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Which building? I assume not the Woodford building. According to the Business Courier story, the Woodford building was built in 1902. The original McGuffey readers were first published in 1836, and variously updated until 1901 (the year before the Woodford building was built). I guess it could have been the publishing location for the final versions. The two-story building looks even newer to my eyes, but I haven't seen anything listing the date.

If you're suggesting other areas that are not part of the same MSA, that doesn't work. I am pretty sure Newark is in the New York MSA (Pretty sure it's the New York-Newark-Jersey City NY NJ PA MSA.)

It's cool, but as someone who lives in the area and has a view of the stadium, those lights are massive and jarring. I am sure we will get used to it, though.

Snowshoe has about the same amount of skiable terrain (250+ acres) as Seven Springs, but you can do a 1500' vertical, which is as high as it gets south of, say, Lake Placid. Most of the mountain does about 800 feet of vertical though. It feels really mountain-like, because the village is at the top of the mountain, over 4800' elevation. And the village is very much like a Western resort, because it was done by Intrawest (which is now Alterra). Both Snowshoe and Seven Springs would be significantly bigger in terms of total skiable area and amenities, but by all accounts, Timberline has awesome skiing. Snowshoe and Timberline get about the same amount of snowfall, because of their locations/altitude (they are currently around 100" already this season in natural snowfall).

Went by it today. It's a massive building, even though it's not very tall.

Interesting to see that the analysis shows CVG, CLE, and CMH, and Indy (not sure of that code) all on the list as airports with 30,000+ fliers but no direct. That would seem to be a positive for CVG/CMH/Indy getting the flight -- in theory, you could get some of the fliers from the nearby market (though maybe the 2 hours is just too far to expect folks to drive).

Yeah, no one is saying this is the same number of passengers as when it was a hub. It's a pretty stark turnaround though. They've really picked up the pace from the dark days of 2012-2013. Good growth so far, and if they can maintain it, you can envision CVG handling ten million passengers a year, which would be a great recovery.

Not sure of the best place to post this--the only topic I can find with Perfect North in the title is a photo thread--but interesting news yesterday that Perfect North has purchased Timberline Resort in West Virginia out of bankruptcy. Some info below: https://www.skisoutheast.com/its-official-timberline-resort-is-sold-to-perfect-north-slopes/ Timberline is a decent-sized ski resort with, by all accounts, some pretty good terrain.

I've got several emails/messages from Kings Island indicating a big announcement is coming tomorrow, August 15. I assume (hope!) it's for a giga coaster!

I totally agree that for coasters, you can't beat Cedar Point. But when you said Kings Island was smaller, I had to look that up. Did you know that, according to Wiki, Kings Island and Cedar Point are both listed as 364 acres? If that's accurate, how odd is that?

Not to disagree (typical way to start an internet post), but I guess my question would be are you talking about the city proper or the metro regions? And how are you measuring "suffering"? From a population growth standpoint, the Cincinnati metro has been continuously gaining population for the past decades, and now the core city is as well. I haven't looked closely at the metro population numbers, but I do recall that certainly Detroit, Pittsburgh and I think Cleveland (I am sure someone in the thread will correct me if I am wrong!) were not only losing population in the core cities, but in the metro area as well. IMO the biggest common thread between those three places is the high level of industrialization that used to exist. I know it now seems long gone, but when such a large number of the metro area's jobs are in traditional manufacturing and that goes away, it is going to take decades to pivot, and it will not be done without hiccups. It may just be the case that Cleveland is still in that stage of fully making the transition. I think that Cincinnati traditionally had less manufacturing than those places, making the transition a little easier for it. Minneapolis, Indy, and C-Bus have a lot in common. State capitals (or just next door in Minny); large research institutions; large health care institutions; not places that were steel or auto hubs in the past. I think it also helps that they are "newer" cities, with growth that wasn't realized in a previous environment. All of these are positives for them, but it also may just mean that they are earlier in the life cycle of mid-size metro regions. They may face some of the same issues that Cincy or Cleveland faced 50 to 100 years ago. I think that weather and political climate actually have very little to do with it--or at least they aren't direct causes.

I'm right there with you. Had no issues with the language, and it's a fantastic place. Easily a top-10 (maybe top-5) city for me.

Not sure how this relates to census trends, but I love Montreal.

Anecdotal evidence, no doubt, but I flew out of CVG this morning and there was an unbelievable line just to check luggage. It's clear that the airport is doing well, which was a good thing.

Are you telling me that Emporis is lying to me???

Emporis has the American Building at 255 feet as well: https://www.emporis.com/buildings/122035/american-building-cincinnati-oh-usa And it also lists the new apartment building at Eighth and Sycamore as either 215 feet or 238 feet. I am certain that building is shorter than this new Court and Walnut building. https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1249430/8th-sycamore-cincinnati-oh-usa

So this has me confused. According to this--which is obviously not authoritative--the American Building is 255 feet tall. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Cincinnati This Courier article says that the new Kroger/Court and Walnut building topped out at 206 feet. I could be totally wrong, but the new building looks pretty much the same height as-- and maybe just a tad taller than--the American Building. Any ideas? Is this a typo, and it's really 260 feet tall?

Not trying to pile on Travis, but Atrium One also has some underground parking as well.

13 floors will be a good size there. The northeast side of downtown has really changed in the past 3 years between this, the new Kroger development, and the two previous apartment buildings. A nice little infill building boom there.

I'd be really surprised if they did. With the renovations at 5/3 Arena, it (like Cintas) is now in the 10,000-11,000 seat range, which is smaller than the typical NCAA sites.

I'd love to get a European take on this whole discussion. For all the feelings of superiority that someone living on the coasts or in Chicago may have, I wonder if the typical European sees any difference in the level of "culture" between Grove City and Chicago. (Which is not to pick on Grove City; it seems like a pretty typical suburb when I drive through it.)

This will certainly help, but there are structural difficulties that will prevent Main Street between, say, 7th and Central from ever being a hopping, bustling part of downtown, especially in the evening. The Courthouse is not going anywhere, and it brings with it a variety of uses that will never contribute to evening activity (attorneys' offices) and other uses that are perhaps even detrimental, but will definitely always be located there (say, bail bonds locations). So I think we can certainly improve it, but there's always going to be that part of Main that can only change so much, given the government offices located there.

I can only guess you weren't downtown circa 2000. The level of street activity is so much better now in the evenings than it was 20 years ago that it's not even comparable. And it's not like Tiffany's or Macy's were staying open in the evenings to draw crowds. If anything, those department store/retailing tracts have always been traffic killers in the evening, because they weren't open. The cumulative effect of the rebirth of downtown dining and the end of the skywalks has made it so much better in the evenings that it's still light years ahead. I agree it would have been nice to be proactive. My vote would be to try and consolidate some of the very nice, successful local retailers already downtown into a more concentrated area. Things like Bromwell, the print store on 4th street, Richter and Phillips, etc. all seem to do quite well downtown. Unfortunately, those places are also now in good positions where they currently are, so it's very unlikely. But that, to me, is the kind of thing we should be looking for, rather than a silver bullet of getting a Nordstrom or whatever downtown. That, or get an Apple store in there and make a go of it that way. (Wishful thinking.)

There is nothing about the service of a warrant, subpoena, or any other court document that is the equivalent of a "manhunt"--which is what we get when there's someone on the loose who has committed a violent crime or is otherwise a dangerous fugitive. Could it be a simple word choice error on COAST's part? Or is it dog-whistle politics? I'll let you decide.

At least one rendering and some details out on the Biz Courier site.