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Looks like someplace I need to visit. I find these smaller, once-grand industrial cities fascinating (place like Hamilton, Middletown, Springfield, Lima, Richmond IN, etc.) There are plenty of cities like this in NE Ohio and along the Ohio River that fall into this category that I still need to check out too. Thanks for the tour.

I guess when J.C. Johnson had a good thing going, he stuck with it. "Fremont architect J.C. Johnson constructed the Defiance County courthouse in 1873..." http://omp.ohiolink.edu/OMP/Printable?oid=765790&scrapid=36358

Yum. I just had Kewpee last weekend, but now I'm craving it again. Thanks a lot, mrnyc!

I really don't see how the Cincinnati-Dayton "megalopolis" benefits Dayton, or for that matter Cincinnati (other than allowing Cincinnatians to quote higher population numbers). Now once there is true regional cooperation, then I can start seeing the benefits. But as it is now, I question the amount of true regional cooperation we have within our respective cities. So maybe I'm being overly cynical, but I have a hard time believing that all of a sudden we will start working together as a region once Dayton,Cincinnati, and all the sprawl in between are considered one region. I was a excited to read the headline on the last article posted-Regional development forum discusses Cincinnati-Dayton connection. But then I looked at the participants and it suddenly doesn't look like a regional forum, but instead the Warren County Show. Deborah Norris, vice president of work-force development for Sinclair Community College Doug McNeill, president and CEO of Middletown Regional Health System Edward Reilly, president of KeyBank's (NYSE: KEY) southwest Ohio district Michael Schueler, president of real estate developer Henkle Schueler & Associates Pat South, Warren County commissioner and chairwoman of the I-75 Task Force Let's look at the list a little closer.... Sinclair--focusing on their new Warren County Campus Middletown Regional Health System--building a new hospital in Warren County KeyBank--Fair enough participant, but also benefits from sprawl Henkle Schueler & Associates--Suburban real estate developer based in Warren County Warren County Commission--enough said Hardly my ideal definition of "regional." I'm really not trying to be a jerk, but how does Cincinnati intend to help Dayton? Are they going to tell a company that is looking to locate in Cincinnati that they should look more north on I-75 because Dayton needs them more? Nope. Is Cincinnati going to start diverting some of their tax revenue to help their neighbors to the north? Nope. Like I said before, I am all for regional cooperation and think it is beneficial to all, but I really question your statement that "Dayton REALLY needs Cincinnati." That's a ridiculous commute. And the sprawl and development along there is only going to get worse with the Honda plant.

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Looks pretty much like I remember it. Can we expect Decatur next?

Is it really asking too much to ask the director of the Dayton Art Institute to live in the Dayton area? Good riddance, Dr. Brigham. DAI director loses job for living plans By Meredith Moss Staff Writer Wednesday, August 01, 2007 DAYTON — David Brigham, the 43-year-old Ph.D. from Allentown, Pa., who was selected as the new director and CEO of the Dayton Art Institute, will not be coming to Dayton after all. DAI board chairman Joseph A. Zehenny announced Tuesday that the museum is resuming its search for a new director because of Brigham's desire to live in the Cincinnati area instead of Dayton. Brigham had been scheduled to take over his new duties Aug. 20. "We are deeply disappointed that David will not be the next director of the Dayton Art Institute," said Zehenny. "Everyone who met David thought he would be an excellent director. Unfortunately, David chose for personal reasons to not live in the Dayton market." Zehenny said the job was always described to candidates as one in which the museum director was "the face of the community." He said he anticipates having a pool of candidates by early fall, with a new director appointed by the end of the year. In the meantime, Brad Tillson, former publisher of Dayton Daily News, will continue as interim director. Brigham could not be reached for comment. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/08/01/ddn080107dai.html

I guess it was at one of Rumpke's buildings.... Firefighters remain on the scene at Rumpke recycling warehouse Wednesday, August 01, 2007 DAYTON — Firefighters plan to remain on the scene of a fire at Rumpke Waste Recycling for most of the day, said the Dayton Fire department spokesman. The fire was brought under control by midnight, however 4 crews remain on the scene putting out any visible hot spots, said fire Lieutenant Doug Monnin... http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/08/01/ddn080107warehousefireweb.html

While I was driving home about half an hour ago, I was going down Monument Street from Keowee to Findlay Street since a street was closed along the usual way I take. I happened to glance over at one of the buildings on the south side of the street...maybe the one east of the Rumpke recycling building or maybe a part of the Rumpke "complex" and there appeared to be a uncontrolled fire inside. I turned around and drove by again, but a police office came up behind me--probably headed to one of the city facilities along there. It looked like he turned in by the fire when he noticed me slowing down and checking it out, so I didn't call 911, but it looked like it had to potential to be a huge fire. Of course, I didn't have my camera with me (maybe its best since I really don't feel like being questioned as an arson suspect). Anyway, to get to my point, I remember there was a photo thread of this area on here a while back, but I can't find it at all. I wanted to take a look and try to figure out which building it was, but I can't find the thread. Any other Dayton forumers remember this thread?

It looks like the developers of this project have applied for the new Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit, so I guess it is still alive. http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=13304.msg204563#msg204563

Great pictures of some cities that I would really like to visit!

I agree...especially about the ramp from 75 to 35 (although the 5/3 Tower is completely blocked by the former Mead Tower). I still think it's my favorite vantage point.

Hence their slogan, "Easy to and through."

Nicely done. I'm still not used to that parking garage at Main and Monument being gone.

