SleepyLeroy

Yep that was the HQ after they moved (i think) from the building that was sadly torn down to make the Justice center. And they made a similar map!! http://www.kennercollector.com/2015/03/kennercollector-com-fun-map-pays-tribute-to-cincinnatis-kenner-legacy/

And only 11 more days till the owner of Isadore's across the street retires. June 30th is the last day Is it closing when he retires? I haven't been there in awhile but it's always ranked pretty highly on my list of lunch buffets. I'll have to remember to swing by again. Yep, they were looking for buyers if anyone wanted to keep it going but not sure they found any. https://www.facebook.com/IsadoresPizzeria/

And only 11 more days till the owner of Isadore's across the street retires. June 30th is the last day

Bringing back an old one it seems. Has anyone here heard any rumors of anything new happening in the Mt. Echo area of Price hill and more specifically along Crestline Ave? My brother live there and has heard neighbor rumors of a collective redevolopment of currently empty and rental housing similar to what was just done on Grand Ave with the Grand Row project. With all the hype in the news lately about the Incline District being a 'next big thing' even more than usual in the last few weeks I wouldn't be surprised, but he was wondering if there was any truth to it. https://johnsonrealestategroup.com/blog/Grand-Row-Incline-District-Live-Work-Spaces-For-Lease/20003

I would guess that 40-60% of Americans realistically can't and 90% of Americans won't walk up the hill I still maintain that the view from Bellevue Hill Park is better than from the chalet on Mont Royal in Montreal, and yet hundreds of people make that hike daily. All it takes is a little promotion and wayfinding, and I think that hike could be a real tourist draw. I agree that Bellevue Hill Park ought to be promoted more. The concession stand should be open and sell food / drinks / ice cream. If you could get a bite to eat and a drink at the top of the hill, it would make for a really fun destination hike for people who are exploring OTR and want to get a nice view. Sadly that would be the first thing cut from the budget as a 'luxury' that only other cities who can afford basic services would provide. Edit: In grade school in the 80's and 90's a friend & his mom worked during the summer manning the concession stand at Mt. Echo park. It was for not much money but was a good place for a young person to experience 'working' and for him mom to make a bit of Christmas money. Probably just made enough money to cover the salaries of the workers but was a nice thing to have as kids when you spent you day at the park and needed a cheap snack. THat is the one thing i noticed when i googled the Montreal Park mentioned above is that the chalet itself is a hub of activity and beauty in and of itself and the view is a bonus. Maybe if the long rumored Biergarten & Tram were there Bellevue park would be an attraction but the park itself other than the cool Googie concrete structure is rather dead.

More than a rumor, but im not sure how much more. Ive heard about it since the early 2000's but this site was set up (maybe for a UC project?) in 2016. http://www.uptowngondola.org/#home-section

Correct. Somewhere I read an article that was written during the demo of how such an outdated structure would soon be finally cleared to make way for the future. If i remember right the Odd Fellows when bankrupt due to how elaborate & expensive it was so ownership went back to the financier. It existed for a ridiculously short time. EDIT: Well i was sorta correct. It stood for just 45 years http://www.diggingcincinnati.com/2014/05/seventh-and-elm.html

God forbid they juggle two 'youth focused' things at one time. EDIT: Prediction for the kick off event (If it isn't Midpoint) Kidz Bop Live 2019

Now that I've checked out Bonobos website, all my UO ads are Bonobos. It is a self fulfilling prophesy that if you build it and direct your marketing to people with my apparent browsing habits i will probably at least check it out when it opens.

^^I'm hoping that was just in playful joking. I would say there is an obvious difference between that particular overpass that just functions to get cars in & out of the CBD and an actual street grid that pedestrians use to circulate. Me thinks you have been holding that comment in just to drop it for your earlier idea that was discussed about Plum st. I think the best thing to have as a planner/designer is a thick skin and a willingness to listen to input from others.

I wonder if the Skyhouse people would or have looked at other sites or if the city even tried to persuade them to stay? Although that spot would have been a good fit it was far from perfect. Maybe on Eggleston closer to the foot of Mt Adams where it was more a part of the city and closer to pendleton and OTR or was being on the river a Skyhouse trademark?

