Ronny Salerno 10/11/16 Ronny Salerno 10/11/16

[Suburbia Lost] Dynasty Buffet, Bigg's, Pizza Hut, and KFC - Colerain, Ohio

To the west of Cincinnati in Colerain Township: fast food, a supermarket, and the type of restaurant that seems to always fit into any kind of dying suburban development.

Ronny Salerno 10/6/16 Ronny Salerno 10/6/16

Retail Remnants: Demolition of the Pogue's Garage

"Pogue's garage" in Cincinnati ran along 4th St. between Race and Elm. Its demolition is another sign of the changing times and development in the city's urban core. Stale and sterile in appearance, the structure probably won't be missed by anyone. However, the story it's connected to is one of the Queen City's retail history and if anything, at least this parking garage once offered a great view from the top.

Ronny Salerno 6/14/16 Ronny Salerno 6/14/16

The Dayton Arcade

I had heard about it for years, occasionally seen photographs, but to see it in person. I was taken aback.

Ronny Salerno 12/16/15 Ronny Salerno 12/16/15

Black Friday in Retail Purgatory

In Cincinnati’s northern suburbs there’s a shopping mall stuck in retail purgatory. Born of a grand vision, the nearly empty complex of consumerism has never truly found success. In a followup to a 2009 article, we revisit “Forest Fair.”

Ronny Salerno 3/1/13 Ronny Salerno 3/1/13

Tower Place Mall: An Ugly View of Commerce With a Great View of the City

If you've ever seen the 1978 horror classic Dawn of the Dead, then you'll feel right at home in Tower Place Mall.

Ronny Salerno 6/5/12 Ronny Salerno 6/5/12

Whatever Happened to Circuit City?

I only got a half hour break and it was still my first week. So far I didn't mind the job. I was supposed to be selling cameras, but somehow ended up selling computers. The sales floor was stressful at times, especially for a 16 year old, but Best Buy paid better and was a lot more prestigious of a part time job than most other high school kids had at the time. All I wanted to do on that break was eat my McDonalds cheeseburger, but the guy next to me kept talking to me while he sipped on a Mountain Dew.