Dayton airport adds more flights Dayton Business Journal - 2:52 PM EDT Wednesday, July 25, 2007 The Dayton International Airport announced Wednesday three new additions to its departing flights schedule. They include: * Frontier Airlines added a third departure to Denver leaving at 7:55 p.m. daily; * American Airlines will add a third departure to St. Louis at 12:05 p.m. daily starting Sept. 5; and * AirTran Airways will add non-stop return daily to Tampa beginning Nov. 15, which departs at 5:38 p.m. The airport recently reported its highest May ever for the number of passengers it flew. The month, which saw 125,973 people fly, edged up over the airport's record May in 2004 of 124,962 passengers. This May beat out last May, with 113,875 passengers, by 10.6 percent. Full article at http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/07/23/daily19.html

Here are the walkability scores of the places I've lived or quasi-lived.... - Mercer County (parents) - 0 - Dayton (UD) - 82 - Cincinnati (Hartwell) - 43 - Cincinnati (O'Bryonville) - 65 - Indianapolis (Meridian-Kessler) - 72 - Dayton (Patterson Park) - 60 - Dayton (Linden Heights) - 45 Yeah, my parent's house scored a 0, but then again, they do live on a farm. And even with (or probably because of) scoring a zero, I bet they make smarter decisions about maximizing the trips they do make than a lot of people do.

Living on one of the few brick streets in my neighborhood, I'm always afraid I'm going to come home one day and find the street paved over with asphalt. So far though, it seems like any time they have to do water or gas repair work, they remove the bricks, haul them away, and when they are finished with the work, they patch up the hole with asphalt. Then a few weeks (or sometimes months) later, they come back, rip out the asphalt patch and put the bricks back in. It seems somewhat inefficient, but I wonder if they have to let the ground settle before the bricks go back. Although at times judging by the speed that cars race down the street (but these are also usually the people that consider stop signs optional), it is sometimes hard to imagine that they slow down traffic, but overall they do help. At any rate, I'm happy that they have kept my street brick and hope it stays that way.

I definitely had to google that to find out where it was and it wasn't where I expected at all (on the Ohio River between Ironton and Portsmouth). Interestingly, it appears to be in Strickland's old Congressional district, although I'm sure that part of the state could definitely use the economic development.

New Italian restaurant planned for Centerville By Mark Fisher Staff Writer Thursday, July 19, 2007 CENTERVILLE — A chef whose resumé includes positions at l'Auberge, Pacchia and Country Club of the North intends to open an Italian restaurant with his wife Jenifer in September in the building that housed Eclipse. For more, click the link Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2258 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/07/19/ddn071907newrestaurantweb.html

Nicely done, Rob. Hopefully the developers can get something going with the Merc. Also, with the development of Tech Town getting started nearby (and possibly Ballpark Village), hopefully that means even better things are in the future for Webster Station. I love having the baseball stadium downtown, but that gives the owners of the surface lots in Webster Station even less incentive to do something productive with their land. While I agree that that steam plant was a beautiful building and hated to see it torn down, do you think there was really a viable reuse for it?

I think this article by Kunstler that you posted in the general sprawl thread is what you're talking about. http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=7292.msg194116#msg194116

I believe you are correct on both accounts. The old hospital facility was the Lima Correctional Institution and closed; but the newer, smaller facility is the Allen Correctional Institution and remains open.

I think I'm with C-dawg here. I would imagine that for federal reporting purposes, colleges and universities have to use standardized data choices. Knowing the federal government, they probably consider the Census Bureau as their standard for demographic data collection, and require schools to offer the same choices that the census does. That wouldn't stop schools from collecting more detailed information, but what gets reported is probably pretty standardized. I don't know for sure, but that would be my guess. EDIT: I guess it is the Office of Management and Budget that sets the standard for federal agencies for collecting race information.

This excel spreadsheet is probably the best source for undergraduate diversity statistics for all Ohio colleges. They are the 2006 stats from the Ohio Board of Regents. Undergrad Head Count American Indian or Alaskan Native% Asian or Pacific Islander% Black% Hispanic% White% Non- resident Alien% Race Unknown% Central State 1,611<1%<1%86%<1%1%<1%11% Cleveland State 9,587<1%3%20%3%61%2%10% University of Cincinnat19,396<1%3%14%2%75%1%5% University of Toledo16,115<1%2%13%3%75%<1%6% Wright State 12,256<1%2%12%1%77%1%6% Youngstown State 11,700<1%<1%12%2%77%<1%7% University of Akron17,698<1%2%15%1%78%<1%3% Ohio State University38,044<1%5%8%3%79%3%2% Bowling Green16,091<1%<1%8%3%84%1%3% Kent State 18,772<1%1%8%1%85%1%3% Shawnee State 3,852<1%<1%3%<1%85%<1%9% Miami University14,920<1%3%3%2%86%<1%5% Ohio University17,207<1%<1%4%1%87%1%5% Univ. Main Campuses Total197,249<1%2%10%2%79%2%5%

ABX set to respond to $450 million buyout offer By John Nolan Staff Writer Tuesday, July 17, 2007 ABX Air Inc., the cargo airline that operates DHL's Wilmington air freight hub, said Tuesday it will respond by next week to an offer by ASTAR Air Cargo Holdings LLC to buy ABX for at least $450 million. ASTAR, based in Miami, made its purchase offer of $7.75 in cash per share in late June. Based on the 58.7 million shares of ABX Air stock outstanding on May 9, the proposal would be worth $454.8 million. More at: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/07/17/ddn071707abxastarweb.html