neilworms

Value Capture is such a great idea. Hope to see more of this in the US

Yeah and that problem isn't unique to Cincinnati either. I hope long term things change to more effective policing over more policing. One can hope.

Agreed and sorry if I came across as implying that.

I'm in a twitter arguement with an African American supporter of Cranley, I really want to understand why the heck they support him. Because Cranley rains money down on these guys. That's how he built the support for the parks levy -- promise to have the parks dept pay huge $$'s for odd pieces of unused land owned by black churches. 2 points I got out of the conversation of why would an African American support Cranley: 1) Minority inclusion of govt contracts increased from 2% to 45%. 2) More cops. The guy I chatted with loves hiring more police to solve crime (probably specific to his own viewpoint). (I cited evidence that its not better, he disagreed and bought into the lie that Cranley was responsible for the Collaborative agreement). I'm happy I did this, I really wanted to get a voice that IMO isn't really represented on this forum. So yeah raining money on them.... People do need to understand that this community is what will swing the election so there should be a focus on it.

I'm in a twitter arguement with an African American supporter of Cranley, I really want to understand why the heck they support him.

How in the hell does a hospital have that much cash on hand? I drove by this past weekend and the old arab-run gas station on Burnett that was once a beehive of drug dealing is fenced off. Looks like they'll be clearing the site for this expansion very soon. In other news, the new apartments on Northern are done or are almost done. Looks like the land around the Cincinnati Herald + parking garage is being held for a Banks or U Square-type housing development, but the area in between Harvey and Reading is still in ruinous condition. You have to wonder if they're purposefully running it down so as to make it cheaper to buy, if they don't own it already. Look at your medical bill :/

Igby's reminds me a of a lot of bars in River North, the kind I only got dragged to because of work outings. They have awesome interiors that include futuristic basement bathrooms with guys who will dry your hands for a tip but ultimately are places you want to stay far away from due to their entitled bro/trixie (who may have a trust fund) clientele. 4EG did a good job of adapting that formula to Cincinnati.

It still Exists in Chicago. http://aliveone.com/ (I would like to see a Keystone open up here, I do love their mac and cheese).

I guess what puzzles me is how there are shows all over HGTV and other pop cultural sources that have painted a narrative different than the one Cincinnati is stewing in. Other cities have latched on to that narrative a lot easier.

There was a youtube conversation I had where a guy talked about how Cranley was good because he went to theological school, shutdown all other conversations because he's closer to God than the rest of us :roll: Yeah and critiquing the crummy way Cincinnati does stuff and calling it out does anger people :/. Its why Cincinnati is the way it is sadly.

That isolated bubble is very much a new thing. It also speaks to just how tribal every neighborhood is in Cincinnati, without really having a common goal. One of many thing that angers me about Cranley is how he stokes the fires of this nasty form of parochialism.

What the heck is so culturally broken about Cincinnati that makes them think bulldozing buildings like that is an acceptable solution? As I keep saying, this was one of the best historic districts in the city, only in need of a bit of TLC. Also, keep this in mind regarding Covington's downtown, where originally all historic buildings at madison and pike were going to be kept, but by the virtue of some backroom deal several of them are going to be torn down, and that district is in way better shape than WH ever was! I'm serious you guys have a serious problem here that needs to be addressed.

I don't think it was impossible to save them. I've seen far worse restored, for a local cincy example check out a few of the newer project in OTR. If they had to, the one building they should have kept was the one with the paramount vodka sign.

Exactly the kind of garbage I expected. One of the most beautiful historic business districts in the city gets torn down and replaced by this (&%#(#!

This is a really good analysis of the sort I missed back in 2013: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/04/what-do-maps-tells-us-cincinnati-mayoral-election/101300600/ In short I think Simpson outperformed Qualls among african american voters (as I've said before that's what will determine the election, they united with the conservatives last time), however Richardson's voters remain a wild card for areas like College Hill...

Looks great, though as it stands the Flyaway bus to Union Station is faster. I bet the Crenshaw line opening will eliminate the need for a flyaway bus to Westwood.

This is STILL a problem in OTR as a whole, how many other hip neighborhoods in the US have over half their restaurants close on Sunday? You pretty much have to go by the university to avoid that in the Cincinnati area... :/ I understand the time off thing, they should close on Monday if they want a way off, its a lower volume day anyways. Which restaurants are closed on Sunday? All I can think of are Abigail Street (not a high volume restaurant), Zula, Salazar, and Anchor OTR. The other three are all right around the park, and I wonder if that has something to do with it. It's not as simple as snapping your fingers and opening the doors. There's a ton of prep work for these types of places, and anyone who doesn't do a large lunch/brunch crowd is going to really struggle on Sundays. I take back what I said, looks like within the last 6 months or so a lot more places are open on Sunday now than their used to be.

Still has a long way to go (esp perceptionwise), but its kind of my source of feel good urbanism news and bodes well for the rest of the country. I read urbanize.la now and then to see what's going on, its pretty awesome.

This is STILL a problem in OTR as a whole, how many other hip neighborhoods in the US have over half their restaurants close on Sunday? You pretty much have to go by the university to avoid that in the Cincinnati area... :/ I understand the time off thing, they should close on Monday if they want a way off, its a lower volume day anyways.

As soon as the market area becomes more developed the streetcar is going to take off more.

^-its not like there is like the most historic neighborhood in the midwest that it runs through... no sirree nothing to see here but old buildings ;)

Unlike 2013 there are polls in this election! Looks good for Yvette: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_mayoral_election,_2017

I didn't realize that the enquirer supported Yvette Simpson. I'm still worried about Richardson, I don't know enough about him to understand how he'll split the vote.

Link is here, please donate: https://www.youcaring.com/schwartzspointhistoricbuilding-785446

Even though wages are lower, if you play your cards right you barely have to drive which does drive down expenses even more. Jobs are reasonably high paid as long as you are a professional. Chicago's problem is that there is a legacy rust belt city that's had a global city built on top of it and the other city is very ugly (It may be a reason why prices are so low, reputation esp after Obama isn't so great given that Chicago was used as a punching bag in the GOPs war on the Dems). We also need a lot of work on corruption and may need help from the feds to overcome our financial issues help that might not be coming. You keep talking about how Gen Zs coastal migration wave will come to midwestren rust belt cities, IMO if you are right about that, Chicago and Minneapolis will be on their radar long before the rest of the midwest as we have more in common culturally with them than say Cincinnati/Cleveland or Detroit. Chicago is where the cosmopolitian city meets the rust belt, pure rust belt may be too much to handle for some San Francisco trust fund kid who's been priced out of his own city.