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Wish there was some sort of a counter to let us know how many holes have been drilled. We should just hire a midget to hide down there and hand signal to us.

Yea it takes forever for a company to relocate. Usually. I'm crossing my fingers that this hotel will spark some kind of development in those two gigantic lots across the street. There's so much potential there.

Wasn't Kaldis moving from their location?

With all this stuff going on, we reeaaaaalllly need that streetcar near campus;)

^ As long as Mike Brown owns the Bengals we'll never have a consistant winner. Mike Brown = money, Paul Brown = football. He'll never be his dad. BUT, back to the park. What are those two big stripes for? a marker of some sort?

I realized I have my locations screwed up. Can someone tell me what's all going at the old Kro-ghetto site and whats going by the ihop. Two different placed correct. I thought it was the same. Baaaaaaahh I need to drive by there.

Like I've said, if you can stand outside and see skyscrapers...your downtown lol.

ah oops.

I do agree with you AJknee about Carew. I understand builders had to make do with brick. The time it took to build it was also impressive. But yes people kid themselves. That building is ugly. Some elements are kind of cool but the color doesn't help and I've never been a fan of skyscrapers that look spaghetti thin from one angle and huge from the face. Bring on QCS.

I stated it wrong. My bad. What I should've said is Corryville is getting better BUT, it was not a very inviting place for students and people. That's why the west side of campus was always viewed as the nicer place to live but hey, there's a lot going on in Corryville and I'll be happy to see Kro-ghetto go! sweeeeet!

Far from it;)

Chabot is in the wrong city with the way he thinks things should happen. Period.

People find Cincinnati in a negative lot for many reasons( trust me, I hate listening to it too) For instance, you have old fashioned ultra-conservative residents who get scared of skyscrapers, growing hustle & bustle of urban living, and a ton of foot traffic. They don't like the fact their property might house a future transit line that could benefit Cincy beyond belief. They don't like the fact our sky scrapers are getting taller instead of shorter. Where one much needed place is growing because of money there's always another place pointed out by a negative resident where that money could go. It's like people complain about poor schooling systems yet they bitch about paying taxes THAT WOULD HELP THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. There's a lot of ego problems in Cincy but I'm glad we're getting a new sky scraper. QCS is already bringing much needed energy to our momentum. I say keep it up and don't listen to all of the negative people who can't find anything else to do except bash their own city.

It's not a community its a nest for bad apples. Just go to the Corryville Rec Center and hang out at that park for an hour. You will see;)

^That's the funniest thing I've heard in a while and so true hahaha.

I think the Banks will have a strong enough tenant draw that it will get filled regardless of all this economic stuff. Truth is 90% of all this economic trouble is in the head. It doesn't have to be real if people dont want it to be. The number one element that controls the stock market is FEAR. That's it.

One of my professors at daap was the lead designer on the segway and he used to fly up and down the halls with that thing. Funny stuff.

Hey keep pushing for more retail farther and farther north down to Kroger and we won't have a crappy Vine st anymore;)

^Hey you never know. In 15 years we just might have a few high rise hotels in OTR because it's become a destination in itsself;)

Do these new places have websites up?

As long as it doesn't look like old people designed it, I'll be happy.

I think its safe to assume it's east of the bridge, or that big block right there. My question is if the proposed cafe(s) will be open for business on the park prior to Phase 1's businesses in 2010. If so, what a great way to start bringing people down there. Is there a projected timeline for this first phase?

This almost brings several small tears to my eye. Bravo for progression.

I'm also curious as to how this will affect One River Plaza and Edge. Anyone hear about the sales of those places? I think its awesome that a hotel would go up. Great views right there.

Single digits? dang thats awesome but not surprising. I wouldn't doubt that in the next few years, surface lots will be turning into apartment buildings for good infill. But something seriously needs to be done in Broadway Commons. A giant apt complex COULD be awesome.