It kind of boggles my mind they don't allow any signs.  I guess they want it to remain a bit "quiet"?

It's not that they don't allow signs, they just mandate a very standardized look. I think the issue with Queen City Tours was that it would've been "too close" to Holtman's and The Eagle's signs according to 3CDC.

 

Better or worse than 1973?

 

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Well, we had a camera store in 1973, so I'll take that. But I am greatly disturbed by the number of cobrahead lights in OTR at that time.

Way better Cincy needs to embrace it's urbanity and large signs help!

 

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That 1973 photo is an unfair comparison though.  It's a telephoto shot taken from the former pedestrian bridge next to Fountain Square, so we're seeing basically the entirety of Vine Street from 6th all the way to the bend at Mulberry Street.  There's only about a dozen cobrahead lights on each side of the street, which is just one per street corner north of Central Parkway, but because of the telephoto shot everything is so compressed into a single focal plane that it makes everything look way more cluttered than it really is.

Maybe this is a better photo to compare?

 

https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/usnationalarchives/3887896354/in/set-72157622329537002/

Now that's a cool shot.  Awful color cast though.  Here it is fixed up.  Interesting that Vine was only one-way north to 13th Street.  Also you can see what's left of the "Barr's Loans" ad today https://goo.gl/maps/LHVr7FMKJ4J2

Notice how many more signs are on the right side of the street?

 

 

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I like these types of long vertical signs placed on the buildings. This is very prominent in Asian cities and really contributes to the feel of vibrancy at night. However I'm sure residents that have to live next to these signs outside their windows are not fans of it. Below is a photo I took from Seoul that illustrates the effect I am talking about.

 

Sad to see this and can only assume that their grievances are valid.

Uh no I'm not going to assume that at all.  They sound like a bunch of idiots who ran a terrible business. 

Sad to see this and can only assume that their grievances are valid.

Uh no I'm not going to assume that at all.  They sound like a bunch of idiots who ran a terrible business. 

 

I agree. Really, I was trying to be diplomatic. Who know whether someone offered up a racial slur. It only takes one idiot of a different ilk and we've got a "hostile neighborhood". OTOH, the motivation behind this is pretty questionable since most releases like this express deep gratitude to the whole community (or at least in part) for support.

 

I saw it as bluster.

They are prepping the site where the office building will go, as the final phase of the Mercer Commons project.

 

 

 

After the rear portion of the building on 14th was removed:

 

Slowing but surely OTR is beginning to restore it's original density.

Slowing but surely OTR is beginning to restore it's original density.

 

Not really.  The holes are filling in, but there are fewer units and/or people per unit in those spaces.  There is still time to build taller and larger structures on some of the bigger lots, and Liberty still holds opportunity to do so as well.

 

 

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You need to paint an H on that Round Flat Roof at the corner and use it as your OTR Drone Station and base of operations for all the flying you do. And live in that corner penthouse below of course.