Exclusive: Go inside the abandoned Crosley Building with The Enquirer

Take a tour with The Enquirer of the abandoned Crosley Building in Cincinnati's Camp Washington neighborhood. Vacant since 2006, the Samuel Hannaford & Sons-designed building once housed Crosley Radio Corp.'s manufacturing operations. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015

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Take a tour with The Enquirer of the abandoned Crosley Building in Cincinnati's Camp Washington neighborhood.

Vacant since 2006, the Samuel Hannaford & Sons-designed building once housed Crosley Radio Corp.'s manufacturing operations. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

Local history writer Jeff Suess, real estate reporter Sydney Franklin and News of Now editor David Wysong went inside the behemoth structure with current owner, The Port. Lindsey Florea, senior vice president of real estate development services, explained why her agency bought the building in 2024 and what her team is doing to remediate, stabilize and prep it for future redevelopment.

The interior of a cleared floor at the vacant Crosley Building in the Camp Washington neighborhood of Cincinnati on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. The 330,000 square foot facility was built by Samuel Hannaford & Sons in 1929 for the Powell Crosley radio company, which operated there until 1960.