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And a Casper store!

Pretty poorly planned troll job by 1400 Sycamore[/member] here - doubling down on on a misinformed Motel 6 comparison is a good way to expose yourself but too naïve to really fan the flames. This looks promising! Unabashedly modern could be much more effective on Liberty than the modern-and-ashamed aesthetic we've seen farther south.

Regardless of what this means for Main Street, you couldn't script the timing of these openings and closings any better for the owners of QCR.

Looks like Clifton's UPA 2.0 with an angled setback to me. Rework away.

This is a really good point, but you would think that the restaurant industry would be the one type of brick-and-mortar retail that would be at least somewhat immune to the takeover by online retail.

Many of the lots that park cars this way don't even use attendants. I'm not sure what the exact system is, but the lots across 13th from the old SCPA cram cars in nose to tail like that, and there are no attendants for most of them.

One reason I recommended Peaky Blinders above is how short and sweet it is so far. Each season is only 6 episodes, and there are only two seasons on Netflix thus far, but it still manages to be immensely satisfying. Good place to start for someone who doesn't have much time to binge watch or who is just diving into Netflix.

The 4th Street side looks a little matchy-matchy with Dunnhumby 84.51.

thebillshark[/member] - in terms of very blue sky thinking, was it you who threw out the idea a few years ago to build a replacement for US Bank Arena on the footprint of the current jail? That is still my favorite pipe dream to envision every time I'm walking by the jail.

Dude, you don't get it at all. Nobody ever implied that this concept wouldn't work - in fact we're all saying the exact opposite. If you think that this is even a remotely original idea in OTR, either that promo video is really working its magic on you or you've never stepped foot in Moerlein or Halfcut. Those bars already have the exact same board game selection, hip social atmosphere, and devoted following of the tabletop gaming community you mention above, and have been thriving for years.

With the exception of Moerlein and Cincy by the Slice, I can't think of a single bar in OTR that has darts or pool. (Maybe the Race Street Inn does, haven't been there in years) Add Neons to that list. EDIT: Neon's to Neons.

There is no, "other" game board bar in OTR. Nor in Cincinnati really, this is pretty much the first full fledged dedicated game board parlor that I've come across here in Cincinnati/NKY There most definitely are "other" board game bars in OTR. Halfcut and Moerlein Malt House have been offering extensive board game collections with significant followings and regular crowds for years. The fact that The Rook is presenting themselves as a 'dedicated board game bar' doesn't make them the first.

Holy smokes that promo video is well done for such a new small business. I would have expected it to be a little bit more celebratory in tone as opposed to such melodrama, though, considering how many other bars in the neighborhood already offer the board game experience. I'd assume the hardcore board game fans who would be most likely to respond to this ultra-nostalgic tone would've found their favorite OTR spot years ago. EDIT: Realized my original wording was confusing - clarifying that board game enthusiasts probably already have a favorite OTR board game bar.

God bless you for brainstorming alternate names but I'm not sure if TBX-OTR is the one :-P.

The flare-ups usually regard the cruelty of horse-drawn carriages operating on busy city streets, not where the animals are housed.

Happy Belly was the most over-priced restaurant on Vine, and that is saying something. Dinky sandwiches with trend-chasing names for $10+ was never going to last in such a competitive environment.

I've never noticed that little sliver of Lot 13 north of PBS. Does anyone have any insight on the idea there?

Looking good. I must admit I will miss the 'Survive & Advance' mural leftover from the AVP event a few years ago.

I know this is somewhat off-topic, but the thing everyone seems to forget about the theoretical ballpark at Broadway Commons is that the ballpark would not have been able to face Southwest towards the CBD. It would have had to have faced East Northeast with an outfield view towards 1-71 and Reading Road, which would also place the home plate area (and presumably the main entrance gate) at the foot of the Hamilton County Justice Center. It would have looked great in aerial shots, but would have been pretty disappointing in person.

I realize that I'm responding to a post from a while ago, but I second this recommendation. I LOVE Boardwalk Empire, and Peaky Blinders might somehow be even better than BE. One qualm with the post - the gang that the show centers on is super duper NOT Irish. They are very English, with Irish characters as many of their chief enemies. For a (much) lighter option that is pretty relevant to much of what we discuss on UO, I submit for your consideration the comedy 'Dreamland'. There are only 2 eight-episode seasons on Netflix at the moment, but it centers on an Australian infrastructure think-tank in Melbourne called the Nation Building Authority. It is extremely dry and it takes a couple of episodes to really fall in love with the characters, but once you get your bearings, it is easy to crush all 16 episodes without realizing it.

