CincyGuy45202

totally agree.

ugh- Ovation needs to be scrapped entirely and replaced with a walkable neighborhood. Has anyone seen those plans for something like: Newport West or a name like that? It was a plan that had City West style buildings filling in the entire Ovation area and everything was market rate. It also included a bit of work with 4th and 5th st's as well. It was awesome looking. Saw it a few years ago and haven't been able to find it since....

saw on Friday evening that they had 5 trees planted along Mehring. Looks much better. There seemed to be spaces for 2 more before you reach the parking garage on that same side- maybe they'll do those next?

I think it would be fine if the City let ONE streetcar be wrapped at any given time. Similar to how all of the "One for Fun" busses (the #1 line) are wrapped by Hollywood Casino etc. Many many Cities have busses wrapped and the amount of money from allowing the wrapping of 1 streetcar would be a great addition to offset operating costs. Trust me, no matter how many different sources there are some people will still go nuts that some of that money could be somewhere else. The nice thing about advertising and farebox recovery is that obviously it would never cover any other City program. The higher it is the better. if ads & fare box is currently going to cover 30% of operating costs, and selling the wrapping rights to one streetcar bumps streetcar related revenue to 33% of operating costs it's certainly worth it. (obviously those numbers are totally made up). Also, one thing to think about with completely free streetcars is that homeless people use them for AC on hot days or to get out of the rain/snow on bad days. I think I remember hearing about a day when the mayor of LA made all transportation free for one day and they had to have conversations about how to prevent it from becoming a mobile homeless shelter. This is obviously not a major issue and there are a million ways to deal with that (saying something like no one can be on a streetcar for more than one whole loop), but there are some reasons why a charge is associated with the service beyond just getting some of the operating costs covered. I think the first 2 weeks of streetcar operation should be free. hell, maybe the first 3 or 4 weeks then charge $1 a ride, $2 for a day pass. Then reserve "free fare days" for big events and sparse occasions.

In terms of %, the preliminary numbers are actually the opposite of what you stated, except for the last month. I'm not going to do all the numbers because it's all unofficial and will likely change, but here's for the 3-Cs and Indy, anyway. January 2012-February 2012 % Change for Non-Farm Jobs Cleveland: +1.0% Indianapolis: +0.7% Columbus: +0.5% Cincinnati: +0.4% I was referring to the last month, since the data he had posted was the Jan-Feb change. In the last year Columbus & Cincy have definitely been making the most improvement.

^ Yes. At the same time, It's clear that Indy & Cleveland were the big winners, even when percentages are taken into account. Cincy & Cbus are a little disappointing, but still good obviously.

New traffic signals are up at 13th and Race & 13th and Vine (bagged in plastic for the time being). Article mentions traffic will switch to two way Wednesday. I wonder how long they'll shut it down to paint the new street lines- I'm guessing Tuesday afternoon?

^ no. This is directly related to the Ohio project of equal name and development. I hope they don't oversaturate with 21C's by adding Columbus & Indianapolis ones. that would be bad.

Talbert House & Model will make it permanet supportive housing.

Looks like it! saw it was completely flat a few weeks ago.

I've heard Early June for Phase 1 and early august for phase 2. Phase 3 would be about a year from now

A buddy of mine said the exact same thing. But he was quoting the developer of the American Can, who has also done the Ford Factory on 71, who said he has 0 interest in the Crosley building because Camp Washington has no amenities and is a weaker neighborhood for residential development. - Also, Hosea (total jerk) owes $150,000 in delinquent property taxes on this building. the Lunkenheimer building is also falling a part and he owns both. Pretty much would be thrilled if he went broke/bankrupt and had to sell of his assets for pennies. They would certainly end up in the hands of better owners than he is.

Nice- Was announced only about 2 months ago and will open well before the stupid Tin Roof- Which hasn't started construction OR announced an opening date- and was announced in September 2011. Same goes for Crave. They were announced about 9 months ago!

Jake-- The third video you posted loosely translates to Tram car breaks down/crashes in middle of avenue.

It was announced at Mallory's state of the City speech this evening.

Embarrassing, but at first glance I thought we were talking about this Spaghetti Junction http://www.spaghettijunctionrestaurant.co.uk/default.asp?textpage=

If the idea of downtown is the same as uptown, than downtown is many neighborhoods (west end, OTR, etc). At the same time "capital D" Downtown is an obvious reference to CBD. (I don't literally mean with a capital D, but the difference in how it's being addressed.) I'm surprised the The Chamber hasn't branded Mid-town more. Midtown is basically Evanston, Norwood, Western Hyde Park and Western Oakley. Key Developments being Xavier (and Xavier Place/Square development) Keystone, Rookwood, Rookwood Exchange, Surrey Square and maybe you could make a case for Oakley Station. But back to the Caps... The Cincinnati Bridge Condition report is out-- Building Cincinnati covered it here: http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2012/03/condition-of-city-bridges-remains.html And while he didn't mention the Second street bridge (technically 2nd street is a bridge) I've heard that part of it has a 5 out of ten rating while other parts are 8 out of 10. REALLY bad for something that's only 11 years old. Also, I heard Freedom Way bridges were ranked as 8's even though they are only 1-3 years old. There are dozens of bridges that are 20-30 years old that are still 9's. Am I the only person that is worried about this? Maybe I don't understand the ratings.

^ I've heard Kroger looked at that site for a standalone Kroger and said no because they couldn't fit enough parking. They wouldn't consider a garage.

^ Still no where near thrilled about this project. So suburban, so car centric. But I am happy that they upped the apartments from 250 to 302 to increase the density.

Thanks. This does not sound very encouraging. This will greatly limit where I can live in the neighborhood and that presents a problem for a project that I had in mind to serve the neighborhood. Welcome!! What attracted you to Price Hill? I would say price hill right now is sort of where "pioneers" are considering moving. People who want to go into a run down neighborhood and start the transition to fix it up. If you're looking for something more stable, but want to be close to the urban core downtown and OTR (gateway Quarter) are your best bets. Also there is some nice stuff in the West End, primarily south of Ezzard Charles & east of linn. Or further east, East Walnut Hills is good. If you're looking for urban walkability and a neighborhood with lots of bars & restaurants and good night life, OTR is your best bet.

No- Anchor Properties is the owner and developer.

Kroger has no direct control. It's a private developer who owns it and gets the final call. At the same time, as Kroger is their primary tenant, Kroger has some swing. If they demanded it, I'm sure it would happen. Looking at the most recent site plan (several years old), it's totally possible, with the loss of about 20-30 parking spaces, but the benefit of being the largest grocery store on the line, and the potential to grab LOTS of OTR & Downtowners to the newly built store. But having streetcar drive through a parking lot has its own difficulties. Waiting taxi's, cars waiting everywhere, carts in the middle of the road, etc. Also, of course, the catenary wire would be a unique situation to be dealt with over private property. There are some major challenges, but it's doable.

Very interesting!

Do you know how large of a phase they are considering for "2"? Is "Phase 2" all the way to the Zoo? or just up to corryville & short vine? Also-- What are opinions on The Short Vine vs. Jefferson strategy? I still think that North on Short Vine and South on Jefferson is the best way to go. Splitting the north & south lines 1 block apart help cover the most ground. Also, recent work on Jefferson has dramatically increased its pedestrian friendliness (from "none at all" to "almost comfortable") Adding some flashing pedestrian lights could help slow down traffic and the streetcar will do the same.

Damn it!!! And I really try to stay on topic.... So about that park... I wonder when they'll start announcing programming.