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That is owned by 3CDC. It's in "stabilization" stage, for a future rehab. No plans yet.

Danke, everyone! Box2565, Alfred believes he's a dog, and invites himself into everyone's home, including my girlfriend's. And her cat doesn't like that too much. But Walker St is full of dogs and cats, and really they all get together fairly well. Kind of like the residents!

So, I haven't taken many photos lately and I realized I have a ton of them in my cache. Might as well share, right? The photos are essentially presented in the order in which they were taken, beginning with a couple of January shots from Pendleton, where I was attending a Bridging Broadway visioning session (I think). Fast forward to March and Mount Auburn's Walker Street, followed by some shots of Over-the-Rhine taken during a tour of Parvis Lofts and Westfalen Lofts. Finally, a couple of shots from MainStrasse from when my girlfriend and I were just walking around. Like what you see? There are now 4,245 photos of Greater Cincinnati neighborhoods available here. Pendleton 1. Verdin Bell and Clock Museum, formerly St. Paul's Church (1850), from Reading Road 2. Pendleton Street, between Reading Road and 12th Street Mount Auburn 3. Chimney on Walker Street 4. Decks on Walker Street 5. Alfred, a Walker Street resident Over-the-Rhine 6. Bike rack, Main and 12th streets 7. 1400 block of Vine Street, mostly redeveloped 8. 1300 block of Vine Street 9. Vine Street 10. Vine Street 11. Vine Street 12. Vine Street 13. W 14th Street 14. Washington Park reconstruction 15. W 14th Street 16. Westfalen Lofts, Race Street, before rehabilitation 17. 18. MainStrasse, Covington 19. Main Street 20. W 6th Street

Paradox, man...that's like a portfolio! I usually don't like such long photo threads, but those were incredible. I first saw those on a phone. Glad I just saw them on a normal screen.

YAY!!! Watched in OTR, saw fireworks in Mt. Auburn. Keep winning. Don't wanna face Philly in five.

^ And to think it was in danger a few years ago. All it takes is some invested tenants.

I should come back more often, because my ego has been fed.

Thanks, guys!

This is the second half of the series of photos I took on August 28, 2010 during the Civil War Cincinnati: Heroes, Halls & Holy Places tour, which I very much recommend. To see part one of the tour, click here. To browse all 4,225 of my Cincinnati photos, click here. All of today's action takes place in the neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine. 1. Starting on the Central Parkway media, lovely planters but the grass has more dog sh*t than southeast Asia has unexploded land mines. 2. 3. One of the tour guides playing a "Play Me, I'm Yours" piano outside of the new School for Creative and Performing Arts during the international tour of the public art event. 4. Bas relief cherubs in the plaster work at the Emery Theatre. 5. Park + Vine, a green general store that will complete its move to the LEED-certified Belmain condo building on Main Street later this week. 6. Old St. Mary's Church, on 13th Street, was dedicated in July 1842. Designed in the Greek Revival Style by architect Franz Ignatz Erd, the structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Masses currently are offered in Latin, German, and English. 7. Old St. Mary's outbuilding...was this the rectory? 8. Inside. 9. 10. 11. Kickass. 12. Ditto. 13. Magnificent ceiling. 14. 15. My organ. 16. 17. Wrapping up the tour, at 13th and Clay streets. 18. 13th Street. 19. 13th and Clay streets. The Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce relocated from Main Street to the pictured building a few months ago. 20. Online lifestyle magazine Cincy Chic, 13th and Clay streets. 21. Cool building. 22. 13th Street, between Main and Clay streets. 23. Clay Street, heading north from 13th Street. 24. Cool gate. 25. Clay Street, approaching 12th Street. 26. Saigon Market on Elder Street, Findlay Market. 27. Wrapping up my afternoon with a Hudy 14K at the Findlay Market biergarten.

I think Mo'Nique's show was canceled like a year and a half ago.

These photos were taken on August 4, 2010 (tour of 1346 Broadway); August 6, 2010 (Neons Unplugged); August 10, 2010 (tour of BOOST!); and August 28, 2010 (Civil War Cincinnati: Heroes, Halls & Holy Places tour). Look through 4,198 of my Greater Cincinnati photos in my galleries here. 1. Hamilton County Memorial Building (1908), Elm Street in Over-the-Rhine. Built by the Grand Army of the Republic and Hamilton County and designed by Samuel Hannaford, the building contains a 610-seat theater and is the current home of the American Classical Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and the MusicNOW festival. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 2. More widely known as Memorial Hall, the structure was built to honor veterans of the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Pioneers, soldiers, and sailors are depicted on statuary lining the Elm Street façade. 3. 4. First floor. 5. 6. Grand Army of the Republic doorknobs! 7. 8. 9. Eye candy abounds in the second-floor theater. 10. Ceiling. 11. One of many original frescoes. 12. 13. 14. It's difficult to concentrate on the stage with such distractions looming above. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Col. Robert L. McCook Memorial (1878), Washington Park. McCook organized the 9th Ohio Infantry, an (almost) entirely German-speaking regiment later dubbed the "Dutch Devils". McCook was fatally wounded in 1862 and is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery. 20. Friedrich Hecker Memorial (1878), Washington Park. A refugee of the 1848 revolution in the German states, Hecker founded the first Turnverein (Turners) in Cincinnati. 21. 1346 Broadway (1865) in Over-the-Rhine's Pendleton sub-neighborhood, following a three-year rehabilitation by my friend Todd McFarland. Originally built by a lard oil salesman as a single-family home, it is now three beautiful apartments. 22. 23. 24. From the rooftop deck of BOOST!, a loft-style meeting space for corporate breakout sessions and other events. This is looking southeast across Reading Road toward Mount Adams. 25. Again on the rooftop deck, looking north toward 12th and 13th streets. 26. Looking toward Downtown, with the future casino site in the foreground. 27. 12th and Vine streets in Over-the-Rhine. 28. The 1200 block of Vine Street in Over-the-Rhine. 29. Vine Street window. 30. Vote Jim Tarbell for Hamilton County Commissioner!

