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^ The building is almost 300,000 square feet. American Can is about 180,000. Crosley will be significantly larger, though part of me wonders if they're going to convert the first few floors to parking. I looked quickly and didn't see any nearby land owned by the developer so they really have nowhere to put parking right now, other than in the building, unless they purchase more land.

Those stairs go up to the top floor of the building which is not a full floor, but set back from the sides of the floor below. I believe it is where the radio studios were once located. If you look at this image below, the office is in the right corner under the tower on the top full floor (windows are darker than the rest) - the studios were a floor above that in the portion where "the authority" graffiti is. There's a narrow corridor connecting the tank in the tower, on that same level, to the studios, and those office stairs lead up into those.

The office was not in the best shape the last time I saw it, circa 2011 or so: The ceiling collapse seemed to be a result of being exposed to the elements, not so much vandalism, though there's obviously tons of vandalism, too. The tower is directly above this, and inside the tower there's a large water tank. The tower is really just on large, multi story height space atop the building - it could be a very cool space without the tank. The ship's ladder up to the tower roof was starting to fall apart a couple years ago so I can't imagine what it's like today.

4th and Plum was exactly the box I was talking about when I said they seem really, really loud - I walk by it almost daily. I noticed they don't all sound like that so I think that one may have an issue that causes the fans to run at 100% all the time - I'll try out the city's app to report it, I've actually had some good luck with it in the past.

^^^ I think reconnecting Colerain on both the north and south sides would be huge for Camp Washington. It would see a lot more traffic than the Monmouth Street bridge as it would connect to destinations on all sides. Further, building off thebillshark's idea above, a streetcar/light rail line could run from downtown, potentially using the subway tunnels, and connect to Northside and up I-75/I-74 via a reconnected Colerain.

Well at least the Chinatown bus gets you into the city, where you can then ride public transportation to a friend's house or to a hotel. The problem with these low-cost carriers is that they often put you down at some mystery airport, where you then might face a long and possibly expensive cab ride to wherever you are going. The cab ride can rival or even exceed the cost of these airline tickets. Also, I shudder to think what the airlines are charging now for people who bring large amounts of stuff on a flight. For example, a bunch of gear for a backpacking trip or a triathlon bike. Yeah that last time I went to NYC I took the Chinatown bus and had no problems with it, aside from it being a bit late on the return trip. On the other end of the spectrum, I have also taken the Ultimate Air Shuttle for work and it dumps you down way out in Morristown, NJ. They tack on a $70 fee to shuttle you to Penn Station (round trip so it beats a cab by a long shot but still takes forever).

The boxes at the base of those towers (I assume there are power and data racks in there) are pretty loud. Most of the time I hear them before I see the poles.

They advertise the seats as $39 each way, but it does not appear possible to get a seat on the plane without paying an additional $9 "seat" fee each way. This fee increases if you want a window seat. Perhaps if you are the very first person to try to book a seat on a flight, there is no seat fee. It's like those old newspaper car ads that would advertise a brand new car for $9995. When you showed up on the lot, they had one stripped down, bare bones model sitting in the back at that price and immediately tried to sell you the next step up for $14,000. I almost pulled the trigger and bought a pair of these for November. Two tickets round trip for $156 was very tempting. From what I've heard about Allegiant it seems like it's a bit like the Chinatown bus of the skies, though - is that a fair comparison?

My guess would be the proximity to that utility pole is the reason the tree is coming down; the pole looks like it is just for CATV and/or telephone for those few buildings on Moore Street.

Politico had a long essay on OTR posted yesterday, I haven't seen this posted on here anywhere yet: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/what-works-cincinnati-ohio-over-the-rhine-crime-neighborhood-turnaround-city-urban-revitalization-213969

I'm not buying the excuse that the old format wasn't sustainable. It sustained itself for 15 years. I think these changes are a cash grab and nothing else. They took an event that was very popular, generated enough revenue to cover expenses, but didn't rake in profits, and turned it into something that could line pockets. I'd be extremely surprised if one of the key goals for MEMI wasn't to figure out how to make MPMF as profitable as possible.

