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I found a bunch of info on Corryville's website. It seems to be up to date- not sure if it's what Octo is talking about, but here it is: http://corryville.org/ccc/devrend/shortvine2/3dboard.pdf http://corryville.org/ccc/devrend/shortvine2/siteplan.pdf Pretty much standard suburban crap. Disappointed by rumors that the developer is not interested in having the Streetcar cross through his development- but I realize that's pretty difficult to manage.

Although, just to be clear and nitpick, Lincoln Heights is not Cincinnati proper. Cincinnati Police have done a great job cracking down on random crime, assault, etc. Most attacks in Cincinnati are situations where the victim knows the assailant- for the reasons you mentioned. Police crackdown HARD when something "out of the ordinary" happens. Drug based shooting's on the other hand are standard operating procedure. Less crack down, more calling the usual suspects to find out who was involved. As a side note, Lincoln Heights is pretty much the roughest municipality in Ham Co.

^ undeniable fact.

Although a state audit recently said 50% of all broken tax incentive deals had 0 punishments. Even if they were written into the deal, it's VERY rare for a municipality to use a clawback. Hell, Convergys had been "off" it's mark for over 3 years, but the City only went after them this year to close a deficit. I think the loan is fine- I'm mixed on the grant but whatever. The most important part is that I hope they do well. REALLY well.

I wasn't talking solely about walkability. I was referring to the statement that Cincinnati was auto centric. In my mind, that doesn't mean Car vs. walking. there's this one other option called mass transit. And urban core when in the context of an entire metropolitan area is larger than just downtown, OTR & the west end. the original suburbs would likely be included to (Mt. Auburn, Walnut Hills, etc.). And in all those other cities there are more mass transit options for people in that ring.

^ Greater Cincinnati is incredibly car based. Cincinnati Proper is moderately car-based. But certainly far more than most urban cores. Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, DC, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, Charleston (SC), are all less auto oriented than Cincinnati.

^ Like what?

Additionally, considering Council has had a history of cutting funding to the park board, the rent paid by Moerlein will ensure they have a dedicated stream of operating funds for the Riverfront Park.

Went last night!!! Stunning! Plan to go back soon. incredibly high quality construction. Great attention to detail, great service. For being brand new, the staff worked VERY well together. Fun facts: 225 people work at the Lager House, All the rent goes to fund operations of Riverfront Park, they are planning events wed-saturday all summer on the lawn. Gorgeous views of downtown, the river, and both stadiums. It really is impressive. Took a few photos, will upload them later.

^ what kind of comment is that?? When has 3CDC had a great opportunity and then failed. Fountain Square is great. The Gateway Quarter is great. Washington Park is about to be a game changer.

I just found out the other day that TIF districts have a deadline. They exist for 25 years and then they are gone. The majority of Cincinnati TIF districts were created in 2002, and then I think about 4-5 were created in 2005.

Pretty sure it is.

Just to be clear-- All the other places at the Banks got just under 5 million in loans to build out. They all (other than Holy Grail) happen to be national chains. Mahogany's is not only minority owned, but is also locally and female owned. And from what I read, the grant is ONLY to be used for walls, bathroom, ceiling, plumbing, etc. The loan is for moveable fixtures like furniture lighting, etc. Blacks are still a minority in Cincinnati, not by much, but White is the largest group. Slightly controversial, but not crazy and totally ridiculous.

As a side note--- In those photos of the Streetcar construction, the new Dunnhumby office & residential tower will be noticeable to the left of the Millennium hotel tower.

I'm an online business courier subscribe but will never subscribe to the Enquirer. My one complaint with my Biz Courier subscription is that not ENOUGH articles are subscriber only. Hoping that after Enquirer moves to pay model Biz Courier boosts their number of subscription articles.

Civvik!! Love it. I would say that the first two floors are likely to be "oversized" as they are retail oriented (grocery store, movie theater, major other retail tenant, etc). more like floor and a half's. With that adjustment I'd bet the final product will be fairly similar.

Somebody told me that this past summer Cunningham said to Steve Leeper that he hadn't been to fountain square in 5 years. I bet he hasn't been to OTR in over a decade. I remember a blog post posted by 'Gordon Bombay' about an on air challenge by Bill Cunningham to travel to "the heart of over the rhine" at midnight, something Willie obviously thought was too dangerous. http://queencitydiscovery.blogspot.com/2009/04/streetcars-bill-cunningham-and-field.html Also... not gonna lie, it's a little funny to read that Gordon Bombay is apparently quite conservative. I wouldn't have guessed it from reading this forum. haha :)

Ya- I agree, no one would consider approval of a tax increase right now. On a side note, I remember once reading that in the amendment that failed from the 80's to pass the county wide sales tax increase to fund SORTA (city currently funds about 90% of SORTA) it actually stated that the earnings tax would drop since the transit portion (about .15% or something) would disappear.

^ not gonna happen. From what I've read in every single article it seems as though it's gonna end up at around 10-12 stories. One article even quite specifically said they are considering 160-180 residential units.

Pretty sure state law requires Public schools to first offer properties to charter schools or something along those lines.

I'm pretty sure the work being done right now is by Greater Cincinnati Water Works; I'm under the impression the first construction project is replacement/moving of an old water main. Not sure if an overall contractor has been determined. I remember once reading that Jostin Construction was involved somehow though.

^ I think 2-3 years ago the vast majority of students lived by Warner, Stratford, Wheeler, etc. and no one expects them to walk all the way to Vine, etc. But as there have been 4-5 major projects leading to new developments along short vine, you will actually see more students now using it than you would have a few years ago prior to the corryville revitalization. But this project its self will have a moderate impact by the streetcar, but as OCto said, the "loop" idea that the developers have used to name their development is a stretch... I would suspect that 5 years after the line opens we may be under construction to the Zoo. A spur towards Clifton via calhoun & mcmillan, while on some various sketches, is likely very far off. Either way, with the foot traffic around the university this will do just fine. and the addition of about 600 parking spaces will help ensure that it does fine without a streetcar :P And woo! I finally made the transition from lurker to poster!