Finneytown [Paperback]

Finneytown, a dynamic first-ring suburb of Cincinnati, continues to display the optimism and civic spirit that transformed this community during the postWorld War II economic and population boom.

A tiny rural settlement for 140 years, Finneytowns population from 1946 to 1970 quadrupled as young people filled its new residential subdivisions, schools, businesses, and churches.Finneytowncelebrates this creation story. Seemingly overnight, farms and open fields gave way to streets carved out for cookie-cutter houses as well as stately, custom-built homes, including Mid-Century Modern designs prized today as architectural timepieces. This wide variety of housing drove Finneytowns economic diversity, while enthusiastic support of its public and private schools defined the small communitys values. Some Finneytown residents throughout its history, such as television writer Rod Serling and illustrator Charley Harper, are known worldwide. Even a potato chip popular across the globe was named after a Finneytown streetPringle Drive.

Rick Kennedy is a retired media relations manager for General Electric and author of three books,Jelly Roll, Bix & Hoagy,Little LabelsBig Sound, andGE Aviation: 100 Years of Reimagining Flight. Mark Evans is a retired product development manager for Procter & Gamble, a product development consultant, and an accomplished photographer. Kennedy and Evans, along with their wives, Jane and Chris, respectively, are longtime and active Finneytown residents.?

Rick Kennedyis a retired media relations manager for General Electric and author of three books,Jelly Roll, Bix & Hoagy,Little LabelsBig Sound, and