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^ Do you have another option? Atlanta is rumored to be delaying their streetcar another year due to slow progress from the utility.

$1.50 each way could bring in around $100 million a year If the 200k daily crossings hold up. What are they going to charge in Louisville for their bridges?

^ agreed. I'm not sure what that post was supposed to mean. Kyle, what neighborhood do you reside in?

I remember once reading that something like 70% of the jobs in the metro are on the Ohio side but I don't remember where I heard that. Will try to find out

It's not going to happen unless Duke speeds up dramatically. I just read the bid document the enquirer had posted. Read the schedule part, it's clear Duke is the entire hold up.

This is called you disagreeing with how all politicians act. They all go to ribbon cuttings and say things like this. Hell you could go through all of Obamas speeches and say, I don't like how he's presuming Americans want _____. Also, what would you have preferred here? The townhome part of Stetson is very good. These new ones are very good too. What did you want instead?

I am in no way a champion of spending more and more money on our interstates, but it pisses me off that 71 and 75 are so immaculate and gorgeous in Butler and Warren counties, but in the city of Cincinnati it looks like the state hasn't spent a penny especially on 71 in decades. If not for the stimulus package none of the Resurfacing of 75 That happened a couple years ago would be done. 71 from downtown to about Dana is Horrendous.

There are hundreds of 1940s and 1950s homes that will be coming down. These are homes that are in no way attractive right now to current buyers, often need major renovations i.e. new kitchen new baths and are not an attractive housing stock drawing people into the city. By all means, I agree that homes like the one we are discussing should not be considered for demolition through this program however there are literally hundreds of homes worth $20, 30 and $40,000, built in the 1940s that no one is wanting to buy right now and many are blighted and abandoned. I have absolutely no issue with tearing those homes down. Properties from the 19th century however, I believe deserve greater scrutiny if not complete bans against demolition.

Some of these "only cincinnati would demolish this!" Posts are driving me nuts. Have anyone of you been out west? Have any of you Been to Indy or St Louis? They've bulldozed tons of great history. Yes we all agree its bad to demolish these things but this Some Cincinnati thing, it's most of America and we should try to be like the minority and save buildings instead of the majority of the country who would tear them down. That being said, it doesn't matter How nice a building is, if it is blighted and dilapidated it fits the definition of a nuisance. Just because a building is historic doesn't mean if it's in horrible shape it would magically can't be declared a nuisance. Nuisance properties don't always immediately come down, it depends on the status Of the building, whether it can be saved etc.. Finally, the moving Ohio forward money is a state program which has guidelines on how the funds can be used. Additionally that annoying thing called property rights prevents the city from just fixing up buildings owned by other people and then taking them and selling them. Heck, if the city spent $100,000 bringing this building up to code and then the previous owner continued to just let it sit there that would be a huge waste of funds. Cities can't just take property away from people because they didn't fix it. In Ohio all the city can do is tear a building down, not take it away because its a nuisance. It's a stupid law that incentivizes demolitions but The Ohio Supreme Court has very strict rules on Imminent domain. Also, I believe if the building is on the national registrar Then it is subject to the cities historic conservation board as well. If so, a certificate of appropriateness would be required from the HCB before demolition.

Would be awesome. Other cities have sped up processes to get things done like this, I hope we can but its all in Dukes hands

http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2013/01/second-phase-of-stetson-square-breaks.html This is exactly what bothers me about both Qualls and Mallory. They are willing to go to bat for developers who want to build crap. Stetson Square is not the worst of new construction in the city. Not even the worst of new construction in Corryville. But it's not something I want to see replicated anywhere, and the praise is completely unnecessary, unwarranted, and untrue. 4 to 8 years of Qualls will mean 4 to 8 years of the status quo, when it comes to demolitions and ugly/boring infill. ^I completely disagree with this post. Remember that 15 years ago there were still demolitions but there were few new developments. And seriously, Stetson square is in no way a bad development for Cincinnati. It's actually possibly one of the best infill developments since 2007. And certainly the best in Corryville. The Mayor can't jus unilaterally stop demolitions. And if its not in a historic district there is almost no control the city can have. There's this thing called property rights and sometimes it means someone can tear down a building. If you wan more rules on those things being a proposal to a Councilmember and see if they would pass a change. Here is the building Cranley was the developer of:

Article followed the next day saying owners said they have no intent to convert it.

