November 12, 2024Nov 12 2 hours ago, zsnyder said: Remember when that building had BALCONIES? I'd have to see photographic proof of that. It was built in 1967 so that was a bit before my time. Possible that it originally had them I suppose.
November 12, 2024Nov 12 Just looked up video of the Sander Hall demolition and it didn't have balconies in 1991. I've never heard they had balconies, but don't actually know.
November 12, 2024Nov 12 29 minutes ago, Rabbit Hash said: I'd have to see photographic proof of that. It was built in 1967 so that was a bit before my time. Possible that it originally had them I suppose. someone drunkenly fell off one of them in the late 80s early 90s and died. you could see one of the railings he bent on the way down for quite some time after until they got rid of them.
November 12, 2024Nov 12 30 minutes ago, ryanlammi said: Just looked up video of the Sander Hall demolition and it didn't have balconies in 1991. I've never heard they had balconies, but don't actually know. Would have been 1986 if I had to pin it down. I had a friend who lived in Daniels around that time.
November 12, 2024Nov 12 3 hours ago, zsnyder said: Remember when that building had BALCONIES? Are you sure you're not remembering the three sisters buildings? Those had balconies before being renovated/torn down. I can't seem to find any images of Daniels where it has balconies.
November 12, 2024Nov 12 2 minutes ago, jmicha said: Are you sure you're not remembering the three sisters buildings? Those had balconies before being renovated/torn down. I can't seem to find any images of Daniels where it has balconies. Yeah that could be, I also don’t remember Daniel’s with balconies, and looking at the building I don’t see any sign of them whatsoever.
November 12, 2024Nov 12 12 minutes ago, 646empire said: Yeah that could be, I also don’t remember Daniel’s with balconies, and looking at the building I don’t see any sign of them whatsoever. The only "balcony" was the ledge outside the second floor windows. As a resident of a unit on that floor you could technically climb out there but was only 2' or so wide. Great for collecting trash thrown from all the units above.
November 12, 2024Nov 12 what made me remember balconies was the bent railing, but now that I've had time to think about it, I think there was a balcony at the base of the building that was hit and deformed, and my memory placed it higher on the building, therefor giving the entire building balconies. Anyway, i found the story on the library site. Was in the Enquirer on Nov 16 1987.
November 12, 2024Nov 12 3 hours ago, zsnyder said: what made me remember balconies was the bent railing, but now that I've had time to think about it, I think there was a balcony at the base of the building that was hit and deformed, and my memory placed it higher on the building, therefor giving the entire building balconies. Anyway, i found the story on the library site. Was in the Enquirer on Nov 16 1987. Yep. Young man was a Miami student and Lakota grad. Was a hoops star there. His father taught in the district as well. Very tragic.
November 13, 2024Nov 13 Greg Hand was the spokesperson for UC at the time and gave the quote for the article. Is he on this forum?
