Posted May 5, 201213 yr Today, we launched The UrbanCincy Podcast, a bi-weekly show hosted by me and featuring the whole UrbanCincy team. In some ways, it's a continuation of my previous Explore Cincinnati radio show. However we are planning to focus more on discussing important issues with expert guests. Our first episode features a discussion on BRT, featuring Randy Simes, John Yung, and Jake Mecklenborg, along with special guest Natalia Gomez Rojas, an urban planner from Bogotá, Columbia. If you're interested, please subscribe and be sure to leave comments over at UrbanCincy.com or in this thread.
May 5, 201213 yr Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 5, 201213 yr I'm diggin' the music! I feel like watching Beetlejuice. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 5, 201213 yr Jake picked it out! It's called "The Grunt Pt. 1" by the J.B.'s, it's an old King Records recording. THE J.B.'S - THE GRUNT PT.1
May 5, 201213 yr Great discussion. They should have a BRT route to Terry's Turf Club. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 5, 201213 yr Great discussion. They should have a BRT route to Terry's Turf Club. BRT to the TTC.
May 5, 201213 yr 2 Qs 1. can I get the "unclean" version? 2. Is The JBs related to The 2 JBs Presents the Spot down on McMicken?
May 6, 201213 yr 2 Qs 1. can I get the "unclean" version? 2. Is The JBs related to The 2 JBs Presents the Spot down on McMicken? 1. Not sure what you mean by unclean version. If ColDayMan is ever on the show, there will surely be clean and unclean versions. :) 2. The J.B.'s were named for being James Brown's backing band, and once featured Bootsy Collins and Maceo Parker. I've never seen what you're talking about on McMicken.
May 6, 201213 yr It kinda appears to just be "The Spot" now. In the 80s & 90s it was called "The Two JBs Presents the Spot". There might have even been an apostrophe in JBs. Anyway, I believe the management was music related. hmmm It's across the street & a couple doors down from the Imperial Theater.
May 20, 201213 yr On our second episode, Randy, Jake and I respond to the feedback we got in response to our previous episode on BRT. We also discuss the transportation poverty that will soon be facing members of the baby boomer generation who don't live in walkable neighborhoods and lack access to transit options. We touch on the trend of hospitals moving out of center cities and into suburban areas, and have a tangent about suburban developers that externalize their costs onto the taxpayers.
May 22, 201213 yr Texas Meets New York! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 22, 201213 yr ^^^Is that the episode where he and Dudley go over to Mr. Horton's house to watch 'cartoons'?
May 22, 201213 yr It was laundry day! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 22, 201213 yr It was laundry day! About the only acceptable excuse. Yet it still leaves open the question of why you have the shirt to begin with!
May 22, 201213 yr I have family in Texas damnit! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 1, 201213 yr http://www.urbancincy.com/2012/06/episode-3-new-media/ On the third episode of The UrbanCincy Podcast, Travis and Randy are joined by Chris Cousins and Rich Northcutt of UrbanOhio and Walker Evans of Columbus Underground. We discuss how new media outlets have changed the conversation on urban issues, and what role traditional media should play as more people get news and communicate via independent websites, blogs, forums, and other social media outlets.
June 15, 201212 yr We're going to be releasing three episodes discussing Cincinnati landmarks, recorded at the Society for Industrial Archeology's 2012 conference, which was held in Cincinnati. The first part is Jake Mecklenborg talk on Cincinnati's Incomplete Subway: http://www.urbancincy.com/2012/06/episode-4-cincinnatis-incomplete-subway/
July 20, 201212 yr Since my last post here, we've put out two episodes featuring some more great talks on Cincinnati landmarks: John A Roebling Bridge Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal
July 20, 201212 yr Now you need to talk about the greatest Cincinnati landmark of all: Richie's on Woolper "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 20, 201212 yr There was a CET show on Music Hall on during the Reds game yesterday. I caught a few minutes of it but ultimately watched the horrible game instead. Apparently MH was essentially the convention center for many years and had all kinds of crazy shows. People had model homes built in MH and shipped elsewhere in the city...lots of weirdness.
July 22, 201212 yr fellas, posting on your site is getting ridiculous. Do you want a photo ID? Fingerprint? Retina scan? Honestly, it's easier to vote.
August 21, 201212 yr fellas, posting on your site is getting ridiculous. Do you want a photo ID? Fingerprint? Retina scan? Honestly, it's easier to vote. I assume you are talking about UrbanCincy? Now that you say this, I just noticed that Disqus removed the option to sign in using your Twitter/Facebook/Google/Yahoo account. That's too bad. I guess everyone needs a Disqus account now (http://disqus.com/profile/login/). Sorry. Edit: I take that back. If you click in the box to leave a comment, you will see options below where you can log in using your Twitter/Facebook/Google/Yahoo accounts.
