July 31, 20195 yr I just don't understand how they made the brick addition to the entrance so bad, why didn't they add windows or make it glass, would have been better than blank brick walls? Also, this has taken soooooooooo long, hard to understand that, will be what, 4 years since construction started when finished?
August 1, 20195 yr 20 hours ago, JYP said: It takes some real creativity to make some very nice historic structures look like they were transplanted straight from West Chester's "downtown" Well that's winegardner and Hammons for you, they built and developed a number of Marriott and Holiday Inn properties in suburban office parks all over. It's what they know. Somehow they got this idea they can do urban design for boutique brands like autograph and AC. There one man internal design guy is really old school, this design proves his lack of depth.
August 1, 20195 yr 18 hours ago, 513to424 said: Can't wait to see the interior... ? The guest rooms will be a floral hot mess. Was lucky enough to see the mock up room and thought I was transported back to the early 90s of Laura Ashley designs
August 1, 20195 yr In the original rendering it looks like the new brick additions were supposed to match the color of the original brick a lot closer. Wonder what happened there... That porte-cochere is awful, though. Edited August 1, 20195 yr by BigDipper 80 “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
November 4, 20195 yr On 7/29/2019 at 5:01 PM, taestell said: W&S views Lytle Park as their corporate campus and didn't want a pesky social service there. It's the same concept as P&G's private lawn, except that P&G actually owns their lawn, while Lytle Park is a public park, W&S just pretends they own it and bullies the Park Board into doing what they want. Cincinnati Park Board has now paused the renovation of Lytle Park "indefinitely" because Western & Southern has decided to sue to park board and withhold the funding that they previous promised. Again...W&S thinks Lytle Park is their own private lawn for their corporate campus and they do not care about nearby residents or anyone else that wants to use this public park. They are not a good neighbor.
November 5, 20195 yr 15 hours ago, taestell said: Cincinnati Park Board has now paused the renovation of Lytle Park "indefinitely" because Western & Southern has decided to sue to park board Is it Western & Southern who is suing the park board? I don't see that spelled out. It just mentions a lawsuit, without linking the lawsuit as coming from W&S.
November 5, 20195 yr The letter says there are "multiple lawsuits" so it could be someone else (nearby residents?) suing the city over the removal of those mature trees from Lytle Park. However the letter does explicitly say that W&S is withholding the funding that they previously promised for the construction and ongoing maintenance of the park.
November 5, 20195 yr 2 minutes ago, taestell said: The letter says there are "multiple lawsuits" so it could be someone else (nearby residents?) suing the city over the removal of those mature trees from Lytle Park. However the letter does say that W&S is withholding the funding that they previously promised for the construction and ongoing maintenance of the park. The group that opposed the removal of the trees is suing the park board and the W&S Foundation. Heard it on the news this morning. “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
November 5, 20195 yr In all of my time on this earth and listening to city politics and drama this ranks near the top of my list of petty fights that didn't have to happen. I bet this whole saga is what lead to the resignation of our promising new park board head Wade Walcutt. W&S could have just trimmed or thinned the existing trees a bit to get a better view or whatever their reasoning to cut them down was, but NOooooooo they had to go all scorched earth and prove their dominance over that little spot of earth. Im surprised they aren't salting the soil as we speak.
November 5, 20195 yr 16 hours ago, taestell said: Cincinnati Park Board has now paused the renovation of Lytle Park "indefinitely" because Western & Southern has decided to sue to park board and withhold the funding that they previous promised. Again...W&S thinks Lytle Park is their own private lawn for their corporate campus and they do not care about nearby residents or anyone else that wants to use this public park. They are not a good neighbor. you should probably update this. since it is not true.
November 5, 20195 yr ^ My post was based on this tweet from a WCPO reporter which claimed that there was pending litigation between W&S and the Park Board: Quote INBOX: Lytle Park renovation project paused "indefinitely," due to "pending litigation" with Western-Southern. The Park Board’s letter also says there are "multiple lawsuits" so I don’t think that the residents suing the Park Board is the only lawsuit. It also does explicitly say that W&S is withholding the funding that they previously promised for the construction and ongoing maintenance of the park. So I'm not sure what about my post is "not true."
