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Carew Tower Research

Josh Levin

Travel Writing

2/13/14

Carew Tower Research

            Carew Tower is located on Vine Street in beautiful downtown Cincinnati. It has a lot of rich history in the city. The tower itself is home to many shops, restaurants and the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza. It is the second tallest building in the city just shy of the Great American Bank headquarters at 49 stories tall. Like the Willis Tower in downtown Chicago, the Carew Tower’s top floor has an observation deck where you can get a bird’s eye view of the entire city.

            The Cincinnati Netherland Plaza is a very historic landmark in downtown Cincinnati. It’s a great place to sit down and relax in an elegant setting and enjoy a nice meal. It’s one of the oldest hotels in downtown Cincinnati. It’s got beautiful rooms with great views of the city and it’s affordable. It’s inside of the Carew Tower, so as a guest, you can go up to the top of the tower and watch the lit up night skyline from the observation deck. If you’re in town for a holiday involving fireworks or a Fireworks Friday Reds game, you can even watch the fireworks from the observation deck and get a great unobstructed view of them.

            A fun event that the Carew Tower does every year is the Fight for Air Climb. This event is used to raise awareness for lung cancer and lung disease and all money goes to the American Lung Association. It is a $25 registration fee plus $100 from fundraising. The event itself is climbing up the 45 floors of the Tower, a total of 804 steps. It’s a fun event and you get timed while you are also helping to give money to find a cure for lung disease. The event is this Sunday morning at 7 a.m.

            Cincinnati is a beautiful city to visit and this is one of the great historic landmarks of the city. The tower is within walking distance of so many great things to do. There’s Fountain Square where you get lunch, enjoy some delicious Graeter’s Ice Cream, and go ice skating. There’s 3 great theaters; the Ensemble Theater, the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and the Aronoff Center where you can see some amazing shows and productions. We love our sports in Cincinnati, so either catch a Reds game at Great American Ball Park, a Bengals game at Paul Brown Stadium, or a Cyclones game at US Bank Arena. There’s so much to do and see here, so please come and join us!

Cincinnati Bearcats

Josh Levin

2/7/14

Travel Writing

Charity Smith

Cincinnati Bearcats

            What a game last night! The Bearcats were on their home court facing a huge conference rival in the UConn Huskies. These two teams were big rivals in the Big East conference for years. Now they are both in the American Athletic Conference or AAC. The Bearcats have now won 15 straight games, are 22-2 overall and are 12-0 in conference play. It was a matchup of the top two point guards in the AAC with Sean Kilpatrick of the Bearcats against Shabazz Napier of the Huskies, both averaging 10+ points a game.

UC started off slowly, trailing the entire first half, but they were hanging on and fighting hard. They had an incredible second half led by Sean Kilpatrick and Justin Jackson; Sean Kilpatrick with his quick hands on defense and his great ability to make it rain from downtown, and Justin Jackson with his prowess underneath to defend shots and fight for rebounds. The biggest play of the game was in the second half with about 5 minutes left; Justin Jackson got the major block on a Huskie going in for the layup and the ball bounced around and was thrown up court where it was a race to get to the ball between, of course, Sean Kilpatrick and Shabazz Napier. Kilpatrick won the race and slammed it home for two, the crowd went wild, everyone standing and screaming. That changed the momentum of the game for UC just long enough to pull out the win with some key free throws in the final seconds of the game to secure the conference win against a tough opponent.

Sean Kilpatrick ended up with 26 points, 15 of them from beyond the arc, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. While Shabazz Napier ended up with 16 points, 2 rebounds, and 3 assists. Point Kilpatrick!

 It was an amazing game! I had a blast! I am now adding the Cincinnati Bearcats to my list of teams along with the Kentucky Wildcats and the Iowa Hawkeyes.