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Thanks, exurbkid, for the detailed explanation!

The minor change looks fine, Rich. Does anyone ever read the guestbook? "You guys should really find more pictures of Indianapolis, the ones you have barely show the historical character of the city."

Good stuff. Love those shots of the Merc.

Pretty as a peach.

I would hope that they would try to save and re-use historical woodwork, etc. from the existing building. I didn't ask Mr. Blaine about that specifically. I don't even know the condition of the inside. Perhaps that kind of stuff has been lost already.

Crappy! If that Lomax kid on the Oregon team could just learn to hit the baseball, he could hit a homer every at bat.

Well, unless we plan on re-opening sanitariums, it is better that these people are housed and getting treatment than roaming the streets, homeless. I don't really recall an instance of a person under Tender Mercies' care committing a violent crime against anyone. In fact, the whole idea of Tender Mercies was to protect these mentally ill people from OTHERS in the neighborhood taking advantage of them. While a SRO for the mentally ill is not my ideal neighbor, there are a lot worse neighbors you could have--a group home for convicted felons, for example.

Actually, I always log out when I'm done. I'd hate to see what the numbers would be like if I stayed logged in all the time!

Agreed with the last two posts. They're just rehabbing the building and will continue to have 30 tenants. They're not adding anything that's not already there except for a nicer looking building.

PigBoy, your shots were awesome. Jeffrey, I'm also a fan of that last one you posted from MVH.

I guess it won't matter when 225 faces its inevitable demolition.

^ LOL. Didn't you have to walk three miles to get coffee and Zippo fluid?

Good. The City needs to be more aggressive on this front.

Making a labelled map is fairly easy. Just go to Google Maps and click on "My Maps" on the tab to the left of the map. Then click on "Create a New Map" and go from there. You can add points of interest, draw lines, etc. You can create as many maps as you want, but I think you need a Google ID to save them and share them. Getting a Google ID takes about 30 seconds. To answer your other question, the outlines on my map are fairly accurate. They're by no means perfect since they were drawn by hand, but they're pretty close.

I haven't heard a thing.

24,214 posts. 77 days, 18 hours and 35 minutes. I'm laughing at all of you!

Imperial House to become Holiday Inn Express Building Cincinnati, 8/15/07 The Hamilton County Rural Zoning Commission will consider a site plan adjustment that would lead to a Holiday Inn Express. The new owner of the Imperial House Hotel is planning an expansion and rebranding of the 197-room hotel at I-74 and Rybolt Road. The adjustment to the approved site plan includes a 2,475-square-foot, two story addition on the northwestern side of the hotel and a 1,072-square-foot addition to expand the lobby on the southeastern side of the building. Because of the future re-alignment of Rybolt Road, more parking would be added on the northeastern side of the building, existing parking would be re-arranged and new landscaping and signage would be added. An indoor swimming facility and an outdoor patio are planned for the future. A preliminary staff report found that the proposed changes fit the intent of the original development plan for the site. The adjustment is expected to pass. View renderings Site plan: Click to enlarge WINDOWS LIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW GOOGLE AERIAL MAP http://buildingcincinnati.blogspot.com/2007/08/imperial-house-to-become-holiday-inn.html

Tender Mercies to rehab Harkavy Hall Building Cincinnati, 8/15/07 (NOTE: In a story last week, I posted about Tender Mercies, Inc. being awarded federal tax credits for their Harkavy Hall project. Tender Mercies CEO Bren Blaine has provided me with more information on the project, which I didn't have at the time.) Harkavy Hall, provided Tender Mercies plans on beginning the rehabilitation of its Harkavy Hall building in May 2008. The building, at 24 W Twelfth Street, currently contains permanent housing for 30 formerly homeless, severely mentally ill people. It also contains communal facilities, laundry facilities, a barber shop and a common area for residents. As part of the $4 million project*, the entire building will be gutted and rebuilt to code, with an elevator, fireproof stairwells and ADA accessability. More modern and efficient HVAC will also be added. The 30 single-room occupancy units will be reconfigured, and an unusable basement will be finished and will include an office, storage space and a new barber shop. The structure's historical facade will also be restored. Residents will be moved to one of Tender Mercies' other five buildings during construction. Funding for the project comes from Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, Historical Tax Credits, private foundations and individual donors. Construction should be completed by the end of 2008. WINDOWS LIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW GOOGLE AERIAL MAP * Actual construction costs: $2.8 million http://buildingcincinnati.blogspot.com/2007/08/tender-mercies-to-rehab-harkavy-hall.html

Sexy bitch.

I like the second one best, too. The first one looks like a political ad and the third one isn't really a logo at all. CornerCurve...I hope you don't think I'm demeaning your effort. These are just the general impressions I get.

^ Yeah, I thought that was ridiculous.

People are generally pretty clueless about the whole thing, and it shows. Last night I heard some idiot on the radio say, "It's been ten years. How long does it take the City to build a park?" I don't know if any of you have read the comments at Cincinnati.com, but there's a ton of cluelessnesss over there, too--including the obligatory "Newport is kicking Cincinnati's ass" comments: http://frontier.cincinnati.com/comments/threadview.asp?threadid=345

The last message was moved to the Over-the-Rhine project thread. Please post non-3CDC/Washington Park stuff over there.

I noticed this building had sold but I hadn't been able to find anything out. This is great!

"We can't walk on Bullitsburg Church Road," she said. Like you could before? There are no sidewalks. I'm sorry you can no longer walk down the middle of your street. http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=39.08331~-84.787057&style=h&lvl=17&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&encType=1 -or- http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.084746,-84.784895&spn=0.003897,0.007145&t=h&z=17&om=1