'Finding Kenyon-Barr' photo exhibit brings razed West End community back to life

A piece of a retaining wall is the only thing left of the neighborhood in which Melvin Grier grew up. His childhood home, his family's church, the school he attended, the businesses where his family shopped, the playground supported by that retaining wall, even the sidewalks where he and his friends ran until the streetlights went on -- an entire community was erased from the West End to make way for industrial development in the late 1950s. "Finding Kenyon-Barr," a new exhibit of photos from the Cincinnati Museum Center archives, shines a light on this community and the people who called it home. Grier and others will share their memories during three free panel discussions at the exhibit at 1202 Linn St. in November and December.