charts, followed by a covers EP titled Lime and Limpid Green in 2017. Their second album, South of Reality , was released on 22 February 2019. While reestablishing himself as a solo artist, Lennon continued his work as a session musician and producer, lending his talent to the likes of Dopo Yume, Albert Hammond, Jr. (of the Strokes ) and model/singer Irina Lăzăreanu . Lennon first appeared on

5076-585: The United States until its sale to Norfolk Southern in March 2024. In 1884, outrage over a manslaughter verdict in what many observers thought was a clear case of murder triggered the Courthouse riots , one of the most destructive riots in American history. Over the course of three days, 56 people were killed and over 300 were injured. The riots ended the regime of Republican boss Thomas C. Campbell . At

5170-435: The album as a bitter experience due to the media focus on his family rather than his own music. In 1999, Ono Lennon's EP Half Horse, Half Musician was released featuring new tracks such as "Heart & Lung" and "Happiness" as well as remixes of songs from Into the Sun . Along with Half Horse Half Musician , 1999 saw the release of Cibo Matto's second album Stereo Type A . Ono Lennon stepped out of his traditional role as

5264-567: The beginning of the 20th century, Cincinnati had a population of 325,902. The city completed many ambitious projects in the 20th century starting with the Ingalls Building which was completed in 1903. An early rejuvenation of downtown began into the 1920s and continued into the next decade with the construction of Cincinnati Union Terminal , the United States Courthouse and Post Office , the Cincinnati Subway , and

5358-638: The border between the free state of Ohio and the slave state of Kentucky , made it a prominent location for slaves to escape the slave-owning south. Many prominent abolitionists also called Cincinnati their home during this period, and made it a popular stop on the Underground Railroad . In 2004, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center was completed along Freedom Way in Downtown, honoring

5452-599: The canal connected Cincinnati to nearby Middletown ; by 1840, it had reached Toledo . Railroads were the next major form of commercial transportation to come to Cincinnati. In 1836, the Little Miami Railroad was chartered. Construction began soon after, to connect Cincinnati with the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad, and provide access to the ports of the Sandusky Bay on Lake Erie . During

5546-468: The cities of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , and Cairo, Illinois . The downtown lies near the mouth of the Licking , a confluence where the first settlement occurred. Metro Cincinnati spans southern Ohio, southeastern Indiana, and northern Kentucky; the census bureau has measured the city proper at 79.54 square miles (206.01 km ), of which 77.94 square miles (201.86 km ) are land and 1.60 square miles (4.14 km ) are water. The city spreads over

5640-415: The city built protective flood walls . After World War II , Cincinnati unveiled a master plan for urban renewal that resulted in modernization of the inner city. During the 1950s, Cincinnati's population peaked at 509,998. Since the 1950s, $ 250 million has been spent on improving neighborhoods, building clean and safe low- and moderate-income housing, providing jobs and stimulating economic growth. At

5734-667: The city government does own several properties outside the corporation limits: French Park in Amberley Village and the disused runway at the former Blue Ash Airport in Blue Ash . Cincinnati has many landmarks across its area. Some of these landmarks are recognized nationwide, others are more recognized among locals. These landmarks include: Union Terminal , Carew Tower , Great American Tower , Fountain Square , Washington Park , and Great American Ballpark . Cincinnati

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5828-487: The city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky . The population of Cincinnati was 309,317 in 2020, making it the third-most populous city in Ohio after Columbus and Cleveland and 64th in the United States . The city is the economic and cultural hub of the Cincinnati metropolitan area , Ohio's most populous metro area, and

5922-504: The city itself. Subsequently, substantial transformations unfolded, particularly in the process of gentrification within the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. In 2018, MLS announced the inclusion of FC Cincinnati , becoming the city's third professional sports team. TQL Stadium , located on Cincinnati's west end, was subsequently constructed and opened its doors in 2021. Notably, the 2020 census revealed that Cincinnati had witnessed

