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Its going to be things that cater to the masses. Hofbrahaus would be perfect for the area. They should relocate. Yes, we all want those types of things in OTR, but OTR should be the local flavor and let the banks be the place that pleases the masses.

Sherman, do you see the city as a machine or as an organism?

yea, those are beautiful.

Still looking at apartments? Or maybe condos this time around? Are you at all interested in OTR?

A lot of those cities don't have large highway systems cutting through their core. Typically, the highway ends far and away from the cores.

Was this in response to what I said? If so....what's your point? Plus, I am not completely serious in that I think we need to have a massive overhaul in our transportation today, but I think in the near future, we need to start rethinking urban highways. What Portland has done with their former downtown highway and Boston's Big Dig are just setting the trend.

what is wrong with this country? When are we going to realize we need to tear down all highways in our urban cores? Highways like this have no place in our cities IMO. Lets start seeing some massive teardown and lets just not build it back up. :)

I think everyone needs to take a Housing class with Professor Varady in DAAP. He is so knowledgeable and has done numerous studies on housing in Cincinnati. Sherman, if we let the free market completely control the housing market, there would absolutely be a shortage in affordable units and we would have more homeless as a result. Why do you think there are waiting lists to get into a lot of this housing? It's not because all the inner-city people in this country are lazy and/or stupid, its because there is a shortage in what our market is providing, resulting in the need for the government to step in. When you let the market control housing, it seems to me (based on the past 5 years) you get a lot of speculative middle income to upper income housing and virtually zero low income. And that's because the market is always controlled by profit and since we are all a bunch of irrational morons, that profit motive leads to a ton of speculation. Thus, we NEED gov't subsidized housing. But yes, we need it in smarter ways than what the past has brought us.

Thank you sir. So yea, Righteous Room looks to be under construction.

I drove down Walnut the other day and it looks like the new restaurant/bar close to Bootsy's is under construction. I forget the proposed name but I remember it is owned by the Pavilion people.

Yea, most people I know say they are going to 'Newport' or to the Hofbrahaus, since thats the only destination left over there.

bah. I really hope they decide to change the name anyway. 'Hey, we're heading down to the Banks' just doesn't sound good at all. So cheesy. Freedom Way...bah!

^and because the housing stock, especially in places like Bridgetown and parts of Mack North/Mack South are attractive options for section 8, mainly because those small homes that make up the majority of Bridgetown cannot compete with the McMansions of the newer areas of Green Twshp.

I also tend to think Section 8 Housing and other subsidized housing seems to suffer from design problems. This type of housing does not belong in former single family housing, as giving such units some sort of green space, especially in the form of front yards is almost always a bad idea, seeing as how the tenants don't take care of it and the landlords don't seem to give a crap - there is a confusion of who owns what. As a result, these spaces and/or front yards can become overgrown and blighted. This housing also shouldn't exist in entire apartment complexes, as these complexes can quickly and easily be type cast as 'where those people live.' I think we need to do a better job of designing affordable units so it is not distinguishable from surrounding properties, ala City West and not allowing these spaces to have spaces/front yards in which ownership is unclear.

an interesting video through the link. Definitely emphasizing community in OTR. Thanks for sharing.

Soooo innovative. Although whats interesting is you talk to any suburbanite, and one of the first things they'll tell you is 'downtown has nowhere to park.' But if we give them something to come to, they'll pay for the parking. duh.

Horray. But because Cincinnati's is urban and wonderful and Columbus's is super suburban..... Cincinnati Zoo > Columbus Zoo. :) Although Cincy Zoo's latest reworking of the Vine Entrance leaves very little to be desired. Talk about defensible space. eeewww

If the American way gives all of us the equal right to work hard and achieve success, then why aren't we economically equal when it comes to race, or when it comes to sex?

Or...move out of the neighborhood and abandon it. This is the problem with the way our country looks at 'problems' in general: An exit strategy. Wheres our community pride!!!!!!

*sigh*...worrying about property values before fairness and equality. The American way. A testament to community. :roll:

^ha. fyi, when I copied that in, the question mark smiley automatically appeared. :)

Today, The Banks; tomorrow ... ??? Voting ends today on new name for riverfront project By Lisa Bernard-Kuhn • [email protected] • April 20, 2009 Today is the last day to vote to rename The Banks, the $1 billion riverfront project now under construction. Public voting is under way at the developers' Web site www.carterdawson.com, where you can choose from the names North Shore, Roebling Point, The River District or The Banks... http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090420/BIZ01/904200353/1055/NEWS

Nothing yet. ;) But space for three commercial units: http://www.jacksononhigh.com/commercial.html Ok, gotcha. Appreciate it, both the sarcasm and the facts.

damn aussies. i love the aussies. Just going on both sides of the record so I can say I told you so either way. I don't normally go both ways.

what is on the ground floor?