Chas Wiederhold

I'm in the same camp. No disrespect to O'Neal, he sounds like a great person.

I've never seen this drawing, but it could absolutely be showing a new Alumni Association Building for this site. John Ronan Architects were looking at the site back around the time you mentioned.

I shared this on twitter a while ago, just for my own exercise. I heard from several community members that the transportation department had very recently rebuilt the street in its current (strange) configuration and it is unlikely that they would rethink it again so soon.

To not preserve the cool cast concrete ornament will be a missed opportunity.

I've been told they are doing some emergency repairs, but more is to come.

For the past several months, the American Sign Museum has been removing the parapet along Monmouth and it looks like they are now preparing to remove some windows and maybe build a new entry. I tried looking up articles about it but came up dry. I had heard a while ago that they were fundraising for an expansion. I wonder if that all happened quietly and they are executing an expansion without fanfare.

For the past several months, the American Sign Museum has been removing the parapet along Monmouth and it looks like they are now preparing to remove some windows and maybe build a new entry. I tried looking up articles about it but came up dry. I had heard a while ago that they were fundraising for an expansion. I wonder if that all happened quietly and they are executing an expansion without fanfare.

A replica of the Wall Street Bull? In this economy!?

I have an affinity for the pomo update. I don't know if that justifies the building's preservation.

Person from Northern Kentucky goes to Seattle once.

This is a pretty big deal for EPH! I would love to see Warsaw turn into less of a racecar track. Give it the Hamilton Ave treatment and put permanent parking on the street.

I agree that's a good site, but I also feel like the better view is looking north/northwest toward Pendleton, OTR, and Mt. Auburn. Would love it if this somehow spurred development between Court, Eggleston, and Reedy.

If I were to work with the One Lytle folks, these would be my recommendations: Warm up the building and increase occupant well-being with more organic materials. Update the windows to a triple pane glass with copper tone mullions. Update the metal railing to glass, wood, or copper tone metal. Refinish the balcony ceilings (and floors) in a wood or copper tone metal panel. Re-ornament the building without compromising its international/brutalist tendencies with LED lights and a new One Lytle sign on the core. Clean the concrete to get a brilliant shine. Be extra and selectively clean to create a visual abstraction, pattern, or image. Re-contextualize Completely rethink the connection to Lytle Park to emphasize pedestrian experience

What would happen in this city if there was a two lane cycle track and BRT on this route? Cars can have a lane for driving and a lane for parking.

Love to see a mix of civic and residential. This model is working in other cities in the US as well. Very exciting to see the idea explored in Cincinnati's neighborhoods.

I run past this place almost every day. It will be nice to see it redeveloped. I'm glad they are keeping the commercial space commercial and not converting it to another unit.

Why do I feel like this is part of some long game for Samuel Adams to move their flagship taproom?

Blue Ash could be to Cincinnati what Dublin is to Columbus. I know for a fact that there are companies out there trying to recruit as many smart young people to the area that they possibly can. http://bridgestreet.dublinohiousa.gov/

Props to this project and to Luminaut. Great work!

I would literally.

Just because New York does it doesn't mean that it's exceptional urban design policy.

What other neighborhoods are as urban as Over-the-Rhine? It seems to me that because of Over-the-Rhine's unique density and its latest tourist attraction status, it absolutely should have more parks than a neighborhood where folks have yards.

This looks great. It will be an excellent trailhead for Wasson Way. I'm so thrilled to see Wasson Way come together. I'm curious how it is being designed to navigate some industrial creep on Fredonia Ave. I've been to Holthaus Lackner many times. They seem like the type of folks who would be willing to give up some parking spaces so a bike trail can scoot by.

I typically refrain from commenting on projects I'm involved in, however, Rosemary (as far as I was made last aware) will still be visible through the first floor commercial spaces, the stairwells in the building, and in a courtyard space between the new and existing.

I think this is where people underestimate the allure of the new, and it brings me no joy to say because I'm a big fan of community benefits agreements, super cool architecture. Shows here would be very cool because artists' digital content folks can create epic lightshow/billboards on the exterior of the building. I think the video from FCC shows why they wanted this type of architecture... it looks hella cool from a helicopter. What a boon for digital content creation and looking hot on TV. I bet they build 3-4 stories directly in front of the stadium on Central Parkway. You would still be able to see plenty of the facade through the grand stair, and considering that I can only imagine office, retail, bars & restaurants going in there, it could be fairly transparent and offer views through. 3-4 stories would not obstruct any of the lightshow from the drone used to capture the video FCC shared on twitter. And it's a win win because it begins to shield the neighbors on the Elm Street blocks from the lightshow they did not buy a lifetime supply of season passes to see.