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What you're missing is that bars/clubs do business at night, while other uses function during the day, including specialty retail. Having something like a florist actually benefits foot traffic, as it serves a daytime population. The meatpacking district was one of the chic nightspots last time I was in Manhattan, though it's not my style. Two guesses what (still) goes on there during the day. The difference between your and LK's way of thinking is that you're talking about districts and he's talking about cities.

^Well said, LK. I don't mean to pile on, but a couple of things I read struck me as apropos to this conversation. "But the statement above is a rant: you either agree with it absolutely 100 percent or you don't. There's no room for conversation here, no space for dialogue, no opportunity for mutual discovery, for actual learning. And that's the stuff that causes us to engage intellectually, you might say makes us fully human." Gustav Niebuhr. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/r_gustav_niebuhr/2007/09/zerosum_statements_are_inheren.html "As I've said elsewhere: Nothing is so obvious that it's obvious. When someone says that something is obvious, it seems almost certain that it is anything but obvious - even to them. The use of the word "obvious" indicates the absence of a logical argument - an attempt to convince the reader by asserting the truth of something by saying it a little louder." Errol Morris. http://morris.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/25/which-came-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg-part-one/index.html

I'm somewhat ashamed to say I aced it.

There used to be a florist more or less where Cadillac Ranch is now. I wonder if they had an agreement all along to return to the area. I seem to recall an idea to have a florist near the tunnel to 6th Street. I'm sure if it's revealed as part of the plan all along, you guys will be all for it.

As soon as I saw that model Carter and Dawson showed off this week, I saw that tall building near PBS and thought, "the Bengals will never allow it."

Submerging power lines is a really expensive undertaking. As I understand it, some number of property owners must agree to it (simple majority, super-majority, unanimity? I forget), and are then issued an assessment to defray the costs. The additional problem is that putting the lines underground usually means the building's internal electrical set-up must be changed as well, since the wires are coming in to a different location. This cost is solely the responsibility of the building owner.

from today's Enquirer http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070926/EDIT01/709260316/1090/EDIT Let's not get mired in misunderstanding over Banks BY CALEB FAUX As we approach a final decision by City Council and the County Commission regarding a development agreement for the Banks, it appears there's a need for clarification about what the Cincinnati Planning Commission actually approved in terms of zoning for the site. What the Planning Commission approved was a "concept plan," the first in a two-step approval process used for planned developments. In Cincinnati we've rarely used the planned development approval process, even though it's quite common in other places...

^Leon Hall ran under a 4.39 in the 40 at the combine. That's plenty fast for a CB. He's right there with other rookie CBs -- Darrell Revis ran .01 seconds faster, Chris Houston (Falcons) was the only appreciably faster guy available. Most guys who play on the outside run from the 4.3s to the 4.5s. (To compare, Chad Johnson ran a 4.56 at the combine, which is one reason he was here for us to get him. Although he was clocked in workouts much faster, in the 4.3s) I think Hall can improve his technique, especially coming out of breaks. But I don't know that the Bengals coaching staff will get him there.

I think the boneheaded mistakes and breakdowns have to come down to coaching. Why are you fielding punts inside the 10? Why are there so many penalties? Why so many coverage breakdowns? Why is Dhani Jones, who got cut by several teams, the best tackler on the team when he only showed up Tuesday? It's not just that he went to Michigan... The coaches don't seem to make players better (and the exceptions are projects like Peko and Jeanty). Is Madieu Williams? Is Caleb Miller? Is Joseph? I think Marvin is a serviceable coach, but would probably do better on a team with a maturity level that far exceeds that of the Bengals.

Louisville is a lovely town.

You must watch this.

OT, but the new 5/3 logo is terrible.

I don't think she's off her rocker in the least. I agree that breaking the site into smaller pieces would undoubtedly result in a more interesting and varied urban neighborhood. It seems like that has been wholly off the table from the beginning, I'm sure due to the funding complexities. What is your specific beef?

The problem is that the cops are acting like a private security firm and not like public servants. This guy was threatening no one and posed no danger. If the meeting organizers didn't like that he was taking up too much time, they should've handled it themselves. Whatever happened to being run out on a rail? Can we bring that back? Sure beats getting tasered. Tasers should be used to subdue dangerous persons, not just those who are getting on your nerves or won't obey a direct order.

You're nuts.

So being annoying justifies getting tasered?

What's not to like? A giant thimble would totally trump Chicago's bean. And those buildings look better than anything Corporex builds.

Can someone post the pic of the model? I'm not seeing it in that invite for some reason.

I don't understand the residential dots on the map. Are these just recent condo developments? That's lame and makes it look like you are pushing this only towards those who would only live in new rehab condos.

Hasn't HDR stated that if Portland had it to do over again, they wouldn't have a fare free zone?

Below Zero. Haven't been there but a friend says it's pretty cool.

Why would they talk about MSU to an OSU fan? I have no doubt that the amount of national attention has amplified the OSU-UM rivalry, but in Michigan, and among the student bodies, the UM-State game is bigger than outsiders imagine.

Right, I meant selling out of the shirts, I'm sure they'd be selling some. But I think U-M fans (at least those in the student body) generally care more about beating OSU rather than just having OSU lose. It might be because Michigan has other big rivals. I was there just after some of the biggest Cooper collapses, and during a Michigan national championship. I recall a lot more anti-MSU, anti-ND, and anti-PSU shirts than anti-OSU shirts. I guess there was the old standby *uckeyes shirt.

If UC keeps it up, Brian Kelly might be getting some calls from the 734 area code, though I think he's too much a hot shot for Michigan to hire him. I think Ferentz has an inside track on the Michigan job though, but who knows what's going to happen.

If the situation were reversed, huge swaths of Columbus would no longer exist. And they wouldn't be selling Youngstown shirts in Ann Arbor. At least, not in my day.