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I'm afraid it all comes down to Dalton, unfortunately. On the plus side, I am feeling good about where they are in the schedule. They're 3-2 having already played games against the Bears, Packers, and Patriots. If I'm not mistaken, the Ravens and Browns still have all three of those teams left to face.

kjbrill, I think you're wrong about outlets dying. I think that the outlets in Jeffersonville are hurting because of the Monroe outlet mall. I know that I very rarely head up there these days now that Monroe is open. (I don't have any idea about the trends for outlet stores nationwide.)

Probably because he himself said he had NO residency. You can't say he had no residency at that time because he was in between permanent dwellings, then come back and say oops, what he meant was he residing in Cincinnati at a friend's condo. A condo at which he never paid rent, never had a lease, never signed up for utilities, is not listed on the intercom, is not listed on on the deed, and at which he doesn't have any stuff (I'm guessing because he had his furniture and belongings shipped to Korea, per the complaint). If that is all correct, then it sure doesn't sound like residency. Are you a lawyer?

Yep. Honestly, I think this may be the linchpin of OTR south of liberty. It's going to really change Walnut, which is the one street that has seemed sort of passed over by all that has occurred so far in OTR.

If not paying its way it should be more like pulling teeth to get it expanded uptown. Why is it the proponents of the streetcar all start running scarred when the subject of operational costs comes up? We can all understand the vagaries in acquisition and construction costs, but why operational costs? Did all of the figures compiled by those formenting the streetcar have any basis in reality or where they purely invented. I'll be happy to make the streetcar "pay its way" if we make highways start paying their way, too.

I think Tiffany's in many ways is perfectly located for its primary clientele. (Hard to find a higher concentration of well-heeled males who need to buy some fancy jewelry than downtown.)

Unfortunately, she's demonstrably wrong on the point she's fighting back on. The annual payments of the lease ARE capped at a max lifetime total of $105M like Cranley said. The language in the lease is perfectly clear on that point. Sorry, I just missed this. The lease is not nearly as simplistic as some are making it out to be. http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/09/18/heres-why-cincinnati-could-get-more.html?page=all

This is the part that has struck me (and others) about the editorial, Paige. You don't have anything other than an estimate either, right? Did you contact the event organizers to get any figures, or to let them know that this is what it looked like from your calculations? (Glad you are posting here.)

What do you mean by "whiteness"?

Did actually you read the comments? Because Jen Kessler did have numbers, and she gave the names of the organizers and suggested that Paige contact them. Did actually you read the comments? Jenny did not give numbers at UrbanCincy nor on her own site. Her take on participating (on her site) was quite interesting, however, because it was the kind of event I just couldn't get into, so explaining her mindset and why she enjoyed it was pretty cool. LOL, it's over 100 comments now, too. Never mind, tree planting, transit oriented development, streetcar progress, the Western Hills Viaduct, school safety, bus shelters, I75, traffic congestion & business... "Did you actually talk with an organizer of the event to confirm that people are pocketing this money? I am almost completely certain that the locals who organize do so as volunteers. I chatted with a friend of mine who helped organize the event, and she said that costs for the event actually ran closer to 50k. According to her, some of the costs were: -Park rental (which is pricier than I thought it would be) -Liquor license -Insurance -Security detail from CPD for 5 people for 8 hours -The sound people, the lighting people, the set up/tear down/trash clean up people -The buses- which unfortunately you have to rent for the entire evening, even though they're not used for very much of it- and those babies are ridiculously expensive (like over a grand a piece) and this year we had 30 of them -Toilets - Entertainment -DEB event requirements- balloons, sparklers, signs for table/bus leaders -DEB franchise fees -Paypal fees Last year they ended up short a few thousand dollars." Sorry, she doesn't have numbers for every item, but she gets a number of 50k from the event organizers, and the full laundry list of expense categories. Apparently actually talking to the event organizers counts for less than just guessing at the costs like the original article, though.

Did actually you read the comments? Because Jen Kessler did have numbers, and she gave the names of the organizers and suggested that Paige contact them.