November 13, 2024Nov 13 That takes me back. Still remember getting his emails during my college years (09-13)
December 7, 2024Dec 7 Author Microsoft opens Cincinnati office with emphasis on AI By Liz Engel – Digital editor/Cincy Inno editor, Cincinnati Business Courier Dec 6, 2024 One of the world’s largest tech firms is planting a physical flag in the Tri-State with the addition of a new office within Cincinnati’s Innovation District. Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has opened a dedicated space inside University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub, a move being celebrated by local and state officials alike. The terms of the company’s lease agreement and the financials behind the deal were not disclosed. MORE
December 17, 2024Dec 17 Author Farmer Family Foundation gifts $2.65 million to UC Health to complete $8M project By Lara Schwartz – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Dec 17, 2024 The health system received $2.65 million from the Farmer Family Foundation for its Gardner Neuroscience Institute and neuro-ICU to help transform care for patients needing specialized treatment. The donation completes a campaign launched by the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Foundation in 2022 to complete around $8 million of renovations to the neuroscience floor and the neuro-ICU at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. MORE
December 17, 2024Dec 17 Author U.S. Bank to open innovation office in Cincinnati By Liz Engel – Digital editor/Cincy Inno editor, Cincinnati Business Courier Dec 17, 2024 Another Fortune 500 firm is planting roots at the University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub – joining the likes of Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, Fifth Third and more. U.S. Bank will open an innovation suite in the building, part of the Cincinnati Innovation District, in January, university officials said in a news release. The 1,200-square-foot office, located in suite 335, will provide U.S. Bank with a “great opportunity” to collaborate with the ecosystem, enhance its talent pipeline and develop its people, said Tim Held, chief information security officer and executive vice president for U.S. Bank. The lease has an initial term of one year with options for renewal. The space will be primarily utilized by U.S. Bank’s technology teams, particularly those focused on information security and innovation, according to UC. Exact staffing levels for the space have yet to be finalized. MORE
January 4Jan 4 On 10/22/2024 at 3:01 PM, The_Cincinnati_Kid said: UC’s board of trustees approves $275M for massive housing development, total project cost rises By Lara Schwartz – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Oct 22, 2024 The University of Cincinnati’s board of trustees has approved spending an additional $275 million for its planned Block 1 & 2 housing development. The money, allocated during a vote Tuesday, Oct. 22, will fund the construction and soft costs of the student housing project, slated for a 2.1-acre site at the northwest corner of East McMillan and Vine streets in Clifton Heights, effectively expanding UC’s campus south. The university purchased the land from College Hill Community Urban Redevelopment Corp. (CHCURC) after the board in 2023 approved spending $8.25 million for the acquisition. Previously, the board had approved $15 million for the project’s design work and an additional $36 million to fund site development. It's been billed by Pat Kowalski, UC's senior vice president for administration and finance, as a “gateway project” for the university. MORE Construction is fully underway and a crane is in the air.
January 4Jan 4 That's going to be a game-changer, especially coming up from Vine. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 6Jan 6 The Hub now has a leasing storefront...on McMillan right around where Duttenhoffer's was. Which is actually the hub of the area, not The Hub.
January 6Jan 6 Also, The Hub's interior is absolutely comical. It portrays itself as some sort of hip-happening nightclub, with everything (disco music, big thick door, etc.) but a velvet rope at the door. Then you walk in the place and it's just another el cheapo knock-off of the real things in NYC and Miami, yet mildly more coherent than The Deacon, whose lobby looks like a concrete parking garage.
January 6Jan 6 Some updates on the UC Campus Master Plan update process. September update here Edited January 6Jan 6 by tonyt3524
January 8Jan 8 The masterplan appears to be realizing that MLK is a lost cause car sewer, so University Ave should be the focus going forward for pedestrians and development and I really hope that UC and uptown in general pushes for more study into the uptown streetcar extension based off of this updated masterplan. The desired connection shown in the graphic above is reflected very well by CTSD's uptown streetcar route drawn by Hub Weber:
January 8Jan 8 36 minutes ago, Chas Wiederhold said: Do the Kessler Plan! Amazing! Thanks for sharing this. I've never seen it before. Fun to imagine what might have been!
January 8Jan 8 36 minutes ago, jwulsin said: Amazing! Thanks for sharing this. I've never seen it before. Fun to imagine what might have been! Its such an engrossing document You can see a copy in person at the main library but here is a digital copy. https://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll15/id/164987/
January 8Jan 8 3 hours ago, ucgrady said: The masterplan appears to be realizing that MLK is a lost cause car sewer, so University Ave should be the focus going forward for pedestrians and development and I really hope that UC and uptown in general pushes for more study into the uptown streetcar extension based off of this updated masterplan. I'm not seeing anything in the slide deck that indicates that they are giving up on MLK. I think all the emphasis on the comments about how bad MLK is, as well as the need for better lightning and gateway signage, shows they see it as a lost cause. The amount of crossings is not going to go away so they have to do something, if only at the intersections. Also, they have been working with the city for a redesign of University for a few years at this point, so the plan is just reinforcing what they were already working on.
