kendall

This is a good idea for special events. Savannah allows bar patrons to bring their drinks outside in designated areas, and sometimes there is a band or other entertainment out on the street. But this is also something that has to be done carefully, because it could have the potential to turn into a mini mardi gras.

That does it, I'm never going to Symmes Twp. again. I don't even feel safe boarding my dog there anymore.

I don't think the video screen is intended for people driving by. The top-of-Macy's location makes sense, because it you could see it from all points in the square and it's not too high.

These sound more like rural dialects to me. "Plumb" is not unique to the Cincinnati area.

"Playhouse at the Banks?" That would be amazing, but they'd need a better name. At minimum, let's hope this ends up on the Cincinnati side of the river.

At least the residential units front the roads, with the parking on the inside. That's something to be grateful for.

edale, I understand the nature of the attack was domestic. However, many, many murders in other Cincinnati neighborhoods are domestic as well, yet many people (including mainstream media) just fold it into their subconscious (or conscious) negative view of the neighborhood.

I'm scared to go to Hyde Park anymore, there's too much crime: -- ---------------------------- Death of Summit student shakes tranquil East Side neighborhood Brother charged in slaying after teen seen washing blood off at Hyde Park fountain By Jane Prendergast and Maggie Downs Enquirer staff writers HYDE PARK - A Summit Country Day School senior was beaten to death in his house Tuesday, just 11 days before he was to graduate from high school, and his younger brother has been charged with his killing. John Warrington, 17, was found dead just after 1 p.m. at his home on Berry Avenue. Police were led to the home by a teenage boy who had been seen washing blood off himself in the Hyde Park Square fountain.

I dropped by the open house at 120 Dorsey today. They did a great job with the remodel, and there's a foundation already poured for a new house right next door. What a great street!

Let's hope the sale of the Bar Cincinnati building doesn't fall through. It'd be great to see another bar down there.

^Is that an action shot? Cool pic!

^ This is good news. I used to live at that intersection and it can be a real bottleneck.

I'm curious to see a rendering too. I can't quite picture it in my head yet.

Nice. Reminds me of the Castro with a city feel. Thanks for the great urban photos!

That this township still exists as a separate political entity is silly. I reiterate my sentiment that each portion of the township be annexed by its largest neighboring city. In the case of the portion containing the Ridge-Highland business district, this would allow Cincinnati to simply upgrade the roads consistent with the surrounding neighborhoods.

I don't think Sam should resign his seat, as some have called for. I think he went overboard and crossed the line from appropriate to inappropriate punishment. But he got on a radio interview (i heard it this morning, don't know when it was taped) and stood his ground, saying that everything he did was justified to discipline his son. I completely agree with him that discipline (especially of teens) is critically important. We've all met plenty of people who could've used more of it growing up. He should at least acknowledge that he overstepped the bounds.

Great news! I wonder how significant the New Market credits are compared to the $7.2M cost of the renovation?

Excellent point, Jeff. As discussed in this thread - http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=3452.0 - rich people use political means such as minimum lot size requirements to protect their turf from the poor. But poor people don't have the kind of political power or financial means to move out to greenfield development. Yet they still want to protect their neighborhood from rich people. Why shouldn't they, if rich people think it's OK to keep them out? So they resort to cruder means of defending their turf. I think rich people's defenses, like zoning, gated communities, profile policing, are more harmful to our community and society in the long run than a few frustrated, disempowered poor people shouting slurs.

To avoid Vine Street, which can be slow going in addition to the other problems observed in this thread, I recommend the following routes, in no particular order (because their usefulness depends on where you're headed): Sycamore St -> Auburn St. Reading -> Burnet, or just Reading Main St -> E. Clifton Central Pkwy -> Ravine

I don't know if it is, but loitering on public property should not be illegal. I myself loitered with my friends and my dog out on the sidewalk yesterday. Of course, it is not good when so many people spend so much of their time just hanging around with nothing to do. Why aren't they doing something else, why do they have so much free time? Maybe it's because they don't have a job or are neglecting to fulfill their family obligations, or maybe they just don't have a home. Maybe they do have all of these things, but their job does not pay enough to afford the entertainment options that many others choose to while away their free time - TV, dining, shopping, movies, gym, etc. Finally, maybe they are gainfully employed, own their home, pay taxes, and give to charity but just like to spend their free time loitering, in which case there's nothing wrong with that decision. But for loitering by healthy, able-bodied yet non-productive people, the solution is not telling them to disperse, since this will not resolve the underlying problem. I don't know what the solution is, or whether it's something that can come from the outside community (us, the government). But I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the culture of employment. By which I mean, these loiterers did not grow up with the tools to get a decent job and keep it: education, "soft" skills (such as money management, professional demeanor, etc.), and an expectation that working to support yourself and your family is important. And without this culture, they got swept away by the streets, maybe getting a felony which would make it nearly impossible to get a decent job at all. Schools can help through better education and increasing graduation rates. Social service agencies can provide both hard and soft skills training, distribute parenting advice (good parenting skills are not in our genes, it's learned). But in the end, the solution has to be instituted from within the culture that produces the loiterers, nobody likes to be told how to live their life. But the way I see it, preventing non-violent loitering in public areas is not going to change Vine St.

Wow!

Brownfield redevelopment makes me happy. I'm glad to see that the Port Authority has been doing something, since it hasn't been able to make the Banks happen.

The art museum, in my opinion, is one of the better run institutions in Cincinnati. Whoever came up with the idea of One World Wednesdays should get a raise. That single event has surely brought them dozens of new memberships from young Cincinnatians in the past year alone. http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.com/oneworld/index.shtml I'm sure that whatever they come up with for an expansion will be wonderful.

Buddy Gray was a major advocate/defender of low-income housing in OTR. He operated the Drop Inn Center, until he was murdered by "a friend and tenant" on Nov. 11, 1996. http://www.citybeat.com/archives/1996/issue303/cover1.html ------------------ The natural habitat of this creature is streets, alleys, and stoops, not freshly-plastered suburban abodes:

I went in during the open house a couple weeks ago. The model unit looks really great. I don't think they're going to have much difficulty selling the rest of the units. If they selling quickly, it should be a wake up call to other downtown property owners.