^, ^^ I agree - this seems like an absolutely horrible decision. The appeal of MPMF has always been the format. I totally hate the typical festival format for the reasons stated in the post above, so I probably won't go to this for the first time in about 10 years. This move took it from being a unique festival to just being a pretty vanilla one, and they upped the price by about 25% in the process.

^ That's not necessarily proof of a diverse economy, though. You can have 100 companies employing 1000 people but if 50 of them provide the same services, and the other 50 make the same products, your economy is even less diverse and less reliant than your first example.

I don't know specifically about how parking like that was handled in Cincinnati, but in New York City they have several lots like these (as well as ones where cars are stacked on lifts) and they are all manned by attendants who keep the keys and park/retrieve your car valet-style.

Anyone else think they should have built this on the Riverfront instead of way out in the boonies? The Ovation site, maybe? The Creation Museum already pulls in about 100,000 more people than the Freedom Center, and they don't even have an Ark yet! Plus, they could have designed it in a way that made the Ark an actual boat.

I don't like that they went with "Prominent Retailer" for the signage in that rendering, and I think I make out some signage on the 4th Street side that just says "Signage." Coming up with dumb faux names for those signs is one of best parts about creating renderings.

I don't see any building listed as 108 Henry St. but there is a 114 Henry Street that appears to be owned by the same Berger's as the one in the article, listed as the owner. 114 Henry is the large building with the "Apex Furniture" ghost sign on the north side.

How in the world is 1701 Race subject to demolition? Turn the corner down green and look at the back side of the building: https://goo.gl/maps/FspukxMus3E2 That open area has been exposed to the elements for years now, and who knows how many people have gotten in there and caused destruction. Also, half the windows are open in the streetview - the building doesn't look to be occupied at all so that means they are also just open to the elements. If the building does need to be demolished, it is definitely a case of demolition by neglect. As for 2321 W. McMicken, I actually took a look at that building a few years ago when OTR Adopt had it and was trying to get rid of it. It had some pretty serious structural issues, and no MEP systems to speak of. I thought someone eventually did buy it off of them, but they must have not had enough money to fix it up. It needed well over $100k worth of work just to be occupiable.

It is the building at the south east corner of Race and 4th. It has had scaffolding up for the past few months, and has been empty for several years. For those curious I found this out by looking through a few of the old Williams Directories ((available on the Library's website). It appears the carpet wholesaler moved several times. They were first at 109-111 West 4th Street (1900), which would have been the same location as before the fire, so they did rebuild the same location. That's now where the Union Central Tower is, and when that was built it looks like George moved down the street to 129-131 West 4th (1913), where Koch Sporting Goods is now. However, that seemed to be temporary as George had a new building built and opened by 1916 at 29 West 4th Street, now listed as 33 West 4th Street. It seems like that building was purpose built to be the carpet wholesale store.

I feel like dozens of required credit hours for virtually an degree could be swapped out for courses that are more in-line with daily business activities in their respective fields. Using my degree(s) in architecture as an example, I could probably find 20-30 required credit hours I would have gladly swapped out for some courses in finance, administration, contract law, marketing, sales, etc. In 6 years of college, I had one required course for 3 credit hours that tried to capture all of that.

^^ If it is just in front of one property like that, it could simply be that Nicola's paid to have their sidewalk replaced (or they were required to by the city if it was deemed unsafe). ^ I think part of the issue is that property owners are responsible for sidewalks, so they can pay a bit more for something nicer if they want, or they can minimize cost.

^ I wonder what parts of town they'll use as stand ins for the ghettos of Compton?

^ They are on pace to be the worst Reds team of all time - edging out the 1934 squad that went 52-99 (.344) (Reds are currently .333).

^ "I don't recall" in this context is a blatant way to say "yes, but I don't want to admit it." It would be interesting for someone on the "Save the Dennison" side to look into whether he has done any studies including those items, since they now have plenty of time to prepare counterpoints to everything that was said today.

Nostalgia marketing is well refined and pretty formulaic at this point. That video does a great job of doing it though - it's hard to find a frame that doesn't have several different examples of "things millennials like" scattered about. Its on Vine between Central Parkway and 12th Street - a good thing for that block since it's mostly dead despite how much activity goes on one block north of it.