September 28, 20204 yr 5 hours ago, Guy23 said: extremely efficient Incremental improvement. When I delivered pizzas for the old Adriatico's on Jefferson Ave. next to the EPA, I delivered several times at rush hour to the convention center or to Western-Southern Insurance. It was literally an hour round-trip if you left at 4:30pm for a 5pm delivery. There are literally thirty traffic lights between the EPA and Fountain Square. At rush hour you're hitting over 50% of red lights. A bus lane and signal prioritization gets you all the way down to 50% on a good day. There is no way you make that 4-mile round-trip without weird stuff throwing you out of the light cycle.
September 28, 20204 yr Cincinnati is so far behind most of our peer cities right now, basically any incremental improvement we could make to speed up buses would be a dramatic improvement in the lives of bus riders. Making basic traffic signal timing tweaks to give more green light time on the streets where large numbers of bus routes run would minimize the amount of time that drivers get stuck at red lights and help keep buses on schedule. The next "easy" step would be adding signal priority for certain routes at certain key intersections. Maybe the city could even get around to activating the queue jump that they built at Calhoun & Vine that they built but never turned on. ?♂️
October 5, 20204 yr Graduate Cincinnati hotel brings the city into each room One of Greater Cincinnati’s largest hotels recently completed a renovation, transforming it into hotel that pays homage to the city of Cincinnati. Here's a look inside. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2020/10/04/graduate-cincinnati-pays-homage-to-city.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 5, 20204 yr 10 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: Graduate Cincinnati hotel brings the city into each room One of Greater Cincinnati’s largest hotels recently completed a renovation, transforming it into hotel that pays homage to the city of Cincinnati. Here's a look inside. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2020/10/04/graduate-cincinnati-pays-homage-to-city.html Nobody in the 20th century thought the future was going to look like this.
October 8, 20204 yr I hope M.A.S.K. gets their royalties. Is it a good time to bring back M.A.S.K.? I'd say so.
October 8, 20204 yr 17 minutes ago, GCrites80s said: I hope M.A.S.K. gets their royalties. Is it a good time to bring back M.A.S.K.? I'd say so. MASK gritty reboot.
October 8, 20204 yr 1 hour ago, TraderJake said: Seriously. Who thought this was a good design? I suspect that it's all about chain hotels seeking to compete with instagrammable Airbnb's. I heard that a former Cincinnati Ben-Gal was airbnb'ing her apartment a year ago from someone who wouldn't shut up about the décor the whole weekend they were here. I stayed at a place in Kentucky where the guy had a large assault riffle collection (next to a popcorn cart). I think that nosey people who like to snoop really like staying in someone's house and trying to figure them out. That's what hotels have to compete with these days. Again, totally unimaginable in the 20th century.
October 8, 20204 yr Oh then it's like do you want to stay in the Star Wars Room, the Care Bears Room or the Play-Doh room?
October 8, 20204 yr 1 hour ago, thomasbw said: MASK gritty reboot. Yeah in greybrown with Nu-Metal and Gregorian Chants
October 8, 20204 yr 13 minutes ago, GCrites80s said: Yeah in greybrown with Nu-Metal and Gregorian Chants Goo-Goo Dolls at the MTV Beach House
October 8, 20204 yr 14 minutes ago, GCrites80s said: Yeah in greybrown with Nu-Metal and Gregorian Chants Directed by Zack Snyder? Honestly I think desire for a specific "Cincinnati" hotel with unique local things is coming from the right intention of wanting to make the hotel feel connected to where it's from and show the guests some unique things from the area, as opposed to a generic chain hotel. When the design is done well you get 21c or Hotel Covington which has bourbon barrels, magic 8 balls, airheads in the rooms but thrown in subtly in an otherwise classy design. When it's done in a kitschy pop way, it looks cheaper and feels more like a TGI Fridays or Planet Hollywood. Edited October 8, 20204 yr by ucgrady
October 8, 20204 yr 7 minutes ago, ucgrady said: Directed by Zack Snyder? Honestly I think desire for a specific "Cincinnati" hotel with unique local things is coming from the right intention of wanting to make the hotel feel connected to where it's from and show the guests some unique things from the area, as opposed to a generic chain hotel. When the design is done well you get 21c or Hotel Covington which has bourbon barrels, magic 8 balls, airheads in the rooms but thrown in subtly in an otherwise classy design. When it's done in a kitschy pop way, it looks cheaper and feels more like a TGI Fridays or Planet Hollywood. I must be in the minority here, because I think it's fun. I would seek these hotels out in other cities.
