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I didn’t know about that Devou Park proposal, that’s neat. I was trying not to route my super gondola over existing buildings but perhaps it could travel over the one story buildings and parking lots of fast-food-ville to get to the station at Goebel Park. Who knows, perhaps the Banks to Devou Park (with stops at IRS site and Goebel/Mainstrasse) would be the portion that grabs peoples attention and ends up getting built. I will update the diagram

Seems like this one should have been a layup but was not for some reason. need this and Terrace Plaza redone to fill in the heart of downtown between Fountain Square and Court Street. Plus any new construction at Jean Robert’s Table building. I wonder if Vine will be converted to two way before or after the aforementioned projects are completed

This article is about a proposed 8 mile long gondola system in Utah: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.deseret.com/platform/amp/utah/2021/1/17/22227607/salt-lake-ski-areas-gov-spencer-cox-gondola-wasatch-canyon-little-cottonwood-canyon-alta-snowbird

It’s hard to follow all the technical details of that presentation. I can’t tell if there’s anything to be concerned about or not. But right of way is nearly impossible to assemble or re-assemble in the present and as time goes forward. The right of way for the old railroad near Glenway on the west side could have made a great bike trail or transit corridor but is broken up now.

https://www.covingtonky.gov/government/the-irs-site It's from page 79 of this document: https://www.covingtonky.gov/Portals/covingtonky/Documents/Guidelines/PART 2_2020_02_28_Final Draft IRS report.pdf

This concept takes my idea for an aerial gondola lift across the Ohio River at the Banks and expands it eastward, crossing the Ohio River five times, ascending and descending Mount Adams before ultimately terminating at the casino. It seems audacious, but does not seem to be blocked by the terrain or bridge structures and does not intrude into the air space of many buildings. the route: Explanation of stations: The 4.2 mile ride would feature spectacular views of our cities from many different angles, and safe to say could not be duplicated by any other transit route, while connecting 4 development projects in our urban core where huge growth is expected within the decade.

Put an gondola lift station on the block with the grassy area and it automatically becomes a hub of activity. While still maintaining visual focus on the river. Perhaps you could even have the planned restaurant at the base of the station and call it “Cable House” or “Lift House” something https://cincinnatiideas.com/gondola-at-the-banks/

That’s what I mean, would these rules be the same if there was an apartment building with windows overlooking the venue or would they have more flexibility with shows if there wasn’t. Like going to 11 on weekday night or kicking off a music festival early on Friday afternoon or something.

I think the Icon Music Center and event lawn turned out great. It's beautiful. My question is, how does this affect lot 24? (the block immediately to the north of the outdoor stage and south of GE/Radius) It seems to me there would be noise issues with putting a big block of residential apartments, per the original plans, directly facing and abutting the outdoor concert area. Would office use here avoid scheduling conflicts for allowing loud music? The outdoor concert area now has a great view of the Cincy skyline/Freedom Center that could be obscured by development to the north. Normally I think say that shouldn't be a concern, but this venue will be hosting thousands and there is potential for the city to be an extra character in each concert experience. Could you imagine having a "Live from Cincinnati" concert series from the outdoor stage on TV like Austin City Limits or something? Race St seems to be at a higher elevation than Vine St bordering lot 24. There is an elevator on the Race Street side to get back up to street level from the concert lawn. My current thinking is a tall building could go on the Race St. side of lot 24 without obscuring much of the view. Perhaps on the Vine Street side of lot 24 you could have a shorter building and/or even a plaza (triangle shaped to preserve sight lines from the venue?) facing Vine Street. I actually think additional public space would be well used there (lots of foot traffic,) perhaps a hardscape in contrast to the surrounding lawns. Perhaps you could have outdoor market or shipping container/food truck food court there. Or an indoor festival hall people could access with seating and some market vendor/ food elements. This could be difficult to pull off without competing with Findlay Market, Court Street, even Newport on the Levee however. Maybe you could do this and have a still have a hotel facing Freedom Way or something. Lot 1 in between PBS and Radius would still be great for big apartment blocks. I would put a new north-south running street in the middle of this block to split it up however.

