Evergrey

surely, you must have something nice to say regarding his flute playing, C-Dawg

Tony Snow was born in Berea, Kentucky and raised in Cincinnati. He graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville. He loved his Bengals. AP video obituary

yay! I love Mauresmo!

good job, Trace

beautiful flowers!

nice pics, Steelerfan!

"Close enough guess"? The Census Bureau awarded Cincy like an extra 30,000 people after the city challenged... and retroactively changed its "population trend" from one of the fastest shrinking cities to one of stagnation ... many population experts suspect that if that higher population number is true... that it doesn't represent a "gain" in population... but the same downward trend played out just amongst slightly bigger numbers due to a historical undercount of a segment of the urban population... and now with Cincy's annual challenge obsession... the numbers get murkier and murkier... especially if you compare them to trends in the 99% of cities where the Census Bureau doesn't apply the "challenge methodology" I'm not blaming Cincy... but I'm blaming the Census Bureau for applying different estimation methodologies to different places based on reacting to political pressure from local jurisdictions... they obviously don't have confidence in their own methodology if they're willing to make these exceptions.

Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it. The Census Bureau has made such a mockery of its estimates with its questionable methodology, retroactive revisions and caving in to political pressure from local jurisdictions that its annual estimates are basically useless. Just have patience... "real" numbers will be here in a couple years.

While Buffalo-Niagara has been in long-term decline/stagnation... that area has been experiencing strong economic growth and housing value appreciation over the past year.

those are the 2000 numbers, Florida Guy.

Squirrel Hill is the city of Pittsburgh's largest neighborhood, and is located in the southeastern part of the city in "The East End". This thread will focus on the northern half of the neighborhood, north of Forbes Ave. and not including the business district. The southern half, including business district, will be in a future thread. Squirrel Hill is a large, leafy, affluent neighborhood tucked in between the city's two largest parks: the attraction-filled Schenley and the sylvan Frick. Carnegie Mellon University's campus is split amongst Squirrel Hill and adjacent Oakland to the west. Chatham University, a liberal arts girls college of 1,900 students, has a lush arboretum campus in the northern part of the neighborhood. Squirrel Hill's main period of development was as a "streetcar suburb" from 1890-1930, and its homes feature a wide variety of architectural styles. Squirrel Hill is well known for its strong Jewish community, with almost half of Greater Pittsburgh's Jewish population living in Squirrel Hill and surrounding neighborhoods. There are many synagogues, day schools, kosher restaurants, and other Jewish accoutrement . While the neighborhood certainly has a strong Jewish flavor, Squirrel Hill is quite diverse and international. It is popular destination amongst immigrants, college students and urban-minded people moving into the region. Its business district is one of the best and most extensive in Pittsburgh, catering to a wide range of needs, luxuries and tastes. The northern half of Squirrel Hill, featured in this thread, is more "mansion-oriented" than the southern half... which has a more diverse array of living options for homeowners and renters. With the exception of a few of the largest mansions... and a few tucked away private streets... the mansions are laid out rather densely along tree-lined (and sometimes brick/stone paved) streets. Squirrel Hill North These palatial estates are located on a secluded hilltop across Forbes from Carnegie Mellon. Schenley Park some more "modest", but still impressive, housing along Beeler a little Carnegie Mellon U. this guy reminds me of Sean Connery circa "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" "North of Forbes"... some of my favorite residential streets... the tree canopies are breathtaking hooray for Tudorbethan! now that's a canopy! scha-wing! :( a touch of modern on a secluded street near Chatham U. part of Chatham looking across Pittsburgh's East End toward the 22-story Parkland residential tower in the Highland Park neighborhood some more houses adjacent to Chatham's arboretum I love Murray Hill Ave. somebody was hosting a "Pink Flamingo Party" "it's me... Evergrey!" some houses in the Shady Ave. area northeastern part of Squirrel Hill... the houses are big yet close together... love the density rowhousing occasionally pops up in Squirrel Hill more rows near the Homewood Cemetery which i could move that massive vehicle Stay tuned for the southern half of Squirrel Hill, including apartment buildings and its famous business district!

That's an interesting Buffalo skyline shot... sure, it's not terribly tall... but it's unfortunate that there are no decent vantage points of the Buffalo skyline... even the view from Lake Erie is blocked by some crap along the waterfront

Wood-frame houses? 95% of the houses in this thread are brick. You could at least try a little harder when you want to be a dick.

Get used to the "new math". The US airline industry is headed for a volatile and frightening future. Every airline (even Southwest!) is going through a system-wide downsizing. There will be significant cuts everywhere. Tertiary hubs like Cincy and Cleveland will probably suffer more than most (besides small cities that lose air service altogether).

bad news for Cincy and Cleveland coming out of the Airports Council International-North America marketing conference in Pittsburgh this week: In September, Cincy will lose 703 flights per week and Cleveland will lose 1,119 flights per week. The cuts are a result of dramatic fuel increases and are affecting airports across the country. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08178/892770-455.stm

since C-Dawg wanted to see Portland: and here's Kentucky

stupid riverfront park! that house could've been a "cultural center" within the park

awesome photos, mrnyc

what kind of New Yorkers choose the Mets over the Yankees, mrnyc? I've always wondered since they're clearly NY's "second" team... is it old fans of the Dodgers and Giants? Also... are Mets fans usually fans of the Jets and Islanders as opposed to the Giants and Rangers? At least all of NY can unite over the Knickerbockers.

thoroughly entertaining...

I wish I had a Canadian friend. :( As impressive as Toronto's endless sea of towers is..I don't think they have a single skyscraper that I find appealing.

you got my favorite coffeeshop :)

what show?