Why are we all thinking this is office worker dress here , these looks we on LOTS of people in the photos I've seen from all the downtown concerts lately. So much so that when i searched out the Bonobos website after seeing the first post i had an ah ha moment that explained what i was seeing on people at Bunbury & The Nationals concerts. My casual wardrobe of solid T's and shorts was well well under the floral print and pattern dress shirt norm that i was seeing. At this rate we are nearing JAMS Shirt levels of color again.

That is Main St just to the north of Liberty Street in Over the Rhine. I think this is the spot the Piston Society is moving to, in the first building on the corner of Liberty.

If they build it in camp washington somewhere they can repurpose the subway tubes as underground prisoner transport to eliminate all the vehicle shuttling to the courthouse and back that would occur. It would also give Hollywood an idea for CONAIR 2 - the underground.

They could build a larger, but Underground jail at the current site (with lots light wells around the perimeter) then put the parking and county administration offices above it in a high rise that better addresses the street and doesn't require those creepy windows all over that give the views to the people in lockup. if it has staggered rooflines there still could be a portion where there is a rooftop exercise yard like the current jail has where it is hidden from view. Something i only realized from seeing it on google maps. To get funding they could sell some of the other scattered offices in buildings like the old Post -Times Star for redevelopment at actual market value.

You probably meant to say the subway station. I have heard more than one person tell me that they used to play on that. When I was a kid there was still a set of staircases on either side of Central Parkway at Marshall that were for a pedestrian underpass. My dad told me that they were subway station entrances but he was wrong. Yep, subway. I remember those staircases with the fancy concrete surrounds too but they were capped off when i saw them. I dont remember when they were bulldozed entirely, late 80's maybe?. Crazy to think that they thought the parkway was going to be busy enough that the best option to cross it was a tunnel when now there are 7 and 8 lane streets with turn lanes and everything that pedestrians have to navigate at street level.

My great-uncle owned this building and operated a tavern called The Turtle Pleasure Club: https://www.google.com/maps/[/member]39.1319997,-84.5305842,3a,75y,323.87h,94.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6m_4Idq-tT0pLRadFt1nSA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 My grandmother still has a menu from the place. My great-grandfather was born in 1898 grew up on the Marshall Ave. hill and they used to sled ride down the street and attempt to jump the canal on their sleds. I assume that there was a bridge over the canal in that spot so I'm thinking that they jumped it somewhere nearby. On the west side, patches of woods were named after whichever kid lived closest to them ("Danny's Woods"), and they were assumed to be part of that kid's territory along with his 2-3 best friends. If you were building something in your buddy's woods, a rival group might come over and wreck it. The usual target was a tree house. We build a large track for RC cars that was wrecked by some girls from Colerain Middle School. You also risked having tools stolen if you left them back there. If you walked or rode your bike into an unknown patch of woods you risked a fight with whatever kids might be hanging out there. People would somehow find out that you were in "their" woods. I lucked out and never ran across a rival group of kids in the woods but I remember coming close to brawling with some hillbilly kids in Northside. My friend Jeff and I biked down the Colerain Ave. hill through Mt. Airy Forest and on our way back decided to cut through Northside but we didn't really know where we were going. We were cutting through side streets somewhere over by Georgia and Hanfield and rounded the corner to see about four hillbilly kids hanging out in the middle of the street on their BMX bikes. We had a stare-down and then decided to go some other way but we really didn't know where we were going and acted cool but the guys slowly followed us until we got over by the bottom of the hill. To compound problem my friend got a flat tire and had to call his mom from a pay phone at the gas station at the bottom of the hill. We weren't supposed to be down there so I had to bike home alone. Here is where he had to call his mom: https://www.google.com/maps/[/member]39.1644104,-84.5523454,3a,75y,7.33h,85.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNGawZOWYRWUW7FDZiqtcJQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 My great-uncle owned this building and operated a tavern called The Turtle Pleasure Club: https://www.google.com/maps/[/member]39.1319997,-84.5305842,3a,75y,323.87h,94.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6m_4Idq-tT0pLRadFt1nSA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 My grandmother still has a menu from the place. My great-grandfather was born in 1898 grew up on the Marshall Ave. hill and they used to sled ride down the street and attempt to jump the canal on their sleds. I assume that there was a bridge over the canal in that spot so I'm thinking that they jumped it somewhere nearby. On the west side, patches of woods were named after whichever kid lived closest to them ("Danny's Woods"), and they were assumed to be part of that kid's territory along with his 2-3 best friends. If you were building something in your buddy's woods, a rival group might come over and wreck it. The usual target was a tree house. We build a large track for RC cars that was wrecked by some girls from Colerain Middle School. You also risked having tools stolen if you left them back there. If you walked or rode your bike into an unknown patch of woods you risked a fight with whatever kids might be hanging out there. People would somehow find out that you were in "their" woods. I lucked out and never ran across a rival group of kids in the woods but I remember coming close to brawling with some hillbilly kids in Northside. My friend Jeff and I biked down the Colerain Ave. hill through Mt. Airy Forest and on our way back decided to cut through Northside but we didn't really know where we were going. We were cutting through side streets somewhere over by Georgia and Hanfield and rounded the corner to see about four hillbilly kids hanging out in the middle of the street on their BMX bikes. We had a stare-down and then decided to go some other way but we really didn't know where we were going and acted cool but the guys slowly followed us until we got over by the bottom of the hill. To compound problem my friend got a flat tire and had to call his mom from a pay phone at the gas station at the bottom of the hill. We weren't supposed to be down there so I had to bike home alone. Here is where he had to call his mom: https://www.google.com/maps/[/member]39.1644104,-84.5523454,3a,75y,7.33h,85.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNGawZOWYRWUW7FDZiqtcJQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 That is the era before My dad who lived at the top dead end of Marshall and would play on the old above ground Streetcar structure that replaced the canal & bridge [/member] Marshall. He didnt dare go any further though as the Camp Washington kids would get him. I'm sure you've seen this one Jake but it is cool that building survives despite all the changes around it. https://drc.libraries.uc.edu/bitstream/handle/2374.UC/704607/b16_f24_n001.jpg?sequence=2