October 8, 20204 yr 11 minutes ago, DEPACincy said: I must be in the minority here, because I think it's fun. I would seek these hotels out in other cities. I think many will like it, but it's definitely not my style. I like that it's super unique and hyper-local, I just don't prefer the kitsch style of design. The Curtis hotel in Denver has highly themed rooms, and has been very popular for years:
October 8, 20204 yr It's for people who didn't go outside much as a kid. Closer to home, the Wildwood is still around. http://www.wildwoodinnky.com/photo-gallery-wildwood-inn-florence-ky.html
October 9, 20204 yr 10 hours ago, jmecklenborg said: Closer to home, the Wildwood is still around. http://www.wildwoodinnky.com/photo-gallery-wildwood-inn-florence-ky.html Which is like an inferior imitation of the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo.
October 9, 20204 yr People pay $$$$$$$ to stay at far more lavishly over-the-top hotels at the Orlando resorts. Yeah Cincinnati isn't a theme park, but there is absolutely a market for this sort of kitschy throwback type stuff. “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
October 12, 20204 yr 2832 Jefferson has been slowly renovated over the last couple of years. New storefront is in finally. Hopefully they can finish up the rest of the project. Old image from 2011 courtesy of Google StreetView:
October 12, 20204 yr 29 minutes ago, jwulsin said: 2832 Jefferson This has always been an impressively sleazy corner. This place neighbors the Smoke Shop (where I was once tipped $100 for delivering two steak hoagies) and then those wooden row homes that look like they belong in West Virginia.
October 12, 20204 yr 4 hours ago, Yves Behar said: Lets leave the Mountain Mama outta this. Cat tree up for grabs: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1329805,-84.5106029,3a,54.1y,165.86h,90.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7zemL1M-zipzSW8LqXBP8w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
October 12, 20204 yr I remember someone was selling sports team gear out of one of those apartments for about two months in 2007.
October 13, 20204 yr 10 hours ago, jmecklenborg said: This has always been an impressively sleazy corner. This place neighbors the Smoke Shop (where I was once tipped $100 for delivering two steak hoagies) and then those wooden row homes that look like they belong in West Virginia. I got jumped in front of this place in the 90s. I Had some friends who lived next door to Kilgore's and was leaving to go home with a friend when a carful of like 6 drunk guys stopped at the corner and one threw a can of beer at me. I made the mistake of telling him he missed. They all got out of the car and we ran until they caught us right in front of the deli and kicked the crap out of us. Not sure why we didn't run back into my friends' house. There were like 20 people there.
October 13, 20204 yr 3 minutes ago, zsnyder said: I got jumped in front of this place in the 90s. Nice. I never got mugged on Short Vine itself but I was held up at gunpoint on Euclid in 2008, which was the tail end of Corryville being a hotbed for street crime. Things really turned around in the 2010s. Basically all of the problem properties have disappeared between Short Vine and Burnett.
October 13, 20204 yr 8 hours ago, zsnyder said: I got jumped in front of this place in the 90s. I Had some friends who lived next door to Kilgore's and was leaving to go home with a friend when a carful of like 6 drunk guys stopped at the corner and one threw a can of beer at me. I made the mistake of telling him he missed. They all got out of the car and we ran until they caught us right in front of the deli and kicked the crap out of us. Not sure why we didn't run back into my friends' house. There were like 20 people there. I've had two instances in my life of being chased by people. One was on Warner when some drunks guys threw eggs out the window as my friend and I were walking back to my place. Similar situation where we said something, they stopped and got out. Thankfully that was as far as it went. They got back in when we took off. The other was on Vine Street in OTR. I was crossing from getting groceries at the Kroger. Dude ran a red light and almost hit me. I gave him the finger. He slammed on his breaks, pulled a j turn, and chased me with his car down Republic. I ran into a construction site that was filled with workers and the guy glared and kept going knowing he was outnumbered. I've held off on expressing my annoyance with others publicly since haha.
