Chas Wiederhold

BTW, Peaslee is painting a new mural on the side of their building, which includes the prominent text "this building is not for sale". So apparently they were deeply offended by 3CDC's offer to purchase their building. That's quite a shame, because the building itself is nothing special. What's important is the organization, not the building. I sort of disagree about the building not being ANYTHING special. It is an example of true, historic, modernism in an urban -not suburban- setting that is not a Mies van der Rohesque skyscraper. As most misunderstood modernism goes, a little maintenance would go a long way.

The exterior may leave some perplexed, but I can appreciate it in some places. That interior looks phenomenal. Hats off for the inside.

From looking at this, I am just so astounded by the difference in education in the built environment I got compared to the designers of this site plan. I just cannot see what they are trying to accomplish at an urban or suburban scale. This would really never fly in today's academic environment.

And while we're throwing out ideas based off of taestell[/member]'s photo: How about another 4 or 5 stories on top of the southern half of the Gateway Garage a la the Senhauser/7 at Broadway project to contribute to the midrise canyon of Central Parkway.

The bizarre public space serves as an unofficial skate park. I pass folks skating there often on my way to and from my gym on 4th.

Seems to be the typology of the neighborhood too - Detached row houses. I don't think the building width is the issue with these... it's the garage on the street on the first floor. Such a killer for neighborhood vitality. Begging for a nice tagging.

I would just LOVE if this development ushered a redesign of Court Street that gave it the public space and the canopy that 8th has between Elm and Vine. And before you holler... there would still be parking.

Let's go back in time and remember that this skywalk was built with the 19th century version of cardboard and foam, as were many expo facilities outside of Music Hall. This was, what the Europeans call, a cake - fancy looking sugar on the outside... boring and conventional on the inside. If we want to bring anything back, let's bring back the Ohio Valley Exposition, itself.

UC will have a lot to show off for their Bicentennial in 2019 with newly renovated and constructed residence halls on the northeast corner, a new business school, a new alumni center. and if all goes according to plan, a redeveloped Calhoun Hall. Just snooping around on OFCC's website and it looks like they recently put out an RFQ for a new Master Plan which while update and replace the Hargreaves master plan, adopted in 2000, that has been so internationally celebrated. http://ofcc.ohio.gov/Portals/0/Documents/OhioReg/2017/RFQ-UCN-17183A-Planning.pdf I can imagine this being announced with great fanfare around the bicentennial, a la "Our Third Century" and I'm curious what people think are issues this plan will address. My speculations and hopes: Pedestrian improvements along Clifton, MLK, and Jefferson/Vine Light Rail/Streetcar connection Connecting to Burnet Woods DAAP Expansion (it appears that all of the undergrads are sitting on each other's laps, SoA is being squeezed into off campus facilities, severe lack of ~20 person meeting rooms and critique spaces) Medical Campus green space improvements Redevelopment of Law School corner/Replacement of Law School

The last time I waited for the 2x, there was an airport employee using the bus stop as a smoking area. This is definitely part of the CVG experience that has considerable room for improvement.

The North Building could be converted to a school pretty easily without demolition. Anyone trying to build a school?

The courtyard was a nice feature and it is too bad that without the height it had to be omitted to maintain the proforma. In the case that there is no courtyard, another loser becomes the adjacent buildings who would have had a wonderful space to look out onto. Given this, the new layout has lightwells, which are nice, but they suffer from the nostalgic ignorance of the HCB in that they are more narrow than any space too many people would want to spend outside... and people WANT to spend time outside. OTR was built fairly late 18th/early19th century utilitarian... the narrow lightwells provided light and passage to back entries. The folks who built these were not spending their afternoons and weekends recreationally in these spaces as we contemporary people do. I wish the HCB wouldn't force an outdated way of life through their misunderstanding of what they should be preserving.

