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There was some discussion about that on Urban Ohio a few months ago: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=16431.2940

There are very few architecture firms willing to do the large scale residential projects that are popping up everywhere in Corryville because of the liability insurance costs. It can be 2-3X the insurance costs for a similar commercial, retail, institutional, etc. building. Condos are a whole other story - the architect had one client, but that client dissolves and suddenly there are 50 property owners who can sue for every paint chip or drip that might occur over the next 40 years. Few firms are willing to touch these types of projects. But that's a bit aside from the root cause, which is developers' desires to maximize profit margins, students who don't care about aesthetics (and will likely trash the apartments, anyways), and a community that isn't able to protect historic assets.

R Good question. Are there any published figures for use of the existing Banks garages? I think we're too eager to accept what has already been built as an income generator for the county. According to this there are only 20 available monthly spots out of the 3,387 spots in The Banks garage. Obviously a certain percentage of spots are set aside for short term parking, but I don't know how many that would be. In my experience the lowest level off of Mehring Way is fairly vacant during regular business days. The lots that fill up are the cheapest ones on the periphery of downtown. Cincinnatians are cheap, I'd rather save $150 a month and walk 10 minutes from my building to my car than pay $200 to park in a garage downtown, and I'm not alone.

Assuming ongoing maintenance is offset by inflation, at the current price of about $125 a month, the ROI is about 26 years. Imagine the outrage if people were told the Streetcar was guaranteed to be a money loser for nearly three decades. What's also ignored in this assumption is the plethora of surface lots and garages on the periphery of downtown that have plenty of empty spots every day.

I saw a bunch of people in bikinis and swim trunks all over CUF not too long ago, and Jefferson Street (adjacent UC campus) in Cincinnati was closed, so I assumed it was because of this slide.

Maybe Cranley can follow up the stellar success that Incline Village was with another condo development of his own at The Banks?

I find it tragically sad that the Catholic Church was the first developer to kick out poor people in Over-the-Rhine in this latest wave of development. Have they actually read the Bible? They are far from the first, and like virtually every other instance of poor citizens being displaced, they are moving out of what is likely an unsanitary, unsafe slumlord property.

This is one instance where the inexperience/ignorance of some Uber/Lyft drivers is a benefit for the user. There are certain locations cabs won't go because they have a history of troubling rides (and no tips) originating from said locations (not talking about the Dock specifically because I have no idea if that's the case). About 5 years ago, when I lived on the corner of Liberty and Walnut (Grammer's heyday) I couldn't get a cab for a friend and ended up having to drive him to the airport. Even then it was a busy corner and far from the shadiest location in town. Today, even if you are in the shadiest location, someone on Uber or Lyft is either not going to realize it, or not care, and you'll get a ride. Part of this may also be due to the fact that tips are somewhat built in, whereas cabbies are more likely to ignore a potential rider if they feel that they won't tip.

I know some people on the techy end of the spectrum who have little to no identifiable information online on purpose. They are constantly online and participate in forums, gaming, etc. but manage to stay completely anonymous. It takes effort, and it's something I don't think will be possible in 10-20 years. Of course, in Ohio it's pretty easy to dig up property and voting records, so the only true way to stay offline completely is to never vote and never own property. One would also have to manage to never get arrested, as it's pretty easy to search court records as well. The vast majority of people aren't aware of how readily available many public records are, though it varies substantially from county to county and state to state. In Hamilton County, it takes about 20 seconds to find someones property record. Voting records are a bit more complex, but the state offers a simple delineated text download that I get every year that has names, addresses, and record of which elections (and which party primary) everyone voted in. It's always fun to look up a very politically opinionated person and find out they haven't voted since 2000, or tell someone exactly how much they paid for their house when they don't want to tell you.

Didn't the city try to claim drones are illegal over "downtown" when they arrested that guy for crashing his into Queen City Square?

Was Japp’s Annex ever a venue (since the space has been Japp's Annex)? The crowd that frequents Japp’s seems to have very little overlap with the crowd that goes to MPMF. I’m sure they make more money not being a venue than they would being a venue.

The headlines and WLW promos makes issues like this one seem like complete surprises and insurmountable problems. While they may be surprises to the Enquirer’s writers, who seem to always be completely out of the loop, they are not new, and they have been taken into account – per their article two fire department representatives have been involved with the project for months. There’s also the simple fact that streetcar wires are all over many cities throughout the world and haven’t caused problems. I was in Toronto a few weeks ago and the wires there basically form spider webs over many intersections. If you’ve seen the movie “Enemy” (you should if you haven’t) it even makes that into a theme. However, fires still seem to get put out in Toronto, and they have many more tall buildings and streetcar wires.

^ The last time I belonged to a gym I lived in Queens and the place was located in a basement and played some sort of Eastern European metal. Now I just work out in my own basement. My public high school had similar music, though, with the added component of the cheerleaders or volleyball team occasionally occupying the same weight room.

The Bengals looked good in the first preseason game of the year. They beat the Giants 23-10, and the starting teams were phenomenal. Dalton and the first team offense played fewer than 3 minutes, after scoring on their first drive. The Giants starters stayed in through the second quarter but struggled against the Bengals defense, and did not score. The Bengals backups look good all around, too. Even Greg Little had a great sideline catch for 42 yards. Special teams was the only thing that looked unpolished at all.