You guys are classy!!!

The following 27 photos were taken between May 22, 2010 and May 29, 2010. The first series is a continuation of my Queen City Underground tour of Over-the-Rhine, this time featuring some photos in and around St. Francis Seraph at Liberty and Vine streets. The College Hill photos were taken during a meeting of the College Hill Forum, where I was covering an expected vote on the Salvation Army's planned expansion of the Booth Residence. The one-off shot from Hyde Park was taken while exploring various construction sites. I believe the building pictured is destined to be torn down. Finally, back to Over-the-Rhine for a trip to Findlay Market. 1. St. Francis Seraph Church, Vine and Liberty streets, Over-the-Rhine. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Race Street, Over-the-Rhine. 10. Belmont Avenue, College Hill. 11. 12. College Hill Recreation Center, Belmont Avenue, College Hill. 13. 14. Shaw Avenue, Hyde Park. 15. Findlay Market, Over-the-Rhine. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Elm Street, Over-the-Rhine. 24. 25. Elm and Elder streets, Over-the-Rhine. 26. Elder Street, Findlay Market, Over-the-Rhine. 27. These photos have been added to the following galleries on Building Cincinnati: Over-the-Rhine +22 (423 photos) College Hill +4 (39 photos) Hyde Park +1 (80 photos) These galleries, and galleries for dozens of other Greater Cincinnati communities, can be found in a drop-down menu in the website's right-hand column. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2010/07/photos-beer-and-god.html

LOL.

Hell, yeah!

It was great to see unhappy Cubs fans all over town. The wait was worth it. Maloney looked in control, before he dropped of. The Reds suddenly went blind and fell back into the non-hitting funk. But Dickerson....even if he hasn't hit all year, how many runs has he saved this year? This was total NL baseball. Very entertaining tonight.

jboogie, To what particular group are you targeting your question? Suburbanites? Baby boomers? People relocating from different cities? Easy girls who like to party? I hate to make the question more difficult than it is, but "popularity" means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. I fear that the question might be so broad that it's going to produce ideas that are all over the map.

^ Full disclosure...the article was mis-labelled. Only the first photo is mine. The second one was taken as a promotional photo by a professional photographer hired by Taft. In fact, I think the Enquirer ran that same photo today.

^ Guys, unfortunately this "revive" word made its way into the title of AP wire stories reproduced all over the United States. On a different note, I thought I'd share this e-mail I received at Building Cincinnati from a resident of St. Louis. If he has a cogent point, can someone please explain it to me? ------------------- Came across your website. I am from St. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis is much like Cincy in the fact that its an old and cultured city. I am a big fan of BIG AM Radio stations and therefore I sometimes listen to Mr. Bill Cuningham through Podcast at work. In any event, I just wanted to let you know that like Cincy, St. Louis is a very conservative town. Even if you bring street cars and light rail to the region it will not have a dramatic change because there needs to be expansion to the systems and most likely the voters will not vote for it. St. Louis has had light rail now for a number of years. However it has failed to expand through out the metro area. It is located in my opinion where the majority the the metro population can not reach it. It will not do much for the downtown region as well. Back in its hey day St. Louis had 1 million peopole living downtown and in the city. Now its close to 330K. So even if St. Louis has a light rail system, casino gambling downtown, great sports events in the St. Louis Cardinals, Rams, Blues, you still see downtown St. Louis shut down after dark.

I already have two cards I hand out, so I don't need any UO cards. However, every conversation I get into with new people I meet inevitably leads to the "so how did you get interested in development" question, and I always take that opportunity to pimp UO. Not surprisingly, almost everybody has at least heard of it, if not read it.

^^ I would take part in that, and hope promote it as well.

Great post, Randy. I've put it in my "In the News" section and I'll be commenting on it soon. BTW...your post also reminds me of one of the crosstown routes that got rerouted from Northgate Mall because Colerain Twp. didn't like the type of people it was bringing into the area. So now the route terminates at Hilltop Plaza in Springfield Twp. (I think.) Reading the comments on the Enquirer story, quite a few people say that they think we need better transportation options from suburban areas into the core. Then they go and elect trustees who sh*t all over public transit.

Well said, John. I would add that there's not much demand, especially now, for new construction in that corridor and that the abundance of vacant lots might actually act as a disincentive to investment.

Come on, man, it's the new Cincinnati aesthetic! (BLORK!!!)

Great job on the redesign, John.