April 10, 20178 yr The campus is going-on 200 years old and there are hardly any big trees. Fail. OU -- the state's most remote major university -- is actually its most urban and walkable. And tons of big trees.
April 10, 20178 yr ...those big trees are by the parts that are most similar to how they were originally. Of course there aren't going to be big trees yet in places like Campus Green, it was a parking lot 30 years ago. Give it time.
April 11, 20178 yr I actually really like the corridor between ERC and Rhodes. It feels very industrial and really appropriate for engineering. It's also very canyonesque which I like. That's fair, I definitely do appreciate the narrowness of it, but having spent so much time in Rhodes I may just be very biased against that building! :laugh: “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
April 11, 20178 yr Haha I can imagine. Rhodes didn't come out of an era of buildings that were pleasant to be in.
April 11, 20178 yr The renovation of the top floor of Rhodes was excellent, I do have to give the college credit for that. Hopefully they just do the rest of the building to match the quality of the upstairs room or even the refreshed lobby... “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
April 11, 20178 yr I like campus for all the reasons you pros can enunciate better than I can. But the new Linder? When I see the renderings, I think it would look at home in 1971 Queensgate.
May 16, 20178 yr UC breaks ground on $120M business school, unveils new renderings The University of Cincinnati officially broke ground on its new $120 million Carl H. Lindner College of Business this week. A ceremonial groundbreaking for the building was held on Monday morning. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/05/16/uc-breaks-ground-on-120m-business-school-unveils.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 18, 20178 yr UC envisions Innovation Hub as 'front door to the community' UC's 1819 Innovation Hub will serve as a research accelerator as well as a command post for a better way of interacting with the community, said Pat Limbach, vice president for research and interim president and CEO of the University of Cincinnati Research Institute, which will be housed in the hub. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/05/18/uc-envisions-innovation-hub-as-front-door-to-the.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 22, 20178 yr ...those big trees are by the parts that are most similar to how they were originally. Of course there aren't going to be big trees yet in places like Campus Green, it was a parking lot 30 years ago. Give it time. And there are plenty of big trees across the street in Burnett Woods lol. I like UC's campus a lot.
May 23, 20178 yr UC Health begins construction of $60M neuroscience institute, provides first look inside UC Health began construction today on a headquarters for the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, a $60.5 million outpatient center in Corryville that will treat people with neurologic and psychiatric diseases. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/05/23/uc-health-begins-construction-of-60m-neuroscience.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 23, 20178 yr ^Here's the YouTube video that the UC Foundation posted: I really dislike how the building seems to float above the street. At no point does it properly connect to the sidewalk. It seems like the only pedestrian access is up a <a href=" sidewalk next to the driveway entrance from Bellevue Ave</a>. Along MLK, Eden, and Piedmont, the building doesn't even try to meet the street.
May 23, 20178 yr For as good of a job as UC did with West Campus, they can't figure out how to make East Campus into a pedestrian friendly place.
May 23, 20178 yr For as good of a job as UC did with West Campus, they can't figure out how to make East Campus into a pedestrian friendly place. Yeah... and if you're walking to this new building from the west (Vontz Center), there will be no pedestrian entrance on the west side, so you'll have to walk all the way up to Bellevue Ave, then do a u-turn on the driveway and walk back half a block. Not cool!
July 13, 20177 yr Get a first look at UC’s $87M renovation of Fifth Third Arena Fifth Third Arena doesn’t look much like the home of University of Cincinnati basketball right now. But that’s a good thing. UC is in the midst of an $87 million renovation project that’s overhauling the 28-year-old arena. And even though it’s mostly an enormous hole inside the arena’s surrounding structure right now, things are progressing on schedule. That’s the word from Bryan Ramsey, project manager for the Skanska USA-Megen Construction team handling the project. Ramsey led a group of media members through the construction site Wednesday. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/07/12/get-a-first-look-at-uc-s-87m-renovation-of-fifth.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 13, 20177 yr College students assume that the university is getting rich off of parking passes and tickets. Those $30 million parking garages have to pay for themselves somehow.
