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The grandest houses in Cincinnati, architecturally speaking, are pretty evenly distributed between Hyde Park around Grandin, East Walnut Hills just west of O'Bryanville, North Avondale Around Rose Hill and Lenox, and Clifton on Lafayette. The homes on Grandin take the cake in terms of size, though. Indian Hill has a few grand estates scattered about between the McMansions on steroids. If you have a library card, you can browse through old Enquirer issues from the early 1900s that had a weekly lifestyle type page with photos of the nicest new homes in town. I forget what the section was called but can dig it up if anyone cares.

I've been saying for years that a $2 rush-hour only toll would make the majority of congestion disappear overnight. Toll from 7-9AM and 4-6PM and the problem would sort itself out. Cincinnatians are cheap enough that 30% of rush hour commuters would take a different route or adjust their work hours slightly in order to save that $4 a day.

Didn't one of the primary tenants of Carew Tower attempt to get a permit to put their name on the building years ago, only to be denied by the city?

^ Interesting that with no sirens, people were still all able to seek shelter and no on was killed. I think cell phone alerts have rendered sirens borderline obsolete. I'd wager that at almost all times, there are more people indoors or in a loud area out of earshot of sirens, than there are people away from the vicinity of a cell phone.

My street, near the border of OTR and CUF is covered in feces as we speak. It can happen fast - all it takes is one person letting their poop fester, and others soon follow suit. So far as I can tell, it's not explicitly illegal to not clean up after your pet, despite the fact it's pretty unsanitary.

Urban dogs can become quite a nuisance, quickly. All it takes is one careless owner refusing to clean up after their pet, and in a "broken windows theory" style escalation entire neighborhoods can become covered in feces. Hopefully the sort of person that takes their dog to a posh groomer isn't the sort of person who refuses to pick up poop, but I've seen stranger things.

I spent about a month on and off in Montreal once during a project. It's surprising how many people only speak French, and there's a significant percentage that are insulted/annoyed when visitors can't speak it. I could certainly understand if this has somewhat stunted the city's growth. In that regard it's not unlike Cincinnati, wherein the old school lifelong dynasties running the show seem to be perfectly okay with minimal growth so long as it keeps the aura of the place on an even keel.

^ I haven't heard any rumors but my initial instinct was that they simply don't want to have a grand opening in the middle of an active construction site. It makes practical sense to me - this is a flagship urban store next door to their HQ and they want to ensure the site is perfect before they open it up. You don't want to worry about scaffolding over the sidewalk, trucks beeping, stacks of drywall being carried into the building, etc. Plus there's some liability concerns. I've worked on projects that could have been phased (as this one appears it could have been) but owners often prefer to wait until everything is ready to go and there can be a clean flip of the switch between construction and occupancy.

Sounds like he'd be a shoo-in for Cincinnati City Council.

^ I think he means that the public funding deals themselves are completely different, which is accurate. The deal with the Bengals for Paul Brown Stadium is among the worst agreements in the history of stadium funding. By comparison, the public funding for FC Cincinnati is relatively innocuous. Now, it's still more public money than the city/county should have spent, but it's not even in the same ballpark as the PBS deal.

Yeah, I've never met an Ohio State fan in Cincinnati. I don't trust that map's accuracy at all.

At the link, you can zoom down to zip code level to get the full data - every random splotch of red I saw on the map was the Red Sox. Interestingly enough, not only do the Mets and A's not carry a single county, they don't even carry a single zipcode - including the ones their home stadiums are in.

Much of the dining and entertainment options in OTR meet the description given above: "Overwhelmingly, the American consumer wants the appearance of authenticity, but is scared of the real thing." There are obviously some authentic establishments in OTR (MOTR and Alabama Fish come to mind), but chains like Thunderdome have crafted entire brands centered around the idea of appearing authentic. You can go to an authentic, local Bakersfield in how many places now? This fills a big gap between Applebees and mom-and-pop places - all the apparent authenticity of the latter, all the convenience and familiarity of the former.

