ForTheLoveOfDayton

Here are some renderings of the Wright Stop Plaza Transit Center / Market Street Plaza: The project will remove all RTA loading and unloading from the corner of Third and Main. Sen. Voinovich, Rep. Turner and others were on hand. http://www.downtowndayton.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118 Here is a link to story about the groundbreaking: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/06/23/ddn062408rta.html Ground broken for RTA transit center Project will remove bus loading and unloading from Third and Main streets. Tuesday, June 24, 2008 DAYTON — Officials broke ground on Monday, June 23 on the new $9.6 million Wright Stop Plaza Transit Center, which will remove all Greater Dayton RTA bus loading and unloading from Third and Main streets. The transit center is located beside Wright Stop Plaza at that intersection. The former Admiral Benbow Hotel was demolished to make way for the project.

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^haha...... ewww

Great zoo

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More default avatars representing mid-sized Ohio cities as well...Dayton for example.

the pope in the Cleveland Public Safety Thread: "Its been lingering off topic towards a bunch of barstool social demographers with absolutely no facts, tons of happenstance observations and some blatant racism." http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,4065.msg295650.html#msg295650

Great shots, especially of the rail line and that gold domed building.

^bah! Fire the teacher over creationism? How about assault and battery?!

Very attractive!

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Yes, most notably the Miami Triad: Sigma Chi, Beta Theta Pi and Phi Delta Theta

Oakwood (neighboring south suburb of Dayton/south side of UD) has an 'upscale' shopping district with a good men's clothier (Stocks) and some women's stuff like Talbots, Chicos and stuff like that as well as a good grocery named Dorothy Lane Market with a lot of local stuff and a nice organic selection. For a good list of farmers markets check out this site and click Montomery County (Dayton) and Greene County (Beavercreek). http://ourohio.org/map/ohfb_map_content.html As for things to do, it depends what you like. There's a lot of outdoorsy things to do through programs set up by the Five River Metroparks...everything from hiking, kayaking, and mountain biking all over the region to laser light shows and festivals at Riverscape downtown. Minor league Dayton Dragons baseball is very popular (top 10 hottest tickets according to Sports Illustrated) and so is college basketball in the winter (UD Flyers). Some fun stuff for couples could include the Cool Films series at the Victoria Theatre downtown and the Oregon District on E. Fifth St. downtown (nice restaurants and a burgeoning arts district). The Schuster Center across from the Victoria hosts Broadway tours and a lot of local performing arts groups (http://www.schustercenter.org). The Fraze Pavilion (http://www.fraze.com) has a lot of concerts all summer...I've seen John Mayer, Willie Nelson, Michael Buble, Earth Wind and Fire, Harry Connick Jr., James Taylor, Journey and others there. The bigger name performers come to the Nutter Center (at Wright State) in Beavercreek/Fairborn. Near Beavercreek is the old "hippie-ish" town of Yellow Springs (it's an experience) (http://www.yellowspringsohio.org) that has some cool things to see and do including shops and restaurants and two big nature preserves (Glen Helen and John Bryan State Park) boarding the town to the east. On the other side of the parks is Clifton Mill and Clifton Gorge (http://www.cliftonmill.com and http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/882/default.aspx) which is a sight to behold. If you're into history, you should check out http://www.daytonhistory.org. The Carillon Park has a cool bell tower and period festivals and car shows throughout the summer. Patterson Homestead is quieter but holds things like antique sales and has a nice park-like property between Oakwood, UD, and downtown. Of course I can't forget to mention the National Parks that are part of the Aviation Trail (http://www.nps.gov/daav and http://aviationtrailinc.org). The Dayton Art Institute is a great experience and I strongly recommend Oktoberfest there and the Greek Festival at the Greek church next door (http://www.daytongreekfestival.com). The Greene, as mentioned before, has a lot of new stuff including restaurants (Cheesecake Factory for example), a huge bookstore, shops, a deluxe movie theater, a Golds gym (that I think was bought by a different gym) and a few bars. It is fun to visit (http://www.thegreene.com). I'm just thinking off the top of my head, hope that helps.

Looks like a great park.

I think unusualfire means NKY vs Lexington, not Cincinnati vs. Lexington.

Wow.

There should be a countdown somewhere, maybe on the Cincinnati Streetcar site. at the 1000 day mark there will be Sweet.

There should be a countdown somewhere, maybe on the Cincinnati Streetcar site.

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WHOA, very cool! Thanks for posting this mohr37!

Nice looking...I also love the tree lawns and boulevards.

Thanks for this great post

Google also unrolled its face-blurring technology today. For a good example of this check out Cincinnati's Fountain Square at the corner of Vine St. and 5th St.