July 17, 20177 yr Just found this drone footage of the Sears Building demo from a while back. Compare the size of the street between the gas station and the site here, to the drone pic travis took in in the MLK exit form. Way bigger now, and probably the reason that later addition to the building was demolished and not renovated like the rest.
August 3, 20177 yr UC is installing a new video board at Nippert, prior to the football home opener against Austin Peay on August 31: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/university-of-cincinnati/2017/08/03/ucs-nippert-stadium-getting-new-video-board/537663001/ This is great news and will improve the fan experience a lot at Nippert. The current video/score board definitely feels a bit out of date now.
August 7, 20177 yr UC will have a lot to show off for their Bicentennial in 2019 with newly renovated and constructed residence halls on the northeast corner, a new business school, a new alumni center. and if all goes according to plan, a redeveloped Calhoun Hall. Just snooping around on OFCC's website and it looks like they recently put out an RFQ for a new Master Plan which while update and replace the Hargreaves master plan, adopted in 2000, that has been so internationally celebrated. http://ofcc.ohio.gov/Portals/0/Documents/OhioReg/2017/RFQ-UCN-17183A-Planning.pdf I can imagine this being announced with great fanfare around the bicentennial, a la "Our Third Century" and I'm curious what people think are issues this plan will address. My speculations and hopes: Pedestrian improvements along Clifton, MLK, and Jefferson/Vine Light Rail/Streetcar connection Connecting to Burnet Woods DAAP Expansion (it appears that all of the undergrads are sitting on each other's laps, SoA is being squeezed into off campus facilities, severe lack of ~20 person meeting rooms and critique spaces) Medical Campus green space improvements Redevelopment of Law School corner/Replacement of Law School
August 7, 20177 yr Somehow I had missed the news that a renovation of Calhoun Hall was moving forward. Have they released any renderings of what it'll look like? Any chance they will reopen the Calhoun Street entrance now that Calhoun Street has been fully redeveloped?
August 7, 20177 yr UC is installing a new video board at Nippert, prior to the football home opener against Austin Peay on August 31: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/university-of-cincinnati/2017/08/03/ucs-nippert-stadium-getting-new-video-board/537663001/ This is great news and will improve the fan experience a lot at Nippert. The current video/score board definitely feels a bit out of date now. The video board and sound system certainly needed upgrading. This should be a big improvement.
August 7, 20177 yr It is amazing how ugly that campus used to be compared to how nice it is now. Yep, and even off near campus. Coreyville looks so much nicer. Looks like all of power lines are buried on short vine, no poles anymore. When did that happen?
August 7, 20177 yr They added signs that say "SHORT VINE" above the arches recently. The concrete cube things are all a little nicked-up and a few have been hit and knocked out of square. It makes it look much more "lived-in" than it did when they first installed them about 2 years ago.
August 7, 20177 yr I was taking a tour of the firm that won the bid last semester, can't recall which at the moment, and I remember seeings some renderings and models hidden in a cubicle. Didn't take any pictures but from what I can remember there were multiple 3 story cubic forms extruding in and out of the building, with one larger one punching a square hole through the middle, all of this being from about floors 6-11. My memory could be off, it could have been a concept plan, student entry, or just them having fun, but it's something to think about I guess.
August 7, 20177 yr ^ Short Vine was redone in 2014 but the telephone poles weren't actually removed until 2016. That seems to be the standard practice in Cincinnati. Walnut Street in OTR got a nice new streetscape in 2014 or 2015 with all new sidewalks, human-scaled streetlights, and buried utilities, and yet the old telephone poles are still there to this day.
