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^ Possibly because the shots are taken near the Roebling Bridge and they want it as a focal point?

I think it is good to experience life elsewhere, especially when you are young. But there is nothing wrong with settling down in your home town, especially when it's awesome.

^ Agreed, they gave some pretty bad choices which were exhaustive, so I skipped a couple questions.

Edit: Thanks CDM but I still had to fix what you did. :P Ahh, a real keyboard. Tablets certainly have their limitations. (At some point I will probably do a Pet Peeves post on tablet frustrations...haven't passed the threshold just yet. Or maybe when I have passed the threshold I am far too annoyed to attempt a post.)

^ Where have you been?? ^^^^ I love this one:

This is kind of off topic since it covers the whole city, but what blows me away about this article is the overwhelming positivity in the comments section: http://news.cincinnati.com/comments/article/20120718/EDIT/307180025/Cincinnati-please-don-t-apologize It is really starting to feel like we have turned a page.

The pro-Tower City folks remind me of the pro-skywalk folks in Cincy. Bring the people to the streets, people!

Maybe they will have room now for all that parking they want.

Maybe we need a third category. I'm not sure where you stop including things as department stores, though, if you start broadening the field. I don't know if the point is to say something fundamental about these cities so much as it is to note that the cities with were able to retain a relic. More an analysis of curiosity than a state of affairs.

I think the question being probed is whether a "Nordstrom-shaped void" exists, rather than whether a downtown with a large clothing+ store is better off than one without. I think the subsidy question is a very good one (which of these stores are (not) subsidized). I'd be interested to know, if anyone can answer that. Honestly, I don't think we should fret the departure of these too much. Their square-foot economic impact must be pretty small, even when they are thriving. Not that they aren't a plus and don't make downtowns more livable.

Haha, weird list idea. I'm surprised Indy doesn't have any. Edit: Or maybe it does, according to Mwd711.

^Lolwut hahaha

Thanks. I guess Sawyer Point really stood out since it opened when I was a wee lad. I remember going down there when the flying pigs were just put in, the timeline thing, etc. Sawyer Point, Yeatman's Cove, and TMB Friendship Park having separate names makes things confusing.

Can someone clarify for me the relationship between Sawyer Point and Yeatman's Cove? As a kid, we just called the whole area down there Sawyer Point. Glad to hear Bunbury was a success. Wish I could have gone. I really hope it grows and happens as annually.

Several people from here post on that forum.

I like how he says he shares your concerns, but I don't like how he merely says he will keep them in mind, rather than saying he will fight for them. Makes my enthusiasm level drop significantly. I am of the opinion that we should have very high expectations of our politicians, and when I see politician-speak, I start to feel sick. I want to see commitment and follow-through. He made no commitment to anything substantial, just threw a bunch of talking points out there to make you happy. The wording of the letter is quite interesting in that it's obviously meant to cover both streetcar supporters and someone who is not necessarily a supporter but opposes the amendment on the grounds of it being overbroad/blocking lightrail.

Saint Louis is a huge out-performer in having a ton of major companies, but they aren't on the list. Something is fishy.

Holy crap that cycle lift thing is awesome. It looks uncomfortable, though. I really wanna try it!

Maybe instead of focusing on the stairs themselves, we could do decorative handrails that brighten the stairs up and make them uniquely Cincinnati. The stairs might be painted a solid color or something, if not left as they are.

Well now we are back tied for first. :-) Let's sweep those whiny Cardinals and get a few games up!

I like this, but I wish we could come up with more unique things, rather than copying coastal cities.

Yes, that was a political gift from the corporate gods, in the form of a gift to a corporate god. One-day CEO = boondoggle for rate payers, for sure.

What's going on with this project?

I would like to see alleys in Downtown and OTR turned into a bike network. Privatizing sounds like it will lead to lots of gating, which is a negative for cyclists and pedestrians. Though I do realize they can be crime hotspots, so they must be treated strategically.

You mean July, right? Time Warp!