OliverHazardPerry

What a lot of the comments in this thread are overlooking is the fact that Catholic (and other private) schools do not have the obligation to serve everyone like public schools do. I'll only speak to Catholic schools since I attended them from K-12. I saw them kick out (or quietly tell the families to enroll elsewhere) about a dozen overly disruptive kids during my time, particularly at my high school. A public school district has a much higher level of burden of proof before they can expel someone who lives in their district. Catholic schools, as long as it isn't protected by federal discrimination laws, can use pretty much any reason to not allow a kid back in the classroom. My sister's Catholic high school kicked a girl out in March of her senior year for getting pregnant, even though she would have graduated before having the baby. Also, Catholic schools often do not provide any special education services, so they don't have to expend the extra resources to educate those students. Public schools don't have a choice. I'm thankful for the mostly great education I received from Catholic schools, and for my parents who sacrificed a lot financially to send me there. But I would be burying my head in the sand if I said that Catholic/private schools and public schools were on a level playing field when it came to their student populations.

What's with the plant being lifted up with the final beam? I've seen that on other topping out ceremonies as well.

That makes total sense, I don't really know the timelines for coordinating the relocation of utilities and planning for this sort of thing. Thanks

Has there been any talk about re-doing the streetscape of Vine north of Liberty? It would be incredible if they could bury the power lines, create curb bump outs, and plant some trees along those blocks. It would really enhance the pedestrian experience, it's so desolate right now.

That vindictive Liz Lemon continues to curse the good people of Cleveland from getting their IKEA.

Decrying a new development as sanitized comes off as hipsterish to me. Of course Bridge Park isn't going to have the grit and character that the Short North and Downtown currently have. That comes with years of existence and different populations making their mark on the neighborhood. But Dublin deserves major props for building the kind of density that most other suburbs refuse to even consider.

All of those establishments have the built in customer base of 40,000+ UC students. Not to mention UC football and basketball game days. They had a small boom in business on those 17 home FCC game days, but it's not like they are located in no-mans-land now. But back to the streetcar expansion. I think it would be an excellent idea to run a line up Vine Street to connect UC with OTR/downtown and another spur up Gilbert towards Walnut Hills. With the long term plan to eventually connect the UC line and Walnut Hills line along MLK as well as an extension of the UC line towards Xavier.

If the transit only lanes are located along the curb lane, that somewhat reduces the need for the bumpouts for pedestrians since cars won't be parked there. That increases the sightlines for pedestrians and it's not like Walnut is that wide of a street, it's fairly easy for pedestrians to cross already. When I'm walking in that area, my biggest concern is being worried about seeing around those large SUVs that are parked too close to an intersection.

I know that an urgent care is a better use of that location than a crappy chain pizza restaurant, but the loss of this particular Pizza Hut hits me personally. My grandparents lived on W. 112th between Detroit and Clifton when I was growing up. They would walk me up to that Pizza Hut for my own little personal pan pizza when I would visit. That building holds some core memories of my childhood. And I'm not gonna lie, I like the old hut building style, not the soulless boxes you find in newer locations. But alas, time and progress marches on.

There are plenty of larger retail spaces available in OTR at the moment, both above and below Liberty. I wouldn't be surprised if Cincy Shirts relocates to Vine Street (where there is more retail) or somewhere near Findlay Market.

I would agree that Northside is the primary gayborhood for Cincinnati, but there is a fairly large LGBT population (by Ohio standards) in OTR now as well.

That 2 story building at 5355 Medpace Way is their inpatient, Phase 1 Clinical Trials Unit. A Phase 1 trial is when new medications are used for the first time in humans. Since the side effects in humans are basically unknown at that time point, any volunteer is kept onsite for anywhere from 24 hours after the first dose up to a full week for clinical observation, depending on the assessed risk. Phase 1 clinical trials are intense, resource-heavy, and produce big profits for the companies that operate them in-house. Unless Medpace has already figured out how they are going to shift the functions of that building somewhere else to make way for a new office tower on that site, I doubt this is where the new construction will be.

This is huge and honestly a bit unexpected! There are some people over on airliners.net worried about how this London flight will scare away Delta from continuing to fly the Paris route. In my opinion, there isn't much to worry about because GE Aviation ships a ton of engine parts over to France on the CVG-CDG flight which helps subsidize the costs. I think there is plenty of market for both flights.

Even if the GOP wins the House, it will be by such slim margins that Kevin McCarthy (or whoever ends up Speaker) will have a hell of a time wrangling the Freedom Caucus to vote on anything of substance. Ohio subtracting essentially 2 net GOP House seats might seem insignificant, but it may have prevented the country from going through Biden impeachment nonsense for the next 2 years.

Those Scripps properties have already had some demo work being done in the past few weeks. 1400 Walnut in particular has had the upper floor boarded windows opened up and I've noticed trash being hauled out. This block of Walnut/Clay is really one of the last major sections of OTR south of Liberty left to be redeveloped in terms of abandoned buildings. Next step is infill on some of these parking lots!

