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May I ask what the hell "the OH10" is?

Now that's funny...

I suspect it was just a funny observation, no slight intended...I know I giggled...

Oh, I meant the blogs specifically, not the folks chatting here...unless you mean you're a Reds blogger, in which case I hadn't seen your blog yet! I normally check in with RedLegNation, especially gameday threads, then Shawn's place and RedReporter, then I'll follow links from there...

So they've got a really big hole now - and that hole's got a ton of water in it: This was taken yesterday afternoon, before the big storm came through. It looked more full this morning when I went past...anyone know if this is a normal thing, or if this is a problem?

picture: Even the chimney on the 3331 Erie Avenue house in Hyde Park has lots of intricate architectural details. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060804/NEWS01/608040398/1077/NEWS01 Dr. Seuss would be proud Unusual Hyde Park house - man's 'life effort' - for sale BY JOY KRAFT | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER HYDE PARK - Some call it the mushroom house, the Dr. Seuss house, the egg house. Others have names for the whimsical cottage just around the bend from the District 2 police station that can't be published in the newspaper. But "sold" is what Sibcy Cline Realtor Laurence Stillpass hopes it will be called soon. Owner Terry Brown, architect and adjunct professor of architecture at the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, is selling the structure he calls a "life's effort." Perched on a corner above busy Erie Avenue and covered with waves of cedar shakes and trimmed in tile with stained glass glinting in the odd-shaped windows, the studio/office is listed for $399,000. The building's years as a landmark began in 1989 when Brown bought one of many cookie-cutter clapboard cottages built around 1913 as homes for the workers on the streetcar line that ended near the site. Under Brown's direction, the structure has morphed - some say too slowly with too much mess and mud - into a compilation of shapes and textures that defy description and tradition. There are winding steel steps and church-like stained glass. There's also corrugated steel siding and a mosaic chimney fit for a fairytale. Those who worked on the studio, many students from UC's DAAP program, could claim hands-on experience in creating organic architecture. Nevertheless, as it took shape and veered from traditional expectations, neighbors were perplexed. Critics assailed it as lacking sensitivity to its environment. Fans called it refreshing. Kids loved it. Brown said Thursday that if he had built a Taco Bell on the spot, few would have blinked. "In the context of Cincinnati, architecture as an art form hasn't really thrived. So within that context, people really don't know what to do with it," he said of his office. Next-door neighbor Richard Hall said it would be too bad if someone bought Brown's building and tore it down. "There's probably $1 million in labor in it," Hall said. "It's not my choice, but it's interesting." Brown, who would not say why he is selling, did say: "I'm not from Cincinnati. I was here for a while, and now I'm ready to do something else." About the building's future, he said: "It would be nice if someone kept it like it is. But I don't really have any expectations. "If (the structure) were in Chicago or L.A., it wouldn't be much of a question. The answer would be obvious - someone would buy it and enjoy it." E-mail [email protected]

You are the king: Yes, indeed and truly, you are the king:

All the stuff on the very botton left to middle is railroad tracks... Cleveland has less highway near downtown then Cincy and Columbus I know that. There is always traffic build ups when there is more then one ballgame in town, etc... This is my favorite view though! Actually, Cleveland probably has more highways than Cincinnati (with the Shoreway, I-90/71, I-77, and I-490). Cincinnati's certainly look pretty awful, though - and with expanded 2nd street and 3rd street to either side of Fort Washington Way, it makes that entire swath look awful from above. Although when you're on the surface level, they've done a really good job of connecting the CBD to the riverfront - the sidewalks are very large on both sides, FWW is recessed below, many, many crossings, etc...you don't feel nearly as cut off as you do from the Charles River in Boston or something. And once they cap the highway - woo hoo!

^Yeah, that would do!

Wow, that's fantastic. Thank you! I'd never heard of that before...

It was on TV from at least the 5th on, because I watched it at a friend's house...unless I, like the 398,000 people who were actually at the game, have an imperfect memory... Yeah, Tait is king.

Link doesn't work...can you link to the amazon page for us?

Great link...#10, about 20 seconds in: "Ehlo, lookin', lookin', fires to Dougherty, back to Ehlo, the three [buzzer] in the aaairrrIT'S GOOD!!! HE WON IT!!! EHLO HIT A THREE POINTER ON THE SIDELINE AT, THE BUZZER! Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he comes from Lubbock, Texas!"

I love Marty Brennaman, I love Tom Hamilton, I loved Nev Chandler, and I've always liked Jim Donavan, but I've never heard anyone nearly as good, in any sport, as Joe Tait. Len Barker's perfect game? Flawless...

