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Not totally disagreeing with you. I completely agree with you line of thought on the streetcar and I think Union Centre having to be rebuilt is just goofy. MLK may turn out to be a good economic driver when it's all done. But if it were scrutinized like the streetcar...? The Graves Road project can surely be classified as a sprawl project but it leaves out a big part of the story that this exit is largely a result of freight growth at the airport and the Amazon economy. The infrastructure this supports (500k/1M sqft warehouses) could not be built in the urban core, no? Have the homebuilders and needless retail developers moved in to carve out their zoning corners for their purposes? Yep. Believe it or not this will set the stage for distribution use all the way to the KY20 exit.

June 19-21, 2020 progress on the new Graves Road interchange on I-275 in Boone County. Future Exit 9 (?). Looking WB. North approach. Looking east on Williams Road East on WiIliams Road where new approach of Grave Road from north will be located. Looking east. Looking west.

Legend I always heard was it was the highest point in Hamilton County until it was demolished. Now it is the summit of Mt. Rumpke. Not sure if any of that is true. It had a few classrooms in it too. Seem to remember them being on the second floor of the dining hall. Not sure if they are still in there now. Check out the opening of this video from the demo. It was shot from the corner of Scioto and Classen Streets. Same view in 2019: https://goo.gl/maps/2NPYPNeyJK57SkpUA

A couple more Graves Road pix from 6/4/20. I don't think this overall plan has evert been put up here so I've also included that first. Lots of fill and grading happening for this whole project since the realigned Graves Road is mostly being moved into a lower area of the terrain that includes a tributary of Woolper Creek.

I tend to respectfully disagree to an extent. There's a good "loop" of four lane access completely surrounding the airport. CVG and the surrounding few miles are the latest flattest in NKY. Although, I do see where you are coming from when you consider some of the legacy roads that still exist with their switchbacks around CVG. Turfway Road being a good example. It's also true that some of the creek valleys are pretty dicey once you get further away from CVG. (Gunpowder, Elijah, Sand Run, etc.)

More Graves Road pics (again...iPhone pics so sorry about quality and composition). This time from May 16. This project is flying along as expected. This view is looking NE along the ROW of the new Graves Road as it approaches 275. This vantage point will be in the area where the cross-over sits. Looking ESE at overpass. SSE at overpass. SSW at overpass. SSW at overpass. WSW at overpass.

Here is the update site: https://www.drivingnkyprogress.org/gravesrd Here are the official project photos: Here are my own pictures of the new Graves Road interchange (Exit 9?) on I-275. iPhone pics taken April 14. SE at old overpass. SW at new overpass. New overpass...Williams Road is pictured. This section of Williams was a realignment necessitated by the original construction of 275 in the 1970s.

Begrudgingly, I have to tip my hat to the mayor for doing this.

Man. I wish Cincinnati had a few of these mini-docs.

Just catching up after a long hiatus from the forum. My goodness with Cranley! I'm a sentimental type but one thing I cannot stand are leaders and politicians that cry in public like this. It's miserable to watch. Between this and the Tre Day blubbering, I'd hate to see this guy react to bigger crises. I suspect that it has more to do with his petrified fear of losing his political aspirations/career.

In Ohio, only one party needs to consent...so the report is inducing some pragmatic inference with that.

The people I know do this so they don't miss out on two, half-day's worth of ~$500 consulting fees.

The fact that they went to the effort to include that level of details 22 stories up and completely out of the view of pedestrians speaks to how different things used to be. Snakes for hair.

You guys seeing these vids of Altuve asking his teammates not to rip his jersey? Rosenthal asked him about it on live TV!

Probably end up with something similar to the Biloxi or Seminole properties. Just a wild guess.

"Hey...this winning the Super Bowl thing isn't really working out...let's get into land development!"

Am I reading this correctly? If they are demoing that whole building, then they would have to be replacing it with something quite significant, no?

Who doesn't instantly think of the movie "Boogie Nights" when they hear this song?

The Commonwealth representin'! Louisville and Kentucky both in top 5! They could be headed for another 1 vs. 2 matchup between them. That UC/OSU game was awful last night in the first half. Inept offense. Should be interesting this year to see how the extended 3pt line has an effect, if any.

These type of developments that always end up with some new modern structure next to something that's...uh...not. (Apartments in background. Eesh.)

Another form of Crancelling.

Takeaway: The Med is much bigger than I thought. Italy is much smaller. So weird!

I mean, that's really insane! And it shows you just how unique the conditions have to be for tornado-genesis and that they only exist in central US/Canada. Look at the latitude that the bulk of them are at..let's say 45'N. Moving East you have the Mediterranean Sea and then the Himalayan Mountains and Ocean until you are back at the Rocky Mountains. None of those are geographically conducive. 45'S...basically no land mass. Fascinating!

Boats too.

Yes and yes. That Fifth Street gateway to CBD from both NB and SB I-75 is a total meh. Give credit, the CINCINNATI sign has really become middling iconic but the underutilized historic on the right that have missing teeth and the expansive Plum lot along with the convention center on the left...not a good look for visitors entering.