6016-500: The city was 48.4% male and 51.6% female. As of the 2022 census estimates , the Cincinnati metropolitan area had a population of 2,265,051, making it the 30th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the country. It includes the Ohio counties of Hamilton , Butler , Warren , Clermont , Clinton , and Brown , as well as the Kentucky counties of Boone , Bracken , Campbell , Gallatin , Grant , Kenton , and Pendleton , and

6110-446: The city was 50.3% White , 41.4% African American , 0.1% Native American , 2.2% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 1.2% from other races , and 4.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.2% of the population. There were 138,696 households, of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 23.2% were married couples living together, 19.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had

6204-474: The city's involvement in the Underground Railroad. In 1859, Cincinnati laid out six streetcar lines; the cars were pulled by horses and the lines made it easier for people to get around the city. By 1872, Cincinnatians could travel on the streetcars within the city and transfer to rail cars for travel to the hill communities. The Cincinnati Inclined Plane Company began transporting people to

6298-549: The city, including restaurant names such as Blue Chip Cookies , and are not commonly used by locals in casual conversation, with the exception of Cincy, which is often used to refer to the city in absentia. "The City of Seven Hills" stems from the June 1853 edition of the West American Review , "Article III—Cincinnati: Its Relations to the West and South", which described and named seven specific hills. The hills form

6392-522: The city, with many retaining their former names, such as Walnut Hills and Mount Auburn . Westwood is the city's most populous neighborhood, with other significant neighborhoods including CUF (home to the University of Cincinnati ) and Price Hill . Downtown Cincinnati is the city's central business district and contains a number of neighborhoods in the flat land between the Ohio River and uptown. These neighborhoods include Over-the-Rhine , Pendleton , Queensgate , and West End . Over-the-Rhine

6486-443: The city: And this Song of the Vine, This greeting of mine, The winds and the birds shall deliver, To the Queen of the West, In her garlands dressed, On the banks of the Beautiful River. For many years, Cincinnati was also known as "Porkopolis"; this nickname came from the city's large pork interests. Newer nicknames such as "The 'Nati" are emerging and are attempted to be used in different cultural contexts. For example,

6580-477: The dawn of the 2000s, Cincinnati's population stood at 331,285. The construction of Paul Brown Stadium (currently known as Paycor Stadium) in the year 2000 resulted from a sales tax increase in Hamilton County , as did the commencement of construction for Great American Ball Park , which later opened its doors in 2003. The city experienced the 2001 Cincinnati riots , causing an estimated $ 3.6 million in damage to businesses and $ 1.5–2 million in damage to

6674-423: The film's DVD release. Along with girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl , Lennon started a record label, Chimera Music, which has signed a number of his collaborators including the Moonlandingz , Cibo Matto and Yoko Ono. On April 12, 2024, James McCartney , son of Paul McCartney, released a song called "Primrose Hill" with Sean being credited as a composer and songwriter, marking their first collaboration. Lennon

6768-607: The film's release. In 2014, Lennon contributed the song "Animals" for the Zombeavers soundtrack, while he additionally wrote and recorded "Heart Grenade" for the Japanese anime TV series Ghost in the Shell: Arise . Lennon also created the film score for the 2015 comedy horror film Ava's Possessions , a project which took over two years to create. The lead single from the soundtrack "Demon Daughter" premiered alongside

6862-610: The film's soundtrack as well. In 2009 Lennon produced a second album for his mother on his record label Chimera Music, Between My Head and the Sky , by Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band. Lennon further worked with Ono as a producer for John Malkovich's 2016 remix EP Illuminated . Lennon co-produced Fat White Family 's 2016 album Songs for Our Mothers , which was recorded in his New York City recording studio. Lennon also lent his production and songwriting talents to Lana Del Rey 's fifth studio album Lust for Life , where he featured on

6956-478: The folding of Grand Royal Records in 2001, Ono Lennon signed with Capitol Records , yet no solo material surfaced until February 2006, when "Dead Meat" was released as the first single from his new album, Friendly Fire . A promotional trailer for the CD/DVD package of Friendly Fire was leaked online in early 2006. The trailer featured scenes from the film version of the album , a DVD of music videos comprised into