January 8Jan 8 12 minutes ago, Dev said: I'm not seeing anything in the slide deck that indicates that they are giving up on MLK. I think all the emphasis on the comments about how bad MLK is, as well as the need for better lightning and gateway signage, shows they see it as a lost cause. The amount of crossings is not going to go away so they have to do something, if only at the intersections. Also, they have been working with the city for a redesign of University for a few years at this point, so the plan is just reinforcing what they were already working on. Isn't there also a separate traffic calming study being done for MLK and the intersection at Jefferson/Vine?
January 8Jan 8 4 minutes ago, tonyt3524 said: Isn't there also a separate traffic calming study being done for MLK and the intersection at Jefferson/Vine? I'm not sure. The city did submit a grant application for MLK west of Jefferson but I don't think that is what you are referring to. I assume all of this is a moot point with the BRT project upcoming though.
January 8Jan 8 2 minutes ago, Dev said: I'm not sure. The city did submit a grant application for MLK west of Jefferson but I don't think that is what you are referring to. I assume all of this is a moot point with the BRT project upcoming though. I believe it was this: https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ofcc.ohio.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Opportunities/RFQ/RFQ-23170A-AE-DATE-EXTENDED.pdf
January 8Jan 8 2 minutes ago, anusthemenace said: That is an extremely disappointing route extension. It needs to go to Clifton Ave. The RFQ says the study area does go to Clifton Ave: "A traffic engineering study will be conducted on Martin Luther King Drive (MLK) between Clifton Avenue and Eden Avenue, and on Jefferson Avenue between Martin Luther King Drive and McMillin (sic) Street."
February 18Feb 18 Author Take a peek inside UC’s $134M Indoor Practice Facility and Performance Center By Steve Watkins – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Feb 18, 2025 The University of Cincinnati’s new Indoor Practice Facility and Performance Center is taking shape to the point visitors, and more importantly recruits, can see the level and quality of the on-campus building. It’ll be even more striking when the $134 million project is finished this spring. “We think the building itself with all the space and amenities puts us at the top,” John Daniel, senior deputy athletic director and chief operating officer for UC Athletics, told me as we toured the facility. “We were one of the very few Power Four-conference schools with no indoor practice facility. Now we see ourselves as at the top of the (Big 12) conference and among the top in the country.” MORE
February 18Feb 18 36 minutes ago, The_Cincinnati_Kid said: Take a peek inside UC’s $134M Indoor Practice Facility and Performance Center By Steve Watkins – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Feb 18, 2025 The University of Cincinnati’s new Indoor Practice Facility and Performance Center is taking shape to the point visitors, and more importantly recruits, can see the level and quality of the on-campus building. It’ll be even more striking when the $134 million project is finished this spring. “We think the building itself with all the space and amenities puts us at the top,” John Daniel, senior deputy athletic director and chief operating officer for UC Athletics, told me as we toured the facility. “We were one of the very few Power Four-conference schools with no indoor practice facility. Now we see ourselves as at the top of the (Big 12) conference and among the top in the country.” MORE Really top notch building, I’m hoping They get good on the field again.
February 20Feb 20 On 2/18/2025 at 3:47 PM, 646empire said: Really top notch building, I’m hoping They get good on the field again. The disparity in money between the Big10/SEC and everyone else is so huge right now that it's got to be hard to compete on the field due to NIL, but either way this building is great and has to help in recruiting. It's funny to think that our college team, who isn't even a top tier team nationally, has significantly nicer facilities than our NFL team. I'm sure Mike Brown will somehow get this to be a taxpayer funded improvement, despite him being a cheap ass.
February 20Feb 20 The only knock I have on the new practice facility, and this isn't UC's fault, is that it takes up so much room in the middle of campus. I really wish UC could have gotten Burnet Woods or some other land at some point so they could have room for things like athletics facilities and intramural fields. UC is a wonderful school with great academic and athletic programs but the fact that its so landlocked is a hindrance.
