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Sounds pretty sweet. Covington has developed quite a skyline over the past few years!

That project is going to be a masterpiece. Look at those views, damn near irresistable. Looking forward to its completion. Also, I'd be up for a forum meet. It'd have to be in early August though, as I will be in Washington D.C. for most of July.

Great photo thread, SummitStreet. There are a lot of great projects going up in the downtown area. Also going up is The Terrace condo tower at Grant next to the main library downtown. There are also two medium-scale projects going on in the Discovery District: CSCC's new bookstore and the new student welcome center for CCAD (which are replacing 2 surface lots!). Scaffolding is going up for the construction to start on the 145 High condo tower also. In Harrison West, the A.C. Humco plant has been demolished to make way for a new urban residential village (similar to Jeffery Place) next to the Scioto River. Here are some of the renderings: http://www.harrisonwest.org

I'm a fourth-year student at the Ohio State University, majoring in Aviation Management with a minor in Spanish. I'm currently hired by Independence Air as a customer service/ramp agent at Port Columbus International Airport.

Crazy stuff, hopefully it makes getting from 315 to 270 a bit easier...trying to merge onto the highway, especially during rush hour, is near impossible, especially with 23 only a few miles away.

Mayor: Develop housing on Lazarus parking lots Business First of Columbus - by Brian R. Ball, Business First Friday, February 27, 2004 Parking lots south of the Lazarus-Macy's downtown store would be redeveloped into multistory housing if Mayor Michael B. Coleman and the Columbus Downtown Development Corp. get their way. Coleman outlined his intentions for the 4.3 acres along South Front Street between Rich and Town streets in his Feb. 26 State of the City address. The Columbus Downtown Development Corp., a city-sponsored development agency expected to purchase the properties from Federated Department Stores Inc. for $5.7 million this summer, will issue a formal request for proposals to developers in April. "We'll ask developers to send in their proposals for what it should be or could be and how they plan on paying for it," said Coleman in an interview a day before the State of the City speech. Coleman said redeveloping the parking lots would mark "a great first step in turning the whole RiverSouth area around." Full article: http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2004/03/01/story7.html

Good article, I didn't know that COTA had decided on a date to bring the tax issue to voters. I would assume that it will be a half-cent sales tax, which they tried for a few years ago. As much as I would like to see this pass, like you said, Ohioan love their cars, and Columbus citizens absolutely refuse to spend money on projects like this. While they have a great plan, they're going to have a hell of a time trying to convince the people of this city that it's a good idea.

That last artist rendering posted depicting what looks to be a restaurant view overlooking a grand plaza and the skyline is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The Banks will most definitely be an incredible centerpiece for the city's riverfront. Keep us updated!

It's definitely too late and the area just doesn't have the housing stock for Franklinton to become the next German Village or Victorian Village. However, I don't think it doesn't mean that the area can't thrive, especially the Broad St. corridor and the area around Vets/COSI. Business remains somewhat healthy along Broad St., they just need to get the homes in the area refurbished. Hopefully as more people move in, business can the become healthier in the commercial pockets in the neighborhood.

I've wanted to reply to this topic for a while now, but final exams have hindered my doing so. First off, Lunken is FAR from no longer being a viable facility. The airport is quickly emerging as the top business aircraft airport in the Cincinnati metro. Procter & Gamble alone have 5 aircraft based at LUK. The proposed runway expansion and relaxed weight restrictions are a definite necessity to keep the momentum going at LUK. Having a primarily business avaition airport in a city's metro is not uncommon either. Orlando has Orlando Executive Airport, Cleveland has Burke Lakefront. Both are capable of handling standard commercial aircraft (such as 737s) but have found their profitable niche catering to the business crowd. Lunken is well on its way to joining that list. That being said, the prospect of commercial passenger service at Lunken is essentially not possible, for the reasons explained in the previous posts and more. Not only would it be extremely cumbersome to run a commercial operation out of LUK, but there's already pleanty of nearby commercial airports to choose from. With the way the Cincinnati and Dayton metros are growing, Dayton James M. Cox International Airport is quickly becoming Cincinnati's second airport. Low fare carrier AirTran Airways has experienced ENORMOUS success by stearing clear of the fortress hubs like CVG and setting up shop in DAY, siphoning passengers from Cincinnati, and also Columbus, more than willing to save a couple hundred dollars on air travel. And don't think Delta doesn't realize this either. AirTran and Delta compete like dogs on their hub routes to Atlanta from Dayton. Delta matches AirTran's fares and dumps capacity, virtually flooding the market with seats in an attempt to flush the competition out. This has proved to be exceedingly good for the consumer as fares are extremely cheap, but it also keeps people loyal to Delta, as local Cincinnati Delta loyalists will opt for Delta instead of AirTran when traveling from Dayton to continue to earn frequent flier miles. So Delta still gets the money whether you're traveling from CVG or DAY! As for seeing a low fare carrier at CVG, it's not a good possibility. In the last decade, a dozen or so low fare airlines have attempted to serve CVG, every time they were bullied by Delta to the point of pulling out. The most recent attempt was by Vanguard Airlines, which provided nonstop service to Chicago's Midway Airport. The flights arrived with much fanfare, with all sorts of advertising done by Vanguard, as well as the airline's president making frequent stops to Cincinnati promoting the new service. All Delta had to do was double the number of flights they offered to Chicago, match Vanguard's fares, and offer the lure of SkyMiles, and Vanguard was gone in a year. As long as the local travelers in Cincinnati remain addicted to their SkyMiles, no low fare carrier will make it in CVG. Lastly, Monte, if you want a reasonable fare to Denver for the summer, by all means take Frontier Airlines out of Indianapolis. Not only will you get a decent fare and a NONSTOP flight, but Frontier offers DirecTV on all their A319 and A318 aircraft, which I believe presently serve IND.