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Wow. Good times in Cinci, had by all! :| You mean :banger: We roll deep, and we bring our own pimp.

He had an old suit and matching blue leather hat and shoes. Interesting fellow. All over everyone's wife. Eventually he got in a random car with a random dude and left.

I think most of them are in insurance or something, although one was this elderly gigolo from OTR we found along the way.

I was at a bar in downtown Cincy last weekend and they had horse racing on TV. Never seen that before. Man did we tear that place up. There were 5 old people sitting there all quiet, and in comes me and my 30 associates of the WOOOOO! variety. The look on those regulars' faces was priceless... if only I could remember it.

I also wondered if people there blew their money on horses instead of houses. Horses seem to be a bigger deal down there.

West 4th, not East. Technically it only exists between St. Clair & Lakeside, I think. This would take it through the middle of the parking lots, across Frankfurt, and up to West Superior. I dig the idea of a crossroad in the middle of the super-block. Not sure if it's compatible with Weston's plans though.

I like the look of it. It's not fancy but it's high quality.

Oh, that's mine. I dropped it last week.

Pile in! Station wagons are making a comeback [excerpt] By Hannah Elliott updated 6:26 p.m. ET, Thurs., March. 19, 2009 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29516880/ Recent announcements from General Motors and Chrysler about their plans to drop several models and brands didn't seem to hinder Cadillac's resolution to press forward with the launch of its first-ever station wagon. The Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon, due out in May, is essentially the brand's successful CTS sedan, but with additional cargo space. Cadillac reps say they're catering to luxury-minded buyers who want to downsize while maintaining practicality. There are 17 new 2009 models on the market that are true wagons, ranging on the high end from the $88,500 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG to the $55,800 BMW 535i xDrive Sports Wagon. And there are several lifestyle-oriented brands with new wagons at the lower end of the price spectrum as well, such as the $22,295 Subaru Outback and the $29,800 Volvo V50. The wagon's heyday was the late 1950s, when American-made models like the AMC Rambler, Ford Country Squire and Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser ruled the market. In the span of a decade, sales rose from about 3 percent in 1950 to almost 17 percent of the U.S. auto market, before they fell in the 1970s and '80s, largely due to the minivan and rising gas prices. Wagons now command about 1 percent of the national market.

I figured. But why do that? If it's hidden it doesn't have to look good.

I don't expect 500/month singles downtown anytime soon. That probably isn't reasonable to ask for. I'd love to see a primarily 1br tower go up somewhere downtown though. The units wouldn't be super cheap, but the more we have on the market the cheaper they can get.

I hope W 9th isn't forgotten in all this. The parking lots behind the W 6th strip of buildings are almost as ugly as the other ones. W 9th also has a big gap behind the RR Brotherhood building next to P-P. It would be nice to come over the bridge and not see any open space until you get to the square.

Yeah I like how Frankfurt is a narrower street, so it would have more of that E 4th effect. I would want the larger more architecturally impressive stuff on the main avenues. I undertand that officees give higher returns to developers, but that doesn't explain how other cities can have substantial non-project residential high rises and we can't. Case in point: Cincinnati, where I just was. Tall and attractive residential buildings all over the place. Not so much in their downtown core, but at distances where we tend to have ugly CMHA high rises instead. It can be done, it has been done, therefore we can do it. Edit: I love the idea of W 4th cutting through. More frontage is created.

My boss's office has all that plus the west shore. Mind blowing. This is why I don't want squat things built downtown, the views are too good to pass up. It pleases me greatly that this WHD plan, unlike Starks, puts the biggest stuff on West Superior to complete the wall.

It would block terminal tower but I'd still have the whole square, plus the entire suburban rim. The worst part now is how the AT&T bldg totally blocks my view of Shaker.

That's like Peggy Hill driving with her brights on all the time, wondering why everyone doesn't do that since it helps you see so much better.

I visited a good friend in Indian Hill at his parents' house a while back, and was surprised to find that it was just a typical ranch with double the square footage. I noticed an overall lack of houses built to impress people. That also surprised me.

That would be better, but trading down is really hard to do and the entire top 10 probably wants to. I wouldn't mind seeing BE have to cope with being the "other" WR here. Might do him some good.

But the views in those buildings are sweet. One of these days I'll figure out how to post pictures. I'm in the 55, facing Tower City.

Two recievers ago I would agree-- just draft defense. But now we only have one reciever left. We can't even field an offense. If Curry is available at 5, we gotta take him. Otherwise I think we need the best WR we can get. There aren't any #5 caliber RBs out there this year. I expect us to take a RB in round 2, especially if we go D in round 1. If we do take a WR early, maybe we stick with Lewis/Harrison another year and use both second round picks on D.

All's I know is Crabtree looks better and better.

Sometimes there's an "actions that make us look bad" out-clause for the team. Don't know if that's the case here.

At least it's garage parking with street level action. Also consider this: if a glut of garage parking is introduced, won't that make it less profitable/desirable to keep other lots downtown unbuilt? Like the ones to the east, the one on fourth, or the one by the city club?

And talk about Shaker Circle.

I don't think so. Not unless they're shopping for Subway or copies of the Grapevine. First of all, this is awesome and I'm happy about it. People are excited about building on this land and I can't help but believe one of them will get it done soon. The article is vague about exactly what would go in. It does seem a little tilted toward office, given that WHD is already established as residential, but keep in mind how well positioned it is with regard to all the courts. This is a great spot for law offices.