November 5, 20195 yr Quote I bet this whole saga is what lead to the resignation of our promising new park board head Wade Walcutt. I’ve heard the issue there (and it was an issue from the start) was personality more than anything.
January 8, 20205 yr Get a look at Lytle Park Hotel construction: PHOTOS By Tom Demeropolis – Senior Staff Reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier The transformation of two buildings in downtown Cincinnati’s Lytle Park into a high-end, boutique hotel is nearly complete. More and Photos
January 8, 20205 yr This project is very expensive, but what is clear is that expensive isn't always better, and in my opinion often just looks tacky. It has a certain Vegas/gilded vibe that don't like, and it just does a really bad job of accentuating the historic structure. The old brick was covered over with drywall, you can all it "Venetian plaster" all you want, but instead of repairing the brick around where the old front porch was removed they just furred the whole thing. A glass atrium between two hundred year old brick buildings could have been a pretty incredible space, instead we got an upscale hotel lobby.
January 8, 20205 yr Just now, taestell said: This whole project just feels... off. You mean the fact that the structural columns are covered in garish ornament while the main entrance to all the guest rooms is a plain drywall hole? In the middle of your picture there was a Rookwood tile water fountain that was removed, I hope they put it back...
January 8, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, taestell said: This whole project just feels... off. It feels like the Holiday Inn, Airport location, just add a couple fountains in the middle and bam!
January 8, 20205 yr It looks like an old 1980's Holiday Inn off the Ohio Turnpike in Perrysburg. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 8, 20205 yr 45 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: It looks like an old 1980's Holiday Inn off the Ohio Turnpike in Perrysburg. Holidome!
January 9, 20205 yr 4 hours ago, GCrites80s said: Zanesville had a Holidome! The Perrysburg Holidome "French Quarter" closed in 2019.
January 9, 20205 yr Wow the Perrysburg Holidome was way more intense than the Zanesville one or the Montpelier OH one that has been home to the R/C Monster Truck and Pulling World Championships for 30 years:
January 9, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, westerninterloper said: The Perrysburg Holidome "French Quarter" closed in 2019. Terrible news! I met the legendary C-Dawg there! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 9, 20205 yr 11 hours ago, taestell said: This whole project just feels... off. To be fair it is still in progress, once they bring in the "Cars of Elvis" and collection of Liberace pianos it will all tie together.
March 4, 20205 yr On 1/8/2020 at 1:04 PM, taestell said: This whole project just feels... off. I will say that this space feels a ton better now that it's full of stuff even it's still not my style. They also replaced the Rookwood tile water fountain and the rooftop bar and event space is really really nice. The only problem with the roof is that it overlooks a now desolate Lytle Park.
March 20, 20205 yr Trying to open in the middle of a global pandemic seems like the appropriate way to cap off this ridiculous disaster of a project: Marriott transforms historic Anna Louise Inn and Earls Building into The Lytle Park Hotel https://www.cincinnati.com/picture-gallery/news/2020/03/13/marriott-transforms-historic-anna-louise-inn-and-earls-building-into-lytle-park-hotel/5046042002/?UTM_Source=Digital&UTM_Medium=Keywee&UTM_Campaign=Prospecting&gps-source=ADKWCIP&UTM_Content=P3&kwp_0=1606156&kwp_4=4792276&kwp_1=2031568&fbclid=IwAR3f0-kigg94wB-bC6E01KvyGXMB6DSRcYD5Dp_faMLg5CqMj21icWs4Hgw “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
March 21, 20205 yr It’s pretty terrible timing that’s for sure, if they weren’t months behind schedule this wouldn’t have been an issue but this is a pretty sh*tty time to try and open a hotel, bar and restaurant.
June 4, 20205 yr Looks better than expected, in my opinion not bad at all. https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2020/06/04/35-million-luxury-hotel-now-open-in-downtown.html?iana=hpmvp_cinci_news_headline
August 18, 20204 yr On 8/16/2020 at 1:23 AM, UncleRando said: This project is completed now, right? Correct! I've moved it to the completed projects. "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
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