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There was a similar project being undertaken in Vancouver, Washington that is capping I-5. I can't find any info about the budget, but I know someone who was on the design competition jury so I'll ask her. If $5.8 million is what design/engineering is costing, then on average that would mean the project costs about $50 million I think. Here's a link to the Vancouver design: http://www.fortvan.org/pages/Community_Connector

Wow, he's got mad copy+paste and Illustrator lice trace and paint tool skills doesn't he? Honestly one of the most overrated street "artists" I've ever known. The only thing I'm impressed with is his ability to market and convince people his stuff is worthwhile. I can't imagine this guys murals will last very long.

http://imagekind.com/ I think high end glossy paper goes for $15 at that size. That may be including the commission I charge on my prints, though. Might be cheaper for your own that you're not selling.

^We are not "behind the curve" in replacing an extremely outdated, overburdened, and non-functional highway bridge. Replacing Brent Spence will not lead to any further sprawl. There aren't any concrete enough light rail plans to include any light rail accommodation in this bridge that should have been built 15 years ago.m It always amazes me how high of a regard some people hold Portland in. The way of the future will be accommodating cars and mass transit in a way that provides options and pleases most of the public. Trading one for the other isn't the solution.

It used to be Lance's and was owned by Wilson Art Stores, they had a store in Clifton, Downtown, and up in Kenwood. Plaza bought out all three and re-branded them under their name.

I think it's just vignetting which occurs naturally, but in Adobe Lightroom you can enhance it a bit if you so choose.

I always take I-80, I can't stand the Turnpike. If there's snow on the ground, I could see possibly considering the Turnpike... I've found it takes basically the same exact amount of time, because I can generally keep a faster pace on 80, because I've never actually seen a cop anywhere on it.

LED's would be an excellent choice, as the color can change cheaply. If I'm correct, the Empire State Building has gel caps that are placed over a series of white LED's, rather than different colored LED's themselves. With the blue-ish curtain wall, the color choices could be limited. Orange and black Bengals stripes would be awesome, but ugly compared to the blue.

Metropole will get some public funding, it seems. They're getting quite a bit, but I'd imagine the ROI will be spectacular. This is a prime location. Cincinnati council committee OK's funds for Metropole conversion Developers who want to turn the Metropole low-income/senior apartments downtown into a boutique hotel will get help from city taxpayers - $2.5 million, plus up to $4.6 million more in loans. A majority of Cincinnati City Council on Monday approved the funding request from 21cCincinnati Inc., a company that operates a similar hotel in Louisville. They did so over the objections from the Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless and tenants. (More at: http://nky.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20100222/BIZ01/302220013/Funding+OK+ed+for+boutique+hotel)

Yeah, if they want to be ready by 2012 (ha) then they need to hire a designer pronto. The law does allow them to expedite a few things, I think. I second that keeping a room full of property owners/community members on track is difficult, in fact it may actually be an impossibility.

Everyone at the charette had similar ideas, putting the parking against Gilbert and tucked into the side of the hill, so the buildings sit atop it and abut Reading as it comes down from the 71/471 interchange. There is a pretty significant topography change from that intersection to Broadway. They need 4000 spots because the site currently provides about 2000 during the day. The parking for the casino would double as parking for workers elsewhere downtown during the day, is what I understood. Everyone who currently parks on Broadway Commons would still park there, plus the day crowd at the casino. My point with regards to the streetcar is that it may provide transportation to the casino for a few hundred people, but thousands are still going to be driving in on weekend nights from however far away. I don't forsee the streetcar lowering the parking needs at all. It would, however, help with integrating it into the community. People would be more inclined to park in the casino and hop on the streetcar to other establishments.

Wish someone cared enough to pay to fix it instead. Too bad.

The only people in Cincinnati who can afford to use cocaine are rich kids.

The developer needed 4000 spots right? I think the consensus was that in 2 years the casino will be built, and rail transit won't. Even if he streetcar gets the funds and is nearing completion then, it would be spurring development and probably actually increase the need for parking, as people visiting from the suburbs still have to drive downtown and park somewhere along the line, right? I know some of the groups I was in talked about shuttle buses and other things so people could park down at the Banks, etc.

Rumor is Carew is ordering a 20 foot extension to their flag pole in order to maintain its status as appearing to be the tallest building in Cincinnati.

Sherman, Western Europe is the bastion of all that is great and marvelous in this world. Never speak ill of it. /sarcasm

Tucson passed a sales tax to fund the rest of their project didn't they? That probably had something to do with it. It shows its far more popular idea there than it is here...

The standard speed for any vertical run over 350 feet is 1000 feet per minute, if I remember correctly. In general, you should have to wait about 20 seconds for an elevator on average, anything longer and it was a poor design. Most of these things are pretty standard calculations, so I'd imagine QCS would be fine no matter who's installing the elevators.

The worst elevator I've ever been in is a Fujitec in the DAAP building. 4 stops, yet it takes like 10 minutes (exaggeration). I had the privilege of riding it with Peter Eisenman once when he was in DAAP to give a lecture, and quote him as saying "This is the slowest damn elevator with the fastest damn doors." I wanted to ask him why he let his interns spec it. This one is an odd one, usually I'm a fan of Fujitec elevators. That may be construed because I was born within site of their tower in Lebanon, but oh well. I think Otis is generally held in the highest regard in terms of vertical transport.

The Vine St. Kroger will hopefully get a facelift as building renovations move up Vine St. I believe that if/when the area around it looks like the Gateway Quarter, they'll renovate. I'd love to see it added onto and brought up to the sidewalk. The parking lot does seem to always get used though. I wonder if they could get parking in the alley behind, and have a storefront type street presence in the front.

It's Cincinnati, it's hilly, people will deal with it. Busses go up it all the time, and I'd assume steeper hills elsewhere. If the manufacture specs say the grade is fine, and it somehow causes actual difficulties (ie brake problems) wouldn't they be liable in some way, anyways?

Cincinnati is in the midst of another 5-9 inches on top of whatever was left from the last few storms that dumped 6 inches each. I chose the wrong month to sell my 4wd pickup and buy a rear wheel drive Lexus. It's a constant battle to get out of my driveway, and up the hill I live on that Cincinnati forgets to plow for 3 days after every snowfall.

I was "escorted" out of St. John for taking too many photos once. I lived a block from Columbia for a few months last winter while interning in NYC, it was a great neighborhood.

I've never been in there either. I have heard good things about Gaslight too, though. The Lookout Apartments have the benefit of being a 3 minute walk to DAAP, but it's kind of a bigger building. I know where it is, but haven't actually ever known anyone who lives there, either.

UC has the free shuttle buses for students that run to the Gaslight District. There should be plenty of places there around $600. My landlord just sold out to a larger company that upped all the rents, otherwise I'd suggest them. I'm moving for co-op towards the end of March if you need a sublet/don't mind a roommate. That seems like it's about a month too late for when you're moving back, though.