7050-611: The governor of the Northwest Territory , changed its name to "Cincinnati", possibly at the suggestion of the surveyor Israel Ludlow , in honor of the Society of the Cincinnati . St. Clair was at the time president of the Society, made up of Continental Army officers of the Revolutionary War. The club was named for Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus , a dictator in the early Roman Republic who saved Rome from

7144-521: The group's bass player, this time playing a much wider range of instruments (such as drums, guitars, and synthesizers). Despite being well-received, Stereo Type A was followed by an extended Cibo Matto hiatus. In 2000, Ono Lennon contributed vocals to Del tha Funkee Homosapien (a single stanza on the Deltron 3030 track "Memory Loss"), Handsome Boy Modeling School and Jurassic 5 . In 2001 on national television, Ono Lennon performed several classics by

7238-464: The history of the religious group. A revised version of the book entitled The Source: The Untold Story of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13 and The Source Family was released in 2007 by Process Media, and included a CD with live Ya Ho Wa 13 performances, radio interviews, and Family recordings. The Source Foundation was set up at www.yahowha.org and released lost family music through Drag City Records, Fathers Morning Meditation Tapes through Global Recording Artist,

7332-474: The local Keep America Beautiful affiliate, Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, introduced the catchphrase "Don't Trash the 'Nati" in 1998 as part of a litter -prevention campaign. The city is undergoing significant changes due to new development and private investment. This includes buildings of the long-stalled Banks project that includes apartments, retail, restaurants, and offices, which will stretch from Great American Ball Park to Paycor Stadium . Phase 1A

7426-520: The night of June 30, 2017. The Source Restaurant is featured in Woody Allen 's 1977 film Annie Hall . In the film, Alvy Singer (played by Allen) orders "alfalfa sprouts" and "a plate of mashed yeast". Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati ( / ˌ s ɪ n s ɪ ˈ n æ t i / SIN -si- NAT -ee ; nicknamed Cincy ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Ohio , United States. Settled by Europeans in 1788,

7520-569: The population has begun recovering: the 2020 census reports a population of 309,317, representing a 4.2% increase from 296,943 in 2010. This marked the first increase in population recorded since the 1950 Census, reversing a 60-year trend of population decline. At the 2020 census, there were 309,317 people, 138,696 households, and 62,319 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,809.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,471.0/km ). There were 161,095 housing units at an average density of 2,066.9 per square mile (798.0/km ). The racial makeup of

7614-608: The release of Friendly Fire , Ono Lennon has toured extensively around the world and while in France, he remixed his song "Parachute" in collaboration with French artist -M- . The remix is titled "L'éclipse" and was featured as a bonus track on the French release of Friendly Fire , while the single "Dead Meat" was featured in an episode of the TV drama True Blood . With the release of new material and subsequent touring Ono Lennon launched

7708-502: The song "All I Ever Wanted" with Lenny Kravitz for his 1991 album Mama Said , and worked with Kravitz on a cover of his father's song " Give Peace a Chance " in protest of the Gulf War . By 1995 Ono Lennon had formed the band IMA (with Sam Koppelman and Timo Ellis ) to play alongside his mother on her album Rising . Ono Lennon also made appearances in film, featured in the cast of Michael Jackson 's 1988 Moonwalker and portraying

7802-471: The time, employers struggled to hire enough people to fill positions. The city had a labor shortage until large waves of immigration by Irish and Germans in the late 1840s. The city grew rapidly over the next two decades, reaching 115,000 people by 1850. During this period of rapid expansion and prominence, residents of Cincinnati began referring to the city as the Queen City. Cincinnati's location, on

7896-616: The top of Mount Auburn that year.   In 1889, the Cincinnati streetcar system began converting its horse-drawn cars to electric streetcars . The Second Annual Meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union was held in Cincinnati in November 1875. In 1880, the city government completed the Cincinnati Southern Railway to Chattanooga, Tennessee . It was the only municipally-owned interstate railway in

