OliverHazardPerry

This was in the evening after the festival had already closed for the night. I walked down from Mt. Adams along Columbia Parkway on Sunday afternoon and there were metal barriers set up before you got to the porta potties and the tent. Those heavy metal barriers in an L shape that look like they have exposed teeth facing outwards. There were also several vehicles parked in between the cones and the metal barriers, anyone who wanted to plow into the crowd would have had to sort of slalom through the vehicles and barriers first. They wouldn't have been able to attack the stage head on. It wasn't a perfect security set up, but not nearly as vulnerable as you're making it sound.

In FC Cincinnati's stadium, the seats are mostly blue but they re-created the team crest with orange seats in the lower bowl. Makes it more interesting to look at when the stadium is empty before and after games.

The city of Cincinnati voted something like 75% for Kamala. The only way Aftab loses this race is if he runs over Joe Burrow with his car. The GOP hasn't even won a commissioner race in Hamilton County recently, which is far more purple than the city itself.

Yes, sorry. Didn't mean to address it to you. Edited my comment with his username.

Honest question @Lazarus, since I've only seen you post complaints about Cincinnati on UrbanOhio. Is there anything in the past 20 years that has happened in Southwest Ohio that you actually approve of? Because frankly, your Eeyore attitude about Cincinnati is getting really tiring.

Yeah, this is going to be bad. I-471 North will most likely be shut down for weeks to repair/replace those metal beams.

Trees provide a cooling effect beyond just getting you out of the direct sun. Buildings and hard surfaces like concrete/asphalt absorb the thermal energy of the sun and create a minor oven-like condition known as the urban heat island. Vegetation like trees and grass reduce the urban heat island effect by preventing that thermal energy from being absorbed by the hard surfaces. Also, trees further cool an area by a process known as transpiration cooling. Water is released from tree leaves into the surrounding air which slightly lowers the air temperature when the water changes from a liquid state to a vapor. The media isn't going to spend the time explaining this in a 45 second interview about a local festival's new location.

The decrease in air freight is an industry-wide problem this year, not a CVG specific one. From what I understand, the normal routes for supply chains (shipping, railroads, and regular trucking) have rebounded from the COVID craziness. Companies with urgent shipping needs back in 2022/2023 had turned to the much more expensive air cargo method, otherwise they were experiencing massive delays. Now that supply chains have smoothed out, this is just a reversion to the baseline.

The CLE and CVG routes were being flown by 50 seat CRJ-200 regional jets, most of which are very old so Air Canada is probably retiring them. Also, there is still a shortage of regional jet pilots, so that may have played into the decision as well. I can't imagine these routes will remain dormant for too long though.

Kroger has absolutely abused its status as the heavyweight grocery store in the Cincinnati market. Their prices have climbed for years, which was exacerbated by the pandemic, and the cleanliness and selection has declined. Even the OTR location, which is one block from their headquarters, seems neglected after only 5 years. I'm hoping Publix will come in and force Kroger to start competing again.

Special elections are always a little weird and I don't think this seat has any real chance of flipping in the November election. However, it may be a good sign for Sherrod Brown if he is able to narrow the margins in Appalachian Ohio like Kripchak did.

Cincinnati has hosted multiple iterations of Blink which has far larger crowds than even combination Reds/FCC or Bengals/FCC game days. The bigger issue is making sure that the tracks remain open so the streetcars can actually move. Cincinnati PD did a fairly good job of that in 2022 for Blink.

Part of the garage parking being full was due to the expansion joint rehab project that just wrapped up at the end of January. It took a lot of spaces away for several months. But anecdotally, I've noticed more business travelers since the beginning of 2024. Upgrades have been harder to come by and that was before the spring break season started. I think we might hit 10 million this year, which I believe is an important number for Master Plan construction purposes.

