buildingcincinnati

buckeye1...could you also post that article about the I-90 interchange in the thread about it in the Transportation section? Thanks!

Columbia Tusculum: 467 Missouri Avenue Building Cincinnati, 7/25/07 Rendering from MLS of Greater Cincinnati Boulder Construction is building this new single-family house at 467 Missouri Avenue. The 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home is on the market for $469,900 and is being sold through Re/Max Unlimited. The house is expected to be completed this fall. Boulder Construction plans to build an additional two houses at the site. WINDOWS LIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW (looking west) GOOGLE AERIAL MAP http://buildingcincinnati.blogspot.com/2007/07/columbia-tusculum-467-missouri-avenue.html Sycamore behemoth to dwarf neighbors Building Cincinnati, 7/25/07 Rendering from Pinnacle website Pinnacle Building Group is building a 6,500-square-foot house that is two to four times larger than those in the surrounding neighborhood. The project will involve the teardown of a 1,500-square-foot ranch-style house at 7787 Kugler Mill Road. Homes in the area were built between the late 1940s and the mid-1950s, are ranch-style, and are between 1,500 and 3,000 square feet. In 2005, the county auditor valued the old house at $190,000. Pinnacle purchased the house for $250,000 and is now selling the lot for $349,000. Within the last few years, the teardown trend has been gaining strength in the northeastern suburbs of Blue Ash, Montgomery and Sycamore Township. The new house will be in the Indian Hill school district. Formerly 7787 Kugler Mill Visit the Pinnacle Building Group website WINDOWS LIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW (looking south) GOOGLE AERIAL MAP http://buildingcincinnati.blogspot.com/2007/07/sycamore-behemoth-to-dwarf-neighbors.html

^ True. What's lost in that aerial is what conditions were like at street level. Think of the worst streets in the West End today, and a good portion of the houses in that aerial were just like that. The overcrowding would have made Jacob Riis cringe, and the place lacked proper sanitation. People on an entire block would share one privy, usually in an alleyway. Still, what resulted was a horrible replacement. Instead of calling this "Gateway" (unoriginal), why don't they go back to Lincoln Park? It's not ever going to be the way it was, but it would be a good tribute to what was once there. On second thought, Lincoln Park might be frowned upon because it might make people think of the projects.

Yeah, I don't know how Hyde Park has any say in it since it's legal. But Hyde Park is one of those communities where they expect every developer to clue in the Community Council. They can complain all that they want, but it's going to happen.

Juat because fewer people look at the Events section isn't a good reason to post something in the wrong section. As for those other threads, they probably just eluded mods' attention and should be moved.

“We have not been informed in any forthright manner that this is occurring,” said council president Carl Uebelacker. “This is one of the many projects in the city that no notice is given for in advance.” Because it fits with current zoning, so there's no public hearing. I reported this a couple of weeks ago.

Linden Park project to break ground in 2008 Building Cincinnati, 7/24/07 Sketch from the MLS of Greater Cincinnati College Hill Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation president Bob Ludwig reports that the Linden Park Commons project will break ground in 2008. The two-phase project at Hamilton Avenue and North Bend Road will start with the northeast block, the former home of Shuller's Wigwam. Pre-sales of condominiums for that phase began last October. Ludwig has said that groundbreaking would occur once 40 percent of the units were pre-sold or pre-leased. Linden Park Commons will be a mixed-use development featuring retail, office space, 28 condos/townhomes and single-family homes. The development also includes the site of a vacant Kroger and the Masonic Eastern Star Home. The $25 million project is being developed by Neyer. Building Cincinnati: College Hill: Linden Park Commons update (4/24/07) http://buildingcincinnati.blogspot.com/2007/07/linden-park-project-to-break-ground-in.html

Own a piece of Wyoming working-class history Building Cincinnati, 7/23/07 517 Oak Avenue A two-story frame house, built in 1875, is available to anyone willing to buy it and move it off of its lot. The City of Wyoming is accepting sealed proposals until August 31 for the home, which is at 517 Oak Avenue. The recommended proposal is expected to be submitted to city council for its September 17 meeting. The City purchased the property from Marcella Boland in August 2006 for $80,000. The lot, which is between Sturkey's and the Safety Services Building, is likely to be used to expand the surrounding surface parking lots. City Council authorized the demolition of the house on June 18 but, following the advice of local preservation experts, created a six-month window to get the property sold and moved. The city will consider donating it to a historic preservation organization if that organization can finance the move. WINDOWS LIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW (looking west) GOOGLE AERIAL MAP http://buildingcincinnati.blogspot.com/2007/07/own-piece-of-wyoming-working-class.html

Shitty. RIP, Skip.

Yeah. I don't understand why either.

Wow...the Korean place and the tapas restaurant sound really good....

This looks like an exciting plan and seems to help right some of the many wrongs in the area's recent development. Like everyone else, I'm excited about the possibility of real rail travel returning to such a grand station.

May this guy burn in Hell.

I guess he'll probably be waived. He could have been a very good linebacker.

Hardly anything gets built anymore without some sort of large public subsidy as part of the project. Even greenfield projects out in the sticks.

Done.

COOL. I assumed they'd get the CORF funds...they have a pretty strong plan.

There is a South Campus Gateway thread in OB&E. This is a photo thread. News stories go in the other thread. There is an easy way around this though, which would save me a lot of time. ragerunner...if you don't plan on deleting the photos in this thread any time soon, then I can go ahead and merge the topics.

Driving out to Athens a few years ago (after not having been there in a few years), I was horrified by what I saw at the US-68 interchange. And there were housing developments around there that looked like something you'd see at Kyles Station. I'm not that old, but I still remember when there were maybe three gas stations on Route 32 between the outskirts of Batavia and Athens County. About the biggest business on that stretch was that Amish place (Keim's?) by the highway. It's so true though that people are now living out there and commuting to Cincinnati. I could never stand that. I think Mt. Washington is far away because I have to cross the Beechmont Levee!

Have any of you ever been up there before the university starting using The Ridges?

Killer.

What the hell? It may still be up. Here's the link: http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/07/25/mj072507landtransferweb.html

All of my places are still standing. The closet a demolition has ever touched me is when the place where my sister lived in Athens was torn down.

appleaday, Welcome. There's also a local blog that just started. It hasn't had a post in a couple of weeks but probably will heat up as this streetcar issue develops: http://connectourdots.wordpress.com/

Pretty.