^I don't think that the event should not be criticized, and I understand it's an editorial. (I think, however, when Urban Cincy publishes an editorial by one of its staff/contributors, the reaction of people thinking that it was Urban Cincy's position is reasonable.) If anything, Urban Cincy has apparently reached the point of respect that people are upset by an article they don't think lives up to its standards.

I had a problem with the editorial. Mostly because (as Jen Kessler pointed out in the comments) there were figures being thrown out as authoritative and accurate, but it doesn't look like it was based on research. I like Paige, I like Randy, I like John Yung, I like Travis (and I think I follow them all on Twitter). But I expect more out of Urban Cincy, which seems to have positioned itself as a legitimate news source (see: partnership with Business Courier). Let me put it this way: If the Enquirer published an editorial like that, I think this board would be in an uproar. I'm not going to give it a free pass just because it was on Urban Cincy.

^You're exactly right. No doubt they were pretty impressive at some point, but after decades of neglect, you are lucky if there's anything left. I've walked over many stairs and floors that were in imminent danger of falling in--and like you mention, roof problems and exposure to the elements are pervasive. To the extent woodwork or other features exist, sure, it would be great to save them--but I bet many of these buildings don't have anything worth saving. (The biggest eye opener is the sheer amount of trash inside some of these buildings. It's crazy.)

I gotta tell you, having walked through a bunch of shells in OTR (before I finally bought one), the idea that there are all kinds of interesting features on the inside that should be preserved (stairwells, fireplaces, etc.) is just not right. Most of these (at least the ones I looked at) are in super super rough shape.

The only issue there is it really devalues the division win for a two of the teams. In essence you would be giving the top two division winners byes into the second round, and I just don't know if baseball is ready for that. Overall, I probably prefer the old one wild-card format to the current, but it seems pretty clear that the new format has achieved its goals of making the division title more meaningful and sought after again. Everyone is playing like crazy to avoid the wild card "play-in" game.

And from a facade point of view, those do a really nice job of hiding the roof decks from the street level. (Not a fan of the siding on the sides, but as to the front, I don't have much in the way of complaints.)

I still can't believe we won that game yesterday.

Ah, I see. You are taking everything from Table 1, rather than from Table 2 (which is "real GDP" and accounts for inflation). I think that is where Richard Florida is getting the figures he used. I wondered where those very high figures for year-over-year GDP growth were coming from.

I'm confused by the figures. There's an actual spreadsheet at the link showing year-over-year GDP growth and rank. It has the following as the percent change in 2012 (that being the change from 2011) and also ranks the metros nationally: Toledo 3.2% (84th nationally) Cincinnati - 2.7% (112th nationally) Columbus - 2.7% (113th nationally) Akron - 2.5% (125th nationally) Cleveland - 1.5% (197th nationally) Dayton - -0.7% (338th nationally) This is at columns H and I of the spreadsheets labeled "Table 2," available at http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/gdp_metro_newsrelease.htm. Not sure where you're getting your "2011-2012" percentages, jcbmh.

Not that I don't believe you, but do you have any support for this? Most stories I've seen indicate that mall vacancies are still very high and rents are at levels below the pre-Recession days.

I don't know that we're blase about it, but between the downtown Nordstrom debacle and previous incentives to keep Saks downtown, I feel like we've been through this before. I'd like to see it stay, but if it goes to Kenwood, it goes.

I'm a fan of the Kenner Super Powers toys myself...

^I would've guessed it would be through your love of Decepticons, GCrites80s.

The other issue of course is painting a broad brush on a region with 2.2 million people. To read some articles and anecdotes, you'd think nobody in Cincinnati ever does anything for people new to the area. This is just not true. When I moved to Pleasant Ridge, I was immediately greeted by neighbors, invited to neighborhood parties, put on mailing lists, etc. I know for a fact that in Wyoming they have an entire club or something that tracks when anyone moves in, takes cookies to them, and puts them on the mailing and contact lists for events, etc.