In no particular order from the first 2 weeks of April...

 

Former Cincinnati Enquirer building converted into a hotel:

 

 

 

 

The Banks:

 

 

Smale Riverfront Park:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Streetcar tracks turn onto Second St.:

 

Trench for streetcar tracks across Third St.:

 

The Banks, new GE building and apartments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conversion from office to apartments:

 

 

 

 

Goats:

 

 

 

I spotted this for the first time this week...looks like razor wire leftover from the old Camp Washington Workhouse:

 

Donkey shelter:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hyde Park:

 

 

 

 

It's crazy...in Hyde Park many of the old 4-families are now condos:

 

 

Walnut Hills:

 

Walnut Hills:

 

I-71:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mayor Cranley:

 

Attorney General Mike Dewine:

 

Senator Rob Portman:

 

Vice Mayor David Mann:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Backyard wrestling and a cult non-denominational church:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was held up at gunpoint on this block back in 2008...now it's a yuppie paradise!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To paraphrase you in real life, "Unbelievable."

Amazing pictures sir, you have a great eye.  Is the "yuppie paradise" student housing close to Short Vine?  Also love the pictures with the Big Mac on it, though I could not tell the vantage point.  Looked maybe like up the Gilbert Avenue Hill somewhere.  Well done!

Yes that complex is at the corner of Corry and Euclid. 

Great photos!

It is pretty neat with all the new construction going on in different parts of the city, the riverfront, downtown, OTR, Uptown Area and Walnut Hills.  We work very close to the project on McMillan in Walnut Hills and we are all excited for what those will bring.  They really went to the heart of the district there.  Also in Walnut Hills to look for to start up soon is the Baldwin Building apartments and the elementary school conversion and new construction building on Windsor in Walnut Hills.  A lot of money being put into the neighborhood right now with those three projects.

The addition to Nippert Stadium looks much bigger in person. I can't wait for it to be finished.

After spending a weekend in Denver being blown away at the amount of construction (a local pointed to the skyline and said, "The state bird of Colorado is the crane"), this set makes me happier- We may not have a ton of 20 story apartment buildings going up downtown, but we do have a lot of great development happening all around our core. 

Holy comprehensive set Batman!  Great job and thanks for sharing!

After spending a weekend in Denver being blown away at the amount of construction (a local pointed to the skyline and said, "The state bird of Colorado is the crane"), this set makes me happier- We may not have a ton of 20 story apartment buildings going up downtown, but we do have a lot of great development happening all around our core. 

 

For those who were here in the 90s and early 2000s, that period's housing boom almost completely bypassed this city.  There was usually one significant project going on in the downtown area at a time (i.e. Shillito or Krippendorf apartment conversions), but never simultaneous projects, or the situation we are approaching currently where there will be more projects going on than anyone can keep track of. 

 

 

 

Correct.  Which is why I hate when people talk about how Cities shrunk from 2000-2012 (Several reports lately).  2000-2007 was a suburban boom. Hence the housing bubble.  2008-2010 was a recession.  Cincinnati's renaissance has actually been about 2010 to today.  Think of OTR in 2009.  Just BARELY getting its roots in.  Walnut Hills... even Northside.  A friend of mine canvassed Northside for Obama in early 2008, then was blown away in 2012 when he spent more time there. 

We probably have a five year window where young people will be able to buy homes and condos in the city limits for very good prices.  There are few cities in the United States where you can buy a nice 1500 sq foot home for under $250,000, but here you can still get them in many neighborhoods for under $150,000.  The low real estate prices mean that you can also rent or buy space for a business for much cheaper here than most other cities.  If you want to say we're 10-20 years "behind" other cities in this respect, you should recognize it as an opportunity to make a lot of money over your lifetime.  You can to Boston or San Francisco and meet people raking in rent or able to sustain a hobby business or casual neighborhood bar because they've owned buildings for 30 years.  Here and elsewhere in the Midwest you have the opportunity to be that person when you're old.  The US population is going to increase 25%+ in our lifetimes, we will see most of the cities come completely back to life for this reason alone. 

Oh Cincinnati, I barely recognize ye anymore. Which is a good thing.

Oh, and:

Correct.  Which is why I hate when people talk about how Cities shrunk from 2000-2012 (Several reports lately).  2000-2007 was a suburban boom. Hence the housing bubble.  2008-2010 was a recession.  Cincinnati's renaissance has actually been about 2010 to today.  Think of OTR in 2009.  Just BARELY getting its roots in.  Walnut Hills... even Northside.  A friend of mine canvassed Northside for Obama in early 2008, then was blown away in 2012 when he spent more time there. 

 

A large reason for that population shrinkage was tearing down projects - and after the people left the projects their wasn't a 100% replacement rate in the city, some folks moved to the immediate post war suburbs (like North College Hill for instance or Colrain Township).  In Chicago its the south side suburbs and a few west side suburbs.

 

Manhole between the streetcar rails!

 

Thanks for the photos. There is indeed more going on than I can keep track of.