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^Cosmetics, handbags/accessories, and especially women's shoes make up the vast majority of the profit for department stores, and are all much more susceptible to impulse buys. This is why they are always at the front or in prominent locations. Men's clothing is always at the back or on the second floor because everyone knows dudes will come into a store knowing exactly what they want and walk right to it and buy it, regardless of where it is. Very few men will walk into a department store and drop $200 on a handbag or pair of shoes an impulse. The profit margins on these items is a lot higher than clothes, as well.

I doubt it would work as a toll road. In fact I think the only way it would ever see much traffic at all would be if it the Brent Spence bridge was tolled - that might actually incentivize some through traffic to take such a circuitous route.

Meanwhile in Cincinnati, I think I've worn my "winter coat" maybe 5 times all winter. This had given me the impression that December had been a lot warmer than last year, so I was surprised when I got my gas bill because it was a lot higher than the same timeframe a year ago. Sure enough, December 2016 had about 350 more heating degree days than December 2015 had. I think snow effects perception a lot more than a few degrees here and there. We haven't had any snow to speak of yet in Cincinnati aside from a couple of < 1" dustings. That gives the impression that it isn't cold, even though it has been colder than last year so far. Januardy 2017 was a bit warmer than January 2016, but not enough to offset December. Here's an easy tool to get monthly degree day totals: https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KLUK/2016/12/31/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=&req_state=&req_statename=&reqdb.zip=&reqdb.magic=&reqdb.wmo=

The article did say that it was 600 full time jobs, initially. Once they build out the 3.5 million square feet of space they are planning I'd imagine there will be more jobs than that. From the sound of it they'll require 600 full time jobs before they even have their own buildings.

So Uber took the customer-service oriented route and suspended surge pricing at JFK during those protests/taxi strike, benefiting both stranded travelers and the people trying to get to the protest, but this resulted in lots of bad PR across the country, from people who weren't there. Meanwhile Lyft makes a $1 million donation (pocket change for a company backed by so much investor cash) to the ACLU and gets tons of good PR. They probably stand to get more bang for the buck off of that than they would with any type of ad buy or promotion.

^ There are snow melt systems in use around the world, though they are quite expensive. I read a story once about Holland, Michigan, a town that has some heated streets and sidewalks. I worked on a project once where a client was interested in a system like this but it was prohibitively expensive, by a lot, especially in Cincinnati where it only snows a couple times a year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowmelt_system

It seems like an odd move for Cranley. I think he either just wanted to beat Simpson to it, or perhaps it wasn't his idea (Wendell Young was the one who put together the council motion) but he knew he had to either take it over or oppose it. Maybe he thinks/knows a Republican is going to enter the race and he feels the sudden need to shift his base to the left in order to not get schlonged in the primary. The issue itself seems to be mostly PR, as the Sheriff is the one who gets to decide how much the county jail works with ICE.

Maybe they can team up with Skyline next and make a beer brewed with chocolate, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice.

It's on a couple news sites now too. Since this is a picture of the ramp over I-75, it isn't even a part of the Viaduct replacement project. It's actually on the plans for the Brent Spence project. I don't think the $300+ million price tag for the viaduct even touches this overpass. That said, the damage shown isn't that significant and the angle is pretty misleading (it makes it look like the whole bridge is sagging, it isn't it just bends/turns at the joint). The biggest concern would be small chunks of concrete cracking off and falling onto cars below, but everyone on social media thinks it is going to catastrophically fail any second now (not unlike what people think about the Brent Spence).

Those signs started popping up when I was in high school. I got them for playing football, and immediately ran home and put it in the most prominent spot in the yard. That was all on me, I don't think my parents cared at all about it, they were the type that couldn't stand the "super fan" parents that were boosters and what not. I still remember, after scoring my first touchdown in high school, my mom asked me after the game if I had scored because someone told her I did. It was like a 70 yard screen pass, so she was obviously paying no attention at all and reading whatever book she had brought. So those signs aren't always about the parents egos - maybe only 75% of the time.