October 16, 20204 yr This was an amazing post to a 90s Cincinnati facebook group - a request for a gift certificate to Scentiment's Rock City, which was primarily a clothing store where you could buy Doc Marten's, leather pre-Goth dance club stuff, fishnet stockings for the girls (and some boys), hair coloring before it went mainstream, car bumper stickers, etc. It was located in this storefront: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1296967,-84.5095618,3a,20.3y,95.1h,87.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPTUbC5F9OzEa1D4PhabkyA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192. The club clothes were on the ground floor and the band t-shirts were in the basement. The somewhat well-known local realtor Katie Bridgeman [https://katebridgman.comey.com/] worked there for awhile. Wizard's was Wizard's Records. Also, Scentiment's used to run TV ads on Channel 64. The slogan was something like "Scentiment's Rocks - it's where Cincy buys their Doc's". Channel 64 also ran commercials for specific new rock albums. I so clearly remember seeing the ad for Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger in 1991 or 1992. The commercial's announcer was like the same guy who did monster truck commercials. Rock & Roll was so dominant back then that the record companies had the cash to run advertisements on UHF stations across the nation - there's just no comparison to that now. Nobody's impressed by an online ad in the way that seeing a commercial for subversive music in between ads for Tide and Pampers was.
October 26, 20204 yr I was over in Corryville yesterday evening by Hangover Easy and saw a pretty marge massing over where the new The District at Clifton Heights is going to be. Does anyone know if construction has started? Wasn’t sure if that massing was part of it or if it was construction on UCs campus and I wasn’t able to make it over to that side of campus.
October 26, 20204 yr As of last week they hadn't started on the District yet, but there are large cranes re-roofing Tangeman which might be what you saw from that angle.
October 26, 20204 yr 54 minutes ago, ucgrady said: As of last week they hadn't started on the District yet, but there are large cranes re-roofing Tangeman which might be what you saw from that angle. That is probably what it was then. Thank you!
October 28, 20204 yr It appears that whoever kicked out everyone and renovated this building is struggling to fill the place up. They have desperate-looking ads on Craigslist every day. It's too far from UC and people are willing to pay $100-300 more each month to live in the brand-new stuff within easier walking distance. No similar ads appear from The Deacon, U Square, 141 Wellington, etc. https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/apa/d/cincinnati-beautifully-updated/7216583774.html
October 28, 20204 yr 34 minutes ago, jmecklenborg said: It appears that whoever kicked out everyone and renovated this building is struggling to fill the place up. They have desperate-looking ads on Craigslist every day. It's too far from UC and people are willing to pay $100-300 more each month to live in the brand-new stuff within easier walking distance. No similar ads appear from The Deacon, U Square, 141 Wellington, etc. https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/apa/d/cincinnati-beautifully-updated/7216583774.html A lot of people prolly do not realize that there are stairs that lead up to E.McMillan st. So you are pretty close to at least Taco Bell, White Castle and that corner bodega, but other than that it’s really not a very walkable area. The only people I could see them trying to get are the ones that are recent grads who still want to live in Clifton but in a more “quite” setting or college students from CP Cincy.
October 28, 20204 yr 3 minutes ago, Ucgrad2015 said: are recent grads who still want to live in Clifton but in a more “quite” setting or college students from CP Cincy. I don't think you can live in CP Cincy if you aren't a student. Student rentals are pushing into Mt. Auburn (i.e. McGreggor Ave. apartmentshttps://www.google.com/maps/@39.1230171,-84.505427,3a,32.1y,165.64h,95.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szyyMogSR2ByZb2EguJFOQQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 ), to the far eastern side of Corryville (i.e. 523 Oak https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1305283,-84.4990047,3a,61.1y,165.26h,102.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWgPxi-jpkgW9RqTGXQvXAQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192), etc. I have seen college students living on Hearne Ave. north of Cincinnati Children's. These things were inconceivable as recently as 2015, and their really remarkable when you consider how many units have been built near UC in that same time. That said, we did lose 200+ houses near UC since the late 90s thanks to various MLK widenings, the Good Sam expansion that took out the homes on Dixmyth, the widening of Vine between MLK and the VA, and then the large-scale demolition of Louis, Shields, and Erkenbrecker by the Zoo.
