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I was thinking about the Banks today and it made me think of Coyoacan in Mexico City. Basically it is this very trendy colonia in the city (with the Frida Kahlo museum and other trendy bars). They have this fountain dedicated to coyotes in the center of the Coyocan square, with I'd say about 50 temporary stands (like at a festival) where people just sell do-dads, trinkets, and other touristy stuff all around the fountain. The place is completely loaded with 16-25 year olds at all times. Its really beautiful, charming, and I think it would work well there. Maybe instead of Coyotes they could do the whole omage to Rome and have some wolf depiction. Just a thought. http://static.flickr.com/103/262767212_394558c1be_m.jpg

5/3 wont be building any new tower anytime soon. They just built that ugly complex up 71 instead of building ontop of the Macy's and Palominos location. They still own the air rights though! Plus, they recently built buildings in Lexington and Detroit. Oh well!

what a beautiful building

Keith, Thanks so much for your email. I am very excited to be at this point regarding the Banks. We set up the Banks Working Group last year to take the politics out of the details and decision-making phases. What is before us may not be a perfect plan, but it is the result of years of planning and compromise. I am honored to be able to be a part of this historic project as a city leader. As for Streetcars, I too am supportive of this proposal. We are going to get the financial details from the City Manager by the end of the month. I am hopeful that the plan will be able to withstand the scrutiny that will come because of the large price tag. Again, thanks for your email. Leslie

aha i just giggled a little bit to myself outloud

pff its all cincinnati

I dont think 18th is a bad thing. Lets think about it: 1st most competitive place for young professionals in ohio... and the region (no city in kentucky was included, and the only city included from indiana was indianapolis and that was at 38th or something). Cincinnati's a cool city.

thats awesome!

*There is a sweet state park in Madison, Indiana called Clifty Falls. Its not too far away, maybe an hour or an hour and a half (I forget). There are all kinds of trails and natural waterfalls and creeks. Its awesome!! *Miami Whitewater has some good trails *Shawnee Lookout on River Road has some great trails with excellent views and good examples of mounds. *Im a big fan of Withrow Nature Preserve. Its usually empty and very beautiful to walk through.

The Banks will logically add to the natural development of downtown and the urban area. *The buildings have, what... at 24 story cap on them now (or is it 20?). That keeps the "business district"'s signs and lights still shown for anyone looking towards the city from the river (the visual advertizement that they desire) *Adds a fantastic park, similar to Louisville's Riverfront Park (but distinctly better and unique). *Provides for multi-modal transportation. *Adds 3,000 people living in the downtown area, along with the bars, resturants, and nightlife to keep the 3,000 and the soon-to-be 2.5 million in the region happy. As for the WLW comments... that station is not a government owned station. Not only do they have the right to choose who can talk, but lets be real-- the people who listen to (and call into) that station have grown up in an anti-urban, anti-downtown culture. They will never support it, will never go downtown unless they absolutly have to, and will be dead in about 10-30 years. I dont really care what they have to say, but their ignorant comments do inspire me and re-affirm my beliefs. They enable us to have (as already stated) intellectual conversations that ultimatley re-affirm our desire for a more urban (as opposed to sub-urban) lifestyle to meet the demands of a post 9/11 - environmentally friendly - minority inclusive - american life.

Yes the streetcar plan does connect the banks. In all it connects: The Banks, Govmt Square, Ftn Square, Aranoff Center, CAC, Findlay Market, Music Hall/Washington Park.

It would probably be like the new Queen City Square building downtown. I believe it has a few floors of parking at the bottom of it, and has offices at the top. Its a good idea-- it lets people drive to work and also leaves room for building expansion and wont necessarily deter future rail initiatives.

Well I figured different people would be interested in different things for the travel page, I figured wikitravel would be most appropriate. But-- it's cool

OH! and I forgot one more thing! We need a nice Cincinnati City Hall Page! If you want to take the liberty and privelage to be the designer for that page, go for it!

yeah sure! WIKI TRAVEL: http://wikitravel.org/en/Cincinnati WIKIPEDIA:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati We need some better pictures for a lot of modern architecture, modern events etc. AS WELL AS old photos from the late 1800s perhaps etc. Some nice Riverfest pics would be great too! Also, if you could try to cite things, streamline, and clean things up, that would be great!

also, on a CSI *i think it was miami* they were talking about fidel castro and how he "tried out for the Cincinnati Reds"... i doubt that is true

Hello everyone. I've enjoyed looking at everyones pictures for a few months now! BUT I would like to invite you all to use YOUR STELLAR work on Cincinnati's Wikipedia Page! Create your account on wikipedia and start changing Cincinnati's page for the better! I have some of my photos on there (the ball park/ pg towers) but I think you guys would have better images than I! Please consider! -Keith (feel free to e-mail me at [email protected])