2018 • Pleasant Ridge Chili
2025 • Pleasant Ridge Chili / The Ridge
2020 • Pleasant Ridge Chili
2018 • VIP Salon
2018 • 6024 Montgomery Rd.
2019 • 6012 Ridge Ave.
2018 • St. Peter's United Church of Christ
2019 • Burger King
2006 • Burger King
2019 • Burger King
2001 • Burger King
2022 • Walgreens
2019• Hair Plus
2023 • PNC
2021 • PNC
2020 • PNC
2020 • Mullaney's Pharmacy
1996 • Mullaney's
1978 • Ridge Flower Shop / 5/3 Bank
2010 • Mullaney's Pharmacy
2020 • Mullaney's Pharmacy
1996 • Mullaney - Feuer (composite panorama)
2022 • Mullaney's Pharmacy
2020 • Mullaney's Pharmacy
Casa Figueroa
Casa Figueroa
2025 • Catch Me if You Can
2007 • V.F.W Post 6979
2020 • Gregory Forest
2020 • Robinson Floral / Gregory Forest
2020 • Ridge Theater
2020 • 6033 Montgomery Rd.
2022 • PNC
2021 • Ridge Theater
2021 • Gils Barber Shop
1978 • Hitching Post
2021 • Pleasant Ridge Library
2022 • Architectural Art Glass Studio
2005 • Pleasant Ridge Elementary
2025 • Pleasant Ridge Montessori
2003 • Pleasant Ridge Elementary
2025 • Pleasant Ridge Montessori
2021 • PRM
2025 • Nativity Church
2006 • Nativity Church
2006 • Nativity School
2001 • Nativity Church
2001 • Nativity Church
2007 • Gas Light Cafe
2024 • Gas Light Cafe
2007 • Gas Light Cafe
2024 • Gas Light Cafe
2022 • LaRosas
2007 • UDF / Ridge Donut Shop
UDF
2022 • BP
2025 • BP
2006 • Pleasant Ridge Hardware
Everybody's Records & CD's
2022 • Everybody's Records & CD's
2020 • Everybody's Records & CD's
2022 • Elliott Jordan Studio / Gallery
2022 • Moler Hollywood / Youthland
2004 • Ridge Market
2009 • Pleasant Perk
2010 • Sunoco
Sunoco • 2025
The Rathkamp Bros Co.
The Rathkamp Bros Co.
2006 • Plum Diore
1978 • Gils / Everbodys / Pleasant Luncheonette / Ridge Jewelers
2021 • Ridge Jewelers
2023 • 5984 Lester
2023 • 5984 Lester
2023 • The Little Blue House
2023 • Hamilton County Democratic Headquaters
2025 • Café Alma
1978 • Robinson's Carpet / Famous Old Time Music Co. / Donovan's TIre Co.
2025 • Argos Pet / Make.Do.
2025 • Community Happens Here
2025 • The Overlook Lodge / Lonely Pine Steakhouse
2025 • Pleasant Ridge Pet Hospital
2025 • Signature Beauty Lofts
2025 • Thane Lorbach / Scrap It Up • Linn Law
2025 • HodesH
2022 • Fifth Third Bank
2025 • Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church
2025 • Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church
2022 • Sweeny & Meder
2025 • Queen City Comic & Card Co.
2006 • Northeast Corner Ridge & Montgomery
2006 • Southeast Corner Ridge & Montgomery
2006 • Southwest Corner Ridge & Montgomery
2006 • Northwest Corner Ridge & Montgomery
Pleasant Ridge Places
"My theory of composition? Simple: do not release the shutter until everything in the viewfinder feels just right." - Ernst Haas
This portfolio is as a time capsule with my photographs capturing the ever-changing face of this diverse Cincinnati neighborhood. I grew up here and have witnessed the evolution of the community, with more changes on the way.
There is no specific reason why I chose to photograph these buildings other than they presented themselves in the right light or I simply found them interesting. Or, I felt the need to document them before they disappeared! In my trove of black and white negatives from the last 50 years I have many iterations of the Ridge. As I rediscover these older photographs and digitize them I will post them as a juxtaposition to the new. Stay tuned!
ALL images © David W. Smith. Not for use or reproduction without express permission.