neilworms

^-At least that CVS is 24-hours, came in handy when I lived near it :evil:

The community council should jump on that: That lot should be developed. I was just worried that we'd lose the buildings where Mole's Records and Myra's are located. BTW, the Myra's building and the restaurant are both up for sale as the owner is looking to retire.

Back when I was in college, the original plan for that site was some kind of entertainment district. I don't have any renderings but I do remember discussion of it. I didn't mind seeing Time Out or the McDonalds demoed, but as usual there were plenty of other buildings that NEVER should have been torn down, PARTICULARLY since financing wasn't set in stone for the new project. That massive lot is a massive eyesore much worse than Timeout's 1970s facade ever was.

The Ascent was another more recent building that got some good reviews. Overall reaction is mixed - I like it though I wish it was better integrated into the neighborhood - the retail layout (which is still not filled) is kind of bad.

The Woodward Theater is going to open in October. Same owners as MOTR. So far they have We Were Promised Jetpacks confirmed for October, and San Fermin playing in November. Their site is not active yet, so I don't know if others are playing. The music scene is going to get a lot better in Cincinnati once the Woodward is open. Yeah its improving quite nicely, also MPMF is really getting big, last year there were 35,000+ people there I'm assuming it will be bigger this year. Film still needs a lot of work, from a national perspective the Esquire/Mariemont theater is not a very good arthouse.

Yes, and anyone watching on TV will also see the streetcar tracks directly in front of this bar. Taestell: Perhaps this is the bar you were looking for to suck all the bros away from Neons? I'm no fan of reality TV or early 00s boy bands, but I'm happy to see OTR get national publicity. I wish Cincy didn't have the dubious distinction of being the most popular place for reality TV, and I wish that city would work on developing real culture (not old stuff like Opera which it does well, but newer arts) like a stronger interest in quality film, or work towards improving the already improving music scene down there. Also I'll note that 4EG runs some pretty popular bars in Chicago as well like "The Owl" in Logan Square, "Estelles" in Wicker Park, AliveOne's sister bar in Lincoln Park. From what I've seen of their work in Cincinnati they have a good feel for the pulse of what the hip bars are doing in Chicago and are bringing that to Cincinnati - I was particularly impressed by the remodel job they did with Igby's. Its not really a bar for my crowd, but it felt like any large trendy bar in River North and that was impressive to me.

It doesn't have to have the same ecosystem as Manhattan, it could at the very least have the same ecosystem as Chicago, lots of big Groceries that are urban friendly along with plenty of other speciality high end corner stores to fill the gaps.

An artisinal chili parlor selling farm-to-table food locally sourced with over 2000 craft beers on tap! :evil: Specializing on new takes on street food of Cincinnati during the mid 20th century.

I did feel that OTR needed a trendy Indian spot (it also needs an "artisinal chili parlor" as well). However, small plates >:( - Tapas in Spain btw are like $1-3 dollars a plate >:( Watch the chili place will be small plate 5 ways and cheese coneys for $10 a plate :P

I'm happy to see this, but its pretty obvious this was a political move to keep the grocery from being built downtown... I've been told that flaherty & Collins didn't want to build the grocery store, it was a requirement of Mallory/Dohoney. It was going to add at least a million to their construction cost and the City mandated hours (7am to 10PM) would have given the operator a lot less flexibility than they would prefer. Also, it was going to be smaller than the OTR Kroger. Just want to make sure everyone understands that. OTR kroger is about 30K square feet. This new grocery was going to be 18K square feet (but obviously targeted at a higher end clientele) Losing that grocery, which <b>wasn't on the streetcar line anyway</b>, is fine by me. Smaller groceries work well of stocked right and run well in fact I kind of prefer them. Good example: http://www.wgrocer.com/home.html This is one of those things Cincinnati just doesn't get

I'm happy to see this, but its pretty obvious this was a political move to keep the grocery from being built downtown...

"Small Plates" the bane of my existence (luckily they are leveling off) - such a ripoff: http://www.yelp.com/trends?terms=small+plates&city=chicago&category=restaurants

There is a bar like this on a side street in my neighborhood, it used to be a quiet neighborhood bar, but then like a year ago the bros found it >:( - I think it was when the blackhawks won the championship is when they came there, it was a bro-verflow bar for some of the other ones on the north side. Last night I heard the most obnoxious circle jerk conversation ever when walking by there on my way home.

I seriously want Trixie to be a national term not just Chicago. There is no good term in other cities for these people. As to the comment about the West coast not being as bro as the midwest? I'd argue LA is extremely bro, but like everything else there its a very different brand of bro. Lots of them are "Beautiful People" with ties to the entertainment industry but still have the same sort of attitude only difference being they are better dressed. Just listen to the LA dance music scene and don't tell me that its not like the ultimate endgame of bro culture.

I know a lot of people decry it, but I'm pretty impressed to see cinderblock on the sides as opposed to a wood frame that would eventually have vinyl on top. Cinderblock is more substantial if you are going to go the cheap route.

I'm not a fan of west coast beers either. I think Wisconsin has some of the best btw - New Glarus is worth a trip to.

What about San Francisco then?

Chicago's been in on the Bicycle culture trend for longer than Cincy has been. I've been bicycling regularly for about 6 years now. I intend on continuing it as long as I live someplace urban ;) Ok Grandpa Mecklenborg, time for your nap! I'm perfectly aware that I'm coming across as a curmudgeon, but I'm pretty skeptical that people who have suddenly taken up biking in the last 2-3 years will still be doing it in 10. They'll be 10 years older, no longer taking photos of themselves on bikes for Facebook because Facebook won't be around anymore, and meanwhile electric bikes will possibly outnumber traditional bikes. I think we'll definitely see experimentation with electric bike share sometime soon, which when perfected could be a real game changer that along with driverless cars will completely change American cities.

They could have done so much better than that with the name... Queen City bikes? Cincycles? Oh well. I'm glad they are available and in time for Midpoint (its going to make the bike issue way easier to solve for the friends I'm bringing down who don't have folding bikes).

The same statue can be found old Motgomery Wards main office (at Chicago Ave and the Chicago River) which has the same figure but as a statue on top of an art deco tower: http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn281/SallyGreene2008/02SallyGreenAlbum/UZY20000000036-12.jpg A contact on Flickr mentioned that first building looked like a Woolworths. That second one was absolutely a Montgomery Wards. If you look along the top of the facade you can see the Spirit of Progress. This is it on an old Wards store in Three Rivers, Michigan.

Nice job, though I'm sure the building would be too tall for that dingbat Mike Brown :x

That sounds like a fair critique of those curbs

They weren't much, but those are probably the last buildings left over from what was the notorious Bucktown neighborhood. Now all expressways and surface lots.

Would love to see Madison better utilized. That area where madison meets pike street is so european feeling as I think there is literally only one surface lot there. Its probably one of the best case studies of how transit could help an area (compare to say Boston).

I was an early adopter of the internet and actually wound up seeing it online - quality was terrible! Lol. Buffering...buffering...