October 28, 20204 yr 2 minutes ago, jmecklenborg said: I don't think you can live in CP Cincy if you aren't a student. Student rentals are pushing into Mt. Auburn (i.e. McGreggor Ave. apartmentshttps://www.google.com/maps/@39.1230171,-84.505427,3a,32.1y,165.64h,95.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szyyMogSR2ByZb2EguJFOQQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 ), to the far eastern side of Corryville (i.e. 523 Oak https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1305283,-84.4990047,3a,61.1y,165.26h,102.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWgPxi-jpkgW9RqTGXQvXAQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192), etc. I have seen college students living on Hearne Ave. north of Cincinnati Children's. These things were inconceivable as recently as 2015, and their really remarkable when you consider how many units have been built near UC in that same time. That said, we did lose 200+ houses near UC since the late 90s thanks to various MLK widenings, the Good Sam expansion that took out the homes on Dixmyth, the widening of Vine between MLK and the VA, and then the large-scale demolition of Louis, Shields, and Erkenbrecker by the Zoo. You cannot. I was saying that they would prolly try to swoon over those students who currently live in Cp Cincy and prolly pay close to the same amount but currently have roomates. But CP Cincy does have a shuttle to campus (at least they did when I was a student at UC)
October 29, 20204 yr 19 minutes ago, Ucgrad2015 said: You cannot. I was saying that they would prolly try to swoon over those students who currently live in Cp Cincy and prolly pay close to the same amount but currently have roomates. But CP Cincy does have a shuttle to campus (at least they did when I was a student at UC) That apartment complex was originally McMillan Manor when it opened around 2011. It was the only thing under construction in the whole area during the recession aside from the Hampton Inn on Short Vine. Around 2013 it changed names to "Sterling McMillan", but that moniker only lasted a year or so before it settled on "CP Cincy". The karayoke singing duo, the guy shooting free throws, and the couple chicken fighting in the pool have been in the front windows for a solid three years at this point: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1268199,-84.5040811,3a,15.5y,214.1h,86.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxsQLoeckw9nt-mGrHVVe2A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
October 29, 20204 yr 17 hours ago, jmecklenborg said: That apartment complex was originally McMillan Manor when it opened around 2011. It was the only thing under construction in the whole area during the recession aside from the Hampton Inn on Short Vine. Around 2013 it changed names to "Sterling McMillan", but that moniker only lasted a year or so before it settled on "CP Cincy". The karayoke singing duo, the guy shooting free throws, and the couple chicken fighting in the pool have been in the front windows for a solid three years at this point: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1268199,-84.5040811,3a,15.5y,214.1h,86.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxsQLoeckw9nt-mGrHVVe2A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 That building is older than that. I know people who lived there when I first got to UC in 2007. Pretty sure it was wrapping construction my first tour of UC in Spring of 2005 and opened for the 2006-2007 school year. Definitely pre-recession. It also had the name "Campus Park" at some point in time before simplifying to CP Cincy. We always joked every year when a new sign would go up and have a new name on it. The building is such a pile of crap. I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't either A) see an extensive reno or B) is torn down altogether before it reached its 25th anniversary. I remember going in it in 2007/2008 for the first time and being amazed at how poorly built everything was. Edited October 29, 20204 yr by jmicha
October 29, 20204 yr On 10/8/2020 at 4:10 PM, jmecklenborg said: It's for people who didn't go outside much as a kid. Realize that this is weeks old at this point. But how rude and judgmental. I was outside from sun up to sun down as a kid and I think it is pretty cool.
October 29, 20204 yr 1 hour ago, jmicha said: That building is older than that. I know people who lived there when I first got to UC in 2007. I would have sworn that it was built around 2008 (around when I moved to Corryvlle) but per the auditor you are correct, it was built in 2005: https://wedge1.hcauditor.org/view/re/0890003002300/2019/summary Look at the resale prices - a jump from $13.95 million in 2010 to $26 million in 2017!
