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I made a goole map of each section back in 2012 as part of my UrbanCincy story on it. But yea, prior to the first demolition of the skywalk in 2006 (Fountain Square over Vine) you could have walked from the Convention Center to the Ball Park and never be at street level.

Those are some ugly signs.

I'm not sure we need to go this far but I do think the constant "Cincinnati elite's are all conspiring" thread of this conversation has played out and we should move on to other things. Consider this fair warning from the mods. Thanks.

Over the last 5 or so years I have seen a lot of the development momentum shift away from 3CDC and there have been complaints that they are sometimes too much of a constraint on development (they know this, which is why their activity north of Liberty Street has often been to acquire, stabilize and sell instead of retain and develop. Community Development Corporations across the city are largely trying to replicate parts of 3CDC's approach to varying degrees of success. Walnut Hills/East Walnut Hills is the most obvious example but College Hill, Madisonville, Northside, among others are starting to see more diversified real estate plays in and around their business districts. Circa 2013-2017 I definitely would have agreed with the "elites" narrative and while there is still considerable influence in established leadership circles, there's a recognition that outside talent and more organic growth is needed. It's allowed the city's DCED (Dept of Community and Economic Development) to lead on things like eliminating parking (and potentially density) minimums and surprisingly for more out-of-town developers to do projects in the city.

I think the way they are paying for this is partly through the bonds issued for the Capital Acceleration Program (CAP). The city is resurfacing a lot of downtown/OTR streets this year under the program and I bet Liberty was baked into that somehow.

All board meetings outside of City Council were suspended from meeting for 30 days. I expect this will be continued depending on how long this lasts.

I saw some stats today that said roughly 80% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Additionally, after the death of two people in Pendleton last month, the issue of drug abuse is one that many restaurateurs were working to address in the Cincinnati area up until the recent pandemic. Not every bartender and server is an addict, actually I bet it is not even close to a majority. Therefore its unproductive to make such general accusations and assumptions. As a matter-of-fact, its hurtful. There are better, more articulate ways, for your to frame your arguments. I would recommend you take some time to critically review your statements before posting them to this forum.

City of Springfield, OH is looking for a Planner I. https://springfieldohio.gov/planner-i/

This is unreasonable speculation Jake. Cut it out.

He ran a "Back to basics" style campaign in 2013. People to the right love fiscal responsibility (pension, credit rating), police and fire (Police and fire raises of 2016), basic services ($65 million borrowed for CAP road resurfacing) and opposition to "wasteful boondoggles" (Streetcar, parking plan). Not to mention his well earned "bully" governing style and personality. The only reason he has been slightly more supportive of progressive issues (2-way streets, community solar, bus levy but with roads!) is because he did not have to tack so far right to defeat Yvette in 2017 (thanks Children's Hospital zoning debacle.) Expect those top themes to be what he runs on for Governor in addition to his work in starting the Ohio Innocence Project.

I was there last Tuesday night and while we had a reservation the drinks did take a long time. It's an amazing place and the decor reminds me of an old fav in Montreal (The Emerald). I can see what they are saying regarding the door person. Being on Republic and next to two pocket parks that still hosts a fair number of loitering has probably made them too cautious. It's a shame. Post edit: That being said, what is "the look" anyway? Either way it seems to involve money. I can understand the line (being a basement probably limits capacity) but selective entry and throwing fruit down the stairs? Hopefully this is opening weekend blunders but man, these reviews are hilarious and brutal.

You just missed the fire that happened in that building this morning. https://www.wlwt.com/article/firefighter-injured-after-falling-10-feet-while-fighting-house-fire-in-over-the-rhine/30962027

I loved the frequency of the #17/#18/#19! I thought the #18 was being merged into the #17 which would have made the #17 more frequent, but that never seemed to happen. I was never a fan that the #19 had to take over part of the #39 which was eliminated.

I think there was concern about using the theater with residential also in the building. I am not sure how much sound dampening there is between the theater and the apartments but having concerts in there would have had some sound bleeding through the walls. Some developers even contemplated converting the theater into apartments. With that in mind, the Children's Theater seems to be the right fit.

The downtown building was split into three condo's last year in anticipation for this. Psychologically it hurts when a Fortune 500 leaves, but the reality is that they mostly left years ago.

From walking around downtown it looks like these 3CDC projects are just starting: 1.) Wilkommen is underway with interior demo going on in a few of the buildings. 2.) The 3CDC/OTRCH project looks like it may also be starting soon as I saw a fence up at the parking lot and a trash chute in front of the adjacent white building (Northwest side of Vine between 15th and Liberty). 3.) They are also still doing interior demo on Fountain Place.

Sounds good. Given the contention over the previous plan, this sounds like a step in the right direction. How did the OTRCC board and attendees react?

The iconic L shaped buffet lives to serve fried chicken another day!!

Detroit's Q-Line has credit card machines at stops but cash machines on the streetcar. Luckily they have staff in the streetcar to inform passengers (at least when I was riding) but its still a confusing system. It increased confusion but also reduced the number of people who had to get off or could not get on because they couldn't pay.

In the late 2020's cash is going to make a comeback and all the hipsters will pay in gold bullion.

Just as much as being able to embed tweets are a sign of online forum gentrification. ?

I did a research paper on this case for grad school and it set a precedent for eminent domain in Ohio. Turns out you cannot ED property for economic development! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Norwood_v._Horney

Here's a peculiar one in Chicago. Not sure what the story is for this one.

It kinda bugs me that the Southbank Shuttle and the #12 are being combined. This means they will stop running the trolley buses (finally!) but the tradeoff is the they can no longer cross the Suspension Bridge. I've always been perplexed as to why the Southbank Shuttle didn't run a look from Covington to Newport (instead of bouncing back and forth between them via downtown.) In the past TANK people said there is not enough rider demand. But how can we know if we are afraid of having buses cross the Licking River?