neilworms

Agreed, the whole thing sounded like PR speak.

Not surprised about Johnny Rockets. I was in town last weekend and peeked through the windows of the Wine Bistro, looked like there was work going on inside and a small handwritten sign noted that it was coming soon.

Agreed. The only issue I see is maybe providing easier direct connection to the Blue line like the offices on the other side.

Neither, though closer to Rosemont, here is the approx location: https://maps.google.com/?ll=41.986199,-87.834481&spn=0.00185,0.004753&t=h&z=18 From: http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2012/11/20/the-other-trihotel-995room-development-breaks-ground-near-ohare.php Its still technically in the City of Chicago, not sure on the neighborhood, but one of those semi-suburban ones at the fringes of the city with mostly 1950s architecture.

Glad to see big city infill design involved, hopefully it will raise the bar. Sadly though I have a weird feeling that this has something to do with the replacement neighborhood that's going to be put in place after the MSD sewer project is done, which would effectively destroy much of what's left of Fairmont.... a real shame :(.

I might also add that gas prices are a lot higher now, and due to growth of express lines, I think people who aren't part of the shifting demographics would be more receptive to the idea of a transit.

At the very least a DC firm is getting on this... When are the Chicago firms going to start creeping in?

^-a gym could be kept as a fitness center. I bet the pool is leaving though... Would be awesome if they could set it up like this where there are bars and movie theaters: http://www.mcmenamins.com/427-kennedy-school-home

I wish he was still outside, not sure why they got rid of him, it was something quirky that made the city unique. (The chandelier also fits that description too ;) )

Why didn't the Walnut Hills Community folks make this argument. Anyone here involved with them who can ask them that?

That's an incredibly nice design for a parking garage, particularly for Cincinnati. Now if only the Banks were this good.

^-I think the results of the new EL station are really causing that whole area to take off - went on a work outing to Belly-Q and saw all kinds of new stuff opening up along Randolph in the West Loop. Its nice because I work here now, and its a pretty spartain neighborhood (how can so many buildings hold so little). I'm kind of glad this is at least a shell of an older brick building and not yet another white glass and steel skyscraper.

Check this out: http://wvxu.org/post/cincinnati-has-plan-prevent-streetcar-delay :clap: Still not happy with Duke though.

So does this mean your going to be actually able to get to Elgin or O'hare on the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway?

I'd recommend photographs of the Oregon District in Dayton (probably the city's best historic neighborhood), and if possible (though its probably a bit far off the beaten path) Urbana and Bellefontaine both are excellent small towns - Urbana even has a really cool traffic circle in the middle of its downtown.

Considering that I live here I probably should be posting in this thread a bit more often ;-). I just learned that a new 11 story building is coming in at the Polish Triangle on Division street where historically there was a grand old theater, but more recently it has been a Pizza Hut. Walgreens tried to develop the site into a suburban style store, but the community pushed back and this is what's coming in its place: http://www.wickerparkbucktown.info/content-arts/11-story-development-ashland-division-wicker-park?A=SearchResult&SearchID=2879061&ObjectID=5120298&ObjectType=35 http://news.eastvillagechicago.org/2012/03/pizza-hut-no-more-division-ashlands-new.html Kind of an ugly building, though the 11 story mural on the west side is really cool. I hope that this is just the thing that the Polish triangle needs to be revitalized - while the neighborhood is decent its surprisingly dead for the intensity of the district - its kind of a quiet counterpart to the 6 way intersection at Damen/Milwaukee/North a few blocks to the northwest. Note how parking is handled.

Anyone able to get pics of the street with traffic going two ways?

Still a real shame they couldn't have incorporated the old buildings that were left into the new development.

^-Very soon, my source said its imminent. You should try to get a picture as soon as possible.

I've learned that this beautiful stone building is going to be demolished in Mt. Auburn. Because of the location I'm pretty sure it has to do with a certain overflow lot. https://maps.google.com/?ll=39.118886,-84.511679&spn=0.001792,0.002411&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=39.118886,-84.511679&panoid=sBM48j5nc1CHMpWyZ2PBew&cbp=12,52.47,,0,-10.61 I know Christ Hospital is going to redevelop, but seriously I have a bad feeling the redevelopment will be banal vinyl boxes. The lot shouldn't have been passed, how did this happen?

I agree that Wash Park feels better, but one nice thing about it (in spite of numerous negatives) is that hopefully it could be opened up as another potential Midpoint venue as the festival grows.

^- Half the problem is the complexity of rehabbing very large buildings that in some cases have sat 40-50 years abandoned, the other half is simply how conservative Cincinnatians are - much more risk averse than many other cities (its a good and a bad thing though, and possibly its a reason why Cincy is doing well in the downturn).

^-Agreed. Though I do like a couple of the buildings that 3CDC has built as well as the new parks the parks board/3CDC have done. I really like 14th and Vine as well as Trinity flats, on the other hand I don't see much that's better than those. Actually the new part of the banks isn't too bad - quite a bit better than the first phase. Reminds me a lot of a tiny squat version of a few buildings in Chicago being built in and around the loop, though generally not the greatest things in the world but solid and contemporary: K-Station - the residential tower makes me think of this: http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/CAI/Images/200902/EchelonatKStation-Aug08-002a.jpg Aqua (Though this building does the water reference in a way more interesting way): http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/CAI/Images/200805/Aqua-Oct08-018a.jpg

^-I never knew McCay lived in Cincinnati, wow. I do think its Cincinnati but downtown viewed from the east side of Downtown or what was Bucktown facing west. There is a clock tower that kind of looks like Cincy's city hall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CincinnatiCityHall.jpg) and next to it is a domed building that looks like the old Unitarian church (http://www.pbase.com/csdameron/image/60111069.jpg)

Your putting your trust in that a-hole and extortion artist? The only reason that man wasn't railroaded out of town is because people are overly nice on sports officials. And I hate to come across so sensationalist, but there are few people that anger me more than Mike Brown and what he did to damage Cincinnati.