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Looking at their website http://www.ashleybuilders.com/ Ashley mostly does large suburban style homes, though they have done a conversion of a church into loft apartments (St. Anthony Lofts in Bellevue). This looks to be completely outside of their typical portfolio but you would think that they're probably going for a high end market since that is what they know. Anyone know anything about Ashley beyond their website?

Has Ashley done anything like this before?

I wouldn't say clearly when you have to circle it to draw attention to it

What am I looking at?

Was your inside source the Enquierer? http://news.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20100616/NEWS01/6170324/-Touchdown-Jesus-statue-s-destruction-brings-flood-of-donations

I doubt it will slow momentum at this point, but c'mon!

I don't know if any other thread has as high of an acronymn to post ratio

ESPNZone has been openly discussed by many involved as a wished for tenant at The Banks

I was going to use it but now that I read it is a Shoutbox Feeback, I'm concerned that it's just a way for UO to extort money from me

Here's the most exciting part of the Cheetah article... the new Savannah map: http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2010/05/28/cheetah.pdf As the article above mentions, they expanded the cheetah and giraffe yards and added a flamingo exhibit. They're also moving the wild dogs over here (which makes sense for the expansion/modifcation of the cat house and cat canyon) as well as a lot of the hooved animals (which will probably mean changes for the old African veldt, I'm guessing a Rhino exhibit). And for the first time since I was little they're going to have a hippo again! Finally, it looks like they're taking out the old membership buildings and putting in a Baboon exhibit and revamping the restaurant across from it. I just wish they'd do something with "Tree Tops" which is the old education center and now just meeting rooms. Also there's a new walk thru flight cage, which is always fun.

Zoo to open Komodo dragon exhibit By John Johnston • [email protected] • June 3, 2010 http://nky.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20100603/NEWS01/6040331/0/NEWS0103/Komodo-dragon-returns The world's biggest and baddest species of lizard - the Komodo dragon - is back at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden after a three-year absence. Say hello to Hudo, the star of the zoo's new Dragons! exhibit, opening Saturday. The Dragons! exhibit, which is free with general zoo admission, also features several other monitor lizards, including the green tree monitor, known for its colors that range from green to turquoise, and the crocodile monitor, which can grow to a length of 10 feet.

Cheetah Encounter expands; species holds own http://nky.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20100528/NEWS01/5290317/Cheetah-Encounter-expands-species-holds-own By John Johnston • [email protected] • May 28, 2010 Cathryn Hilker wasn't about to let a little thing like a broken hip keep her from checking out the Cincinnati Zoo's expanded Cheetah Encounter this week. "Is this not the biggest, prettiest place in the whole zoo?" she said, impressed that the grassy area where cheetahs show off their sprinting ability has grown by 40 percent, and now stretches more than 100 yards. The $3 million expansion opens Saturday and includes more seating and shade for visitors as they watch cheetahs run, a larger yard for giraffes and a new flamingo exhibit.

Agreed. The fact that the Enquirer has now referenced specific bloggers on multiple occasions really does raise the respectability of these sites to the general public and will hopefully serve to bring additional voices to what had become a one horse town for news. The more different views people are exposed to the better informed they will be.

Anyone have info on what polling info usually looks like for a new, large public works project?

2 in 3 years! Dynasty?

Do we need another event lawn? CRP will have one of those Maybe a small botanical garden? I love the zoo but I think we miss out by having the 2 combined. It would make for a nice backdrop on pics (weddings, etc)

Banks garage set to open By Lisa Bernard-Kuhn • [email protected] • May 21, 2010 A portion of the massive new public parking garage at The Banks project on the riverfront could open to the public by the first weekend in June. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100521/BIZ01/305210034/Banks+garage+set+to+open All you need to know about the garage, its size, its entrances, etc. And some info about the park

Daaaaang man, when do I get my signed prerelease copy?

The Dallas idea is great and very similar to what we're looking at but many of the features it discussed will be in CRP. I like the idea of a dog park and plenty of art and plazas, but I'll pose the question: What should the caps have that will compliment CRP, The Banks and the stadiums?

St. Louis could use one too

The rendering in the article looks a bit better than the last one I saw. Not really wow, but fine.

Let's not get back into a debate about the niceness of the I-675 cap

that went off nix's glove

Do we know for certain how much those pilings can hold? Structure or just park?

Yeah, I never thought much about it but what do you do at the end of the half caps? Maybe one of these? How great would that look? It's an interesting idea to draw attention to the fact that you're on a cap, but I wonder how you'd do it correctly.