The way in which people are talking about it, take for example the Mayor of Wilmington, it has an air of inevitability that it will be legal recreationally very soon. I'm not involved in the movement to know what the game plan is though. Thinking about it, I have this sneaky feeling that despite our best efforts to vote no on the ResponsibleOhio legislation... something oligarchical could still be built upon the foundation on this state run medical operation. I'm not a politician, so I don't really understand how the transition would take place for growers. Maybe it just has to do with licensing?

I'm interested as to why Montgomery County is set to get 4 dispensaries and Hamilton County 3. Seems like it should be the other way around...

Can't read the story because I am too much of a grad student to pay for the subscription BUUUUT... I like Camp Washington a lot and I think it has an unbeatable location... I'd be more interested in it if I knew about the environmental soil, water, and air quality. 75, the Mill Creek issues with CSOs, and all of the industries of ages past that have occupied this neighborhood keep me skeptical about the tomatoes I'd grow in my garden. Anyone have insight about pollution in Camp Washington?

If Bob and Bryant weren't thinking about it already, I bet they're thinking about it now. The "brewery" IS becoming an amusement park experience. We've got a great example in Cincinnati already with the 50 West Pizza-Beer-Volleyball-Bike-Kayak adventure you can go on there. As means of connectivity, it could be huge. I walk up Elm to the Ohio Street Steps to the 17 stop on Clifton every day when I'm in Cincinnati. If oakiehigh[/member] is not high and this could be a phased project that is both leisure and transportation, the story writes itself. Rhinegeist occupies the original Moerlein Brewery. They establish a biergarten on the hillside with one of the most dramatic views of the city and an under-utilized Frank Lloyd Wright look-a-like cantina. The gondola continues over some trees, above Moerlein St to McMillan where it touches down at Stop'n'Go/Stab'n'Grab, a block away from Christy's (RIP), the now demolished Moerlein Mansion. The connection between UC, CUF, and OTR gets sealed in the process. I'm too romantic to think about liability and insurance right now.

I want to believe. haha. Portland's terminates in a pretty impressive building: https://goo.gl/maps/4fB9QdpEQMq They are building these in the favelas of Central America. https://www.wired.com/2011/02/st_riogondola/ Rio did 6 stations, 150+ gondolas for $74million at the time of the above's writing.

The argument for county responsibility through the UT tax makes sense... and even further when you consider that many (audaciously: most) people taking the WHV are coming from Green Township suburban neighborhoods.

I saw at least two City Council candidate state that its repair/replacement is among their top priorities, Frondorf and Bauman. Others have likely done the same, I just haven't been around this summer to hear the chatter. Is this something the city can take on alone? WHV was built with railroad support before... not that railroads are rolling in money, but could they help? They stand to benefit from the bridge not shedding debris on their tracks. [Edited to not be confused for a hillbilly]

What is more likely to happen there (if anything) is what we are seeing all over in Portland and especially Seattle. See linked image: https://goo.gl/maps/m2nh3gfPofR2 Actually... it'd probably be something shittier, like this (still in Seattle): https://goo.gl/maps/HyxsQGTmbmS2

If it is a front... they did a good job of repairing my iPhone screen a few years ago.

Cover story of the last issue of the Harvard Business Review discussed "Globalization in the Age of Trump" and talks about striking a better balance between global and local presence. Perhaps suggesting that these large, merged, organizations ramp up their presence in smaller, more scattered places. https://hbr.org/2017/07/globalization-in-the-age-of-trump

This is a very potent argument. The makeup of the board of county commissioners has now changed though. Portune was FOR allowing a two building sales tax vote while Monzel and Hartman proposed the single building option. It'd be interesting to know where Driehaus stands on the issue.

Who pays for the stadium if it is built in Newport?

It's a Michael Mcinturf project. I haven't seen what it will look like, and I'm not necessarily a gambler, but I'd bet it will be entirely contemporary. Maybe contextual contemporary like his latest townhouses in Prospect Hill.