August 7, 20177 yr They added signs that say "SHORT VINE" above the arches recently. The concrete cube things are all a little nicked-up and a few have been hit and knocked out of square. It makes it look much more "lived-in" than it did when they first installed them about 2 years ago. I have heard multiple developer type people talking about how they want the name of the street to actually be changed to "Short Vine" because nobody knows what they're talking about when they say Short Vine. Maybe putting Short Vine on the arches was the compromise.
August 7, 20177 yr ^ Short Vine was redone in 2014 but the telephone poles weren't actually removed until 2016. That seems to be the standard practice in Cincinnati. Walnut Street in OTR got a nice new streetscape in 2014 or 2015 with all new sidewalks, human-scaled streetlights, and buried utilities, and yet the old telephone poles are still there to this day. Thanks for the intel.
August 7, 20177 yr UC Health lands millions for massive construction project The Uptown Consortium allocated almost half of the $41 million in New Markets Tax Credits that will help UC Health leverage financing for construction of a headquarters for the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute. The consortium, a nonprofit that consists of the university, UC Health, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, TriHealth and the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, allocated $20 million. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/08/07/uc-health-lands-millions-for-massive-construction.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 7, 20177 yr Some poles lingered at DeSales Corner for years before they finally expunged them. I suspect part of the issue is that the utilities that share the poles all bicker about who needs to take down what first, and they go back and forth a bunch of times gradually whittling away at it.
August 7, 20177 yr Some poles lingered at DeSales Corner for years before they finally expunged them. I suspect part of the issue is that the utilities that share the poles all bicker about who needs to take down what first, and they go back and forth a bunch of times gradually whittling away at it. In the case of Walnut Street they literally chainsawed off the top half of the poles. So the highest wires and the cobrahead lighting is now gone. However the lower wires still remain. It gives the street a really half-finished look, especially since there is still gravel surrounding the poles.
August 7, 20177 yr Yep, so Duke comes and removes their primary distribution wires from the tops of the poles, but they can't remove all the secondary distribution because it's still feeding Time Warner's repeaters and usually there's still a few service drops to buildings, and then maybe Cogent has some fiber up there, or even Cincinnati Bell (though nearly all of their copper POTS lines have been underground for a century now), and none of them will work while the others are in the way, blah blah blah.
September 19, 20177 yr Author EXCLUSIVE: University of Cincinnati wants new Uptown campus master plan By Tom Demeropolis – Senior Staff Reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier The University of Cincinnati is looking to select a master planning firm to assemble a comprehensive campus master plan for its main campus in Uptown. UC put out the request for qualifications to master planning firms in August. A total of 18 firms responded. https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/09/19/exclusive-university-of-cincinnati-wants-new.html
September 19, 20177 yr ^Interesting. I wouldn't have expected them to seek out a new master plan yet. It seems like they are still building on the existing one quite well.
September 21, 20177 yr University of Cincinnati finds a home for College of Law The University of Cincinnati has found a home for the new College of Law building. UC unveiled plans this afternoon for a massive renovation of Carl H. Lindner Hall that would transform the building into the new College of Law. The renovation is expected to be an investment of $40 million. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/09/21/university-of-cincinnati-finds-a-home-for-college.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 21, 20177 yr Any ideas as to what will happen to the current building? Word from a friend who works there is that the north side of Calhoun is to be transformed, including the dorms and old campus Y. Anyone have any info on this speculation?
September 21, 20177 yr Calhoun Hall and Siddall will be renovated. Architecturally speaking I have no idea what that will entail but expect something with a lot of glass akin to the twin sisters on the other side of campus. Santa Ono did announce awhile ago that the YMCA would be renovated into something (campus services?) but I honestly don't recall what. But it'll be restored/renovated in some manner for sure. The rumors I heard while still at UC was that everything west along Calhoun past the YMCA would be developed similarly to UPA with parking below and residential above. Which makes sense. Filling in that last portion would help with creating continuous street activity along that stretch and that corner could serve as somewhat of a visual gateway for people walking along Calhoun and would frame Hughes nicely.
