Rabbit Hash

Wow! I missed this thread. Thanks to you guys for resurrecting it. How is it that 1985 has started to look like a time in which I wasn't even alive? The cars and environment look so dated now.

And thus we have the beauty of the interminable Anderson Ferry. ;)

Those are actually the "jake brakes" you are talking about. They are type of engine brake not a wheel brake. Some truckers use them unnecessarily because of the commotion they create. (Think teenaged boys with glass packs.) I like OCTo's idea. Sounds workable and reasonable.

Because all minority firms are unqualified or lack experience. Please don't speak for me. nati streets is right. The "free market" never existed for one second. Cincinnati has never fulfilled their responsibility to minority taxpayers/investors of the fine city. Maybe you slept through the riots and the economic boycott. Then again, you may be saying minority firms are inexperienced because minority firms rarely get work. Maybe? I'm a little confused. I've always found the discussion here to be quite thoughtful. This seems like it is from out of left field. Eeesh.

^Yep...Louisville's C-J made the switch to a similar style about 2 weeks ago.

minority= less qualified or experienced. wow That's not what got out of that post at all. :roll: What Sherman said below is what I got out of it.

Having been to the Harrah's in NOLA, I thought it to be well done and pedestrian friendly. I wonder how it compares in size to HS@BC?

This DHL thing at CVG is a head scratcher. I've just been a casual observer but didn't DHL spend like $65MM expanding operations there for domestic only to relocate to Wilmington when they bought ABX? Now they come back and invest more. Seems like they should've just chose CVG to begin.

^One of my friends got busted for underage drinking in the garage. ;)

So why are you guys opposed to the Horseshoe brand? Apparently, it is the high stakes brand from the article...but I know very little about casino segmentation.

This sucks. Maintenance is a part of the stadium but like Sherman said there's something rotten in Denmark. MB is a good negotiator so if they are asking for $43MM it's because they want at least $30. OTOH, if LA is so coveted, why hasn't expansion happened yet? Just wait a few years and Davis will move the Raiders back. Debt in California probably makes a new stadium unlikely but I am not up on who is involved. It could be that a stadium would be privately financed. Does anybody really want the Bengals...scratch that...does anybody want MB as a presence in their city?

^Not a lawyer but that would be a "yes" to your question in my book. But I am also biased in support of the streetcar. I live in the suburbs too. Gasp! This again will be too broad. It begs the question: Why is it bad now and not after 2020? Also, can anybody give a breakdown of what funds are contributed by the feds, the state and Cincinnati's capital respectively. My thought is that the large sum of $128MM (?) is thrown around as if the city has to provide all of that. This is not true, correct? In know it is all here but it might be nice to get a scorecard on page 407. Thanks!

^Agreed that it would be bad to lose that building. I'd also like to see their masterplan, if for nothing else to get a feel for if another tower is in the offing. based on hteir treatment of the Phelps, should we believe they want to demolish? It seems thy have some appreciation for history.

Gomer Pyle's barracks?

Not fully informed on this issue but I think CUB is probably playing out the string to get th most they can from WS.

^At the risk of meandering off-topic, let us define what is necessary for a city to be considered cosmopolitan: cosmopolitan [ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtən] n a person who has lived and travelled in many countries, esp one who is free of national prejudices adj 1. having interest in or familiar with many parts of the world 2. sophisticated or urbane 3. composed of people or elements from all parts of the world or from many different spheres

I'm not a critic but I was underwhelmed too. I wasn't sure if it was supposed to be a comedy or a drama but it certainly wasn't a dramedy or a coama.

^She did. Just by chance I was watching Jeopardy last evening while I was getting some work done and a contestant was from Cincy...no big deal but Alex volunteered that "I worked there in Cincinnati many years ago." I wonder what that's about?

Fairview or Mt. Storm.

Always love your work. For some reason it makes me think of some of the untold stories I see in the faces and the environs of some of those shots on Shorpy.

I NEVER give money to the cup holders. I ALWAYS give money to street performers. Just a philosophy of mine.

I found this: 1996 Oldenberg opens the Holy Grail Brewery and Grill in Corryville adjacent to the campus of the University of Cincinnati. It is located at 13 W. Charlton Street and is housed in a 100 year old building. Oldenberg purchases a 5-bbl brew house from the closed Lazy Hound Restaurant and Brewery in Pittsburg, Kansas and installs it in the brewpub. This brewpub closes in 1998. In 2004 the Holy Grail reopens but no brewing activity takes place here. http://www.queencitychapter.com/brewinghistory/cintibrewinghistorymicros.html

So I guess that is the CCW in the lower left? What a huge building by those days standards. Breathtaking density, though. Looking closely there are some familiar structures on 4th street. This also gives me an image of the pubic landing that I really hadn't appreciated before. It is a BIG open space juxtaposed against it surroundings! Also, I wonder what the large open (looks demolished) area is near the Central Parkway turn. Also, what is the huge white structure on the south side of Central between Main and Sycamore?

So...what's a passing grade?

Jake, I really like what you have said here observing the critical mass that those three factors have had on society in the last half of the 20th century. No doubt it is an issue that could be delved into and explored with a good level of fascination. Maybe the streetcar can do something to put the toothpaste back in the tube. Lofty, I know.