The major issue with lots of eastern Ohio counties is just how darn old they are. Look at the median ages for the counties along the Ohio River and bordering Pennsylvania, most of them are 40+ years old. Deaths are going to outweigh births for a long time in those areas unless there is a new baby boom. Domestic migration may help stem the bleeding, but I don't see this trend reversing any time soon.

Yes, the Devou Foundation uploaded the video to Youtube.

The presenters last night made it seem like any expansion into Newport/Covington was the least likely to happen. According to them, the state of Kentucky and the city of Covington have shown no interest in expanding the streetcar to their jurisdictions. Also, the yellow line required bridge rehabilitation in order for it to work, not to mention the bureaucracy of coordinating transit construction and funding between two states. Right now, there are just too many obstacles to extend into Kentucky. It would be one of the most useful lines, but we should focus on the expansions that have a realistic chance of happening first.

I listened to the live stream last night and was really impressed by the depth of information and the realistic expectations that the presenters provided about these proposed expansions. They noted that 4 of the 9 expansions would require major work on bridges in order for the streetcar to run over them. The dark purple line extension to Union Terminal was one of them. However, they noted that the Ezzard Charles bridges (there are actually 2 of them) were part of the massive I-75 re-build that is coming as a part of the Brent Spence project. Personally, I think the red line up Reading Road has the most potential.

I'm noting the same problem. The main forum page does not load from the urbanohio home page when clicked in the drop down menu, it just reloads the home page.

That GROB tower is one of my little personal landmarks whenever I drive back up 75 to my parents' house in Toledo. It always gives me a chuckle that they decided to build an office "tower" in the middle of nowhere. Being in flat as a pancake NW Ohio, the view from the top floor can probably see all the way to the cooling towers of Davis-Besse nuclear plant.

If the Ohio GOP buries its head in the sand about the lessons learned from Issue 1 passing by a large margin and continues trying to restrict abortion rights beyond what the newly passed constitutional amendment says, yes it will cause them to lose seats. It will fire up the Democrats and swing voters to push for gerrymandering reform even harder in 2024, which will ultimately reduce the number of safe GOP seats in the Legislature and the congressional delegation. Look at Brown's potential opponents in 2024: Bernie Moreno and Frank LaRose. LaRose was the poster boy for the August special election and No on 1 for the November election. If LaRose doesn't think his actions trying to prevent Issue 1 from passing will be used to smear his Senate campaign, he needs to fire every single one of his campaign advisors. Moreno will need to be sufficiently pro-life to make it out of the GOP primary, the same GOP primary voters who pushed for the 6 week abortion ban. Abortion will 100% continue to play a role in 2024.

One of the more interesting results from last night is that Butler County (northwest suburbs of Cincinnati) originally voted for August's Issue 1 to raise the threshold for constitutional amendments to 60%. But then they turned around and voted to approve November's Issue 1 to enshrine abortion rights. It was close in both elections, but still kind of a head scratcher to me. Were there any other counties with this voting pattern?

I don't think there will be much in terms of on-the-water rowing facilities at this location. The Cleveland Rowing Foundation boathouse and the Foundry are located down near Merwin's Wharf and are both fairly new. But I could see the rowing clubs potentially using this facility as an indoor training space or the location of an indoor regatta on the rowing machines. Concept2 rowing machines are pretty popular in gyms these days and I'm sure the Cavs training facility will have some for cross-training purposes.

Delta is still flying CRJ900s to the New York airports, Washington DC, as well as DTW sometimes. Thankfully the CRJ200s (aka the Devil's Chariot) are all gone.

Top Thrill 2 reminds me of Roller Coaster Tycoon when you would open a second ride of the same type and forget to rename it.

I have mixed feelings about the demolition of the Drake. Yes, it's an ugly Brutalist box that doesn't have a purpose anymore. However I spent many a cold winter morning in the basement training on the rowing machine when I was on the OSU club team. It was a cool little space that the rowing club had made its home for the past several decades. But the building coming down is for the best, the extra green space near the river will be nice.