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Finally some reporting on this... there has been ongoing construction since at least August. An O'Malley's bartender told me they were putting in a patio. :roll:

Weird... there were people in their last night around 6PM. Yelpers have reported the location as closed: http://www.yelp.com/biz/johnny-rockets-cincinatti

Their revolving sign has been gone for a couple weeks now... but they remain open for business.

Interesting tidbit I wasn't aware of: Dayton, OH City Manager Tim Riordan, who announced his retirement last week, is a member of the Joint Banks Steering Committee.

Cranley: No city subsidy for Banks hotel Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley has said it before and now he has put it in writing: The city will not subsidize a hotel at The Banks. Taxpayers simply can't afford it, he said. In an email to county officials earlier this week, the mayor reiterated the city's position after learning The Banks' developers expected $12 to $16 million in taxpayer money to secure an "extremely nice high-end" hotel at the site. "I'm not wedded to the idea that there must be a hotel," Cranley told the Enquirer. "If the market said it doesn't work because there are so many other hotels, then OK. I think it can and will be a hotel without a city subsidy." Cont

While in LA last week I noticed all Uber drivers had a sticker logo on their front windshield. Just saw this in Cincinnati last night. Is this something new?

I'd be curious to know as well. Along with Business Courier and Enquirer, I use to visit WCPO (app/website) daily. Now it's at most twice a month.

That is what Mayor Mallory once referred to it as.

Race & Findlay intersection and back of the Center Of Advanced Streetcar Technology building from Pleasant & Eton:

Pretty cool that Ohio will be hosting two of the four professional All-Star games in 2015.

Oh Enquirer... you'll even print negative streetcar nonsense in a Sports headline/story?!? Simon's worth and Streetcar's effect on Reds From BoondoggleTimes: The streetcar has destroyed the morale of the Reds and Bengals and the City of Cincinnati. #Socialism. A: I'd say roughly 89 percent of the Reds and Bengals would have no idea that a streetcar is coming to Cincinnati. But watch out for the black helicopters.

Janitor, cop, councilman - and state senator? In recent months Cecil Thomas has been most noticeable as embattled Judge Tracie Hunter's biggest ally. But the career of the Democratic candidate in Ohio's 9th District dates back 40 years and is one that changed the Cincinnati Police Department and how the community views its police force. As a police officer Thomas fought for and won the right for minorities and women to be promoted – winning a federal ruling still in place today that mandates that the department's make-up must mirror the city's population. Cont

Winburn: 'I'm my own brand' It's hard to take Charlie Winburn seriously – and it's hard not to. The Republican Cincinnati City Councilman is a showman who often refers to himself in the third person and draws lots of eye rolls in council chambers for his colorful – and long-winded – comments and unsolicited compliments of fellow council members. Winburn, running for the 9th Ohio Senate seat against Democrat Cecil Thomas, often toes his party's line on several issues – and many of his ideas are viewed as off-the-wall and go nowhere. Winburn, conversely, is respected in his party for being a fiscal conservative. And he's genuinely well liked by most people he encounters, if nothing else for overcoming a rough childhood and rising to public-service roles by always having a positive, can-do attitude. Cont

Pi Pizzeria opens Downtown Monday Pi Pizzeria will open its Downtown Cincinnati restaurant, located at Sixth and Main streets in the AT580 building, at 11 a.m. Monday. The small St. Louis-based chain serves both deep dish and thin crust pizzas. Cornmeal is a big part of the crusts' signature flavor, said corporate chef Cary McDowell: The deep dish crust has cornmeal blended in, while thin crusts are dusted with it. "That makes it light and almost flaky," McDowell said, noting that the deep dish crusts are "much less heavy" than Chicago-style crust. Toppings such as meatballs and sausage are made in small batches, on site; sauce is made in small batches every day. Cont

Pi Pizzeria opens Downtown Monday Pi Pizzeria will open its Downtown Cincinnati restaurant, located at Sixth and Main streets in the AT580 building, at 11 a.m. Monday. More: Cincinnati: Downtown: 580 Building

