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I just picked up Garrard and the Ravens defense (seriously...they were available?). I dropped Trent Green. Seriously, Garrard is my 4th QB this year. This is a pretty competitive league.

Great orthopedic shoes on the Missus!

The only reason this thread's title includes "CUF" is because that's where the project is located.

What are you watching? German Weather Channel?

Damn, my team is mediocre.

#13 really looks better in person. To photograph it, stand next to the homeless camp but avoid the soiled mattress.

I like it!

Columbia Square photo update, 10/4/07 Building Cincinnati, 10/12/07 Foundation work continues on the first building at Columbia Square in Columbia Tusculum. Pictured is the beginning of a three-story office building with a first-floor restaurant. No tenants have been named. The building is expected to be completed in early 2008. At buildout, developer Al Neyer, Inc. plans two office buildings and an assortment of smaller retail and restaurant structures. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/columbia-square-photo-update-10407.html

^ Yeah, I like cheese, but Christ! If I wanted that much cheese, I'd just eat a block of cheese like George Costanza.

That's pretty funny.

How much did that girl have to drink? She has the definitive "drunk look".

^ That was just baaaaad.

^ Catch Me If You Can

Without all of the turnovers, we win.

Good Lord, they suck. They're not progressing at all. What did they do during their bye week--smoke weed?

I just hope he can relate to our young players and doesn't let our pitchers throw 140 pitches in a game.

WOW!!! Chris, how much time would you guess you spent photographing on this trip?

Damn clouds. Still looks good, though.

Damn I love Chicago. I enjoyed both parts, especially the rail stuff.

Very pretty.

Here are a series of photos I took on October 4, 2007. Columbia Tusculum 1. Cottage Hill 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Newport 19. Taylor Park Northside 20. Chase Avenue 21. Mount Lookout 22. Delta Knoll Skyline 23. 24. Ciao!

Golden Avenue Manor photo update, 10/4/07 Building Cincinnati, 10/11/07 Foundations have begun on the townhouses at Golden Avenue Manor* in Columbia Tusculum. Joshua One is building the 4 townhouse units along the 3400 block of Golden Avenue. Prices for these high-end units are $599,000 and include three bedrooms, a media room, a library, a veranda and attached two-car garages. All four are still available, though a sale on one is pending. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/golden-avenue-manor-photo-update-10407.html * Formerly referred to as Golden Avenue Town Homes

American Sign Museum closes on property, to open in 2008 Building Cincinnati, 10/11/07 The American Sign Museum has closed on its purchase of property in Camp Washington and hopes to open by August 2008. Having outgrown their current Walnut Hills location, the museum will move into an unoccupied one-story portion of the Machine Flats building at Colerain Avenue and Monmouth Street. The move had been delayed by a year due to fundraising efforts. The museum also had to await a zoning change within the City's Planned Development District 39 to allow for the cultural institution use. Museum founder Tod Swormstedt estimates that $1 million will be spent on the renovation, which will include an in-house service shop. At 40,000 square feet, the new space is nearly seven times larger than the current Walnut Hills location. The four-story portion of the building was recently renovated by Middle Earth Developers into 60 market-rate apartments. The building began as the Oesterlein Machine tool plant and was later the home of the Fashion Frocks clothing plant. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The American Sign Museum opened in 2004 with the goal of educating the public about the sign industry and its contributions to the American landscape, as well as the preservation and display of America's sign heritage. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/american-sign-museum-closes-on-property.html

Lion Hill Estates photo update, 10/4/07 Building Cincinnati, 10/10/07 Work continues on the first phase of townhouses at Lion Hill Estates in Columbia Tusculum. Stephens Construction plans a total of 20 townhouse units, arranged around a common courtyard, at 577 Delta Avenue. Prices for three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths are priced in the mid $400,000s. All four units are still available. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/lion-hill-estates-photo-update-10407.html

American Can applies for brownfields funds Building Cincinnati, 10/10/07 The developers of American Can Factory Square in Northside have applied for Ohio Brownfield Cleanup Revolving Loan funds (BCRLF) to complete environmental remediation of the site. The BCRLF is made available by a grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and is disbursed by the Ohio Department of Development. Loans are offered at below-market rates to help return brownfield proerties to productivity. Bloomfield, Schon & Partners is seeking $700,000 to scour off unacceptably high levels of PCB matter from the former manufacturing plant's concrete floors. The unexpected new costs, which are estimated at $848,000, arouse from the failure of a previous chemical treatment remediation technique to lower the PCB levels on the concrete to the target level of 1 part per million. Environmental work on the site began in November 2006 and is expected to cost over $1.3 million, of which nearly $455,000 came from a Clean Ohio Fund Revitalization grant. The removal and disposal of contaminated wood block flooring, mastic and asbestos is nearly complete. Butler Concrete Construction, Central Insulation Systems, SRW Environmental Services and Data Chem Laboratories have been selected to perform the concrete work. Upon completion, American Can Factory Square will contain 93 market-rate apartments and 30,000 square feet of commercial space. There will also be a new 20,000 square foot office building, and 13,000 square feet of retail on the adjacent Myron Johnson property. Thirty for-sale townhomes along Langland St would be built in the second phase. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/american-can-applies-for-brownfields.html