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Got a new camera so had to try it out. Tried to get different angles of the site than what has already been posted. Enjoy

So if this mainly benefiting Jeffersonville, I wonder what the true overall impact on Cincinnati would be and if it would outweigh the negatives. Really seems like a big decision to be made

What is phase 2 of the transit center? since they are currently extending freedom way for phase 1, i would imagine they are going to do the same for phase 2, which would be too close to the existing theodore berry way. Also, if I'm not mistaken, I think they are curving mehring way north a bit to open up the park to the river, which would then also be too close to the current tmb way. So apparently removing this road is the first step before creating the others. http://maps.google.com/maps?g=eggleston+avenue+cincinnati&gl=us&ie=UTF8&ll=39.096038,-84.512694&spn=0.002864,0.003235&t=h&z=18

K's Hamburger Shop on Main St. in Troy is absolutely phenomenal. Very throw back, they give you the same no-nonsense service you'd get in the 50's. Put your order in then you go sit down and they just scream "Order's ready!" when its done, so you go check hoping its yours. Still have photos up of the place from when they advertised 5 cent hamburgers outside. Troy's a fairly decent town with a pretty cool, old historic downtown just about ten minutes north of Dayton. ...great shakes too

how smooth is the modern streetcar? The vintage types are very bumpy, atleast what I rode in SF and the author of the above letter mentioned it about Memphis'. Good thing they are repaving w. clifton. Feel like I have a concussion just from sitting in the bus by the time it gets to the bottom of the hill.

honestly you could skip short vine if you wanted to, wouldn't miss much unless there's a decent concert at bogarts. if you want a good real st patricks day bar, Murphy's Pub on W. Clifton and Warner is opening at like 6am, should be a good scene.

Haha terrible, but so true, at Belterra at least.

That's why I'm only suggesting adding retail to McMillan on Block 4, which is the block between the "plaza" and the Shell station. Yeah looking back at Block 4 that is a bit neglected, hadn't noticed that before. I agree that maybe more could be done there, but not sure what of because the garage will be an absolute necessity and I also agree that Calhoun should get the majority of the street front activity. I was just mostly confused as to what people expected to replace the garage component of the main office building on mcmillan between scioto and vine

The location and steep grade between scioto and vine on mcmillan make it, to me, a very undesirable location for retail and they have made it so that it is an entrance/exit to the garage. They can't simply just implement a store there to make it look nicer

I had a friend trying to walk home to clifton from downtown one night - i picked him up on 13th and vine - he's from the country and may have been a bit out of his league had something actually happened

What more really can be done with the back of the building in regards to mcmillan street? That slope in the hill is going to be replaced by a much needed parking garage and the main part of the building is facing the busier Calhoun street, makes sense to me. At least they have a wall that is covering the garage so as not to make it exposed to everyone on vine and mcmillan. I agree with the complaint about the lack of density, but as for the design of the main office building, I'm in favor of it because I think it will help give a new feel to the area that really needs it. UPA is nice, but is mainly brick, blending nicely with the rest of the neighborhood. This building seems to have a large glass component which you can't really find outside of the main UC campus and will help to update the area

O'Malleys is still open and most definitely a hole in the wall type place with some fairly decent food to go along!

touche, that seems to be their reputation

agreed, such as the old enquirer building. Anyone know when the conversion of that building is supposed to start?

haha no 13th floor. Is that common in buildings like this?

I thought it might be a good idea to send an email to Carter Dawson alerting them of the negative response to their options, so I found an email address to a lady named Libby Korosec and sent her the following: "Miss Korosec, Good afternoon, I found you email on the carterdawson.com website when looking to contact them. I thought that I would write you voice my concerns about Carter Dawson's attempt to rename The Banks. I would agree that the name, The Banks, isn't the best option, but then again neither are the new options. They seem very generic and do nothing to make anything about The Banks unique. The options remind me more of a generic shopping center in the middle of the suburbs, which is exactly not what the The Banks is striving to be (I hope) and the connotation could be disasterous. If Carter Dawson is really serious about having the public responsible for renaming the The Banks, why not let us submit our ideas and then Carter Dawson can let the public vote on those favorites? It is appreciated that the public is asked to rename The Banks, it is just that there seems to be quite a negative response to the given options. Thank you for your time." It might be a good idea if they receive several emails similar, hopefully this was the right person to send to

Word of warning, if you don't want to be absolutely disgusted with people in this city, don't read the comments on the Enquirer's story about renaming The Banks. the ignorance is simply amazing

An interesting concept but I think Losantiville rolls off the tongue as awkwardly today as it did back when St. Clair changed it. If we were designating a certified historic French quarter I wouldn't mind it. I thought about just "Losanti" but even that just doesn't quite sound right. What about one of those trendy real estate names like they use on the east coast (like SoHo)? Is there a creative one we could come up with? Or we could always play off OTR and call it "The Rhine", "Rhineland", or my favorite "Under-the-Rhine" ;) I've always been curious about how "SoLib" would work for the area of OTR that is getting cleaned up first

maybe not specifically historical to the spot but moreso historically significant to the city as a whole... such as, Losanti______ Losantiflats, Losantiquarter, Losantiward, or hell even Losantiville itself might work... But I agree, should be more unique, this isn't a development in Mason

The Banks is an ok name, but none of the other new options really stand out at all, hmm...

I think the fact that I'm not on this site shitting on everything that comes up, makes me a bit more proactive than you. I'm just being realistic about the situation and how the economy currently is and how it effects people. No matter how small a tax increase it would need, as soon as people hear the words, tax increase, they will check the no box. Besides that, no politician in cincinnati who wants a future will suggest that

a small tax bump? not a chance that would pass

hipsters and corporate urbanites pretending its 1890? Really? You have had some decent points to your arguments but now you show that you are just really quite out of touch with trends and attitudes of those in the YP range. Seriously, we all know that it would be much more beneficial for the whole city if the streetcars were to touch every intersection, and since you are so stuck on this, how do you propose financing it all right away? The only way to do it would be tax increases, which obviously would not fly.

Some of this might pre-date the streetcar in Portland (particularly strengthening downtown). That was the intention behind the fareless square and transitway. Then came light rail. So Portland had a strengthening core area. The streetcar builds on this it seems, by extending frequent transit service north of their downtown(NW Portland and Pearl District) and south into that waterfron area. Almost sounds like you're describing cincinnati's situation

was just in the dt macy's and they now have a limited selection of INC and ed hardy men's clothes. I stress limited