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Pastor, being the swing vote, doesn't like the idea of the elimination of on street parking during day hours. So can we just implement the plan with on street parking during day hours and the reduced 5 lanes?

So the ownership group of OTR Live/Tree House are opening their 3rd Club concept called "Copa OTR". It will be a night club/resturaunt in the day and be the first otr establishment to serve hookah. Should be announced relitavely soon. I'm happy that otr has found a niche with entertainment, and Cincinnati as a whole has become regarded as one of the better cities in the Midwest for great night life offerings. That said, this will technically be OTR's 4th night club and south of liberty alone already has more than 40 bar establishments. At some point there will have to be a serious conversation on whether we want otr to be a functional family neighborhood, or if we want otr to be a mini Las Vegas.

Hopefully boi Na Braza still decides to stay in the urban core. I could see an otr location do really well for them imo.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157326452683559&id=510173558 URGENT If you support the 5-lane Liberty Street road diet, please take a couple seconds to email [email protected] Tell him, "I support the 5 lane option. I am a resident/business owner/employee/property owner of OTR." Pick which applies to you. And sub your neighborhood for OTR when applicable.

I'm personally rooting for P.G. He seems like the most urban oriented candidate that has a legit chance of winning. Plus he is a resident of OTR if I'm not mistaken.

They had really limited hours to, they would open at like 5pm and close at 10 on the weekdays. I don't really understand how a restaurant can stay profitable staying open for such a minimal amount of hours like that?

I heard boi na braza didn't choose to leave their location but was forced to by carew tower leasing management. I can't imagine why that could have happened though?

I'm honestly embarrassed that Cranley is our mayor. Everything about Cranley seems so suburban oriented. He seems exactly like the type of family dad who lives in mason, has 3 SUV's, lives in a McMansion and loves to park at their local chain restaurant on a Saturday night, and maybe go to the adventurous Fox and the Hound or Buffalo Wild Wings for an exciting night cap. I'm trying to understand why he even ran for mayor of cincinnati in the first place, when it seems like his heart is aching the for the white dominated suburbia of Mason! Please cranley all the white people will love you there! There's nothing but parking lots, chain restaurants, and no poverty or homelessness! Please come home!

David Mann was the only yes vote for the ordinance the rest voted no. Thankfully...

Is the theater still not demolished? Does FCC still not own the building yet to tear it down?

I hope 3cdc next focus will be that parking lot on walnut next to the library. Easily one of the worst parking craters in downtown imo, and will help reactivate that stretch next to the library and connect that portion of downtown to court st, to otr

Populous have designed some very sexy stadiums recently. Gives me some hope for the West End. Also, can't wait for monday to see the updated renderings!

I would argue that familiarity is just as important as the hot brand new concept to hit the block. It's sort of the reason why chains like Maggianos/Cheesecake etc are still popular..people want consistency with the quality of there resturaunt as much as they want the hot new trending resturaunt.

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/03/27/thunderdome-group-takes-over-longtime-otr.html?iana=hpmvp_cinci_news_headline Thunderdome group sweeps in and saves kaze from becoming the latest otr resturaunt victim. They will take over the business and evolve the menu/drink menu/patio.

Sometimes I feel like the only one who cares about any development on main St is urban Sites... Thank God for them at least

All I can say is to be vocal. Call the police when you see something, record if you can and send it news stations and then email to otr community housing a link with the video of there so called slum tenants they are housing and how you will go to every local newstation about the elicit activity they permit and how you will destroy there Goodwill and good reputation. It's a harsh tactic but you won't believe how much fear can change an organization behavior.

I read a study that stated urban areas with higher rates of poverty and a high stock of abandoned buildings (broken window theory) care less about there environment and thus why we see more litter on the sidewalks and the individuals act more careless. With otr gentrifying and the streets becoming more clean and populated it makes me wonder why these individuals still feel like there environment is a trash bin even though otr is becoming beautiful again? Makes me wonder that many of these individuals are still part of the otr circa early 2000's and for them otr will forever be ingrained as a giant trash bin.

Unfortunately this has very little to do with the otr community housing, and more to do with the generation of poverty that otrch hosts. Many of these people were ex convicts/ex gangbangers, grew up with an absent father and mom had 7 kids to get more social welfare benefits and was hardly involved. Obviously not the case for every individual, but working with underprivileged youths, it's a very common timeline of events. The reality is that it will be hard to police these folks. It's how they were raised and you can't really do much to stop that now.

I still can't wait for the day when new construction development isn't solely dominated by 3cdc in this city. Nashville, besides there fabricated country music culture is no different than cincy. They have less fortune 500 companies, less historical gems (I mean otr in itself is posed to be the next french quarters in the next 15 years imo), and there public transit equally sucks and there roads are congested as hell. But when you drive by there city, and see there skyline it looks like skyscraper city. Every which way you look there's a skyscraper....Meanwhile, here in cincy we throw a party if there's 3 simultaneously. That's backwards. I'm not complaining, I'm happy that OTR is being reinvested towards again, we have the street car (even though it should be extended), we have new construction being built downtown...That's all great! But as a passionate cincinnatian it just hurts to see a city that was basically the same size as us 5-7 years ago, being MASSIVELY focused on by developers from all over the world, growing at an enormous rate. When you go to nashville, its as if it's becoming an international US City full of tourists and expats. Every which way you see people from different nations, speaking different languages, from different religions, etc....It's nuts. Thats how a TRUE city should be. A melting pot. Meanwhile, in cincy you literally feel like you've seen that person once before (don't even get me started on how segregated our neighborhoods are, and how its truly disheartening to see such lack of multiculturism in the urban core). It's such a big city-small village type of town. It just sucks because it makes you wonder if cincinnati's day will ever come..Sometimes I feel like we are on the cusp, but then sometimes I feel like we aren't ever destined to become anything than we already are.

Well there has yet to be a shooting incident in north of liberty this year so there's that...but it's also not hot yet so we'll see how long that lasts. I have to imagine at some point that the crime will become lessened in the near future. Alot of new units are becoming available in north of liberty nowadays, which are putting more eyes on the streets....That said, you can't fix the cycle of poverty where every solution to an argument involves around a gun and shooting the person that made you, "mad". That will take time/migration of the low income individuals who live in otr to new low income neighborhoods in the city.

It will be exciting to see the day when the macys store is fully redeveloped again (hopefully into a new tower), and the Terrance plaza hotel fully redeveloped and reactivated.

52 new units is nice for those handful of blocks!

I wonder if Kroger would be open to some art mural on that wall/some type of permanent interactive art/light display. Would definitely liven up that blank brick wall.

Last update was in Sept of 2017: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/09/27/steiner-s-washington-park-project-finally-gets-go.html I know there were talks about how one of the property owners (for the one story building being demolished) for the printer shop is having major health issues, which is causing a delay in the timeline. That said, I'm not sure if that's been resolved yet. Also, the HCB gave an Approval for the design for this project and if no building permits are filed by this Summer (The 2 year condition of the HCB) than the approval for the design will expire..which I imagine means that this project will be dead....

Awesome set! Surprised you didn't take any photos of the freeport row development on the corner of elm and liberty!