Friday, December 2, 2011

Hello New Dawn

I took pictures of Route 6 Queen City at the Mercy Franciscan Hospital for the final time.  Layover point is returning to West Towne Centre strip mall in Western Hills on Sunday.  Routes 10, 21 and 33 currently layover there.  Before taking pictures of Route 6, I took Route 39 Western Hills-Uptown for the final time before the grand opening of Metro's new Transit Hub at Glenway Crossing.  The hub is built within the Glenway Crossing Shopping Center.
When I was growing up, that was the strip mall to shop at, many people from Cincinnati, Delhi and Green Township residents helped built that place up.  The strip mall has had many changes notably the closing of former retail giant Service Merchandise 10 years ago.  I bought (tank version of) Megatron and Onslaught Transformers toys at that store years ago.  Michael's which was a prestigious art store moved from Glenway Crossing Shopping Center to the old spot at Old Navy in Western Hills Plaza.  Target retail store moved from across the street at Glencrossing Way to Western Hills Plaza as well, but almost 2 years earlier at November 2009.  Hobby Lobby is where Target was.  Former location of Hobby Lobby was demolished to expand space for Gold's Gym where the transit hub is across the street.
Route 64 Westwood-Ferguson which lays over at Glencrossing Way across the street from Izzy's is also moving to the hub along with Routes 38X Glenway Crossing-Uptown Express and 77X Delhi Express too.  Yes I did take photos of Route 64 too.
My day wasn't over yet as I walked from Glencrossing Way to Western Hills Plaza to pick up some groceries at Target.  I took photos of  Route 21 Harrison Avenue at the West Towne Centre layover even though I didn't need Sorta coach 6028.  I remembered that the layover point is being moved near The Home Depot which makes it harder for me to take pictures of buses in isosceles angles so I took photos.  The ride from Western Hills to Downtown Cincinnati wasn't bad even though the bus was replaced by an older coach at Central Parkway.
Taking route 17 Northgate was kind of a headache because the bus was extremely full of people.    If you don't know it was Sorta coach 2130.  Yes I did think about her seeing after seeing that bus as it was turning left on 9th street...I usually daydream of Yu-Gi-Oh charcters when I'm on all Sorta 4000 coaches.   I had to get of Route 17 across the street of University of Cincinnati because the bus was so full.  I had to flag the driver down to catch Route 51 Clifton-Hyde Park Crosstown to get home, since most drivers don't believe black people live in Fairview.  Thankfully, the driver who drove me home I already knew him so it wasn't a problem.
It took me an hour to upload new photos on Flickr but it was all worth it then order some good Papa John's Pizza the Double Pepperoni for me as I ordered my mother the Garden Fresh Pizza with Chicken added...Only problem with the order was that Papa John's didn't tell me that the store was out of 20 oz of Coke and Sprite too so I took the Diet Coke instead.  It was great, I'm feeling full from all of this writing.

P.S. Sorta means Southwestern Ohio Regional Transit Authority or Cincinnati Metro for short.

  
Sorta coach 6021 as Route 39 Western Hills-Uptown.

Sorta coach 9018 as Route 6 Queen City.

Sorta coach 888 as Route 64 Westwood-Ferguson.

Sorta coach 6028 as Route 21 Harrison Avenue.

Alvin & the Chipmunks.  I grew watching them animated, my 7 year old nephew is growing up watching them in 3D now.
Sorta coach 4009 at Government Square in Downtown Cincinnati as Route 17 Northgate.


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