OakleyDokely

Years ago I attended multiple Oakley Community Council meetings proposing a pedestrian bridge connecting the existing Oakley community on the south side of the tracks to the Millworks (now Oakley Station) development. As expected I was poo pooed and told it would cost too much to construct a bridge. I’m glad someone is bringing that idea back to light. Here’s hoping a pedestrian bridge or underpass is built in the next five years. I realize I’m too optimistic, how about the next twenty years? I’m sure it will gain more steam when the highly underutilized former Kenner plant (currently Harte Hanks, etc.) is redeveloped.

I’m not quite sure you're catching my drift. Of course development of The Banks trumps tailgating in a surface lot. I’m talking about creating a great urban festive scene. Check out images of The Grove at Ole Miss. The term tailgating is used liberally there. People set up tailgating tents in the middle of a quadrangle in campus with no cars, trucks, etc. It is packed and is considered one of the best pre/post game experiences in all of football. The City of Cincinnati could do the same in Smale by renting out spaces.

I know phase 3 of The Banks has been a concern for Mike Brown. He’s concerned about his season ticketholders’ ability to tailgate east of PBS. Let me just say I’m not at all concerned with Mike Brown, but I am concerned about a great game day experience outside the stadium. Has anyone thrown out ideas to make game days east of PBS tailgate-able? I would love to see the city rent out areas of a certain dimension in both the park’s grassy areas along with some of the streets that are blocked off during game days. I’m thinking a scene like “The Grove” at Ole Miss!