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Bye Bye Big Red Barn! :-)

Where the new houses? Come on, at least before I could watch the Peregrine Falcon that used to visit that area of trees.

Sorry, 1 crappy picture.. low battery.. This project is really buzzing along, can't wait to see what happens to some other sections of pleasant when this is complete.

I was verbally attacked by an old alcoholic sitting at the abandoned church on Race St today. He said something like, Blahhhhhh Scum!! Get out of HERE!! in a piratelike voice. :-D first time ever in OTR and I have walked OTR for many years including the rough sections on a daily basis.

Behind Grammers from Clay st. 11/5/08

More Barn pictures to come.

I am going to head over to the Big Red Barn and get some pics now.

I would like to see the plans before approval (crappy SP architects)

If anybody see's them preparing to knock down the barn let me know, I'll wlk over and take some pics!

I voted Pee Wee Herman as a write-in. Mccains choice of Palin did it for me. Oh well, I guess everybodys happy. Just build the cincinnati streetcar and finish the Banks and save OTR and I am a happy camper.

Winburn is anti-streetcar, he wants buses to run the route. “Our numbers are actually vetted by experts,” said Bortz. “He’s got a document that he and his buddies put together by pulling crap off the Internet.” http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/09/01/story7.html

In and out in less than 5 minutes. No crowds whasoever. Pee wee herman got my vote as a write in.

Tokyo.

Just a few blocks north of the Gateway Quarter where the Empire theatre used to be. Downtown Dedicates 1st 'Green' Parking Lot Last Update: 10/28 9:10 pm The push to "Go Green" is hitting the pavement. This morning city officials dedicated Cincinnati's first eco-friendly parking lot, which uses "permeable" pavement instead of asphalt. The lot on Vine Street in Over-the-Rhine, absorbs water instead of allowing runoff from rain drain into storm water systems. Cincinnati Artworks also created a mural to beautify the space. http://www.wcpo.com/content/news/localshows/living_green_two/story.aspx?content_id=67988e00-da28-4483-b80c-67f867ba99e2

Holy Crap Mcmicken! I drove down Mcmicken around 7 last night, and saw the record ever 15+ Prostitutes! I actually lost count after that there were so many. Were the police doing a sting Operation?? I did see a cop car near Mohawk and a Tow truck at the ready. Unbelievable!

Cincinnati Streetlights For Sale Reported by: Jay Warren Email: [email protected] Last Update: 12:17 am The city manager is considering the sale of Cincinnati's streetlights to Duke Energy. The money would help fund the proposed Downtown trolley. "We look at the streetcar proposal the city has put forth, as a key economic development plan that will provide long term benefits to the entire region," said Duke spokesperson Steve Brash. Currently the city owns roughly 20,000 street lights, but they sit atop Duke utility poles. Duke wants to buy the lights for roughly $4 million. As part of the deal, the city would continue to maintain them. Duke also plans to give an economic development grant of almost $3 million that would be earmarked for the trolley proposal. This all comes after an agreement was reached that will see Duke's ratepayers energy costs rise two-percent in 2009 and two-percent in 2010. "That's a bad deal for the city and a bad deal for the citizens," said council member Chris Monzel. Monzel thinks the trolley would serve too few people at a cost to too many. "These folks are going to have their utility rates increased. They're going to have their street lights, now being maintained by Duke, that the city is going to have to pay for and then all this money is going to go into a streetcar system that's only going to help two neighborhoods," said Monzel, criticizing the plan. The proposal which was brought before city council Wednesday afternoon will next be heard at the Economic Development committee meeting in a couple of weeks. Here are some comments, your gonna love these.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh yes! The Trolly! What a worthless waste of money. cash123 - 10:38 AM At least Monzel is against the tolley's, do we need a stupid trolley NO, who was the brainchild on putting this stupid trolley together anyways, Im so glad I only have to work downtown, and moved to NKY, Cinti council is a complete joke at least my money wont go towards it. I got taken 2 times already by the city, the reds stadium and the bengals stadium when are people going to figure out that Cincinnati politicans are just plain horrible, I cant wait to read the enquirer in 15 years, announcing the grand opening of the banks! Ha! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- scoobyforme - 10:14 AM That's it!!! Get rid of the lights !!! Man, people will really feel safe then. That should bring lot's of tourism to the streets of Cincinnati!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- opie48 - 10:03 AM typical city council move, sell them for 4 mil. pay that back in the first month for the power bill and pay the cost to maintain them? WOW brilliant!! Duke wants to help with the trolley? the trolley is a joke and this is just lip service, they know it will never get done (the banks etc.). If this trolley pipe dream does ever get done the city will go broke paying out money to victims on their ride through Jurassic park (OTR) as they get picked off by the heathens. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hoonew - 9:46 AM sell them otr. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cincigirl74 - 9:20 AM Selling something to Duke?? How can they afford to buy anything? Guess they have endless pockets now that they give us heafty increases every year while giving kickbacks to companies. Duke would just get the money back they paid with outlandish electric bills for the streetlights. The last thing the city needs is a friggin trolley that doesn't even go throughout all of downtown. This collissal waste of tax payer money is one of the reasons I moved back to the burbs two years ago! The fountain, Kroger, Saks, purchase of cameras (if that passes), City West etc. None of these so called investments generated any return for the city or people in it. These handouts to business is nothing short of welfare. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- danielle4848 - 9:12 AM haha yep OTR don't need lights anyway, as "The Answer" said go crazy ghetto! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Answer - 7:59 AM Umm, anyone remember how Duke handled "the wind"? Good thing we didnt buy cameras at each light, cause now they wont even be functional. Go crazy ghetto! http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=6227f784-8bc8-43a0-b4b6-b92e87028891

