joshknut

This was a "read between the lines" PR stunt to detract people from thinking it's going to be in the west end. It has the media now focusing on Newport while they get their ducks in order to close on the west end without a media backlash/neighborhood disagreement. If it fails, Newport will be it and no loss

The neon was on as of Sunday!

Bay Horse Cafe has their refurbished sign back up! I didn't get a picture as I was zipping by in the streetcar. Anyone have a picture?

Who knows what's going on with this social media firestorm with the Treehouse Patio Bar?

There's still a huge population that believes downtown Cincinnati is in Mad Max conditions. I have a friend (originally from Ghana but has lived in Ohio for 13 years, the past 3 in Cincy) who was told by people at work hat if he should avoid downtown at all costs. They said his car will get broken into, if he tries to take money from an ATM he will get mugged, and to never ever be there past dark. This past Saturday I took him on a walking tour from Smale to Liberty and he loved it. He's already looking into moving downtown into an apartment and is going to be sure to correct the people who say how awful it is. I still can't believe he lived he for 3 years and had no idea what the urban core was actually like due to the negative input from people he figured knew what they were talking about.

I have lived downtown for years and I go to these events. Yes, a lot of the people are from the surrounding areas or tourists from other cities/states, but I think that's a good thing. Many people who live in the suburbs haven't been downtown in years. If an event like "Taste" might make them finally come down and see the transformations happening in the urban core, that's a good thing. Maybe they'll come back without the event at some other time. Maybe they'll take the streetcar. Even if it's only 5% of those who come down, it's still a win. Too many people who live in the periphery still have the idea of what downtown was in 2001.

A statement from Lindner: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/06/02/fc-cincinnati-were-not-asking-voters-build-stadium/367161001/ What stuck out to me: "Downtown, Over-the-Rhine and neighboring areas are all experiencing tremendous growth. Companies are choosing to locate operations in the Queen City, bringing talented people from around the world to work, live and play here. I am proud that our new professional soccer team, FC Cincinnati, is a part of the renaissance that is occurring here." Along with: "Moreover, we will leverage our private dollars to ensure the new soccer stadium is a community asset that can host high school and college games, international and national matches and concerts. Our vision also includes helping to create a dramatic transformation in one of our community’s neighborhoods." This sounds like the West End to me. I don't see Oakley needing a "dramatic transformation" and he didn't really seem to be championing NKY either.

Yeah, I heard that it was supposed to start in May, but definitely not happening. I live across the street and nothing has changed for weeks. Anyone hear when they will start construction?

Who has their email addresses? If it's in Oakley I will also cancel my subscription. Newport there may be a 50% chance I keep it. This needs to be in the Cincinnati urban core. This should not cater to the suburbs. Placing it in Oakley would be to make people driving in from West Chester feel safe with a suburban style set up. This would be best used to help the West End

I've got some serious schadenfreude going on right now

So when can we expect to see construction starting?

I just voted in 6B downtown. There was about a 10% turn out.

His campaign had a bunch of volunteers standing around with Cranley signs at the first FCC home game. It was fun trolling them by going up to them, with a huge smile, throwing hands in the air in praise, and then yelling "Yvette Simpson!! Down with Cranley!". Their faces would go from excitement, thinking that someone is about to be happy about Cranley, to sad confusion. Also the Die Innenstadt member on the megaphone was bad mouthing Cranley. There were no Cranley supporters at the next home games

I think 1500 Vine would make a great hotel

Don't forget those of us who live downtown, have a stroller, do shopping at Findlay, and really don't want to walk home carrying grocery bags and pushing a stroller.

Isn't that pretty much only if you're around cat litter? Seems like an over-abundance of caution. My statement was mostly a joke. But theoretically, if the person handling the cat litter for this cafe also handles the food and forgets to wash their hands, it could happen.

They should have a disclaimer that pregnant women should not consume food there for fear of toxoplasmosis

Getting another pizza place: "A new-to-Cincinnati pizza restaurant is coming to downtown’s 84.51 Centre. MidiCi, the Neapolitan Pizza Co., signed a 10-year lease for 4,630 square feet of space at the Sixth and Race streets corner of the building. The restaurant is scheduled to open Sept. 1." http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/03/31/new-to-cincinnati-pizza-restaurant-coming-to-84-51.html

May

I'm not sure if anyone has posted this yet. It's a "Age of Cincinnati" map: https://nathanrooy.github.io/pages/2017-02-15-the-age-of-cincinnati-full-screen.html

I don't think the rooftop would cease being a public space. It's windy as hell up there and I don't envision people trying to have a cookout/sunbathe while all their personal items are being blown around like in a wind tunnel.

A good number of the tenants are from the middle east (UAE, SA, etc) who are having their children treated at CCHMC. If you go in, you'll notice a lot of signs are in Arabic. There are also quite a few attending physicians/fellows/residents/med students that live in that building too. It's a convenient place to live when you are working 30 hr shifts. I had a friend who recently moved out of there and to downtown. It's ridiculously expensive, but it gets a lot of people who are coming in from out of town and don't know any better (or if their respective foreign government is footing the bill). But I agree that it's very dumpy

I bet this is the site FCC wants to put their hypothetical stadium

I can see these building from my apartment window. I thought one of them was a goner since there was a giant hole in the roof. I was very surprised to see that roof has been replaced and the building next to it has it's roof resurfaced. Both have the SSRG signs on them and I think one had the WARM real estate sign.

When it comes to Cincinnati, Kroger sure does like to pretend that they don't understand how to make an "urban format" store. However, take a look at this Kroger in Grosse Pointe, Michigan: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Grosse+Pointe,+MI/@42.3898368,-82.9169305,3a,75y,289.1h,91.47t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sWzpBCcLuSqjynQb7AluKmg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DWzpBCcLuSqjynQb7AluKmg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D10.655934%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x8824d5dcb64a8b8f:0x4ed544d15caf0bd1!8m2!3d42.3861485!4d-82.9118591!6m1!1e1 Why can't we have one like this here?