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City wants to break ground on streetcar project in November By Barry M. Horstman • [email protected] • October 15, 2010 Cincinnati city officials hope to break ground on the $128 million streetcar project next month, preferably with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood among the dignitaries. In e-mails obtained by the Enquirer, City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. says the groundbreaking ideally should occur after the Nov. 2 election and before the city's formal budget review starts. "I think that gives us about an eight- or nine-day window to play with," Dohoney wrote in a Sept. 16 e-mail sent to about a half dozen people involved with the streetcar project.

H&M actually!

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The Fishwrap's Sunday Preview of the story: Streetcar debate inflames passions When a news conference last fall on a ballot measure that would have effectively killed Cincinnati’s streetcar plan nearly erupted into a fist fight, the episode offered vivid proof of the white-hot emotions aroused by an issue that has dominated local politics and civic discourse like few others. Nearly a year later, with the $128 million Downtown-to-Uptown streetcar project on the verge of breaking ground, the zeal and passions on both sides remain inflamed.

Chapter 34 Verse 15 of the Book of Ecclesiatics And he descended from the mountain bearing waffle fries and a 3 piece chicken strip meal. And as he dipped a piece of chicken into his holy sauce he looked unto me and said, "Dear child, the craving for chicken is great and many places for dining must be established bearing unto the world the holy goodness that is the chicken. But you must not tend shop on Sunday for that is the day of rest. And the lord shall smile upon the mass slaughtering of chickens that bear no likeness to common hens. All of this is your task young disciple, may you go in peace. Amen."

A friend at Northpointe has provided me with the # for the leasing agent at Parvis. If you are interested you have to contact Karen with Northpointe Group at (513) 835-2110.They are aiming for Nov. 1 on occupancy.

The units looked pretty finished for the Gateway Tour of Living and the website says Fall of this year. I'd say they are on track to opening soon.

New report discovers faster initial travel times for Ohio's 3C Rail system Soapbox, 10/5/2010 A new report released by the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) shows that initial speeds for the proposed 3C Rail Corridor could be faster than first thought. The ORDC worked with Woodside, an industry leading railroad modeling firm, to produce the report and find new travel efficiencies. The report included a draft schedule that showed passenger trains traveling the corridor's entire length, 259 miles, in just over five hours. The five hour travel time equates to average speeds of 50 miles-per-hour. According to Amtrak, the initial travel speeds are some of the fastest of any recently developed system, and the third fastest since 1980

I think Cincy can pull something like this off: :evil:

Isn't the stadium fund something that the County is responsible for? I'd like to see the exact wording of the Open Meetings Law because in the article the Enquirer stops from claiming outright that it's a violation: "Those meetings might have violated Ohio’s open meetings law." Key word is might. The Attorney for the Enquirer is unsure but the article implies heavily that there is a violation. Implications that have basis in suspicion and not facts. Then there is this little gem at the end, "City Council’s votes were taken on motions rather than ordinances. Motions are not binding, which means that by the time the money comes in, council members and the mayor at the time could change the priorities." It's basically an admission that this is not binding. Therefore there may be no issue. If it was an ordinance this would be a huge problem.

Casino $$ goes to streetcars and the fish wrap cries foul: Casino to pay for streetcars By Jane Prendergast • [email protected] • September 30, 2010 Up to a quarter of the $20 million a year Cincinnati expects to get from the casino will be spent to operate the streetcar. The money won’t start flowing in until 2013, but City Council on Wednesday – in a meeting full of confusion and delays – set its priorities for spending it. Half the revenue will go to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority for economic development projects. That was expected because the measure passed out of committee Monday.

I think it is June or July of this year. Tiara on QCS is not complete but almost finished & Friars Club is completely demolished.

Dohoney's statement doesn't make any sense. With the consolidation of Great American Insurance into QCS there should be plenty of room in the newly vacated towers, along with room in the building that housed National City's local HQ before moving to the PNC Center. Where do those people park now? I am sure most of them are not parking at Broadway Commons.

Please remember when addressing matters pertaining to an racial issue, it's best to leave the stereotypes at home. Thanks!

Great pictures Dirty Sandpit! I think as the Banks development continues to rise, QCS will look more integrated in the city scape.

The mall is beyond the point of no return. It's time for the owners to start reading "Retrofitting Suburbia" for ideas on how to reconfigure the site. Also I'd hope the Old Spaghetti Factory can return to some historic downtown storefront.

That would make too much sense.

I guess we can move this to completed projects now eh? :-P

Revised estimates are out for 2009 Cincinnati's population inches higher Cincinnati's population inched higher in 2009, according to the latest Census Bureau population report. The Queen City added 158 residents between 2008 and last year and increased by 1,731 residents since the start of the millennium, according to revised population estimates released Friday by the government. Cincinnati ranks as the 57th largest city of 19,507 places in the report. That is down two spots from 2008's ranking of No. 55. Read more: Cincinnati's population inches higher - Business Courier of Cincinnati

It doesn't mean we don't try. Somebody at Kroger's has to have an open mind or at least be willing to listen.

That was my concern. With a new 41 story building sucking up a large office tenant and other buildings expecting vacancies, this could just add to the over-abundance of office space downtown. Ideally, rates would go down to lure new tenants but that remains to be seen with the slow economy.

Downtown’s Edge condo project shifts to office Business Courier of Cincinnati Walnut Hills developers Ed Horgan and James Merritt secured Cincinnati City Council’s approval Thursday for a 12-year property tax exemption to help finance a $3.4 million office project at 310 Culvert St. It’s a building that was previously marketed as The Edge condominium project, with 77 units planned in a $35 million development announced in 2008.

I think they are referring to the Brighton Corner area of the West End which has a lot of hip art and what not. It's a bit grittier of a scene than Gateway Quarter or Northside but fun nonetheless! (See 5chw4rt7z's blog post about their gallery walk here).

They are very beautiful shots! Thanks cincyimages!!