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Okay, thanks. Well that is good to know. At least he is aware of the option to pursue such a project, then. Must have crossed his mind. Who knows if he is actually in a position to take something like that on, though. Only he knows.

My point is 49% of voters did not refuse to vote for pro-streetcar council and mayoral candidates. It's not the #1 issue for those voters.

FTFY. This is the flaw in Cranley's strategy. If it were true, we wouldn't have a streetcar-supporting supermajority on council. It might be a media darling, and some people certainly are rabidly opposed to it, but the opposition is overblown.

65W may be the worst example of urban construction in the city. (By "urban" I basically mean abutting the sidewalk.)

^ Yeah, I should have said "should be a priority" rather than "is a priority". You can say "because of democracy", but it goes to the quote (paraphrasing) about the downfall of democracy coming when people realize they can vote to give themselves money. That's what this type of development is, because it benefits some people but it's overall a drain. ^^ "Please detail how Mason has benefited from state highway subsidies. Mason has two exits on I-71." Thanks, you just answered yourself. Mason is far, far, far from built-out. What is the ratio of building footprints to land area?

Copying a post here I made on City-Data, with some ideas for how the #1 route could be improved as a tourist route. I think same ideas could be used for the Southbank Shuttle (though I think that should become a looping streetcar at some point). As it is, the route is unusable for a tourist who doesn't do their homework, making it uninviting to use. Here is the post: A few months ago I was in Mt. Adams for lunch on a Saturday, wanting to take the bus downtown. I naively stood at the bus stop for the "1 for Fun!" bus, until I asked a woman walking by about the headways. She said they were an hour or more on the weekends, which turns out to be true (they are 1 hour). So I hoofed it back downtown, almost being late for where I was going. As I walked, I saw the goddamn bus pass (I didn't know the route exactly, otherwise I would have walked along it and tried to catch the passing bus). With a streetcar, I could have walked along the tracks and had a better chance of catching it. Not to say we need a streetcar in Mt. Adams (an incline would be cool, though), but pointing out an advantage of the system. Anyway, that route is marketed as a useful one for visitors to the city ("#1 for Fun!"), but if I am a weekend visitor and I try to naively use the bus, I'll be in for a world of hassle. Some people might say, well, you should check the schedule! That is a good idea, but it doesn't account for the many ways people use transit. It's not user-friendly, but a bus marketed to tourists should be user-friendly. IMO, at the very minimum, such a route should have maps and schedules peppered along its route. It might also be a case where Winburn's "paint a line in the road" would be a smart idea, especially since the route is so windy and irregular. Actually, the more I think of it, that would be a great idea. Paint a dual green/blue line down the center of the road along this route, using the Metro colors. It would then be easy to follow the line to the next shelter where a map and schedule can be found. Maybe on weekends these stops can be the only ones in use, so headways can be increased just by decreasing the number of stops.

Who knows if Hardman is even aware of the situation. It would be pretty awesome if the old Moerleinhaus became a Lager House North with a more intimate atmosphere.

Totally ridiculous. Kasich pulls local funding, leaving smaller gov't entities to figure out how to fund services. Then he takes over one of the counties' main ways of controlling their revenue stream. The first is somewhat defensible under the idea of promoting local control, but when you combine that with reducing ways of raising revenue (having to ask permission of the state!) it becomes rather tyrannical.

Sounds like the CUFNA, while wanting to preserve the historic buildings, also would not want to give up any parking. Would be nice if a deal could be worked out with the garage owners across the street at U Square, to offer spaces out of there to residents of the new place.

I wish it were there when I was a teenager. Could have been a nice alternative to the Buzz, Angst, and Sitwell's. (Edit: Though maybe not...there isn't much seating.) ^ Hey, thanks. That was fast! :clap:

I really hope "major" means an amount that is major relative to the project, i.e. will allow for major progress, rather than "major" as in will not put much of a dent in the project cost but would be nice lottery winnings. My guess is it's the latter. Not that that wouldn't be good news.

^^^ Wow, so glad there are actually some with a voice speaking up for these historic buildings. ^^ Heh, a candy store. I would be interested in hearing someone's review of this place. Someone who is not worried about getting diabetes. ^ It looks good, going from construction photos on FB. I'd like to see the finished interior.

It will probably take a decade or more for a stable assortment of shops to settle. So it goes. Same is true for the Banks. I'm still waiting for Johnny Rockets to disappear.

Webcam!!! Thanks :)

I didn't think people existed like this along the coasts in the Pacific Northwest. Thought they were mostly in the mountains and basin desert areas. The coasts are a lot more like Ohio than the media and conventional wisdom would have you believe. Just go to the bluest cities' newspapers and read the comment sections. Racism, anti-urbanism, etc., all over the place. America has a good number of "conservatives," from sea to shining sea. If I got to feeling like Cincinnati was too conservative for me, I would have to leave the country to escape the feeling.

^ With wine inside?

Someone has decided negativity is the best business model. Considering the paper keeps shrinking, the staff keeps shrinking, etc., I am reminded of the quote about the "definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result." I wonder what would happen if they tried taking a rational approach instead. Hard to imagine they could do any worse.

How does this project continue to keep the interest of average radio listeners? Really makes no sense. As interested as I am in the project, I couldn't listen to someone talking about it for hours each week.

I believe they shopped the site to dunnhumby, but we know how that went. Haven't heard anything else. It might take a while. There's a lot of office space downtown. I'd rather them wait than have a major glut of office space.

^ I could see the hotel being completed. Wouldn't hold my breath for the office building!

Sorely needed in terms of improving access and quality of life for nearby residents. Having lived in Dayton, and having dealt with congestion in the area, to me it makes sense. Is it critical? Not at all. On a speculative side note, I wouldn't be surprised if Lexus Nexus had influence on things, since their employees benefit from it as well. I would suggest the businesses and people living there relocate near an existing highway exit, if that's something they require. The state is not obligated to provide them with such amenities. I see this as a form of entitlement spending which is a drain on the region on several fronts. State investment in a business and residential boom in this area only drains from nearby business and residential areas, while increasing the amount of infrastructure that must be maintained over time. It subsidizes and rewards antisocial lifestyle and business decisions. Brill is right on some of these topics, though Mason is just as guilty. You can see why someone from Mason would be especially threatened by state subsidies in an area like this. Just about anything drawing people to Mason could be cloned in this area, creating competition and vacancies and decreasing land values in Mason.

Makes perfect sense to me! This has been an unmitigated disaster for the Clifton neighborhood.

John, that's hilarious!!! Though I actually agree with this one: * Mallory and Dohoney's lack of regional cooperation by recruiting company headquarters from Kentucky.

Now that Duke has agreed to start work, construction is moving ahead on all fronts. Meanwhile, Cranley says the city is rushing forward too quickly, and he is committed to halting progress if elected mayor.

Gay softball...is that when the softballs touch?