Eugene Brown

I grew up in the West End in the 60s and went to Washburn Elementary, went to Porter, junior high, went to Taft Senior High, graduated in 7019 75. And went to work as a young man from there. Back in the 70s it was a nice time now, to be growing up. I grew up in the 50s. Down on Fourth Street around Heupel Brewing Company. Dolly Madison cakes better known as butternut. And it was a nice town it'd be growing up in the West End, a seen expressway come through. That's when they moved all us from down in the bottom as we call it to over here near Lynn Street. And Clark Street. When I was growing up we used to We used to fight we used to go he's up with the knuckles. And after the fight was over, that's what it was. But now we got these guns that's prevalent in our neighborhood. I don't know where they coming from but we got them and some people seem to think that's all they can answer is with a gun. But that ain't the right way. That's the short quick way out but it ain't the best way. My kids grew up down here safely. I just think the West End is good neighborhood is anything in the country. I mean I am partial to it because our roof down here but I love it I wouldn't take none for it. We've got a lot of progress going on and I and I city downtown pacifically I grew up in expressway was coming through first at 75 I might get to see the second phase of the asset be fired from the bridges that we need to be built over the Kentucky River they've been talking about it long enough so maybe next year they might get around to start building on it. It means much I don't think Cincinnati grow up so nice town nice cities a nice community that we got was a lot of nice communities in downtown Cincinnati you just had to live there and really live that it really see how nice it is.