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Lindbergh City Center project in Atlanta, which Pepper said was similar. http://www.carterusa.com/flyersHTML/Lindbergh.html http://www.carterusa.com/flyersPDF/LindberghBrochure.pdf

Thanks for the update Rando. Check out the presentation on the park website. I like the Riverfront Stadium commemoration.

It's a really good sign if Cronin can keep the best high school talent here. Nice get.

[quote"I hear from people all the time saying they love the way Ryan Freel plays," he said. "I'm tired of that. I want to say they love the way the Cincinnati Reds play." Let's hope the Freel style doesn't catch on. He has got to be one of the dumbest players I've seen in some time. There's a long way between hustle and recklessness, and Freel is the latter. I blame Farney.

Leave it to LK to bring up Tönnies... I agree with your assesment of conceal carry. The other hassle that no one has yet mentioned is that you're prohibited from bringing a gun into any number places. That, and you're just inviting a Mexican standoff. Those rarely end well. Apropos of nothing, here's an anecdote. I had to break up a knife fight the other night. Well, not so much a fight as some douchebag who pulled a knife on somebody after a fight. Though I had visions of pulling some Chuck Norris move to disarm the assailant, all I ended up doing was yelling to put the blade away. And it worked. Thanks for having my back LK, whether in Wrigleyville or OTR.

^Yeah, I like those buildings in Philly as well. There are similar ones all over now it seems. San Diego for instance. I'd rather see QCS II.

^That's true, we don't know how many crimes are prevented. Now that you've said more, the lesson I think is clear. The choice is not to put yourself in a position to be a victim. My point is that carrying really doesn't benefit the carrier that much. Most of the deterrent is due to the possibility of carrying, not carrying itself. Most of the rest of the deterrent, in specific cases, flows to the next guy. I'm an OTR resident and have thought about CC, but I'm not sold on the benefits. Plus, I sort of object to it on Kantian grounds. Also, I don't think that the second amendment means each citizen gets an arsenal. Anyway, I think this should move to the crime discussion thread.

I don't find the idea that concealed carry laws deter criminal activity especially convincing. Those unfortunate folks on Mulberry got held up despite those laws being on the books. That thug theoretically knew that they might have been packing, but he jacked them anyway. What if they had been carrying? What happens if they pull a gun on someone who also has a gun? I'm not saying that I think CC is necessarily a bad idea, but I get the feeling that gun proponents might be watching too many action flicks.

^Look, I'm going to post this and move on. Sure Chris Henry and Josh Hamilton aren't perfect comparisons. Humility and regret go a long way in turning around your public image, and Henry has shown neither. But why have Reds fans given Davis, Larkin, and Griff the business while loving the likes of Freel and Rose? Freel racked up a few DUIs as well remember. Rose is a disgrace. McAlister was calling for lifetime imprisonment for Henry! Doesn't he realize that Hamilton was far worse before getting clean? You don't know much about addiction if you think he was a danger only to himself. As regards the inclusion issue at the Banks. I can't understand why anyone would not want more small business involvement in the project. This is a $600 mill project. That's a big number to move through the regional economy. It's only right that we make sure those benefits are seen by as many parts of the community as possible. Women and minority inclusion efforts aren't just a way to make everybody feel hunky-dory (ha), they help address economic need.

right, which is why Bortz states the following, above: "Bortz added that the group has revised its economic inclusion policy, with which it hopes to award about 30 percent of its contracts to small, women- and minority-owned firms for the $600 million project. The revised policy is more gender- and race-neutral with a focus on small businesses, Bortz said. " I really don't understand what the beef with this is...

Wow.

Here's more from City Beat http://citybeat.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/here-comes-bootsy-ruby’s/

I feel sorry for Cub fans. I'll be there.

I'd be there every Sunday.

Very interesting. Not a bad name, but there are only 34 neighborhood business districts.

^Look good to me on an old iBook, jmeck.

^Hey David. You need to ditch that avatar. Whatever your opinions of Zimpher, comparing a university administrator to the Nazis is just not good form. It tells me more about you than Zimpher, and it's not flattering.

What in the world? Trolleys with rubber wheels, no tracks or wires? Don't we call those buses now?

Somebody should tell the Courier the W. Clifton isn't in Clifton.

I think it's a great decision to move to 5th street. Now if we can only get better restuarant participation.

Erm, you might be being a bit too positive there, rando. The Banks is just the area between the stadiums. You forgot FWW reconstruction.

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They had other proposed routes that did include the tight turn at McMicken, though I think they would've been making a left. Nevertheless, I think they can negotiate the turn.

Across Findlay. I suggested that it go to McMicken -- the consultants from HDR and PB stated that I wasn't the first to do so and that they're looking into it. By my way of thinking, it encourages more development by hitting more of the brewery district, and it lays the rail in a better position to make the uptown link up W. Clifton.

Something important that I learned last night is that the Main and Walnut bridges over FWW were built with rail in mind. Rail can be laid there just like any surface street. The other bridges would need to be reconstructed, making their use much, much more expensive.