The timeline seems reckless. Any effort to draft a new map should wait until the June 30 Supreme Court ruling. At that point, if a new map is still needed, adequate time should be provided. These efforts take months when they are known and prepared for. Trying to do it in weeks with no preparation ahead of time is sloppy and irresponsible.

I don't think they could get the 4th lane from 12th Street to the bridge with restriping alone - it looks to be too narrow (unless they're willing to keep the BSB lane width all the way back to the spot the lane currently ends): https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0839244,-84.5225584,3a,75y,15.19h,89.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxeplmjBPJd6oL-AhcrNt-A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Going from 4 lanes, down to 3 for a few hundred feet, and back to 4 lanes at the bridge won't make a whole lot of sense though. This will improve safety some but won't have a huge impact on congestion.

This vote will be interesting. We already know where Smitherman stands. Will two of the other three (Mann, Murray, Pastor) take his side? If one does, will Cranley break the tie? Meanwhile, P.G.'s family is rich enough that he could get out in front of this by simply offering to pay back his portion, in full, and he wouldn't even notice a dent in the bank account. Ohio Ethics Commission: ‘Gang of Five’ prohibited from voting on $176K reimbursement request https://www.fox19.com/2019/05/07/ohio-ethics-commission-gang-five-prohibited-voting-k-reimbursement-request/ CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Cincinnati City Council’s self-described “Gang of Five” are prohibited by law from voting on a proposal they reimburse taxpayers $176,000 for outside legal fees and to settle a lawsuit seeking their secret texts and emails, the Ohio Ethics Commission has determined. P.G. Sittenfeld, Chris Seelbach, Greg Landsman, Tamaya Dennard and Wendell Young also are prohibited from participating in discussions or deliberations or otherwise using their authority or influence, formally and informally, in matters regarding the motion, a resulting ordinance, or any related procedural motions that arise under the city council’s parliamentary process that affect the motion’s passage, tabling or non-passage, according to a letter from the Ohio Ethics Commission to the City Solicitor’s Office. Smitherman introduced the motion earlier this year and the City Solicitors’s Office sought the opinion at his request April 15, city records show.

5959 Kellogg would put it way out in California, not the East End.

Yeah, in 5 years, there could be a 20+ story tower across the alley, and their dumpsters/loading dock could be 10 feet away from your front door. It looks like Cappel's owns that building, as well as the three 1-story garages next to it. I wonder why they're only selling the one building.

It looks like the Neon's parking lot itself sold for $275,000 in 1992: https://wedge1.hcauditor.org/view/re/0750004001700/2018/images

It looks like FC has walked back from including these apartment buildings in the PD. All they're asking for now is to extend the PD from the center line of two roadways to the edge of the ROW:

This may have been posted but I hadn't seen it yet - all of the documents FC has submitted for the original PD and the amended PD are available here: https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/planning-projects-studies/fc-cincinnati-zoning-change/

They also could not even bother to spell Cincinnati correctly.

I wonder if the potential for increased head-on collisions is somewhat, if not entirely offset by the fact that the road is noticeably dangerous. I think people are inclined to pay more attention when the danger is so perceivable. I'm always a little more alert on Columbia Parkway than I typically am elsewhere. Knowing opposing traffic at 50MPH is 2 or 3 feet away has that effect.

^ It looks like the county has the address messed up so the parcels don't show when you search by address - the parcel ID works, though: https://wedge.hcauditor.org/view/re/0390006000900/2018/summary https://wedge.hcauditor.org/view/re/0400005022800/2018/summary It looks like RGW (ROBERT WILDERMUTH) purchased it from Norfolk Southern and is looking to profit $15k off each lot. Never mind that last bit, from the conveyance form it looks like they paid $180k for the pair of lots, and are looking to sell each for $195, for a profit of $210k. If they sell for close to the asking price, they got a great deal from Norfolk Southern.

A month would serve as a better example of potential ridership. There needs to be time for the word to spread and for people to change their daily behavior.