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Thanks! The changes are very unfortunate.. I think the design was solid before and would fit the architecture much better than orange brick.. :? Does anyone agree?

Quick question. Are the renderings on the Banks' website (http://www.carterdawson.com/default.aspx) accurate as of today? Such as this one... http://www.carterdawson.com/images/concept-drawing2.jpg

N.Y. investors buy Cincinnati's Terrace Plaza Historic hotel site could get major facelift By Dan Monk | February 5, 2010 A New York real estate investor has purchased the mostly vacant Terrace Plaza complex on Sixth Street downtown and is exploring several uses for the hotel, office and retail property. “There are a couple of different ways we may go,” said Tommy Demetriades, vice president for the new owner, Floral Park, N.Y.-based World Properties Inc. “The location is fantastic,” Possibilities include replacing the building’s massive brick facade with an all-glass exterior, recruiting a department store and opening a fine-dining restaurant evoking the old five-star Gourmet Room on the 20th floor. Demetriades said Wyndham Hotels and Resorts has looked at branding the property’s 321 rooms. So has InterContinental Hotels Group, which owns the Crowne Plaza brand, which also ran a hotel at the site. “We want to be quick about making a decision, but we want to make the right decision,” he said. “The carrying charges are huge, so we can’t take forever. Within three months, we should definitely have decided what we’ll do with the property.” Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2010/02/08/story1.html

I agree. I was quite surprised to see they were going to be using a span wire. There are too many overhead wires as it is. Are they planning to bury any of the electric lines in Over the Rhine?

I live in Indianapolis and drool over Over-the-Rhine's density and architecture. It places Cincinnati far ahead of other Midwestern cities in that aspect. This article upsets me in the fact that (as mentioned above) it's pure laziness. It isn't just about the funds or safety, it is the same behavior that lead us to these hand fulls of surface lots into our downtown areas. A city of Cincinnati's size to have density that Over-the-Rhine has is something unique to the Midwest. They should build around the history. Not destroy it. :x