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There is a "Coming Soon" sign up at the old American Apparel location on McMillan. It's PlanetCaravan - yes, another smoke shop. By my count that makes three smoke/vape shops within those 4 blocks of McMillan.

Excited to see this move forward. I like the median on the block of Pleasant St, it will make crossing Liberty there less of a chore.

Agreed. I live in Uptown, and the damage done to the area by the hospitals is a problem. I saw Yvette as basically saying "No, you don't have carte blanche to wreck more houses and treat this area as a place to be driven through." It's possible for these institutions to expand and grow while also sustaining the neighborhoods they inhabit. I mean, look at what Christ did to Mt. Auburn. The whole area to the west of Sycamore/Auburn is gone. Step in the time machine: https://tinyurl.com/ydcvwh6w

What, in your view, is the appropriate way to protest?

Maybe they should rebuild the historic front skywalk while they're at it?

For those of you keeping score: Kenyon Barr: demolished Albee Theater: demolished Dennison Hotel: demolished Central Parkway parking garage skywalk: demolished saved! Hopple viaduct White Castle: saved! I don't know if I always get lucky or what, but I've literally never had trouble parking in either downtown or OTR, and I rarely use garages. There is a plethora of parking. Maybe you won't find a space directly adjacent to your destination, but if you're able to walk a couple blocks, it's not hard. The last time I went to Music Hall, I parked for free on Central Parkway and crossed the street at ground level (like some sort of peasant apparently).

You know it's a cooperative, right? As in, "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise." Also, what does socialism smell like?

I saw the topic pop up on the Cincinnati subreddit, and there was talk of how the market was in a "very dangerous" part of town.

For the major downtown streets, I think Race is nicest from top to bottom. The portion in Over-the-Rhine is largely intact, especially below Liberty, and the downtown section also has a dearth of surface lots and unfortunate attacks from the 1980s like what happened over on Elm. For smaller streets, I love Walker in Mt Auburn. So hidden in the middle of everything, plus there are two bonus houses at the end of the street where it snakes down around a bend. It looks like it's a driveway, but it's still the street. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1152958,-84.5096035,3a,75y,197.83h,96.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1suNLzu7XL6zOr5OGGJlAN8Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

I don't know if there's a separate Brewery District thread so I'll put this here for now: http://www.soapboxmedia.com/devnews/050917-new-breweries-coming-this-fall.aspx The old Cliffsyde brewery building on McMicken is opening as "Rebel Mettle Brewery" in "late summer 2017." This is awesome. I walk by this building several times a week and had no idea this was in the works. Maybe Mohawk is beginning to turn around (a bit). Let's get that Imperial Theater going!

I never noticed that tiny stretch of non-destroyed West End. Seems so random to have that cluster of buildings while pretty much everything else old south of Liberty aside from Betts-Longworth was demolished.

Anyone know (preferably with pics) what used to stand on that spot? I'm assuming before about 1960 it was something other than a parking lot.

That's nice to see. Totally anecdotal, but I do feel like I've heard more foreign languages spoken out and about since moving back to Cincinnati last year after being away for five. Snippets of Spanish, Russian, French, etc... Makes the city feel a little less black and white.

I think the 90s era faux-historic buildings on Walnut are actually better than Towne Property's attempt. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1104317,-84.5136498,3a,75y,115.18h,91.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7jxX4EPDuVl6yfIzhNZUcQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 At least they're more than two stories, and as mentioned, have sloping roofs. Really they just need a fancier cornice. Pretty sad considering the different development environments between then and now, and the different price points

Where's that first photo in the 1987 series taken from? I don't recognize it at all.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/19/city-may-seize-king-records-building/96765394/ Looks like Cranley is spearheading an effort to seize the King Records building via eminent domain. It's nice since it's definitely an historic site, but it's not like this building contributes much to the urban fabric of the city. I wish Cranely and council were this passionate about saving a building like the Dennison that really contributes to the "Cincinnati" feel of the city. The more of those we remove the more we look like a generic midwestern city. But I guess I'll take what I can get from this mayor.

Just want to chime in about the Ballet, they do some tremendous outreach and are not at all frequented solely by Indian Hill retirees. Stop by their building on a Saturday afternoon and you'll see all kinds of people milling about waiting for a class or event. Not sure if the UrbanOhio crowd is tuned in to that sort of thing or not, but from my involvement with them, they're not anywhere close to being an obsolete arts organization.

I'd love those Baymiller steps to be returned, along with the Central Parkway footbridge. Probably won't ever happen though. The Warner steps at least seem to be in the cards, as long as the money is there.

A few months back someone posted on Nextdoor about the Neighborhood Project Suggestion program. It seems geared towards community councils, but anyone could submit. I decided to ask about the decayed staircase leading from Fairview Ave/Warner to Fairview Park. Wasn't expecting a response, but last week I got this detailed email. Thought other people here might be interested to read it also.

I'd love to see a higher-quality grocer in CUF. There are plenty of corner stores, but the supply is unreliable for stuff like milk and eggs. The new Asian market on Ravine and McMillan is an improvement, but still doesn't have a very large variety of produce. Maybe Clifton Natural Foods will return now that they're across from a full-fledged grocery store on Ludlow. Not sure what they'll be offering that Clifton Market won't.

Citylab picked up the Enquirer's angle: http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/12/cincinnati-has-a-streetcar-problem/510143/

As excited as I am for FCC to join MLS, I'd almost rather they stay in the USL if that means they remain at Nippert. I've been to MLS matches in Philadelphia and Chicago, and both those "soccer-specific stadiums" were pretty ugly and far, far away from the city. It's good that MLS seems to now acknowledge that it's better for stadiums to be in urban areas, but do we really want another gigantic sports venue that gets used less than half the year taking up valuable real estate? PBS especially seems so silly given the taxpayer cost and the fact that it gets used, what, like 12 times a year? Seems like MLS is pushing the stadium thing because it improves their revenue stream, and the other reasons (team pride, grass, etc) are mostly cover.

That was posted on cincinnati.com yesterday: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/crime/2016/11/17/police-people-forced-atms-gunpoint-near-uc/94045720/

Heard this story on 91.7 the other day about the historically-black Dunbar neighborhood on the western edge of Madisonville that was demolished to make way for the charming Red Bank Expressway: http://wvxu.org/post/madisonvilles-dunbar-neighborhood-gone-not-forgotten#stream/0 I had never heard of this neighborhood before and a quick Google search turned up nothing except the above story. Anyone know anything more about Dunbar or have any images of what it looked like?

For what it's worth, I've had pretty good experiences on the streetcar so far. I'm using it to pick up my son from daycare since I can just roll him on in the stroller, as opposed to the bus where I need to fold and stow. Maybe I've just had lucky timing, but getting on at 6th and Main at 5:15pm I've only had to wait 5-6 minutes on average. I've timed it, and it saves about 15 minutes vs walking the same route.