Two great articles today from City Beat, the one about transportation is already up on this site and here's one about downtown entertainment.

 

 

Cincinnati searches for its next downtown scene

 

By CHRISTOPHER TOMLIN

 

www.citybeat.com

 

Photo By Joe Lamb

The old Redfish has a new lease on life as the Irish pub Sully's

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As a steadily increasing number of party-seekers are foregoing their old haunts in Over-the-Rhine in lieu of greener, admittedly safer-feeling pastures, there's a rumble downtown. Following the lead of Fountain Square's ongoing facelift, the downtown basin has begun to see a slow but steady influx of new bars, clubs and restaurants returning to the so-called mean streets. And the result could spell a renaissance of sorts for those who've long since sworn off heading downtown for a night out.

 

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Wow.  I completely missed the fact that a Whiskey Dick's had oppened downtown.

 

It says Downtown is on the upswing because it is true.

Citybeat?  Positive about the city?  Wha?  I must be drunk or high or something...wow...

 

CityBeat has some of the best journalism in this area!  They are generally fair/equal in their coverage...although they do lean left quite a bit of the time.  If you want news about urban issues that are fair and balanced look to CityBeat not the Enquirer....CityBeat is a MUCH better resource!

Citybeat is very anti-police at times. 

 

 

i disagree with city beat being fair and balanced... i think they push their left wing agenda just as much as the enquirer pushes their right wing... remember urban lobbying randy... everyone pushes their agenda.... ALWAYS

^Maybe you didn't read my post all the way.  I said "they do lean left quite a bit of the time".  Yes everyone in the world knows that it is a liberal publication, but I feel that they do a better job at covering urban issues than the Enquirer.  I'm not sure where I am off on that.  Since we are going back to Urban Lobbying class...remember the Enquirer guy said that they tell the stories they feel people want to hear, and that yes there growing readership is in the 'burbs.  They have an open policy about being negative towards inner-city issues.  Where as CityBeat will be pro-city sometimes, and criticize it other times.  That (imo) is more fair/balanced....THIS IS THE NO SPIN ZONE!

Yes everyone in the world knows that it is a liberal publication, but I feel that they do a better job at covering urban issues than the Enquirer.

 

All I can say about City Beat is that when a charity home tour was put on "Mulberry Hill Tour for Life" to help raise money for organ donor transplant awareness, City Beat called us up for ad dollars and turned around the week of the tour and stated, "Come to the Mulberry Hill Tour for Life as rich people open there doors to the less fortunate, see how the other half lives"  They were talking about OTR and MT Auburn.

 

I am not a big fan.

 

"One of the reasons we moved was because of the notion that Main Street just isn't seen as that safe these days.

Quick side note for those of you keeping score, OTR crime down 37% in January, Feb numbers not out yet but it should be even greater.

Well thats certainly a dissapointment.  I guess we are just royally screwed here in Cincy then when it comes to the media.

well at least there is always DERF.

I used to pick up CityBeat issues all the time to find out about concerts and other events in the city.  However, I found that several articles could be a little insulting, and the anti-police bias upset me as well.  I don't mind reading someone else's point of view.  In fact, I think it's a good idea to do so.  I just don't think it's a good idea to totally bash someone who has a different point of view.  They do have some interesting articles, but I don't read that paper  nearly so often now.

well at least there is always DERF.

 

:laugh: 

So I guess y'all don't listen to WAIF much, huh?

 

:-)

 

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Whenever I'm in Cincy I tune into WAIF and pick up CityBeat as we don't get this kind of left-wing POV indy media in Dayton.  It is a refreshing change of perspective.

 

 

 

 

Left wing, right wing, sometimes crap is just crap.

City Beat works in the New Journalism style, which came out of the 1960s counterculture underground press.  This is sort of a populist, oppositional and muckraking style of newswriting, which is found in similar publications that survive from that era, like the Chicago Reader.

 

CityBeat is not from that era, though, as I think it is a newer publication.  It just follows that style, which has become somewhat insitutionalized with these free "city" weeklys. So it is sort of a pose.

 

 I think there used to be another paper in Cincy prior to Citybeat, called Everybodys News ?

 

City Beat works in the New Journalism style, which came out of the 1960s counterculture underground press.  This is sort of a populist, oppositional and muckraking style of newswriting, which is found in similar publications that survive from that era, like the Chicago Reader.

 

CityBeat is not from that era, though, as I think it is a newer publication.  It just follows that style, which has become somewhat insitutionalized with these free "city" weeklys. So it is sort of a pose.

 

Right, what I said, CRAP.

An alternative approach is found in the Dayton City Paper.

 

They deliberatly avoid this New Journalist approach. Their weekly "political" page has a two sides of the issue format, where there is a story on an issue, and then two columns discussing it, one by a Republican, the other by a Democrat.  The paper focuses on lifestyle/arts things, and, aside from this point-counterpoint page, avoids politics.

 

 

the owners of Hyde Park's Beluga are eyeing the area as a possible site for a new restaurant, Tommy Flynn of McFadden's reportedly has a club-style venue opening mid-year and elsewhere downtown developers are recognizing the need for legitimate and bankable nightlife options.

 

GREAT, GREAT, and GREAT!!!  Downtown is really coming into its own.  I was out and about on Friday night here was what the scene was like.

 

First spot 8:30pm: Kaldi's on Main = packed to the gills people overflowing onto the street.  Then we walked down Main with some places being full others not.

 

Second spot 9:15pm: McFadden's = somewhat crowded as they were switching over formats and preparing for the night scene...people were beginning to fill up 7th St.

 

Third spot 9:30pm: Sully's = didn't even bother, people were lined up out on the sidewalk around the place

 

Fourth spot 9:45pm: Blue Wisp Jazz Club = as we approached the sound of jazz filled the air, and as we peered into the club not a darn thing was open...the most crowed I have ever seen it.  As we walked away we heard another group talking about how the Blue Wisp looked VERY cool and that they wanted to check it out.

 

Fifth spot 10:00pm: We were back on Main for the Bockfest festivities, and the temporary Bockfest Hall was very crowded with good times a flowing.

 

Final spot 12:00am: Skyline Chili...gotta feed the need for some hometown goodness!

 

 

All in all a frustrating night of places being too crowded to get into, but that is a good problem to have...especially that early in the evening!  Downtown is definitely turning a corner!!!

Bockfest definitely put some spring in downtown's step on Friday.  We were at Chambers Restaurant around 7:30 and the place was packed.  I don't even think they're open that late usually.

We were at Chambers Restaurant around 7:30 and the place was packed.  I don't even think they're open that late usually.

 

Chambers recently extended their hours.  They are now open until 8 pm on Monday through Friday.  It's good to hear that they were also crowded, though.