Gaslight is literally the part of the neighborhood that still has operating gas lamps along the sidewalks.

Yes, it replaced Bo Park for about 6 months. Same thing happened with Vance and Luke Parks. I took a sec but i got it. :) My dad grew up near the park that is at the end of Lower Coy st. and has always called it Coy Field.With the top part being Upper Coy Field and the bottom being creatively named Lower Coy field. His stories of how the neighborhood kids from the different sections of the area would fight over what was 'their' part of the neighborhood were hilarious in a Little rascals kind of way. He pretty much lived the Christmas Story life in the 40's. That generation may well be the source for everyone who is so territorial with calling areas the wrong name as their friends got attacked with slingshots from the kids in the other neighborhood on the way home from school one day.

Welp the gathered equipment was for the former Twin Trolley/Lee's Family Restaurant at the corner. It was knocked down today.

I've been watching that. The "destrcto-Hoe' has been there a few weeks with the other thing getting there more recently. Doesnt seem to be connected to the project with the Water Works so I was thinking perhaps that Lee's Family/Twin Trolley was going to be coming down soon. Lukenheimers big building seems relatively stable and buttoned up despite how rough it is cosmetically but Lees keeps geting broken into and or having the plywood boarding it up ripped or blown off all the time. Makes me think the reapers have come for it and not the factory. The other Lukenheimer building down off beekman is REALLY open now with huge window casements entirely gone.

That is exactly where the new 'Westwood Square' park is going so probably something related to that?

No one knows or cares about Blink outside of the region. Its a pretty awesome thing you've got, but doubt anyone even from Indy would know about it ;). Even when Cincy does stuff well it undersells itself. To be fair, it has only happened once so far. I believe I saw it mentioned in one or two national publications. I'm not saying all is being done that could be to sell the city (far from it). But it seems like that is something that would have been easy for those championing the status quo to hold back -- something that is really world class, new, and requires public cooperation and approval. It's one thing to say things could & should be done more competently, and another to charge a grand conspiracy to keep people away. Blink was a local event. There were few people from beyond a 60 mile radius. It was BY Cincinnatians FOR Cincinnatians. https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/09/27/international-artists-to-create-eight-new-otr.html It was no taste of Cincinnati (in a good way i mean). Lots of good press from all over and good art buzz well beyond the local area. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/arts/design/at-some-museums-the-art-is-now-on-the-outside.html

FYI here is the listing on the half mill house on grace that is all now in a landfill. http://www.finn-team.com/index.php?page=1228-grace-ave

If you are friends with the right people, anything is possible, almost like you dont have to follow the rules at all sometimes.