Retro Surf Cincinnati Commercials circa 1988.
Ronny Salerno Ronny Salerno

Retro Surf Cincinnati Commercials circa 1988.

If you've followed QC/D for awhile you may be familiar with the saga of Surf Cincinnati. It was the first abandoned place I ever truly explored and photographed. On top of that, its story hit on several personal notes: I went here a lot as a kid and exploring an abandoned amusement park always made me reflective of the years I spent working in one myself. Photographs of the park when it was active are few and far between, and until this one, I had never seen a video or commercial from the park pop up online.

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The Remains of Surf Cincinnati: A Followup
Ronny Salerno Ronny Salerno

The Remains of Surf Cincinnati: A Followup

The story's been told here before. It's a place we spent countless hours exploring. It's a place many of us visited in its prime. It's a place documented here on QC/D in several articles. Ten years after first stepping foot into its abandoned state, I went to go see what, if anything, was left after the demolition.

Fueled by nostalgia, the story of Surf Cincinnati continues.

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The Beach Waterpark: All Dried Up?
Ronny Salerno Ronny Salerno

The Beach Waterpark: All Dried Up?

The "stone" depiction of a fanged beast would seem to be the remnants of a forgotten civilization, but protruding through the "ancient" statue is a different kind of ruin: one of modern society.

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