Or instead of a bus to the Dayton airport to fly to Chicago, just take the Mega bus?

That last part is complete crap. The city has tons of salt right now because last year they bought the most in decades and no snow showed up.

^ What an incredibly negative attitude. That's EXACTLY what people were saying about the Banks in 2008. Then construction began in full form in 2008/2009 and they still said, never gonna happen. I will put $100 that within 1 year there is construction activity at Kenwood Towne Place and there are no more court issues blocking it.

His intent seemed to be to put it on sycamore to preserve the neighborhood feel on Broadway. Also, it's crazy to tell him, you need to buy more land even though you already bought enough. Also, I just realized this and Mercer Commons apartments (which are 120 apartments) will be coming online in the same summer (290 apartments opening in the same summer). Are people actually moving into the city for these developments, or just being shifted from HP Oakley & Mt Adams to OTR? What do people think? What can the city do to make sure it's a net gain & not just a shuffle. If people are moving from HP to OTR, what are some ways the city could get suburbanites to back fill Oakley & HP, etc. in greater numbers or get property owners to clean up older Oakley apartments etc.?

Finney is an idiot. PUCO will reject this, but either way, their proposal actually says the city chooses if a rider is added or if the city just pays for it themselves.

Which is how a large chunk of funding is aquirwd and passed through. Still, the question is was it signed into law?

Cool- lots of great things happening in Northside. 70 apartments at American Can last year upwards of 40 homes at Virginia Place once it's completed (6 done, 4 under construction now), apparently possibly 77 at the Kirby School and around 80 is a rumor for the corner of Blue Rock and Hamilton at the old Myron Johnson site possibly to be developed by Milhaus out of Indianapolis. Now I just wish there was more renovations of existing homes on streets like Hanfield, Williamson, Langland and Florida. When you start to see money invested in the side streets you know you've made great progress.

Well this sucks for downtown: Brooks Brothers closing downtown store Fountain Place lease not being renewed Thursday that is closing its downtown store at Fountain Place on Vine Street. Company spokesperson Dana Schiller wrote in an email to 9 On Your Side that the lease expires in the next few months and there are no plans to renew it. http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/local_news/brooks-brothers-closing-downtown-store

Wonky UOers: Whatever happened with the "streetcar ban". It passed the house, but can anyone confirm with a link <b>that it did not become law? </b> I never saw a clear linked response as to what was signed by Obama.

He plans to turn the auditorium into apartments. He pointed out a number of empty and underutilized theaters in downtown and OTR, obviously the Emery is the best example. Also a 1980's renovation and the massive early 1990's arson removed nearly all the historic features of the auditorium.

The main reason we can't get the bridge: Ban on earmarks. Congress banned earmarks in 2011 after the tea party won in 2010.

I just read the memo online. 25-35k is the city estimate to install it into the ground. And $100k is listed as the cost to buy and ship it. To get something built that is good would take at LEAST $30k in design and modeling. No one would just make one model. There would be many designs, they'd have to hire some consulting firm, etc. then fabricate tests to choose which design is best, etc. That leaves $60k to have a custom stainless steel, solar powered restroom built as a one off unit for the first time. Also, that would have to be bid out, etc. It wouldn't be cheaper.

^ please find a cheaper one then. I spent last night googling about this and couldn't find anywhere that had a cheaper better design. Seattle spent $1 million a piece. New York spent something around $400k a piece. The unit is $66k. The shipping of the assembled unit is $30k (I would guess there is some negotiating to be had here) and the city estimated $20-30k to build out a bump out in a parking space and then then add sewer and water connections.