September 21, 201212 yr On the eighth episode of The UrbanCincy Podcast, Mel McVay from Cincinnati’s Department of Transportation and Engineering joins the UrbanCincy team to discuss bicycling in the city. We learn how the city decides when and where to install sharrows, bike lanes, and cycle tracks, and how the city deals with narrow streets, challenging geography, and on-street parking when planning bike facilities. We speculate on future plans for the I-75 corridor and Western Hills Viaduct, and get a preview of several improvements coming soon to that corridor. We also discuss how far Cincinnati’s bicycling culture has come in the past several years, such as the booming popularity of the Thursday Night Slow and Steady ride, the Urban Basin Bicycle Club, and several other themed bicycle events. Listen: http://urbn.cc/p2pm Subscribe: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/urbancincy/id524361802
October 8, 201212 yr On episode 9, we are joined by Kathleen Norris of the Brandt Urban Retail Group. I love talking with Kathleen; she has so much knowledge about the early history of the Gateway Quarter and why certain strategies were chosen. We also talk about urban grocery options, and how other options than full-service grocery stores can play a part in filling urban residents' grocery needs. Finally she tells us about the strategy for the area surrounding UC (including Short Vine and UPA/USquare), Restauant Row and the Backstage District, and why the city should be creating a comprehensive retail plan for the streetcar route. Side note -- thanks to everyone who is listening to the podcast, subscribing, telling their friends, and sharing the links on FB/Twitter/etc.; we have way more listeners that I would have expected after just 9 episodes.
October 8, 201212 yr You better thank that Wiremobile avatar of yours! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 11, 201212 yr ^^ I'm a subscriber. I'm gonna make it. I'm not gonna give up. Keep on subscribing! Keep up the awesome work ;-)
October 19, 201212 yr On the tenth episode of The UrbanCincy Podcast, Rome Ntukogu of Far-I-Rome Productions joins the UrbanCincy team to discuss Cincinnati’s music scene. We discuss the role of different venues in the local music scene, and why some local bands stick to playing in a particular neighborhood. Rome explains why many bands are taking a different approach to touring and selling merchandise, and we debate the positive and negative effects of social media on the live concert experience. We also question whether it’s important for local bands to have “Cincinnati pride” after they make it big, and discuss how mid-size cities can grow a music scene from the inside, without needing validation from larger cities. Finally, we discuss how more national acts are stopping in Cincinnati, the effects of music festivals like Midpoint, Bunbury, and The Heights, and the effects of opening more venues like The Emery. http://www.urbancincy.com/2012/10/episode-10-cincinnati-music-scene/ Moderator Note: Edited to fix Bunbury spelling for site search purposes
December 3, 201212 yr For episode #12, we were joined by Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls to discuss Plan Cincinnati, form-based codes, and "road diet" and similar projects that make urban neighborhoods more livable. http://www.urbancincy.com/2012/11/episode-12-cincinnatis-form-based-code/
February 12, 201312 yr Since I last updated this thread, we've had a few more episodes: * A 2012-in-review show featuring ColDayMan! * A show on Price Hill featuring Matt Strauss and Ken Smith of Price Hill Will * A show on Downtown Cincinnati Incorporated featuring DCI's President & CEO David Ginsburg And we already have a few more episodes recorded with great guests that will be coming out in the coming weeks. As always, the best way to listen is to subscribe to the show using iTunes or whatever podcasting app you like, but you can also stream individual episodes from our website. Finally, thanks to everyone who has taken the time to visit the iTunes store and leave us a rating or review, or leave comments on UrbanCincy with your thoughts on each episode.
February 12, 201312 yr Looking forward to the Michael Moore episode. The Director of Transportation and Engineering Michael Moore... "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
February 13, 201312 yr Looking forward to the Michael Moore episode. The Director of Transportation and Engineering Michael Moore... Michael is a great person to talk to, and even after 45 minutes, there were so many topics that we didn't get to cover before we ran out of time. That episode will be coming out in late February.