February 20Feb 20 4 minutes ago, JaceTheAce41 said: The only knock I have on the new practice facility, and this isn't UC's fault, is that it takes up so much room in the middle of campus. I really wish UC could have gotten Burnet Woods or some other land at some point so they could have room for things like athletics facilities and intramural fields. UC is a wonderful school with great academic and athletic programs but the fact that its so landlocked is a hindrance. I actually like how UCs campus is so compact. A UC official actually mentioned that this facility was designed in a much more vertical way because of the site restrictions compared to other schools. It created a much more interesting building in my opinion.
February 20Feb 20 13 minutes ago, JaceTheAce41 said: The only knock I have on the new practice facility, and this isn't UC's fault, is that it takes up so much room in the middle of campus. I really wish UC could have gotten Burnet Woods or some other land at some point so they could have room for things like athletics facilities and intramural fields. UC is a wonderful school with great academic and athletic programs but the fact that its so landlocked is a hindrance. They had an opportunity to build this on the Vine/Auburn/McMillan plot but chose to stay on campus. The convenience factor being close to other athletic facilities and academic buildings was a huge selling point to both admin and student athletes.
February 20Feb 20 On 2/18/2025 at 3:10 PM, The_Cincinnati_Kid said: Take a peek inside UC’s $134M Indoor Practice Facility and Performance Center By Steve Watkins – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Feb 18, 2025 The University of Cincinnati’s new Indoor Practice Facility and Performance Center is taking shape to the point visitors, and more importantly recruits, can see the level and quality of the on-campus building. It’ll be even more striking when the $134 million project is finished this spring. “We think the building itself with all the space and amenities puts us at the top,” John Daniel, senior deputy athletic director and chief operating officer for UC Athletics, told me as we toured the facility. “We were one of the very few Power Four-conference schools with no indoor practice facility. Now we see ourselves as at the top of the (Big 12) conference and among the top in the country.” MORE Just found this post and it definitely confirms my thoughts last time I drove past, this building is a BIG statement piece in person! My gosh. I’ve seen a lot of these facilities and this might be one of the top 5 most impressive for sure. I believe I read a comment from the architect who said they wanted a gateway signature building.
February 20Feb 20 2 minutes ago, tonyt3524 said: They had an opportunity to build this on the Vine/Auburn/McMillan plot but chose to stay on campus. The convenience factor being close to other athletic facilities and academic buildings was a huge selling point to both admin and student athletes. Yeah they made the right decision.
February 20Feb 20 Grand opening is estimated to be around Memorial Day timeframe. What's interesting to me is that this building will have some permanent C-Paw branding and signage on the outside which traditionally hasn't been allowed.
February 20Feb 20 2 hours ago, tonyt3524 said: They had an opportunity to build this on the Vine/Auburn/McMillan plot but chose to stay on campus. The convenience factor being close to other athletic facilities and academic buildings was a huge selling point to both admin and student athletes. I mean, I get that. But most of the time, even on urban campuses, these types of facilities aren't shoehorned into the main part of campus. I'm not knocking the facility as it looks a lot nicer than some of the other practice facilities around the country.
February 20Feb 20 When I was at UC is was an open pit they would store gravel and mulch and things in and I managed to survive. This is a much better use of the space.
February 20Feb 20 4 hours ago, JaceTheAce41 said: The only knock I have on the new practice facility, and this isn't UC's fault, is that it takes up so much room in the middle of campus. I really wish UC could have gotten Burnet Woods The decision to tear down 1/3 of Corryville instead of push further north into the little-used Burnett Woods is one of those what-were-they-thinking decisions in city history. I suspect that it had something to do with some sort of steam tunnel utility-sharing scheme between the university and the hospitals. So hey let's tear down 1,000 homes and multifamilies for a bunch of sports fields, an arena, and a 28-story dorm that we blow up 15 years later. I've always wondered if the EPA runs off power from the UC plant or why, exactly, they chose to plop that soul-crushing cube and its giant parking lot right where it is.