I think this could fit in well with existing plans and also provide a “wow” factor: https://cincinnatiideas.com/gondola-at-the-banks/

…with an air gondola to the Ohio side for dessert! And maybe we can have dessert first! Covington already has fairly detailed plans for the IRS site (sans gondola…) https://www.covingtonky.gov/government/the-irs-site

Video of the Koblenz cable car over the Rhine River in Germany. Could you imagine viewing boats going by on the Ohio in this way? https://youtu.be/0VZeHxXqqhc The Koblenz cable car has one end in the city and one end at a tourist attraction at a higher elevation on the opposite bank. https://www.seilbahn-koblenz.de/homepage.html

Which completely hypothetical alignment for an air gondola from the Banks to the Covington IRS redevelopment would be more feasible or preferable and why? Or what about this galaxy-brain option also connecting to Ovation development in Newport?

I absolutely cannot believe things have gotten to this point regarding the bell tower. Definitely worth the remaining 500k to the brand of Cincinnati, OTR, even Washington Park alone to save this structure.

The middle station of the Texas Central line is actually in a completely rural area (Roan’s Prairie ) quite far out from College Station/Texas A&M, so I wonder how involved the company building the line is going to be developing real estate in that area. Similar how transit lines were created in the old days

A new east-west West End to Walnut Hills streetcar line using Central Parkway as shown raises several interesting possibilities. It could tie into the existing track and create not just one but several new routes. Using Gilbert Avenue to get up the hill could be a more forgiving route (less steep and wider road width to work with) than other options. It would tie in several more Cincinnati landmarks like Union Terminal, the FC Stadium, Casino, Eden Park and the Art Museum to the streetcar network. The FC stadium would be connected to additional parking at Union Terminal and the casino garage. I think the casino is accessible by the current line, but having the line go directly to/through the property might spur development on the open land there and to the south of it. Additional neighborhoods would be added to the network, West End and Walnut Hills directly, Pendleton, Mount Auburn, Mount Adams, East Walnut Hills tangentially. People could use it to access to the bus hub at Government Square. In the future such a line could be expanded northwards along Central Parkway towards the new Western Hills Viaduct, Fairmount, and the Lick Run Greenway in the west and northwards along Woodburn to Evanston, Xavier Univ., and Wasson Way in the east. Negatives would be system downtime and cost to tie new track into the existing system, and the potential for streetcars to get stuck in traffic at various points along the route. Also the grade of the incline at streetcar stop J in the first picture might present a challenge to creating a level stop there.

This happened to a blue jay in our yard over Memorial Day weekend

Interesting, I wonder if this will be a competitive advantage for Camp Washington in attracting investment. I suspect so.

I wonder if they will have good rolls

Counterpoint: removing the skywalk would be huge aesthetic improvement to the historical facade and view looking down the street & removing the skywalk could result in more useable space in the building itself

Was walking on Sixth Street today and Terrace Plaza looks terrible. One can only imagine what a visitor to Cincinnati would think

From post on another topic (posted by @Foraker) https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/05/07/are-solar-canopies-ready-for-prime-time/

This is only a debate if one accepts “the convention center must expand with a contiguous floor plate” as a central axiom. It’s an axiom that completely ignores what happens outside the convention center walls, if Elm is blocked off that means creating a potential dead zone by breaking up the street grid and creating a barrier that extends from the western edge of downtown almost to Fountain Square. i think blocking off Elm would be a mistake that future generations would seek to correct

Needs 3D on top of old Macy’s: https://www.tastyad.com/from-roaring-lion-to-giant-waves-ultrarealistic-3d-displays-bring-billboards-alive/

Ohio should focus on additional funding for historic preservation tax credits. You want to talk about an effective program that results in direct, visible on the ground economic growth in Ohio, that’s the one.