It's the water... and ABV. But mostly the water. Columbus loses out on Stone Brewing Despite months of meetings and pursuit by Columbus officials and beer fans, Stone Brewing Co. has apparently picked Richmond, Virginia, for its coveted eastern brewery. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has scheduled a press conference for Thursday that sources told Richmond Times-Dispatch and TV station WTVR would be about Stone Brewing and its decision. Stone Brewing declined to confirm the report, but the Escondido, California-based craft brewery told the paper a press release would come out when the announcement was ready. I reached out to Stone Brewing Tuesday for an update and was told the same thing. Cont

Winburn's political two-step on the streetcar has one big problem Chris Wetterich - Staff reporter - Cincinnati Business Courier I don’t know if it’s going to work, but Charlie Winburn’s campaign for the state Senate has been a thing of political beauty. Remember when an adviser to Mitt Romney talked about the GOP presidential candidate’s policy positions being like an Etch A Sketch in that they could easily be erased after the presidential primaries? If Winburn’s political career were chalked out on sidewalk, he’s taken a fire hose to it. Cont

Creating this thread as this race is getting a lot of attention as well as bleeding into a few other threads... The most interesting race in SW Ohio Cecil Thomas and Charlie Winburn once sat side by side in Cincinnati City Council chambers. Now they are going head to head in an effort to win the Ohio 9th District Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Eric Kearney due to term limits. Political watchers are keeping tabs on the race that nobody wants to handicap. It's simply too hard. Cont

We are less than a month away and I've seen basically nothing on this amendment: 11 PROPOSED CHARTER REVISION CITY OF CINCINNATI A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Shall the Charter of the City of Cincinnati be amended to remove obsolete language from the Charter, improve clarity and remove ambiguity related to existing provisions, ensure consistency with state and federal law, and to improve efficiencies related to the operations of municipal government, by amending Article I, “Powers of the City”; amending Sections 5, 6 and 7 of Article II, “Legislative Power”; repealing Sections 4 and 5 of Article III, “Mayor”; amending Sections 5 and 6 of Article IV, “Executive and Administrative Service”; repealing Section 7 of Article IV, “Executive and Administrative Service”; amending Sections 1, 5 and 6 of Article V, “Civil Service”; repealing Article VI, “Institutions”; amending Section 2 of Article VII, “Boards and Commissions”; repealing Sections 12 and 13 of Article VII, “Boards and Commissions”; repealing Article X, “Miscellaneous”; amending Sections 1, 3 and 4 of Article XIII, “Campaign Finance”; and repealing Section 5 of Article XIII, “Campaign Finance”?

Streetcar-linked OTR parking permit under fire Sharon Coolidge City of Cincinnati administrators are quietly shopping around a plan that shows residential parking permits in Over-the-Rhine would cost $300 per year - money that would go to help operate the streetcar. Opponents say that is simply too much, possibly the highest permit cost of any city in the country. But Mayor John Cranley says the city has no choice; it needs the money and streetcar beneficiaries have to help pay for it. "This all needs to be viewed in the context of paying for the streetcar," Cranley said. "These are choices the community need to make. But every time you lower the cost of the permit, you lower the operation frequency of the streetcar." Cont

They did remove the old tracks. Rebar is in as of today so we should see a concrete pour tomorrow.

Dunnhumby Centre crane removal will force downtown detours The cranes used to construct the new Dunnhumby Centre at the intersection of Race and Sixth streets will be coming down in the next few days, which means downtown Cincinnati drivers will have to alter their routes. Race Street between Fifth and Sixth streets will close from 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 until 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5. Sixth Street between Race and Elm streets will also close from 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5 until 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7. Cont

^Meant to ask that question as well. From yesterday:

With all those parking spaces, why no deliveries from the Ultimate Delivery Vehicle?!?

'Pizza theater' 1st tenant for Downtown project A new Domino's Pizza concept will occupy one of three street-level retail spaces as part of a new 775-space Downtown Cincinnati parking garage development. The Mabley Place parking garage at Fourth and Race streets opens Wednesday, but the tenant announcement came Tuesday during a grand opening ceremony involving the city and developers. The dine-in "pizza theater" concept is a store design being rolled out by the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company, which has more than 11,000 stores worldwide, around the country. Fewer than 100 stores in the United States have the design and it would be the first in Cincinnati. Cont