February 20Feb 20 5 hours ago, JaceTheAce41 said: I really wish UC could have gotten Burnet Woods Technically they did, UC's entire main campus was carved out of Burnett Woods when UC moved Uptown in the 1870s 😀
February 21Feb 21 11 hours ago, taestell said: Technically they did, UC's entire main campus was carved out of Burnett Woods when UC moved Uptown in the 1870s 😀 Cranley was actually correct when he called Burnett Woods "creepy". The decades tick by and still nothing ever happens there. There used to be a bunch of Monty Python LARP guys who did sword fights on the weekends opposite Crosley Tower but they disappeared 12-13 years ago. Then there was the flying trapeze over there for a year around 2016. Has anything happened there since Covid? I don't have to look it up - the answer is no. It's almost as dead as having a cemetery in that same location. So instead of taking over that deadness, UC bulldozed a living neighborhood. Look at Dabney Hall up-close-and-personal with Scioto:
February 22Feb 22 On 8/28/2024 at 1:28 PM, Lazarus said: It turns out that the "Punk Rock MBA" guy went to DAAP (drone footage of DAAP at 5:40): His Wikipedia bio lists U of Cincinnati: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finn_McKenty What's crazy is that this guy appears to sort-of still live in Ohio (looks like he worked at P&G and at Abercrombie & Fitch) and I've been active in all of this stuff for the entire time he's been here but never heard of him until he started this youtube channel. Because maybe just maybe he's a...poser. It turns out this guy, as I speculated, was a complete poser: Yeah so I was playing in bands in Cincinnati when he was at UC and never heard of him. The guys I hang out with now who played in much better and better-known bands when he was at UC never heard of him. Because he...wasn't active in local music in any way.
March 13Mar 13 Author Fast-growing Blue Ash firm inks lease at 1819 Innovation Hub amid major hiring push By Liz Engel – Digital editor/Cincy Inno editor, Cincinnati Business Courier Mar 13, 2025 The 1819 Innovation Hub has signed another new tenant – adding a fast-growing local firm that’s in the midst of a major hiring spree to its roster. Quest Defense Systems and Solutions, a product engineering services company that focuses largely on the aerospace and defense industries, will join the 1819 Innovation Hub at the University of Cincinnati in April. Terms of its lease were not disclosed. The move is the latest in a string of recent tenant announcements that also saw U.S. Bank and Microsoft open in the building. MORE
March 14Mar 14 Last week I noticed an amazingly small number of bikes parked outside of the renovated Calhoun Hall. There are national reports showing that bicycling is in decline and it certainly seems to be the case at UC.
March 14Mar 14 Is that decline in recreational riding or commuting? Obviously recreational riding had a boom during the pandemic.
March 14Mar 14 Well, and a student living in Calhoun is going to have all of their daily needs handled within less than half a mile from their home. I don't think a dorm, on campus, is much of an indication of anything related to transit choice.
March 14Mar 14 51 minutes ago, GCrites said: Is that decline in recreational riding or commuting? Obviously recreational riding had a boom during the pandemic. You can google it. The reports are uneven but it's definitely not trending upwards. I warned people 10-15 years ago that the fixie thing was a fad and all of those bikes are in the landfill now. Calhoun has about 800 residents: https://www.msaarch.com/projects/university-of-cincinnati I'm seeing 10~ bikes in that photo. Unless there is some sort of interior bike storage I don't know about, that's roughly 1-in-100 students. If there are 10 more bikes being ridden at the time of this photo, plus 10 in the building itself, then we're maybe at 1-in-30.
March 14Mar 14 1 hour ago, jmicha said: Well, and a student living in Calhoun is going to have all of their daily needs handled within less than half a mile from their home. I don't think a dorm, on campus, is much of an indication of anything related to transit choice. They're having stuff delivered to them and taking rideshare like crazy. I don't doubt that many living in nearby apartments are taking rideshare to the Hyde Park or Ft. Thomas Kroger stores rather than walk to the Corryville one. I don't think anybody is delivering food on bicycles in Clifton right now. Everything is either cars or electric scooters. Snag took over Duttenhoffer's Books and they appear to have at least 10 guys delivering on electric scooters at any given time. https://snagdelivery.app/
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