This is the first year I've really followed the baseball blogs, and I've learned one very important truth - nobody who blogs about baseball likes any trade, ever. We could have dealt LaRue to the Mets for Pedro Martinez, and they'd bitch about dumping the future for a has-been. Just look at the bullpen from the beginning of July: Weathers, Mercker, Yan, Standridge, Coffey, Shackelford, Hammond and sometimes Belisle. The bullpen today: Guardado, Coffey, Cormier, Bray, Majewski, Weathers, Lohse and maybe Belisle. And we've still got Mercker, Standridge and Shackelford 2 hours away in Louisville. And for this we gave up Kearns, "Oops" Lopez, Germano (a future #4 or #5 starter), a single-A pitcher, and what, another handful of minor leaguers here and there? Haven't touched our top prospects, improved the infield, got Freel and Denorfia more playing time, gave up some power, and have a bullpen that can actually perform. And on the blogs, Krivski is the dumbest man on the planet. Amazing...

Do you mean the state capital? I've never heard anything about Cincinnati becoming the national capital...

^No doubt! If you're looking for a San Francisco-style streetscape, Columbia Tusculum will make you feel right at home! Here's a thread by Uncle Rando and there's some Tusculum action in this Grasscat thread. It's one of the pricier neighborhoods, but compared with San Francisco prices, it's a steal - basically, $200K-$500K, some cheaper, some more expensive. Lots of more affordable areas too. You can get solid housing stock under $100K in Madisonville, Pleasant Ridge, Walnut Hills, etc., etc...and $200K will get you into just about any neighborhood in the city outside of Hyde Park and Mt. Adams...

Er...which area are you talking about? Here's a shot ColDay took (Cincinnati Aerials Part I & Cincinnati Aerials Part II) from the north looking back at town: The "spread out area" is to the left in this shot: ...and to the right: ...Cincinnati's not got a lot of things, but density in the basin, that it does fairly well...could have even fewer surface lots, no doubt, but that's true everywhere...

Well, capping the highway through downtown is in Cincinnati's plans...but we've got a river that's probably at 26' in that picture, a flood stage of 52', and a river that hits the mid-50's probably every 2nd or 3rd year, hits the mid-60's every 30-50 years, and could probably hit 80 again if everything went wrong at once. A little decapitation is just wise design!

Gotta love the rivers...the Cuyahoga just rocks, with all the bends and turns...

I think Eden Park is far superior to Main Strasse. Hands down! Also, Beethoven kicks Monet's ass! (Phenomenal pictures, by the way! Glad I let you escape to get the Mt. Adams shots while I finished the meatloaf!)

Yeah, I've never understood the fear of Madisonville...a depressed area, low home values, Section 8, but for me, I measure "danger" by how often you see crowds of bored-looking attitude-ridden young folks hanging out, looking to peddle their wares...it's way too easy to throw something at a passing car, or aggressively approach a driver stopped at a light, or precipitate any sort of incident, when there's a crowd of folks around. And not if it's school kids getting out of class on a typical afternoon, or a bunch of folks enjoying a park or something...maybe I'm naive, but that's my basic measure. And unless I've missed big parts of Madisonville, it doesn't fit the bill anymore than Oakley.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but here's my understanding: Red = Horney's rental house, which he's probably going to sell. Green = The Burton's Kumon Math Center, which they're going to sell. Blue = The Gamble's house, which they're planning to move back into. Now, here's a picture Monte posted upthread with Rookwood in it: So, were the plans really to have no surface parking? And if so, is it really impossible to work it out such that the surface parking surrounds her house? So she can live there, you can develop, and then when she does sell some day, you can pave it over? I can't imagine folks who have $20MM invested, and are paying $1MM in property taxes/year, are honestly sitting there without a plan, just saying, "oh, well. Darn."

I'm generally pretty quick to bash the county for anything and everything I can, but wow: Wow, Leslie - talk about a positive team-based attitude! Working together to solve problems, that's the Ghiz way! Uh, yeah, sure you are... That's a straw man. Show me anyone on the county's side who has argued, "My plan is to sit back and allow crime to be committed." Nonsense. Their plan is to ship folks to Butler County. And the money you're blowing on these structures could be used to expand that program, and could do so immediately. So, is that a better plan than the temporary structures? I don't know. Seems like that would be a pretty easy thing to do a financial analysis of - figure out the total costs of building and running the facility with temporary structures; then figure out how many inmates can be housed in Butler County over five years with that money; and compare 800 with the Butler County numbers. But does the finance committee have those numbers? If not, Ghiz's statements are stupid. If so, why aren't they trumpeting the numbers? And if it is more cost-effective to build these structures, then I would think a responsible adult would want to answer Deters's list of concerns: Ghiz is a travesty for a council member. Perfectly willing to blow our money if it means she won't have to answer legitimate concerns...just amazing.

^Not illegal. Billboards are privately owned, though, and you can't force them to use their assets to promote messages they choose not to run.