I think the should leave that Bengals Orange weather barrier paper up, personally. At least through the Super Bowl.

Residents: White in Winton Terrace? Probably buying drugs ...Cranley acknowledged he didn’t have an answer yet, but he pitched an idea: installing a gated entrance to Winton Hills’ public housing developments, complete with armed guards. “If you had an armed guard and you lived there or had permission, you’re allowed in,” suggested Cranley, who said the guards would turn away people wanting to enter who weren’t invited. “It’s something worth exploring.” For some reason, I find this suggestion hilarious as it's probably the worst idea Cranley has ever had. I'm curious how he will play this from here. It's such a dumb idea on so many levels.

The only other logical reason would be they plan to file for bankruptcy and really don’t have money. You really think they thought they could pull a fast one to save a few thousand dollars? They probably had fewer than 100 paychecks to send out, most of which were for below minimum wage to servers and bartenders. We’re probably not talking about very much money, as this class action lawsuit is for 11 restaurant employee paychecks for a short period of time.

I quickly skimmed that actual lawsuit and it seems the claim is because the final checks sent out to employees could not be cashed because the TKILTBAG account had no money in it. I don’t see how the All Star Game, or even The Banks itself has anything to do with this. It was probably an accounting error – I doubt they seriously thought they could get away with passing a bunch of (probably relatively small) checks. There’s nothing wrong with them staying open through the ASG to make a bunch of money before closing, and there’s nothing wrong with them not telling employees ahead of time. It’s pretty normal to keep a pending closing secret until it actually happens, if the employees knew word would spread like wildfire and a lot of them would stop showing up.

^ Likewise, the Hamilton County Auditor updated aerial imagery. There's is better, IMO, as it has birds-eye views from all directions. Search for a property and click on " Aerial Imagery" to access the images.

If you look closely at the rendering, they show the first several rows of seats removed, particularly in the student section. Currently, the wall is very low and the aisles open up onto the field. In the rendering, the wall rises up at the south end. I'm not sure if the designer was using some artistic license, or if they really think UC is going to renovate the stadium again in order to accommodate a larger field. I think that would be awful, the fact that the front rows at Nippert are directly at field level is one of the coolest things about it (even if the seats are often empty because fans can't see over the heads of people on the sidelines).

^ My guess would be the Heekin Family / Pittsburgh National Corporation Grow Up Great Adventure Playground. I had to look up those first few initials, though, and in doing so found a great picture of the Portland Loo about halfway down this page: http://www.mysmaleriverfrontpark.org/smale_riverfront_park_weeks.htm I wonder if they got that guy to sign a release? *edit, I guess I'm a little too slow.

I am going save a decent amount. I'm probably going to sign up for Sling as well when college football starts up. One of the things that's been somewhat unclear to me is whether or not the minor college games that are typically available streaming on ESPN3/WatchESPN (a handful of UC's football games are only available there) come with Sling. Somewhere I read that those streams are still only available via a cable subscription. I'll probably get the 7 day free trial when the first college football weekend starts up, and see how I like it. Otherwise I only watch Netflix and DVDs I pick up from the Library. It's probably about $100 cheaper than what I paid for cable, which I haven't had since 2010. Looks like ESPN 3 is not on there, but worse case hook laptop via HDMI to TV for that. First game and at Miami Oh are ESPN 3 games. Going to both so not too concerned. Game at USF is CBS sports network. Uconn, UCF, Tulsa, ECU, Houston are not announced yet. I bet most of not all of those will be ESPN, 2, U, or News. UC will probably have a few bball games on CBS Sports network also, conference games. I bet they eventually offer live programming via an app or a streaming device soon. I'm going to all the home games, too, so I guess the game at Miami will be the only one I'd miss, I should be able to live with that. My current setup is HDMI built into my wall, with the computer on another floor so I don't get the noise from the fans/hard drives. The bluetooth mouse and keyboard work from a good distance. I can see most of the TV antennae from my house, but for whatever reason cannot get ABC (channel 9) no matter what I do. I live a block from the NBC (channel 5) tower, and wonder if being too close to that may cause the problem. I know people in Loveland that get 30+ channels over the air.

You don’t have to delve too deeply into the psychology of power to find evidence that people do often seek out positions of power in order to compensate for other shortcomings or emotional problems. The classic example is the school yard bully. And of course, there’s plenty of evidence that power corrupts, as there are sociologists who have been exploring the concept for hundreds of years. The only real question is how many cops would you agree is “a lot.”

I am going save a decent amount. I'm probably going to sign up for Sling as well when college football starts up. One of the things that's been somewhat unclear to me is whether or not the minor college games that are typically available streaming on ESPN3/WatchESPN (a handful of UC's football games are only available there) come with Sling. Somewhere I read that those streams are still only available via a cable subscription. I'll probably get the 7 day free trial when the first college football weekend starts up, and see how I like it. Otherwise I only watch Netflix and DVDs I pick up from the Library. It's probably about $100 cheaper than what I paid for cable, which I haven't had since 2010.

My approach, which I picked up quickly while living in NYC, is to not even acknowledge their existence. In NYC the bums are so used to being completely ignored that they think nothing of it. I’ve had a few panhandlers here call me choice words, though. The Cincinnati panhandlers do seem to be a bit more aggressive than their counterparts in other cities. CPD should do some occasional sweeps and actually enforce panhandling laws every once in a while.