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It's a half mile walk in the park (literally) to Streetcar Stop #1, so I bet some people living in Skyhouse will use it. EDIT: Also if you're on a bicycle, Eggleston Ave. is sort of like a "warp zone" shortcut to OTR from that area.

^i don't want to get too far off topic here but I don't think so... Toronto has experienced tremendous growth since then and a large part of it is because they are the largest city in Canada, which means it became the de facto "capital" of a lot of industries for the entire nation. The seed was planted even back in the 70s/80s. Cincinnati enjoys no such advantage and obvious driver of economic growth. In fact we're in a constant battle to stay "relevant". But the best thing we can do is create a vibrant walkable urban core where businesses grow organically.

We're not like Toronto because that is the largest city of an entire nation which enhances Toronto's economic prospects significantly. It is promising for us however because this urban growth has the chance to truly add new people from outside the region and to incubate and attract new businesses whereas suburban growth is somewhat zero-sum for the region as a whole. A strong core is like an economic furnace.

To me, this shows that a sales tax could get passed... if the campaign were well run and picked the right time to get on the ballot. thats weird that more people favor a half cent increase. Maybe it's a typo.

The shows he talks about in the article played a role in the history of Cappel's store because they would have set decorations from Cappel's or items they talked about on air and then all the ladies in the studio audience would come in and buy them afterwards.

^maybe what Main needs is one or two restaurants to drive foot traffic in the early evening hours. Even 7-8 pm can feel kinda dead there even on a Saturday, even though all heck is about to break loose from 10pm-1am.

Some other notable gaps (though I agree with jmicha[/member] 's assessment of good progress being made everywhere): the huge vacant building at NW corner of 14th and Walnut. And two vacant buildings surrounded by occupied and renovated buildings on the SW corner of 13th and Walnut. I have no idea of what's going on with those even though I use a picture of them for my Twitter. That's why I'm all in on this "urbanism stuff." I fully believe it's a furnace that can drive an economic engine. Whether that be spawning small businesses that grow or attracting companies to open offices here.

This article is behind the pay wall, but you can join WCPO right now for the special rate of $20/year: (and save $10 more with the promotion code DYER): http://www.wcpo.com/news/insider/liberty-street-option-some-neighbors-prefer-for-narrowing-street-might-not-be-feasible It's got some good graphics and good in depth analysis by the author Joe Rosemeyer. Here's the interesting part: At this point there is a graphic with traffic by 15 minute breakdowns and it looks there's about 700-800 vehicles per direction for 4:30-5:30 PM. So it appears it's right at a threshold....

One could argue the section of Liberty in the West End between I-75 to Central Parkway needs a road diet just as much as the OTR portion. It seems there is an equal or greater amount of pedestrian traffic trying to cross the street in that area.

Yeah, the diagram you attached would be a good balance between encouraging development on an all-important corner spot and maintaining existing trees. If not a Chatfield College expansion then a Sam Adams tap room with condos or apartments or office above perhaps.

If you could claw back 20 feet of land from Liberty Street, I think it would be really cool for the pocket park on the SE corner of Central Parkway and Liberty. You could plant a new line of trees adjacent to the narrowed street, and they could form a canopy along with the current trees planted along the edge of the current street over a nice little promenade.

Even more awful once you consider that everything in this picture used to look like over-the-rhine. we've done a really good job of forgetting that this mess wasn't built on a greenfield, but rests on the homes and businesses of previous generations. Even worse when you realize those buildings represented wealth concentrated in our city. Even buildings in a quote dilapidated state can be put to productive economic use. And they were cleared to make way for a something that systematically transfers wealth out of our city and region to elsewhere (gas money being just the most obvious.)

If there was anything in the presentation (new rendering or massing) we didn't see it last night. Don't know if they'd post it anywhere before next month's meeting.

A presentation was deferred to next month because of a lack of a projector. There was some civil discussion but then the fire alarm rang and the building was evacuated. When the meeting reconvened we moved on to other business.

Looks like Washington Park is installing a little pond/fountain/water feature directly behind the Music Hall streetcar stop? Nice touch!

^I don't think tearing down PBS would ever be a wise move even if the Bengals leave. It would still be a huge asset trying to attract large conventions, events, etc. As much mixed-use new urbanism development as you could fit in the stadium's footprint couldn't replace the amount we've already invested into the stadium.

I agree with ucgrady[/member], it just seems nuts right after Nippert has been renovated to turn around and build another renovation that would make Nippert redundant with Paul Brown Stadium. That and the Bengals might leave anyway if the NFL expands to global cities like London Mexico City etc. And we'd be left with a big empty stadium. That and football popularity might decline with concussion scandals and spotlight hogging referees. That and MLS is starting to demand their own dedicated stadiums now correct? That and another NCAA conference realignment might happen at the drop of a hat since greed for TV revenues knows no bounds. Im a sports fan too, but would it be ok if Cincinnati bucked the trends jumped off this crazy sports merry go round for a second?

I went to Raising Canes in West Chester and I don't get the hype. The food was just OK. The dining area was dirty and I didn't get the decor which was a mix of tributes to the founder's dog, some pictures of West Chester, and college dorm room/Spencer's Gifts posters.

I hope 3cdc is lobbying hard behind the scenes for the Liberty Street road diet. They have to realize that it is in line with and vitally important to their goals in every way.

This is a little off topic but I think the "secret sauce" behind Kroger's success is that their store brand products (and the other specialty bands owned by Kroger) are so good they are indistinguishable from the name brands and in some cases even better. When I was growing up the generic store brand was of always of poorer quality and that's not the case anymore. Those Kroger brands can be sold at these other stores they're acquiring.

Somewhat underwhelming news when taken by itself, but works well as a piece of a whole.... It's funny that anything at the Banks gets trumpeted across the business pages. That doesn't happen for tenants entering and exiting Northgate Mall for example.

That's sort of a harsh way to make your point since without 3CDC's efforts to date there would be no one building infill in OTR to begin with... I think this building makes sense with the layout of the site and the fact that some of the historic structures have fire damage. But I wonder does this set a precedent for projects where new structures "consume" historical ones leaving only the facades in some places? I guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

So 7 of the large gorgeous trees in the picnic area of Cutter Playground have red "danger" tags on them. What does this mean?!? I thought the purpose of the public meetings was to reassure people these trees weren't getting cut down.

With alcohol of course :)