July 12, 201311 yr A few more highlights from the podcast: Episode #17: Kevin Wright of Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation On the 17th episode of The UrbanCincy Podcast, we’re joined by Kevin Wright, Executive Director of the Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation. We discuss the neighborhood’s history and how various changes have impacted Walnut Hills over the years. Kevin explains how the new direction taken by the Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation has resulted already in positive changes, such as the Buy 25 program, the two-way conversion of Taft and McMillan Streets, and several buildings that are being preserved and restored by WHRF. Kevin explains how Walnut Hills will benefit from younger generations that want a single-family home close to the urban core. Finally, we discuss how the casino, a new I-71 interchange, and other projects around Uptown would affect Walnut Hills. Episode #21: Chuck Marohn of Strong Towns On the 21st episode of The UrbanCincy Podcast, we’re joined by Chuck Marohn, Executive Director of Strong Towns and author of Thoughts on Building Strong Towns, Volume 1. We discuss what goes into building a strong town, and how cities and towns of all sizes can make smarter investments instead of creating a “growth Ponzi scheme.” We also discuss how concepts like “new urbanism” and “smart growth” could be better articulated to appeal to a broader audience. Episode #22: Better Beer in Cincinnati On the 22nd episode of The UrbanCincy Podcast, we’re joined by Carla Gesell-Streeter and Tom Streeter, creators of the website Hoperatives, which focuses on “better beer (in Cincinnati and beyond).” We discuss how old breweries like Hudepohl were able to hold their own against giants like Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors, and why craft beer is now making a comeback across the country. Tom and Carla explain how Cincinnati’s many local breweries are differentiating themselves, not only with their marketing but with their own unique styles of beer.
July 19, 201311 yr Episode #23: Cincinnati’s Transportation History On the 23rd episode of The UrbanCincy Podcast, we’re joined by Jeffrey Jakucyk to discuss the history of several of Cincinnati’s transportation systems. We use Jeffrey’s website, Cincinnati Traction History, as the starting point for a discussion on Ohio’s interurban railways and the role they played as urban development patterns changed. We also use Jake Mecklenborg’s website, Cincinnati-Transit.net, as the foundation for a discussion on the history of Cincinnati’s interstate highways and proposed-but-never-built expressways. Finally, we discuss the future of these transportation systems, with the upcoming I-75 reconstruction and several proposals for commuter and intercity rail in the region.
August 2, 201311 yr Episode #24: ArtWorks and Power2Give On the 24th episode of The UrbanCincy Podcast, we’re joined by Greg Lutz, Development Coordinator for ArtWorks, and Laura Belcher, National Director for Power2Give. We discuss the role that ArtWorks plays in Cincinnati and some of the organization’s current projects. We explore the idea of using crowdfunding to fundraise for the fine arts. Finally, Randy explains the impact of public art on our local communities, and speculates on the public policy changes that could result from these efforts.
January 16, 201411 yr We just posted a two-part look back at 2013 featuring the UrbanCincy team -- Randy Simes, Jake Mecklenborg, John Yung, and me. In part 1, we talk about everything that went down with the streetcar vote. In part 2, we talk about all kinds of topics, including the future of Uptown, U Square, the Wilson Auditorium demolition on UC’s campus, the new interchange at Martin Luther King Boulevard, the Dunnhumby Centre, the Tower Place and Pogue’s Garage redevelopments, and the mystery of Phase II of The Banks, Manhattan Harbor, Blue Ash Summit Park, The Kenwood Collection, and the new Brent Spence Bridge. Quick note: If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute and visit our iTunes page and give us a rating or a review. Thanks!
July 25, 201410 yr A few episodes you all might want to check out: John Yung, Jake Mecklenborg, and myself discuss transportation topics including Uber, Lyft, taxis, the "Google Bus" phenomenon, and self-driving cars. John Lewandowski joins us to discuss Westwood Square are form-based codes in Cincinnati. John Yung and Jocelyn Gibson tell us about their trip to CNU 22. A Summer 2014 update with John Yung, Jake Mecklenborg, and myself. Angie Schmitt of StreetsBlog joins us to talk about Cleveland and politics across the state of Ohio.
July 25, 201410 yr How do we know these so called 'podcasts' aren't filled with all sorts of subliminal messages?
August 22, 201410 yr The newest UrbanCincy Podcast is up, and it features an All-Star cast of UrbanOhioans. Episode #39: UrbanOhio http://www.urbancincy.com/2014/08/episode-39-urbanohio/ Note: This episode contains a bit more explicit language than you are used to hearing on the podcast.
August 22, 201410 yr lol, "All-Star" :evil: Just listened, great episode guys. "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
August 22, 201410 yr The newest UrbanCincy Podcast is up, and it features an All-Star cast of UrbanOhioans. Episode #39: UrbanOhio http://www.urbancincy.com/2014/08/episode-39-urbanohio/ Note: This episode contains a bit more explicit language than you are used to hearing on the podcast. This link should probably be deleted due to the rampant profanity in the podcast. think of the children...
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