This is anecdotal, but this is trippy seeing these photos of NSB on UO! I'm a lifelong resident of Cincy, but my parents have owned a condo in one of the buildings pictured here for over 30 years and I've been to each restaurant and surf shop you shot dozens of times. My parents honeymooned at the Seahorse Inn about 35 years ago, my mom used to stay in a small apartment above Toni & Joe's as a young girl, I've snagged a Kit Kat blizzard from that Dairy Queen every summer for the past 20 years, and I watched the clock strike midnight on that drawbridge this past NYE. I'll be back in about 2 weeks! Thanks for sharing.

A sanctuary of that size needs a substantial investment in AV equipment in order to function. What's the alternative? I agree that the St. George steeples have the potential to look a bit cheesy. More often than not the modern intervention into historical space does. 60-75% of the courses at UC attempt to distract college students from reading real books and are basically scams, so this is nothing new to the area. I challenge you to explain your statistics on this one.

Then either ignore the ignorant out of town people inquiring about the nature and set-up, especially the financing issue, or simply close the thread. Building, operating and financing the streetcar the way Cincinnati has it set-up sounds pretty interesting to me. Despite the numerous post and rehashing clichés and given the controversy about new rail systems in cities other than what are considered 'transit legacy' cities, which Cincinnati is not one of, you should expect questions and criticism. It's called an open forum. This thread is almost 10 years old and some people who post here have been involved in the issue or related issues for over 20 years. Don't show up out of nowhere with an attitude that insinuates that people here haven't thought about this, that, or whatever. No new criticism of streetcars, rail transit, or Amtrak has appeared in decades. Opponents raise the same 5 or 6 issues over and over again, usually with the insinuation that rail proponents haven't thought of something. A new variation is to bring up something with one of the newer streetcar systems. Except there is no real, direct parallel with any of the other new streetcar systems to what is happening in Cincinnati right now because Cincinnati's built environment and the purpose of this streetcar line are markedly different than anywhere else. So don't bring up Washington, Atlanta, or wherever. It's not the same. Cincinnati has several parkways that were built between about 1915 and 1940. They are completely different from one another. They were built by different government entities (city park board, rapid transit commission, WPA, etc.) , they look different, they serve different purposes. Yet they are all called "parkways". Washington now has a "streetcar", Atlanta has a "streetcar", etc., but they have nothing in common with ours. They funded differently, they run in different kinds of neighborhoods, they run different rolling stock, they are part of different kinds of expansion plans. They operate in cities that already have rapid transit trunk lines, ours does not. See previous statement: ignore posts that get you upset, close the forum or, in your case, take your meds regularly. But thanks for the krazy rant anyway. The Cincinnati streetcar building sure has a lot of property, income and ''other taxes'' involved to get it up and running. Given that it is so unique, like I stated, Cinci may become the poster child of a successful system. All eyes are on Cinci's streetcar. Don't be too cocky yet as only time will tell. Enough with the medication jokes - mental illness is not a punchline and this is a transportation forum. Find another way to disagree with folks.

Can we just name it the, "These colors aren't freaking Steelers colors, stop saying they are. It's a train, it has nothing to do with a stupid petty sports rivalry so please shut the hell up" line? Whoa, I must've missed this discussion! People have been comparing the orange of the streetcar to Steelers colors?

I've been using the TANK airport shuttle to get back and forth from CVG for the past 3 or 4 years, and I know what you mean about the CVG-downtown route being hard to find and verify in the baggage claim area. Once I found the stop, though, the convenience really grew on me and I now rely on as my airport transit pretty much exclusively. $2 is hard to beat. Also, the reverse route from downtown to CVG is worth trying if you haven't yet. It's still just $2, and it's ultra-convenient because the shuttle makes zero stops between the 4th Street pick-up location just outside the Mercantile building and the terminal entrance at the airport. As long as I avoid the shuttle during rush hour traffic, I almost always make it from downtown to CVG in 12-15 minutes. The route back from CVG makes 3 or 4 stops in Covington before getting back on 75/71 to cross the river and exit into downtown, so it is usually closer to 20 minutes transit time.