TroyEros

I wish Cincinnati come become a second toronto in terms of immigration and diverse population. The fact that the most common type of question asked is, "what highschool did you go to" is just sad, and sums up cincinnati's lack of diversity. I'm a pure believer that if Cincinnati can expand it's immigration growth that our economy will continue to soar.

41 new businesses opened in OTR this year: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2015/11/10/41-new-businesses-opened-otr-year/75525078/

All these new restaurants and still no simple sitdown chilli parlor... How I would kill for that in OTR :(

I like that were starting to see more activity and restaurants on more quieter residential streets. Pleasant is getting this new resturaunt Clay is getting a new resturuant from Chef Ryan Santos Walnut is getting Che, an argentianan resturaunt The only thing now is to get Elm street in the act. Would love to see some type of retail/resturaunt presence there to increase the pedestrian activity a bit.

Can anyone confirm how long the street car will be running till on tuesday? I know the testing starts at 9, but I might be able to swing down OTR around 1pm..you guys imagine it will still be operating around the loop or nah?

The latest HCB packet is out: http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/historic-conservation/historic-conservation-board/nov-09-2015-packet/

Sorry I disagree. Don't get me wrong, there's some types of modern architecture that I "appreciate"...but at the end of the day this evokes more raw emotion from my eyes: Than compared to alot of the modern "high end" arhcecticure we see today like habitat 67 in Montreal: They just don't compare in my honest opinion. I understand we live in a different era, and architecture should apply to that..but I can't help but feel modern architecture is a lot like current day modern art paintings (like say Jackson Pollock the drip painter). Very minimal compared to classical art that's very detailed and grandiose.

I've had this question for the longest time...I know we don't see classical archecticure type of buildings anymore because of the cost of the meterials are much more expensive, compared to how much they cost 100 years ago. My question is why can't we have more exquisite and grand front building FACADES at least that mimic the architecture of old? I've never encountered a modern building that makes me pause go wow... This building isn't bad. Honestly, if the entire building was made of see through glass I think it would stand out more. Overall it's not bad though. But modern design has always felt uninspired to me so there's that..

Found this on his instagram feed Have no clue which building that is in OTR though.......

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNfL3jxaYc8zG4Pci7-mWA6j1uJ3ZXy72K9ifqzoREc--vqLkbEaJhlb8wZNuuvHQ/photo/AF1QipPoXiJ5W5wPr6BYvgeKPKrHTZLx3S-1s0prbHJ8?key=RjVEbG1RMEZLajRSU2tuRXByV1hOSTBNcDloM01n

So apparently the street car will have it's dead pull session around the OTR loop from 9-5pm on Sunday. Can someone please record a few minutes of it traveling along the tracks in otr? I don't think I'll be able to make it down there that day, but I would love to see the passerby reaction.

Have a good feeling that we will be seeing this at The Banks

Was wondering if anyone can confirm this...Heard through a few friends that acclaimed Cincinnati Chef Ryan Santos is going to be opening up his new Upscale Restaurant in the gateway quarters of OTR and is scheduled to open early next year.

So let me get this straight. If wasson way gets re purposed as a bike trail then there's no potential future to use that route as a light rail path?

It's little to do with cincinnatians wanting light rail, but more to do with them not wanting a tax increase. Cincinnati people are very conservative remember that.

Please read this article to better understand Urban Chicago before you make an ill informed comment about it, just because there are like 3 neighborhoods that are practically war zones doesn't make the area I live in a bad neighborhood, in fact its far more livable than anything in Cincinnati (even if the politics are way more corrupt): http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130814/BLOGS02/130819920/when-it-comes-to-murder-chicago-is-two-cities See those green areas, that's where I live and have always lived since I moved up here. Its the dark red areas that get all the news, and its really really bad but highly highly concentrated and distant from anything of interest to people visiting from out of town. I'm not even going to qualify your racist comment about muslims, guess what other places are more diverse than Cincinnati and people are GASP different than what you are used to. Again and people wonder why outsiders are chased away by the cultural conservatism of Cincinnati :roll: So because I got mugged in the middle of the day on a heavy touristy area with my family allows me to not have a negative opinion? It was a vacation, and that event soiled all my thoughts from here on out of Chicago. Sorry. Believe what you want mate. I don't get any incentives for telling my stories. I don't have anyone to convert. Whether you believe me or not doesn't matte to me in the slightest.