7990-413: The track " Tomorrow Never Came ". Lennon entered the field of film scores in 2009 with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead , directed by long-time friend and school mate Jordan Galland . Lennon again collaborated with Galland as he contributed the score to the 2012 film Alter Egos , and appeared as the character "Electric Death." The soundtrack premiered on Rolling Stone 's website following

8084-494: The warmer months, and tornadoes , while infrequent, are not unknown, with such events striking the Metro Cincinnati area most recently in 1974, 1999, 2012, and 2017. See or edit raw graph data . In 1950, Cincinnati reached its peak population of 503,998; thereafter, it lost population in every census count from 1960 to 2010. In the late 20th century, industrial restructuring caused a loss of jobs. More recently,

8178-633: The yearly 42.5 inches (1,080 mm) of precipitation, with rainfall peaking in spring. Extremes range from −25 °F (−32 °C) on January 18, 1977, up to 108 °F (42 °C) on July 21 and 22, 1934. While snow in Cincinnati is not as intense as many of the cities located closer to the Great Lakes, there have been notable cases of severe snowfall, including the Great Blizzard of 1978 , and more notable snowstorms in 1994, 1999 , 2007 , and 2021 . Severe thunderstorms are common in

8272-423: Was also important. The first established Methodist class in the Northwest Territory came 1797 to nearby Milford . By 1879, there were 162 documented church edifices in the city. For this reason, from the beginning, Protestantism has played a formative role in the Cincinnati ethos. Christ Church Cathedral continues the legacy of the early Anglican leaders of Cincinnati, noted by historical associations as being

8366-526: Was asked by Josh Sigurdson over Twitter what his opinion on the Occupy Wall Street protests was. He replied: "I'm heading down there this weekend." On October 22, 2011, Lennon showed up on Wall Street with Rufus Wainwright and Josh Fox . The three played music throughout the day to protesters and others joined in. Ono Lennon did not speak to the media or press about the event. On August 28, 2012, Ono Lennon's opposition to hydraulic fracking

8460-617: Was incorporated as a city on March 1, 1819. Exporting pork products and hay, it became a center of pork processing in the region. From 1810 to 1830, the city's population nearly tripled, from 9,642 to 24,831. Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal began on July 21, 1825, when it was called the Miami Canal, related to its origin at the Great Miami River . The first section of the canal was opened for business in 1827. In 1827,

8554-425: Was married in 1970. They had a daughter together, Tau, born August 14, 1974. Robin said that at the time he was "a dirty old man on a lust trip". Baker left Yogi Bhajan in the late 1960s and created his own philosophy based on Western mystery tradition . Changing his name to Father Yod and Ya Ho Wha, Baker became the patriarch of a commune of young people, who considered him their spiritual father. The group, known as

8648-412: Was published as an op-ed article, "Destroying Precious Land for Gas", by The New York Times . Of Artists Against Fracking , in 2014 he said that "we can make more people aware of the damage fracking poses to our water supply, global warming, and climate change. Methane is 100 times more powerful of a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide and most people don't realize how climate change will be triggered by

8742-558: Was twice destroyed; and in 1842. More than 1,000 black people abandoned the city after the 1829 riots. Black people in Philadelphia and other major cities raised money to help the refugees recover from the destruction. By 1842 black people had become better established in the city; they defended themselves and their property in the riot, and worked politically as well. Sean Ono Lennon Sean Taro Ono Lennon ( Japanese : 小野 太郎 , Hepburn : Ono Tarō , born 9 October 1975)

8836-631: Was visiting Manhattan, he attended Ono Lennon's birthday party and gave him one of the first Macintosh computers as a present. That same year, he sang "It's Alright" on Every Man Has a Woman , a tribute album to his mother. His parents started his musical career: his debut into the music world came at age five, when he recited a story on his mother's 1981 album, Season of Glass . From childhood into his teen years, Ono Lennon continued to collaborate with his mother, contributing vocals and receiving production credit on her solo albums It's Alright , Starpeace and Onobox . At 16 Ono Lennon co-wrote

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