Cincinnati has magnet schools like Clifton Fairview that seem to provide an option that is a bit of a balance between fleeing to an all-white suburban school and sticking around to make urban schools better. But so many of the neighborhood elementary schools seem hopeless. I don't think people want to risk their kid's education to try an improve them. There's no way I'd send a hypothetical kid of mine to our local school, Taft. Granted I'm not a person that's ever been accused of preaching about inclusion, but for those that do, I think it's just a classic case of talking the talk and not walking the walk.

1301 feet and only 57 stories is interesting. Wikipedia says the floors will have 14-20 foot heights. That's huge compared to current norms, but there must be significant demand for it. I think high/open ceilings are one of the big reasons why so many people choose old industrial buildings for office conversions. It's not often an option in newer towers, where floor to floor heights might be only 14 or even 12 feet, or, if it is, it just doesn't have the same appeal because the exposed ducts, sprinklers, etc. are so much closer to people. They look nice when they're all painted white and 10 feet above your head, they don't look all that nice when they're 2 feet above your head.

I think this trend is 100% about schools, and your link backs that up. That should be one of the primary concerns for urbanists. I'm years away from having kids but schools are probably the only factor that would make me consider moving away from the urban core. I'm not going to send my future kids to crappy schools, and I'm not going to pay thousands of tax dollars to said schools and, in addition, pay tuition to a private school on top of that. I could afford to, but on principle I won't do it.

^ That is a good theory. I wonder if it could even go a step further - What if Simpson was behind this? She makes Winburn think he's a victim of Cranley, which encourages him to run and ultimately defeat Cranley in the primary, only to lose to Yvette in the general.

So it sounds like there was nothing of note in the boxes, and they were returned to Winburn without and charges: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/26/winburn-absolutely-no-wrongdoing-me/97078672/ I think Winburn unquestionably hosts the most entertaining press conferences of any local politician. Wheeling the boxes in and letting reporters dig through them is a pretty good stunt. He also directed criticism to Cranley for causing the whole mess in the first place. This could backfire pretty badly for Cranley should Winburn run for mayor.

Has anything been announced for the Glencoe site? I have noticed they are doing quite a bit of earthwork but aside from some loose potential ideas a few years back when they demo'd it I can't recall seeing any plans. I also really like that monumental manhole there.

It looks like road fatalities are about 3 times as high in the Dominican Republican than the US. They are in some bad company near the top of this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate

But at a roundabout, if the approaching lane were marked as right turn only at the same point as in the proposed plan, traffic wouldn't queue. They could keep the long merge lane at the onramp, I just don't see how the ramp being pulled back from the roundabout is affecting the traffic flow at all. If it were pulled up tight to the roundabout, and separated with either striping, bollards, or even jersey barrier, it seems to me like it would function the same way. The islands don't seem to provide any benefit to cars, but adversely affect pedestrians (though still an improvement over the current setup).

^ He probably thinks he's above council. Can you imagine him and Simpson effectively switching roles? I don't think his ego would be able to handle it.

The mayoral primary could change the council race substantially. If Yvette and/or Richardson don't make it out of the primary, I imagine they would run for council. Simpson would be a shoo-in for a seat. If Winburn runs and makes it to the general election, some of the lesser known Republicans would get a bit of a boost. If the mayoral election is Simpson vs. Cranley, that would in effect free up a seat that would otherwise be almost certainly filled by an incumbent.

^ I wonder what the reason is to have those two ramps instead of just having the right-turn traffic use the rightmost lane of the roundabout. The ramps create some big, awkward, unusable islands.

Maybe they are counting the intangibles? Every time the Bengals take their bus across the bridge on their way to the airport, a significant piece of the local entertainment/recreation GDP utilizes the bridge.

^ I think the CAC is more cohesive - the interior and exterior are in sync. As you enter the building from the street this is very clear. Part of this is just due to the use of the space - it's a museum and is meant for use by the public. A residential building is never really going to have that same type of atmosphere because it's filled with 100 different residents using their space 100 different ways (or, maybe in the case of this building, 100 wealthy foreigners never using their space - is it "that" type of building?).

Service was suspended, and then operating only on the downtown loop because of protesters blocking tracks near Washington Park. This is the second time in just 4 months that protests have blocked tracks and impacted streetcar operations.

^ I have the same issue. The Youtube videos won't display on UO. As a temporary workaround, I "quote" the post, the URL displays in the reply box, and I can then copy-paste the URL.