Chicago is the worst. I can't actually imagine living in urban Chicago. First of all the amount of homeless people on the streets are insane. And it's not even who you would expect. I've seen muslim women, and even saw a family once, with a young daughter. It's just crazy. Again, typical for a big city I know, but to see a family be homeless is insane, especially when America likes to shout how much of a progressive first world country it is. Secondly, the homeless people are aggressive. I told one homeless man, "no thanks", and he got upset with me, and started following me into a near by McDonalds and started yelling profanities at me for being a cheap ass motherf***er. I was afraid to leave the Mcdonalds to be quite honest. 3rd, I got mugged in area that everyone considers safe. The loop. I got off the canal ride with my family, and headed into a nearby Mcdonalds that sits in the wide type of alley. When we come out a group of black men approach me and start shining my shoes without me even asking them to do so. They continue to shine the shoes, and I was reaching into my pocket to give them 5 bucks for there work. They start getting angry, and said they believe there work was worth more than 5 and demanded a 100$. I told them I didn't have that much, and they said I was lying and pulled out a knife and demanded my wallet. I gave it to them, and the group of men ran off. I reported this to the police, they know about the shoe shining scam, but they said there's nothing much they can do about it except just cancel my credit cards. There I was, with my family, getting mugged on Michigan Avenue, in a heavily populated entertainment/retail district, in the middle of the day.

Absolutely one of my favorite buildings in OTR. Really gives me a New Orleans vibe more than an OTR vibe, but regardless... Please tell me 3cdc owns this building, or some other developer, and there's plans for this beauty? I would love to see this this building rehabbed with a fresh coat of green paint.

I'm probably going to vote Yes tomorrow on Issue 22. Sue me, but I find that helping our parks in some fashion is better than sitting around amd doing nothing. Especially if it can help Wasson Way get completed faster..and if Cranley lies, this will be more fuel to the fire as to why we shouldn't re-elect him.

But wouldn't you say you've come across a few shady experiences? Like, lets keep walking, I'm feeling a bit to uncomfortable now? Again, the majority of these OTR residents are really nice people. Especially the older residents, they are super nice, and ask how your doing all the time while walking down the street. But tell me if I'm wrong, but do you not nice a similar small "pocket" group of OTR residents who still kind of abide to the OTR of old with drug dealing/gang banging? And please tell me you've noticed the crowd that hangs around the old Columbia building on Walnut during the late evening/night hours... Heck, even 3cdc mentions it's a hot crime around (the columbia building on walnut) http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2014/10/16/3cdc-buys-3-problem-properties-in-over-the-rhine.html Thankfully 3cdc is in the process of adding retail and residental units in the Old Columbia building. But I can't believe you long time OTR residents haven't noticed the pocket who always try to sell you weed? I frequent 16 bit alot, and leave around 2 am, so maybe that's why?

OHKID...what I suggest for your parents. Keep them on Vine street (up until the Vine street kroger). I've never had a problem there, and theres always been enough eyes on the street to make it awkward or scary. Just walk around places that have bars/resturaunts, street activity. Places that are sort of low on street activity like Walnut avoid. When you start diverging on other streets it just gets weird. Main Street is just filled with homeless people walking because saint mary homeless shelter is located right on main, and they walk all day around main because they have nothing better to do.

Can someone explain why Cincinnati has the highest poverty rates for inner city black people? And why are 2nd in the nation for the highest amount of children living in poverty? Why is our citizens who live in the urban core so damn poor, and why aren't we adjusting our economy to make sure these people have WELL PAYING jobs (not making minimum at the dollar store) so they can actually provide for there families? Or is this more of a issue of race and just the cycle of poverty that's always existed since the end of the slave days

I still think it comes down to this. OTR has been a bad neighborhood for decades. It's foolish to think that 5+ years of revitalization will automatically make things nice and happy all of a sudden. The truth is the majority of the residents of OTR are good, genuine people. I've met them before, and they are truly sincere and nice. But there are "pockets" of people who think they can still make a living by selling drugs, and there are still residents in OTR who still live in deplorable conditions with slum land lords, without ac or heat in the apartment units. You can find these places aplenty along Republic Street. My point is, you are mixing 2 very diverse social classes. One that has money, and one that doesn't. And you can't tell me there isn't the least bit of animosity towards the richer class who come and live in OTR, especially with these "pocket" residents who have absolutely nothing except making there living gang banging and selling drugs on the streets. Heck, the Cincinnati enquirer did a cover page on this very subject matter: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/03/07/republic-street/24507335/

I didn't have a problem either. Again they offered us drugs. We just chose to ignore them. Then a man began to follow behind us and showed us his stomach. There was a old bullet wound on his stomach that was stapled. He said be careful walking on Walnut at night because that's the street he got shot on, and suggested we return home. They didn't mug us. They didn't beat us up. They didn't even verbally abuse us. It just made my family feel uncomfortable that's all. They view OTR as relatively safe, but when you see a guy come up to you, and show you his bullet wound it just scares you a bit you know.

Whatever man. I was there at 8 pm. I walked by that corner with my family. The events happened so don't go telling me that I'm a liar. You weren't there so piss off.