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11 hours ago, ucnum1 said:

Not that this one brings me any joy.MEMI has started construction on thier new ampitheater at Coney Island site.


FWIW, permit record only indicates that they are doing site clear of parking lot with back fill:
 

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APPLICATION FOR EARTHWORK ONLY - BREAK UP (PULVERIZE) EXISTING ASPHALT, PLACE NEW FILL

 

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Cincinnati ramps up parking enforcement with new officers, eyes neighborhood expansion

 

Cincinnati neighborhoods may see more parking enforcement officers in the next year as the city continues to slowly ramp back up enforcement following nearly a half decade of lax ticketing in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Parking citations increased from 6,100 to 9,102, year over year as of October 2024, with the department adding 12 new parking enforcement officers during the 2025 fiscal year, which ends June 30. Five more are being hired this spring, according to Markiea Carter, the city’s economic development director, which oversees on-street parking enforcement. The overall number of parking facilities employees is authorized at 41.

 

The department is “ensuring we are working to increase our revenues and optimize our system,” Carter told City Council on April 1.

 

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Developer breaks ground on large apartment project at former Springdale Cinemas parking site

 

An Indianapolis developer has broken ground on a project that will bring hundreds of apartments and townhomes to a surface parking lot that once served a movie theater in Springdale.

 

Milhaus began construction April 2 on Slate, a 306-unit development on 17.8 acres at the southwest corner of West Crescentville Road and Northwest Boulevard, just north of Showcase Cinema de Lux Springdale 18.

 

Milhaus is partnering on the project with Parse Capital, a residential real estate investment firm headquartered in Arizona. First Financial Bank is providing project financing.

 

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Love that those houses front a common green.

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City of Cincinnati to reevaluate hillside developments

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Apr 28, 2025

The city of Cincinnati has launched an effort to reevaluate what kind of development can occur on its many hillsides.

The city’s planning and buildings departments, along with the Hillside Trust, have launched the initiative. The city describes it as a “comprehensive effort to evaluate and assess the city’s hillside building and zoning codes to ensure that future developments are safe, responsible and are handled with precision and care.”

Nearly 20% of the city’s land area sits on a hillside with a slope of 20% or more. The city has some limits today on which hillsides can be built upon and what can be built there. Concern has grown in recent years about such construction as the region has been pelted more frequently with single-event rainfall that is supposed to occur once every 100 years or less.

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Blake really took it up a notch with his new billboards - were they AI generated???

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On 5/5/2025 at 12:23 AM, Lazarus said:

Blake really took it up a notch with his new billboards - were they AI generated???

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With those being the same cars the both billboards it looks like both sides of that accident are calling Blake, and he will end up facing his biggest enemy in court.........himself!

6 hours ago, SleepyLeroy said:

With those being the same cars the both billboards it looks like both sides of that accident are calling Blake, and he will end up facing his biggest enemy in court.........himself!

My read on these billboards are that he's behind all of the accidents in the first place.

And perhaps some other crimes.

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Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library reopens branch following $5 million renovation

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The Cincinnati Public Library’s Cheviot branch has officially reopened following a $4.95 million renovation – its first since the building opened in the 1960s.

The library’s primary focus was to make the branch more accessible. Previously, the building’s public space was split between two floors, with the only bathroom located on the lower level. Visitors with mobility aids needed to exit the building through the front door and enter again through the back to reach a restroom.

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Brewery District to begin underground tours of historic South Cumminsville tunnels

The nonprofit behind Cincinnati’s underground beer tunnel tours is expanding its scope outside the urban basin with the excavation of new tunnels that will be open to the public for the first time.

The Brewery District Community Urban Redevelopment Corp., which also operates Bockfest, will debut the underground lagering vaults beneath the historic Bruckmann Brewery complex June 7 during Urban Artifact’s Missing Linck Festival.

A shuttle will run groups between the festival in Northside and the brewery site in South Cumminsville less than a mile away.

