Yves Behar

If you're interested in a cool find there are some large walls up in the woods off of Fairview Park that are assumedly remnant of the original incline structure.

@OTR, no not really like that. These steps are long overgrown, and quite neglected so there would have to be a lot of work done prior to something like the mosaic steps being possible. Here is what they looked like in 1939, http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelgsmith/2015762465/#in/set-72157603162792726/lightbox/ and here is a shot that I took,

I dunno if a sad looking old woman is a good fit for Cincinnati...

Just wanted to mention that I found some incredible steps the other day, leading from Jackson Hill Park to Mulberry. If anyone is ever interested in doing some work on them, let me know, cause they're pretty amazing.

Myself, and apparently a few more on my facebook feed.

I would agree that there needs to be more family friendly options, however places like these often look very dated very fast, but it would be awesome to see something more unique here. I really love the idea of the T-Rex restaurant, but I just hope there aren't any animatronics, they just feel so mid-century Disney World to me.

I also don't think that the architecture is terrible, however it pains me to think that these may represent the standard of design for my era, and I am not okay with that.

I think you are looking at the houses on Donahue. Rochelle is the farther north of the two, and there doesn't appear to be a house on lot 220.

I love the development going on in Pittsburgh right now. Greenest skyscraper in America is going to go up there, I would love to see Cincy do something as bold architecturally.

There are two exceptions to your rule, San Francisco and Boston. Both of these cities have populations much larger than Cincinnati, I think we have the unfortunate problem of being an area with less financial clout than these cities, and thus the development that we see is of less quality as well. I'm in no way defending poor architecture and city development, I'm just proposing this as a possibility as to why we may see less captivating planning going on here, we might just not be able to afford it.

Could you just clarify this, I'm not quite sure if you mean a new arena should be priority, or should not be priority?

I couldn't agree more, that part of town needs some serious help. I believe its pretty much an industrial area, however the use of land, road networks, and just overall appearance of the place is pretty awful, especially considering how much of a significant piece of the cbd it once was. If you ask me, it would be ideal to see an arena here to be an anchor for the area, since it has so much potential being by the river, as well as between downtown and the beautiful 8th street viaduct. However I think the city should really consider a FWW like transformation of 75 between 4th and 8th streets west of downtown to make this really beneficial.

I agree that putting an arena in the West End would be a nice way of creating a place to build a local economy around.

Hey I'm new here, I just wanted to say that I love Cincy, and OTR. I moved here five years ago and soon for some reason found myself enamoured with the cities history and former culture. I really enjoy coming to these forums, and reading about the interesting and relevent topics that you bring up, finding new facts in the posts, learning of new developments, events, or things of the past. The only thing that I really have a problem with is this overall accepted hatred that a lot of you seem to have towards "hipsters". I think it's pretty silly for someone today to hold such negative sentiments for a generalized group of people. Really, it upsets me, I don't label myself, but I'm probably what you people would describe as a "hipster", I also live in Fairview because I go to UC, so I only go down to OTR on the weekends. A lot of my friends and I like to go down to OTR, we love it there, and you probably see us as "those invasive lousy hipsters". How would you know what I'm like? That I read about OTR and it's history almost everyday? That I really do love this city, and want to be a part of making it a better place? You wouldn't, because of your idiotic stereotype. And my friends, who do also care, (but maybe not as much as me) at what fault are they for being there? They're good, intelligent people, most studying in fields with the intentions to help people. As I see it "hipster" is just a label. It's a style of dress, and maybe a general similar interest in music. Some people are a-holes, a lot are not, just take the time to get to know someone, and don't judge them based on a pre-conceived notion. Cool, thats it. Mod Note: Edited for language.