Delta cut the route at the beginning of the pandemic and still hasn't brought it back. I've been flying out of CVG to the Bay Area once a month for work since summer 2021 and I would love if the direct flight was restored. Been a pain in the butt spending over 8 hours travelling + a required layover to travel between the 2 cities. Can't believe Delta or United won't fly the route, especially since SFO is a United hub. Unfortunately Breeze flying twice a week doesn't help me at all, especially with the odd choice to offer the flights only Wednesdays and Saturdays.

OTR has been a defacto DORA district ever since COVID hit. When the state allowed for carryout drinks during the pandemic, a lot of people got into the habit of "taking one for the road". I myself admit to sometimes carrying a drink with me when walking around the neighborhood. And I know several neighbors and friends who live in the area feel the same way. Officially sanctioning it won't really make a difference in my opinion. Cincinnati PD has bigger issues to deal with than open container laws. The craziness of the Banks' DORA zone has much more to do with the types of bars located there, not the allowed open containers. It's mostly college kids and sports fans, who are naturally rowdier than your average crowd. OTR is bigger, more spread out, and has more residents, which will mute the constant party atmosphere that the Banks projects. Heck, Washington Park is basically a DORA already with the bar at the Porch selling alcohol and they don't have issues there.

I was under the impression that the DORA program only allowed so many of these districts per city, based on population. For some reason, I thought Cincinnati was only limited to 3 of them. Was the law updated to uncap the number of DORA districts in larger cities? Not complaining about another one of these at all by the way, I think DORA is an excellent idea. One of the few things Louisiana leads the country on are their laws surrounding open containers and I think it's great that we have this program to inch in that direction.

I've lived in OTR since late 2019 and want to give my perspective as to what I've been witnessing. 1. OTR is far from becoming an unpopular residential destination. On my block alone, 40+ units of apartments in previously abandoned buildings have been renovated and opened since I moved in. From what I can tell, there is almost no vacancy. Also, my rent has gone up about 15% since I moved in. If there was no demand for units down here, my rental company would not have raised the rates. 2. OTR has seen a LOT happen in the last 3 years. If OTR can survive COVID turning the neighborhood into a ghost town for 6 months and a riot that damaged dozens of businesses, it is going to survive one unfortunate incident like what happened on Saturday night. Now, what has been happening on Main Street this summer has been chaotic to say the least. Something does need to be done to control the crowds and trash. But, suggesting that we drop the hammer and basically clear the streets with whole squads of police officers is hyperbolic and does not help. There has been far too much investment for all of OTR to go back to where it was in the late 2000s. There are too many new residents, too many new business, and some new major changes (Music Hall renovation, Findlay Market revitalization, TQL Stadium opening) for 3CDC and the city to throw in the towel. There are multiple events a month that will always draw in people from the neighborhood as well as those from the suburbs and tourists. There may be some areas that lose some residents, particularly that stretch of Main Street. Personally, I would never consider buying a condo on that street. But to suggest that OTR is going to go back to the Wild West days of "the most dangerous neighborhood in America" is ridiculous.

Putting a GPS device on someone's car probably requires a warrant, like a wiretap. With a drone, it would require the officer to remain within range the entire time, which I think gives them more latitude on how they can pursue. I'm not a lawyer though, completely speculating here.

I'm not in law enforcement and have very little technical knowledge on how drones work. But I'm thinking there has to be a way to track these cars either not following traffic laws or fleeing from the scene of another crime without a high speed chase on the streets occurring. Say an officer gets called to the scene and has a description of the vehicle. Once they have a visual of the car, they pop a drone in the air and follow the car that way instead of going lights and sirens at high speeds. I know that drones only have a certain range away from their operator, so the responding officer would probably have to stay within a mile or so, but they could do that at normal road speeds because the suspects won't know they are being followed. Eventually, you will find the final location of the suspects and move in to arrest them with backup. Without putting the rest of the drivers and pedestrians in the area at risk. For those with law enforcement experience on this forum, does that even sound plausible? I feel like with the technological advances that have been made in the last 20 years, there is a happy medium to still enforce the laws without the outdated method of high speed pursuits.

I'm guessing they want to be open for the entire OSU football season. The first home game is September 3 against Notre Dame, so there is probably much more hotel room demand than the MAC opponent that the Buckeyes typically have on their schedule that early.

I've lived a couple blocks away from LOCOBA and am just now learning that they offered coffee and breakfast. They did a horrible job of advertising it. I thought they only served beer and food in the evening!

There was a whole article on Cincinnati.com about the Fotofocus project today. It says the official groundbreaking is scheduled for this Friday, April 8.

Between this allocation and the public transportation money in the infrastructure bill, how much funding does RTA still need to get the rail cars replaced? I know they don't have an actual proposal from a manufacturer in hand yet, but a ballpark estimation, @KJP?