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Many years ago, maybe 1974, friends took me to this brewery site. The cellars had been opened for some reason, and I think we got beer. I know we drank alcohol, but it could have been wine too. It was a neat thing to do—all those steps were much like Grammar's.

The Crosley brand name was revived about 10 years ago for record players that they sell at Cracker Barrel. Now the name is being pinned on record player furniture:


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Someone had a few too many last night.

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Those legs, Ikea AI?

The Andre the Giant stickers are making a comeback around Cincinnati...I just saw one on the 4th St. Bridge over the Licking River:

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Graffiti guys have been stenciling the circa-1998 "obey" face around town lately, most notably near the subway portal. The stickers date from the early 1990s. They came to Cincinnati relatively early because someone at St. X high school had an older brother who knew Shepard Fairey when they were both at RISD.

22 hours ago, Lazarus said:

The Andre the Giant stickers are making a comeback around Cincinnati...I just saw one on the 4th St. Bridge over the Licking River:

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Graffiti guys have been stenciling the circa-1998 "obey" face around town lately, most notably near the subway portal. The stickers date from the early 1990s. They came to Cincinnati relatively early because someone at St. X high school had an older brother who knew Shepard Fairey when they were both at RISD.

The Obey Giant on the subway and the one on the Crosley building appeared about the time he was in town for a 'get out the vote' thing at the CAC at the end of 2024. I'm betting it was him. I cant imagine one graffiti artist putting up another person's thing unless they were working together. The one on the subway was even tagged over so not everyone was welcoming about it.

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46 minutes ago, SleepyLeroy said:

The Obey Giant on the subway and the one on the Crosley building appeared about the time he was in town for a 'get out the vote' thing at the CAC at the end of 2024. I'm betting it was him. I cant imagine one graffiti artist putting up another person's thing unless they were working together. The one on the subway was even tagged over so not everyone was welcoming about it.

At one point you could buy the Obey Giant stencils on Fairey's website. I just checked and you can now download the stencils: https://obeygiant.com/engineering/downloads/

$21M Clermont County apartment project wins tax credits to proceed

One of two proposed Clermont County apartment projects is expected to proceed after receiving a tax credit award.

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency, or OHFA, at its May 21 board meeting announced a reservation in the highly competitive 9% federal low-income housing tax credit program for Columbus-based Spire Development’s Meadows project.

The $20.8 million Meadows project site occupies 5 acres at 0 Hospital Drive near state Route 32 in Batavia Township.

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Is it just me or does development seem to have stagnated in Cincy this year?

2 hours ago, anusthemenace said:

Is it just me or does development seem to have stagnated in Cincy this year?

It's not just Cincy, there is just a tremendous amount of uncertainty with the US economy, construction material pricing, labor pricing, labor availability and more right now. Many developers are playing the 'wait and see game', some waiting for the crash so everything is cheaper and some developers who depend on subsidies or tax credits putting their projects on the shelf as those are drying up. Housing is still in high demand, so those projects seem to be doing well still but across the board developers and their financers are feeling gun-shy.

On 6/2/2025 at 10:49 AM, ucgrady said:

It's not just Cincy, there is just a tremendous amount of uncertainty with the US economy, construction material pricing, labor pricing, labor availability and more right now. Many developers are playing the 'wait and see game', some waiting for the crash so everything is cheaper and some developers who depend on subsidies or tax credits putting their projects on the shelf as those are drying up. Housing is still in high demand, so those projects seem to be doing well still but across the board developers and their financers are feeling gun-shy.

Housing in Columbus downtown is a little slow and rent/prices has not caught up with costs.

That makes sense. Cincinnati has a lot more urban infrastructure already in place compared to Columbus.

Is it just me or are projects in Clermont County being announced at a faster clip. Beginning to remind me of circa-2008 Warren County.

1 hour ago, Chas Wiederhold said:

Is it just me or are projects in Clermont County being announced at a faster clip. Beginning to remind me of circa-2008 Warren County.

I'm not sure where that area of Loveland / Goshen / Milford, if that is Clermont? But, seems to be a lot of housing going up that way.

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