Ram23

Most of the renovations only strip materials that are deemed unnecessary to the structural integrity of the building. The only time you need be worried is if you see lots of cuts through floor plates. although the brick walls or timber columns carry all the gravity loads in most OTR buildings, it's the floor joists that laterally brace the walls and keep them from falling over. It's also interesting that many times adjoining buildings keep each other from falling down, I can't think of any specific pictures I have, but often you can see walls staring to bow where neighboring buildings have been demolished.

Next time you're on the bike trail, make a stop in Loveland. I lived in old Loveland and walked/biked everywhere there. It's Symmes and Miami Townships that are sprawl, the actual city is a nice place. Anyways, my point was that we should keep support for the streetcar constructive, and not turn it into a car vs mass transit debate. Most of that argument is opinionated. If anything we should raise the point that with a streetcar you'd have the choice to drive or take mass transit, that's a benefit we would have over places like Boston or NYC, where people can't actually afford to have a car and don't have a choice about how they get around.

^ This thread always resorts to a city vs suburbs and/or a mass transit vs car debate, and if that ever happens at a larger scale mass transit in Cincinnati is doomed. By the way, I live "down by UC" and have never done drugs of any type in my life. I have still been witness to a few robberies, they could have been drug related, but two friends of mine who are clean cut were also mugged for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. In my 18 years in Loveland before i moved here, I never once knew someone who was mugged because they were walking down the street to late at night. The city has plenty of high points, and once I graduate I'm likely moving to OTR, but trying to say it's safe (when you're comparing it to suburbs) is not an argument you're ever going to be able to win.

Absolutely. And a 35 foot tower might be pushing it. You're going to want to check your municipal code for height restrictions and setbacks. In Cincinnati, for example, only 20' towers are allowed, despite the max building height being 35 feet.

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I'm calling BS on that...

Nice to see it going up. It came as a surprise, I thought it had stalled. If only a few more empty lots in uptown could see some work begin..

That's where he's ultimately flawed. The purpose of a company isn't to provide jobs and benefits.. it's to provide a service or good. The jobs are a bonus that comes with that mission. If a business is structured and run this way (always focusing on the consumer) it will be successful. Think Wal-Mart. If it is run with the focus on the employee, it won't be. Think GM... A $2 tax on gas to help Government Motors build cars while continuing to overpay their workers is one of the most ridiculous solution you could try to apply. It's not even socialism-lite at that point..

Large? one of my favorites...

The corporate tax rates aren't competitive enough, and it is probably tougher to attract young professionals from around the world to Dayton than it is to Peachtree City.. sadly.

Hell yeah, that's what I've been saying for a long time. Count me in. Three of us should be enough to start a trend.

I finally uploaded some of the photos from Wednesday's Segway tour, a lot of these are probbaly the same places you guys who took the tour on Saturday saw: Good Fellows Hall: The view from Good Fellows: Lackman Lofts: The view up Vine St. from 14th & Vine: The full gallery is here: http://www.daapspace.daap.uc.edu/~feinze/galleries/photography/otr_02/index.html

You beat me to it. I will even admit it; I am blinded by this overpowering statistic, and will always be.

I always heard the reason there aren't too many tornadoes near downtown areas is just a matter of chance. Extreme urban areas like Cinci's CBD make up for a tiny fraction of a percentage of actual land area in the world. The actual chances of getting a tornado on any predefined swath of land is minute. I do remember Salt Lake City, and Miami, FL having downtown tornadoes within the past 5 years or so, though. I was also out in Loveland last night (in a barn actually) and there was quite a funnel cloud, but didn't amount to anything on the ground. The rotation in the clouds was still a sight to see.

I too want to thank Michael, Holly and Stacy for the tour on Wednesday night. Thanks to the guys at Switch for the drinks afterward as well. I'll be pointing a few friends here in DAAP to your place! And of course, thanks to Segway of Ohio for the wheels for the evening. I've got quite a few photos that I will post over the weekend when I get a chance. All of the buildings were interesting, but I agree with BlauBaum that Mottainai was my personal favorite, and the units are a great value. The three story unit in Goodfellows was simply amazing.

The only counter argument we need is pointing out to people that it's a terrible idea to have the entire city vote on minor issues. We elect officials to make those decisions. If you don't like the decisions, change the officials, not the system. It's probably going to get onto the ballot, but I doubt it will pass. Enough people in the city voted to elect a council that supports the streetcar, what makes any of you think they'll vote for a charter amendment that would make it impossible?? I have no problem letting major issues go to referendum, it's just counter productive and increases the size of an already overbearing government when every minor issue needs a public vote.

Come on, everyone here knows OSU paid $1 million instead of coming down into the Nip'

I think it's technically called "Baldwin Quad" on the master plan, but I could be wrong. Either way, it's always called "The Quad" because it's the only one on UC's campus, while most colleges have quite a few. Nice shots, by the way!

No investigation needed, arrest the cop right now. The Steelers colors on a CPD horse? I don't see the need for any other evidence to indict both parties involved.

A marked cop car sitting in one place does the job of slowing everyone down, if only for 1/2 a mile or so. An unmarked car does nothing but make money for the state, by randomly taxing (as Sherman put it) one of the hundreds of drivers speeding by. Unmarked cars on traffic patrol are nothing but money-makers, while marked cars get the job done.

Yeah, Helles and Little Kings usually occupy 1/2 of my refrigerator at all times. They're my standards.

Is Messer going to be in the running for construction? I thought they generally just did architectural work, but I could see how pledging an undisclosed amount of money would help them get the job...

Really?

I will wait until I get back to NYC this summer to pass final judgment, but I'm going to bet it lost a lot of it's nostalgia. Seems like a total sellout to tourists to me.

The bottom picture is usually a HUGE no-no for architects. I have no problem adding a garage to the ground floor, if that's what the client wants (face it, 90% of the time they are going to want one), but the rule is usually not to imitate an older style, and especially not a style that's different than the rest of the house. Yikes.... The top set of row houses I actually think are quite nice. Even if there was a streetcar line in front of it, anyone who can afford a house like that is going to have a car and want a place to park it, especially if they don't have to drive it every day. Style always a product of technology, which is why I hate to see imitation buildings. I love to see infill like that top picture.