September 21, 20177 yr ^ cant see it transformed into housing it. Too small for much of that, plus it is a unique construction given that it is a wrap around a 1920s building. Best thoughts it is gets leveled because it is functionally obsolete for any other use.
September 21, 20177 yr Any ideas as to what will happen to the current building? Word from a friend who works there is that the north side of Calhoun is to be transformed, including the dorms and old campus Y. Anyone have any info on this speculation? Not sure what will happen with the current Law School building/site. Old Campus Y is going to become the Alumni Center: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2016/10/12/uc-planning-30-million-alumni-center.html Last November UC announced plans to renovate Calhoun Hall (to be completed by fall 2020): https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2016/11/02/uc-planning-45-million-renovation-project.html
September 21, 20177 yr Are there plans/renderings associated with those articles? Or more info? They're behind the paywall so hard to know what exactly is being planned.
September 22, 20177 yr One of the keys is that the Law School only has 400 students, so they can renovate Lindner (84,000 sq ft) which was designed for 1,800 students and make it a superb facility for 400 law students (plus the faculty). The current design of Lindner is bad in lots of ways, but it's all fixable, especially since the total # of students using it will be so much less than currently. The total budget for the renovation is $40 million, and for that cost I suspect they will end up with a much nicer and larger product than if they had demolished Lindner and started from scratch. The plan for the building is to replace its tinted windows with clear glass for more light, make classrooms bigger, add a large auditorium to host events, a law library, gathering spaces for faculty and students, and office space for faculty and staff. The building’s mechanical and electrical systems would be replaced, with a goal of achieving LEED certification. A glass-enclosed addition would also be built, offering students and faculty a high-ceilinged space to meet. McGrew said the revitalized building would be “a gateway structure in the northeast corner of UC’s campus.” Just 2 images were provided:
September 22, 20177 yr More details on the proposed Law School renovation of Lindner Hall: http://magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/collegeoflawhome.html
September 22, 20177 yr A few more images from UC: http://magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/collegeoflawhome.html
September 22, 20177 yr Some of the interior renders show staggered floor-to-ceiling windows, but all of the exterior renders show them maintaining the current ribbon window layout. As far as I know/remember, the current Lindner Hall doesn't have any window layouts similar to what's shown in the interior renders. From the exterior renders and the UC article, it seems like they're keeping the brick facade and window layout mostly in tact. Not sure if the interior renders are just mistakes, or if there's some facade where they intend to change the window layout. "Plans call to retain the building’s brick façade, but replace its tinted windows with clear glass to allow for more natural light."
October 2, 20177 yr UC has finished the renovation of Hannaford-designed Kowalewksi Hall (college of pharmacy): https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/10/02/uc-completes-34m-renovation-of-historic-building.html
October 2, 20177 yr Some of the interior renders show staggered floor-to-ceiling windows, but all of the exterior renders show them maintaining the current ribbon window layout. As far as I know/remember, the current Lindner Hall doesn't have any window layouts similar to what's shown in the interior renders. From the exterior renders and the UC article, it seems like they're keeping the brick facade and window layout mostly in tact. Not sure if the interior renders are just mistakes, or if there's some facade where they intend to change the window layout. "Plans call to retain the building’s brick façade, but replace its tinted windows with clear glass to allow for more natural light." I think maybe the big windows are where the hallways are now in the 2 story wing and the strips are in the taller part?
March 2, 20187 yr UC’s $120 million Lindner College of Business hits milestone The new $120 million Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati hit a major milestone this week. The first phase of construction of the 225,000-square-foot building was completed March 1 as the final beam was set in place. “The final beam ceremony represents a major milestone for our college as we collaboratively build the future of business education here in Cincinnati,” David Szymanski, dean of the Lindner College of Business, said in a news release. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/03/02/uc-s-120-million-lindner-college-of-business-hits.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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