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Couple days old, but..... Volunteer wins crime prevention award By Kurt Backscheider • [email protected] • May 14, 2009 http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20090514/NEWS/905140386/ William Bailey said he's fortunate to have the opportunity to give something back to his community. The neighborhoods of East and West Price Hill should consider themselves fortunate to have someone like Bailey.

^Haha, Ain't that the truth!

If I am remembering correctly from other threads, you really don't live far from city limits. And by saying that, I mean that even YOU would stand to benefit from a healthy and growing Cincinnati and/or Hamilton County. Future lines have the potential to come up as far as the neighborhood I think you live in. That would be great for property values all around you. Would you have a problem with that plan? They have to start somewhere, and it has to be downtown! You may never go, but that doesn't mean that nobody else won't!

^Probably from Price Hill Chili back west towards Westwood and Glenway Crossing. They need a jumpstart bad! The foot traffic is there as is the destination stops.(P Hill Chili, Covedale Theater, Sebastian's Gyros, Pepe Rumundo etc.) A Streetscape would definitely help in creating a more inviting appearance, and so would reusing one of the many vacant lots for some form of infill. There is some what of a streetwall in places left and the building that houses Bernens Medical has been under renovation by Murphy's Remodeling. The front of this rather boring building is getting a pretty big upgrade by P Hill standards.

^As a former republican, I would bet they still don't get that! The word "Urban" doesn't even register with GOP's these days unless they are trying to tear down or criticise an inner city project. Keep driving your cars! Everything will go back to normal eventually and we will have $1/gal gas forever! :-D

This place is gorgeous inside!

What a beauty!!!! Haha

A decade? From now? WTF damn that's slow! Someone explain this? That's no secret! Whether they started this in '99 or '09, they have always said it COULD take up to a decade for complete build out.

Cheviot road project moving along By Cliff Radel • [email protected] • May 10, 2009 http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20090510/NEWS01/905110324/ CHEVIOT - Hang onto your hats. The ride through the heart of this square-mile West Side town is going to be bumpy for a few more months. And Steve Neal, Cheviot's safety service director, is going to keep getting an earful. Drivers tell him they are tired of getting their bones rattled as they travel Harrison Avenue. The city's main drag remains battle-scared and rutted after two year's worth of work replacing gas and water mains.

If you guys like French Toast, I highly recommend! http://www.vitorsbistro.net/

DanB, give this place a shot if you haven't already yet. Tried the french toast out on my inaugural run and..........Wow! Pretty Nice place for Westwood/Cheviot! http://www.vitorsbistro.net/

^They still have Ron's Roost!

Longworth should be off limits. West Hills Viaduct too!

That would be cool!

^Well said! arn8897, just to clear some stuff up. Much of the criticism you hear about WC and areas like Monroe on this thread and others are not meant to put down or demean the people living in these areas. Modern developers in high sprawl areas like this NEVER live up to what they promise. That is where most of the animosity comes from.

^Haha! I just think the area would have been better off left like it was just a couple years ago. The majority of Monrovians that were already living in this area would probably liked it to stay that way. We all know what a drain ill planned developments and blight will have on a community. Sadly, I foresee this for the good people of Monroe sooner rather than later. Look at the new warehouses on Salzman Rd. They built a warehouse with hundreds of thousands of square feet last summer and I still think they don't even have a tenant yet. (Unless that has changed recently)

On top of pitting the region against itself for retail space, I still find it pathetic that Simon used the cheapest design and materials possible for this development. (Tilt Up Panels - WTF?) That is a slap in the face to anyone invested in the Monroe area (residential or commercially). And then they design the entrance to resemble Union Terminal and use art deco text in their logo just to associate it with Cincinnati somehow. That's a lack of imagination if I've ever seen it. Maybe they ALREADY have a backup plan for this to fail so they can use the space as warehousing like many of the other new buildings near that exit and that's why it matches those gorgeous buildings! This development seems to me like a last ditch effort to try and build just ANYTHING. The writing has been on the wall for years!! Unsustainable growth will not work, and the blight that will be left in this community 5-10 years down the road will be too much for Monroe to handle. (Look at all the empty retail & warehouses that exist currently!) It isn't going to get any better going forward.

Where the hell's Cheviot? :wink: Props, this is a good thread idea! edit: nevermind, they are thier own city I guess, even though they represent the CPS!

That is promicing news!!!

^Very true!!

http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2009/05/half-of-bank-street-buildings-down.html

Ripley!

UGH!! That'll fit in well with it's suroundings!! I feel dumber for even looking at that rendering!

Three neighborhoods, one gripe about Cincinnati Public Schools: arrogance Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Lucy May Seinor & Mark Bowen It sounds like the start of some Cincinnati inside joke: What do Westwood, Hyde Park and Over-the-Rhine have in common? But for those involved in battles over school building plans in those three very different neighborhoods, the answer is anything but funny. Community activists in those neighborhoods are protesting the plans Cincinnati Public Schools officials have developed for their schools. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/05/04/story5.html

Cops: 'Shotgun bandit(s)' nabbed By Sharon Coolidge • [email protected] • May 1, 2009 http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090501/NEWS0107/305010028/1055/NEWS The West Side Shotgun Bandit – or rather bandits – were arrested this morning, Cincinnati police said, a tip leading them to the men accused in seven armed robberies since March 13. Neighbor Stops Burglary in West Price Hill Last Update: 5/01 1:54 pm http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Neighbor-Stops-Burglary-in-West-Price-Hill/W_W-xnBxpUyq-HEYc4ii_w.cspx Alert Neighbor Stops Burglary in West Price Hill An alert neighbor stopped a burglary in West Price Hill. She noticed a man prying open a window with a crowbar. He told her he was inspecting the home on Palos Street for moles but as Local 12's Shawn Ley found out, the woman didn't believe him.