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Thanks. Nice shots! The only of the top-6 Ohio cities I haven't been to. Hopefully I'll make it sooner rather than later.

I like CP. Share the tracks with a future extension CUT <-> Casino. Give CP a road diet in the process -- make streetcar(/bus)-exclusive lanes. CP is like a blank slate for complete street design. With the relatively minimal traffic it has, combined with the huge amount of space available, it's ripe to be turned into a multi-modal thoroughfare. Subway, streetcar connection from CUT to CBD and OTR, bike route feeder into the (flat) Mill Creek Valley, BRT. It may not be so useful for drivers, but it's an obvious choice for basically all other modes. With the history of boats and subway tunnels, it's been an obvious multi-modal choice since before OTR got its name.

MVP!! MVP!!

Love that building in the third and fourth (and 7th) to last pics. Also, the last pic gave me a laugh...I guess that's the point? The church is cool, too. Hey, it's a cool town. The name New Vienna makes me think about all the "New ____" towns, and how some, like New York or New Orleans, totally surpassed their namesakes in size/reputation. Countless others, such as New Vienna, never quite got there.

So it was you!!!

^ Is the market really better for office space than condos?

Not give up on it, but perhaps give up on bringing the streetcar directly through it. With a through point at UP, a streetcar on Short Vine would make way more sense. Obviously, if the streetcar makes it to Vine & Taft or along Jefferson, Short Vine will benefit. But there are a lot of competing business areas which have taken some life from Short Vine, and which also stand to receive some peripheral, or eventually perhaps direct, benefit from the streetcar. Historically, Short Vine was made for a streetcar, and presently the speed and height of its potential revival are directly related to what Kroger does with UP.

Short Vine's fate is basically in Kroger's hands.

I think Greg Williams should get on this. He was at CUNY before UC, so he must understand the importance of quality public transit. Getting the streetcar on campus would be an extraordinary boon for the university, and the flexibility of the space (on campus) is something that could be studied and used to great effect for the city and its route choices, present and future. It wouldn't even be necessary to adhere to the existing roads. For example, a streetcar could cut across one side of Sigma Sigma Commons, where Scioto used to connect to MLK. Then suppose the EPA allows ROW across their parking lot, and the streetcar proceeds onto Jefferson at Nixon. You've just eliminated a windy mess to get to Ludlow (not to mention the business district along Jefferson, which has several businesses as well as lots ripe for development). My point is, UC should get on board, and all these possibilities (such as a UC transit hub) should be put on the table. Both the university and the city stand to benefit tremendously.

I'd be happy if future phases involve new lines, rather than an extension of this one. UC could host a nice mini transit hub by Nippert and CCM where transfers can be made. This could serve the McMillan/Calhoun business district without actually interacting with traffic there and causing any of the potential problems which people on this board have voiced concerns about.

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I've said this before, but I really like the idea of streetcar tracks on campus. It would also create a better turn-around point than Taft & Vine. The Banks is a good "destination" for the southern end. The northern end needs a substantial bookend! Taft & Vine would feel ad hoc and unpolished, which I think would damage the aesthetic feel, and therefore the ultimate appeal, of the streetcar as a whole. The Hollister loop to Jefferson might be better (especially due to the hospital connection), but still leaves one in want of a punctuation mark. Nippert would be a grade-A terminus, and waving the streetcar in front of students' faces like that would be great advertising. It would really help to weave the streetcar with the fabric of the area. Plus it would be really great advertisement for the university (and therefore the city) as it strives to attract students from outside the area. It's already a high-class "urban campus". Rail transit on campus would knock that status out of the park. It would turn heads.

It would be nice to see a subway-style representation of the stops and your progress along the line, at each stop. If not a map!!! I would just love to see Metro invest in some true quality signage.

And that's a wrap. Angels won 4-3 in the 16th.

They won 6-1. Now they're tied 3-3, bottom of 16th. Ambriz is pitching.

Happy Birthday! :D

Welcome to the forum! :D I see you're from the Twin Cities. What's your relationship to Ohio? (Just curious...) And where was that picture taken?

Top of the 16th against the Angels...this is comical.

^ I would think twice about moving a business to Ohio, if that silly law were passed. What a joke! So much for Republicans being the "pro-business" party.

Enquirer Blog/Article: http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2010/09/08/city-picks-vine-street-route-for-streetcar/

He is as close to neutral as any analyst out there. He also is up-front about his own political leanings, which I think helps contribute to a self-consciousness in his methodology, helping to reduce bias in his predictions.

^ Replied privately to keep this thread on topic. American Can Factory! Woooo!

^ You can tell you're not from Cincinnati by the way you say "The" Northside. Followed by "West End" with no "the", it's particularly salient. I haven't seen the West End as being particularly hip. Am I missing something? Other than a small pocket (particularly Dayton St.), the West End seems to be about where OTR was immediately post-riots. And Dayton St. is purely residential. Northside definitely has seen a lot of success. If only Cincinnati had someone like Richard Florida touting its renaissance. I think he is one of Pittsburgh's less-recognized secret weapons. He is a celebrity among urbanists and sheds a lot of positive light on his hometown. Aaron Renn is probably the closest thing Cincinnati has. Any guesses on how long it will take for the American Can Factory to fill up once it is complete? With only local-regional recognition, it's going to be a slow, slow-going process to complete the transition of Cincinnati's wealth of potentially hip urban spaces. This is why people like Paul Wilham are such a great asset. Not only in terms of his efforts in holding city government accountable on preservation issues, but because he has a relatively expansive network of preservation/restorationists across the country, and helps to draw attention to the city's wealth of preservation/restoration-ready properties/neighborhoods. To highlight why I think I am on topic: the American Can factory offers an extremely dense, even for Northside, concentration of housing. Higher density means more work to do, in terms of turning an area around. As an urbanist, I of course value density. I'm just saying this renovation, while a very good project, adds to the challenges the neighborhood faces, and creates even more need for the area's appeals to reach a wider audience.

OMG, Scrabble, that video makes me suicidal. (I've made it over half-way through, mostly with it playing in the background as I read UO.) At least we get the CSA out of their efforts.