October 29, 20204 yr I just distinctly remember driving back to 71 to head back up to Cleveland with my dad after touring UC for the first time and passing by it and thinking "wow that doesn't look like a nice place to live" haha. It's such an island. I always found it really comical how the pool wasn't heated and as a result of the courtyard being so small, sun could never reach the water, so it was always freezing and therefore nobody ever used it. What a waste of a perfectly good amenity when spending a tiny bit more would have made it usable for much more of the year.
October 29, 20204 yr 29 minutes ago, GCrites80s said: That lot across Highland actually has something on it now? Across Highland, there's a two-story building with the "Clifton (sic) Mini Mart" on the first floor. I don't know if the second floor has apartments or offices. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1267542,-84.5034031,3a,85.6y,140.36h,87.62t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snTZlKwbWgH1EaJPSYuG6ww!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
October 29, 20204 yr There are 20 parking spaces. Which makes it seem like maybe office space. But then one of the windows has a haphazardly hung flag in it, so maybe apartments? Who knows. It's horribly ugly regardless of what it is. Edited October 29, 20204 yr by jmicha
October 29, 20204 yr 3 hours ago, GCrites80s said: That lot across Highland actually has something on it now? It used to be home to an impressively sleazy corner store: At some point the house behind it was torn down and all that was left was the market itself, but the auditor's site doesn't have a photo of that: Also, the sales history on this thing is pretty wild. It was sold in 2005 for $450,000 to the LLC that tore everything down. That LLC lost a ton of money and sold their cleared lot in 2011 for $240,000 to a bank. The bank then sold the cleared lot for $200,000 to the current owner in 2015. The current owner is called Ganapathi, LLC. Ganapathi is a Hindu deity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha. The auditor says it's "Retail/Apartment Over". The owner probably built this for $300,000 so he's in for $500,000. No telling if he also operates the store or if he's renting the commercial space to an unrelated person. Edited October 29, 20204 yr by jmecklenborg
October 30, 20204 yr I remember they tore down the store like the week I moved to town so about October 1 2006.
October 30, 20204 yr 14 hours ago, jmecklenborg said: Also, the sales history on this thing is pretty wild. It was sold in 2005 for $450,000 to the LLC that tore everything down. That LLC lost a ton of money and sold their cleared lot in 2011 for $240,000 to a bank. Google Maps has a picture of the corner in 2007. There is a sign for future condos on the recently cleared lot: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1267654,-84.503408,3a,75y,139.77h,86.91t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sYwsFCg_iVQOVJRSpZ3OmcA!2e0!5s20070901T000000!7i3328!8i1664
October 30, 20204 yr 1 hour ago, Dev said: future condos Well that explains why somebody thought it was a good idea to pay $450,000 for the buildings and $50,000~ to demolish them. It's absolutely crazy how the banks were lending for condos back then. I haven't been able to find a stat but I'm sure that the number of condos built nationwide between 2015 and 2020 is a fraction of what were built 2002-2007. So much of the post-2015 housing crisis is rooted in the unwillingness of banks to lend to condo developments.
October 30, 20204 yr There's a small two-unit-per-building condo development going up along 33 in Canal Winchester. They are literally going up one at a time. They started on it two years ago -- maybe three. Has to be being done with cash.
October 30, 20204 yr https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2020/10/30/a-420-million-bet-on-cincinnati.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_6&cx_artPos=4#cxrecs_s More in depth info about the District at Clifton Heights.
October 30, 20204 yr 30 minutes ago, Ucgrad2015 said: More in depth info about the District at Clifton Heights. The thing is even at full build-out The District might not generate as much or even close to as much tax revenue as Deaconess Hospital did.
October 30, 20204 yr Yeah, but it wasn't exactly an either/or situation. Deaconess closed. So might as well redevelop into a huge development that will house thousands of people and hopefully create a positive effect on the area.
October 30, 20204 yr 8 minutes ago, jmicha said: Yeah, but it wasn't exactly an either/or situation. Deaconess closed. So might as well redevelop into a huge development that will house thousands of people and hopefully create a positive effect on the area. I could also see UC leasing out a lot of those apartments to students. UC has been growing each year and I know someone that works for the housing department and they told me that they have to lease out a lot of apartments that are not tied to UC so students will have a place to live. I could see UC leasing out a lot of these apartments so they don’t have to do it over multiple smaller apartments buildings.
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