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Are you sure it wasn't the recently created Brian Shrive parody account?

No developer is perfect, but Towne Properties recently renovated the church adjacent to its office in Mt. Adams to create a solid event venue. Its commercial property on St. Gregory is almost fully occupied, including backfilling office space after Empower moved to OTR, and all of its property is in good repair as far as I can tell. One developer is not responsible for keeping a neighborhood hip. As for Fountain Place, it is a shame there was not more momentum ahead of Macy's and Tiffany's departure. It does sound like there are multiple stakeholders which always complicates things. And large projects, subsidy or no, take time.

^Whatever happened to the enquirer or the courier publishing the list of local projects applying for state historic tax credits? This article references 4 projects but only names 2.

I am sure there are many factors but I'll throw out one: Vanderbilt University

I would LMAO if the former Don Pablo's space became a Bakersfield. We have too many breweries but it would make a great brewery.

Weren't both endorsed by the Green Party?

Looking at it another way, if Democrats have the top 5 slots locked down now, and you assume identical turnout, then the top 4 or 5 vote-getters will always be Dems. If, for example, you need 30,000 votes to come in 5th and no Republican ever gets more than 23,000 votes, then a Republican will never win.

I think this is absolutely true. The question is: are conservatives currently over-represented or fairly-represented (based on the overall population of conservatives in the city) on council? If they are over-represented, then staggering 4 year terms is fair. If they are fairly-represented then it could be perceived as political gerrymandering in another form.

This is the list of winners but there should be a list somewhere of every project that applied this round. It is always interesting to see the projects that didn't make the cut.

They got rid of the squeeze bottles of salsa altogether? That is a downgrade.

According to the Planning Commission packet, the city did issue an RFP in December 2017.

Except Cranley is supporting the Milhaus proposal...

Many dry cleaners operate like this now. G Salzano's, I believe, is also planning to offer dry cleaning pickup/drop off at its Vine Street location.

I'm a millennial working in an office in downtown Cincinnati. My peers and I wear plenty of Bonobos. It will do well. The guideshop model is perfect for walkable bar/restaurant areas because you go in, try on the clothes, and everything gets shipped. So you don't end up walking out with a bunch of bags. Since they don't have to keep every style/color in every size (just samples of each cut) the footprint is usually pretty small. The no-brainer location would be somewhere on Vine between 12th and 14th, but it is great that there will be more to draw foot traffic north.

That was Quinlivan.

The team behind Collective Espresso opens The Takeaway, a new sandwich stop and grocer in Over-the-Rhine The Main Street deli offers fresh produce, pantry staples, beer, wine and an eclectic menu of fresh sandwiches https://www.citybeat.com/food-drink/media-gallery/21005018/the-takeaway-on-main-street-is-a-retail-grocer-and-deli-with-very-tasty-sandwiches I have grabbed lunch here a handful of times now and I'm really impressed. The sandwiches are exactly what you want them to be.

^I second Fortune Noodle. Incredibly good. Sichuan Bistro in Mason is pretty good, as is Sichuan Chili in Evendale.

Is there an amnesty period for people to turn in their bump stocks?

^ I agree. Let's say his boss said "hey is there anything you can do for me on this MSD issue?" And his response was "nope, you should reach out to the city manager's office." That's a non-story. If there is no quid pro quo then all you are doing is arbitrarily questioning the ethics of one member of council. Pastor is running a multi-million dollar foundation. While a half-million dollar mortgage as part of his compensation package is somewhat unconventional, it is not outside the bounds of reasonable.

Chris Wetterich: Regarding the parcels purchased recently at 1515 Central Parkway by West End Ventures, that property is now controlled by LINSR, the Courier’s @AndyCinciBiz has confirmed. It is not for FC Cincinnati.

Read this book: http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1npn7n Some of the best commentary on Cincinnati exists in this book. Link isn't loading. What is the name of the book?

I'm completely on board with the idea that the council majority is drawing a line in the sand and saying "no backroom deal" this time. But the idea that this is being done to save the taxpayers money is a bit much. Jason Williams is right that a "special investigation" could likely run six figures. If Black sues the city then who knows how much that will cost. PG should cut his own deal with Black for 8 months salary and then take an active role in picking the next manager.

Apparently he is a controversial comic book author now?!? https://amazingcavalieri.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-primer-on-nick-spencers-shitty.html https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/05/11/a-primer-on-nick-spencers-cincinnati-politics/ ^The above links are a take-down and a defense of Spencer's politics from his aughts-era city council campaigns.

That is a massive difference. I assume that the KC streetcar being free to ride accounts for part of that, but are there other nuances that account for its success relative to Cincinnati? (Looks like my questions were answered above)

Most likely due to it being the nicest day of the year so far, and 3 months ago being the dead of winter.