Not to get off topic but Hydroelectric power generation facilities are in place at five Ohio River navigation dams. http://www.orsanco.org/rivinfo/basin/hydro.asp A dam would not work of course but turbines would. Power the damn streetcar with it and give Michaels $2. back so the endless bickering will stop. :wink: EDIT: formatted quote box

I wonder if this would work in the Ohio? Power the streetcar with it! Low-impact Kinetic Hydropower http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Verdant_Power Verdant Power is a world leader in commercializing low-impact kinetic hydropower solutions, harnessing the energy from river, tide, and man-made channels. They have one prototype installation presently producing power for customers. Commercial production, following the conclusion of the prerequisite impact testing, is expected to commence at the end of 2008, beginning with expanding the New York City East River site to 300 turbines, from its present six, where the river flows over bedrock at around 2 meters per second, producing 1 megawatt-hour of electricity per day. Eventually they envision an eleven-meter turbine which will generate one megawatt, to be situated in larger water-movement bodies such as Puget Sound.

Many of the new scooterists that I know are commuting are from WAY out, I'm talking Milford, West Chester and beyond on an almost daily basis, where riding a bike that far is a little too hardcore for them. When you are riding an air cooled 90 mpg 4 stroke scooter there is very little pollution involved. Yes there are 2 strokes out there, but even the new ones are passing Californias strict emission guidelines with the stock cat. The local scooterist club and MOBO bicycle Coop in Northside are very tight, they help at the Rally and the club raises funds for Mobo. I also ride and promote Bicycle use. (scooters make you lazy) :-) We needed safe, legal (on street) parking in the city center.

Take The Bus... I'll Be Glad You Did :lol:

. Scooters are very small and it is illegal to park on sidewalks, I have had my scooter knocked over 3 times from cagers not seeing(?) my scoot parked on the street. Yes, local scooterists voted. The larger local scooter site is very active. Total posts 31716 •Total members 545 I have been using the spot at 8th and vine regulary since it opened. Some dude tearing up Columbia pkwy : :banger:

29 pictures and only spotted 6 people :lol:

This is Dukes way of contributing to Greener transportation. It is good PR and makes me a happy customer of theirs. In the long run hopefully it get at least 1 more smog spewing diesel car off the road or at least driven less. :wink: For their contribution I am going to buy 400 more KWH units to my monthly service from them as they purchase alternative energy sources. Good Job Duke! http://www.duke-energy.com/ohio/products/gogreen.asp

As we are awaiting Randy's News I was in a discussion on another forum and a friend of mine who has deep roots in OTR wrote this in regard to the streetcar system:

I want my 2 hours back! :whip: