Maximillian

Many churches in OTR are missing steeples and they don't look half bad.

:-D

Here is my 2nd phase. This is partly a combo of bus rt 24/39 and follows much of the old streetcar line. Many colleges, residential, hospitals and entertainmet areas would be served. W.Mcmicken->E Mcmicken->Main St-> E liberty-> Liberty Hill-> Highland->Ringold->Josephine-> Dorchester->Auburn Ave->Euclid->Corry->jefferson->MLK->Clifton->Ludlow->Hamilton Ave-> END at COMET AND RETURN :-D

ughhh..This is gonna get ugly

Good job Mallory! I like this guy :-)

Classic

Check out the antique store on Main st OTR. They have old doorknobs.

I saw some old Rail on liberty today just east of Sycamore from gas line maintenance. Oddly the rail was about 4- 5 ft underneath the current roadway. Could the Modern streetcar climb Liberty Hill? Or is the grade to steep?

Speaking of gross the little buggers are cool!! :-D

Fajita Chicken, peanut butter and jelly, mayonaise, bleu cheese, natto, celery, umeboshi, and of course topped with chocolate sprinkles. don't knock it till you try it

Mayor Mallorys State of the City speech is tonight. Let's hope he mentions OTR development and streetcars.

WTF that kitchen rules minus the wallpaper and modern refrigerator.

Saw this online today. Broke homeowners linked to arsons Authorities in economically stressed cities see an increase in torched houses. Is the nation's mortgage mess transforming more Americans into criminals? Arson is nothing new in Detroit. It's a time-honored weapon of the angry, vengeful, distressed and dispossessed in a city that gets hurt harder and sooner than others, making it a perfect place to spot early evidence of stress from the real-estate meltdown. The Detroit Fire Department can't draw a definitive link between its rising arson rate (151 arrest warrants in 2007), rising foreclosures (up more than 65% last year) and falling housing prices (the region's median house price dropped 17.3% in the past four years, to $145,173). But Capt. Steve Varnas of the department's arson section says he sees a connection: In 2005, the city issued only 80 arrest warrants for arson -- about half the number last year. "Things were going great," Varnas says. "There were fewer desperate people in 2004 and 2005." Across the U.S., homeowners are searching for ways to escape from mortgages they can't pay -- or don't want to. A few are turning to arson, but it's too soon to turn anecdotes into meaningful statistics. Consumer pressure and state laws require speedy settlements, which means insurance companies are quick to pay up and slower to complete complex arson investigations. Definitive answers will come later. But the signs of trouble are there if you're looking for them: The FBI reportsthat arson grew 4% in suburbs and 2.2% in cities from 2005 to 2006. The 2007 numbers aren't out yet. In California, a state hit particularly hard by foreclosures, insurance companies must tell the state within 60 days if they suspect a fire is "questionable." Last year, more than 120 reports were filed, and in 14 foreclosure was named a possible factor. The previous year, just 70 reports were filed, with seven citing foreclosure, says the state insurance commissioner's office. (Not all reports become arson cases.) Arrest warrants for arson in Detroit rose 89% between 2005 and 2007. "We are up to our eyeballs in arsons," says Varnas, of the Detroit Fire Department. "We're not only dealing with hardened criminals. We're dealing with desperate people." A trend -- or arson as usual? In Stockton, Calif., where foreclosures are rampant, Deputy District Attorney J.C. Weydert is wondering whether he's looking at an arson trend or just a coincidence. Weydert, a prosecutor with San Joaquin County's Economic Crimes/Insurance Fraud Unit, usually handles a residential arson case every two or three years. "Now I've got two in the pipeline," he says. More from MSN Is it time for a home insurance checkup? MSN Real Estate: Who's responsible for 'orphaned' properties? Your lender doesn't want your house Facing foreclosure? 9 options for homeowners MSN Real Estate: Shop for foreclosed houses in your town Industry analysts are divided. "When the economics are dismal, people are doing things that perhaps they thought they would never do," says Joe Toscano, a Connecticut arson expert who, with 11 other investigators, spoke recently by phone about the issue from a meeting of the International Association of Arson Investigators. The association's members, from seven cities around the country, say arson fraud will rise; they've seen it happen before. Arson always grows when the economy plunges, Toscano says: "Based on 35 years' experience, yes, I anticipate there will be an escalation." But John Hall, in charge of fire analysis and research at the 112-year-old independent National Fire Protection Association, sees no link between economic stress and arson. "We have been collecting statistics for over 25 years, and there has never been a development in the economy that has shown a clear impact on arson," Hall says. Tales from the trenches Some recent cases: In Woodland Park, Colo., a homeowner was accused of burning his home just before he was evicted in a foreclosure action. In Houston, a man was charged with faking a racial hate crime to cover arson at his home. In Russellville, Ind., a woman was accused of trying to cash in on an insurance policy by offering her neighbor $5,000 to help torch her home and cover up the crime.

The cool thing about Russian girls is they always look good before they go out in public.

I bet UC will build a Burger King or Wendy's there now.

Let's hope the meatballs aren't that old!

John Crapley is a turd, I wish he would have made this list months ago. I now lower him 1 step on the ladder beneath Ghiz. Who keeps electing these bozos?

That place hasnt sold yet?? I went up there about 4 years years ago when it went on the market. I also got up into the elevator room above the penthouse unit, cool stuff! :-D

I got an idea. Contact the producer of the history channels "Tunnels of underworld" or something like that and have them do a show on Cincinnati's tunnels including the subway, breweries, Deer Creek tunnel, underground railroad, etc. I know I would watch it !!

2 Actually there was I used to go there every 5-10 years since I was a kid. I am very bummed that was torn down.

Thanks I will bring thi topic up at my neighborhood meeting on monday. I know that Pendleton opposes it also.

I heard there were nekked chicks at the exhibit. :-D

:-D That church traffic is awful around there when there is a service. If they are going to ever go ahead with the millworks project they had better fix the roadway congestion.

Sell the land to Crossroads church and build CITYLINK.

Whats the word on the Freestore and their continuing plan of destruction of the neighborhood? Did anybody go to the hearing?