August 18, 201014 yr ^That was a typo I meant to say dry cleaners not a laundry mat. The Dry Cleaners would be nice to have specifically since the area will be upmarket and some of us need our suits freshly pressed.
August 18, 201014 yr I like how the Enquirer poses that headline as if this is some unheard of thing that never happens anywhere and means that the Banks are doomed to fail. It's almost like they want it to fail......... There's always people that want to see things fail. It acts as consolation for themselves because they fail a lot. They hate seing progress and hate change.
August 18, 201014 yr ^ This is armchair psychology that agree with. I have one particular friend that is not exactly lighting the world on fire in his career and in his personal life (you might even call him a loser) and he is always ragging on Cincinnati. Its like an obsession of his. I tell him to either adopt a positive outlook on his city or move. My friends that are happy with their careers/personal life love Cincinnati and cheer any progressive move made by the city. It's something to keep in mind when reading the negative and anonymous posters on Cincy.com. Their lives have probably not turned out the way that they hoped.
August 20, 201014 yr I think the Banks will help change that. It'll be a source of pride for the region.
August 21, 201014 yr I think the Banks will help change that. It'll be a source of pride for the region. Agreed. I just can't wait to see the city reconnect with the river that helped give it life to begin with. And it will look very nice to have a big park and development between the two stadia and the skycrapers of downtown. I think it will be a very cool place to be.
September 4, 201014 yr Bricks are happening. Looks like a similar type to the University Park Apartments on Calhoun Street.
September 13, 201014 yr Bricks are happening. Looks like a similar type to the University Park Apartments on Calhoun Street. That's what the drawings reminded me of, which I can't say that I'm thrilled about.
September 14, 201014 yr Anyone have any recent pics of the Banks/CRP? From today: "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
September 15, 201014 yr A lot of steel went up yesterday on the NE corner of Freedom Way & Walnut. This little sliver had been used for staging. Anyone know why this building is separate from the apartments/retail? Also, more bricks up... "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
September 15, 201014 yr I seem to recall that the building going in on that corner will have a slightly different style/shape than the main structure. And it will also not be quite so tall, maybe only 2 to 3 stories, and no apartments above.
September 15, 201014 yr Here ya go, I had to look as I thought it was part of the office building. It is actually a small retail space between the entrance to the garage in the middle and the apartments.
September 15, 201014 yr I still think "Freedom Way" sounds like some kind of hokey 9/11 inspired patriotic thing, they really ought to rename that street. Maybe "Pearl Street", which used to be in about the same spot....
September 16, 201014 yr Pearl Street was where Fort Washington Way is now. But I agree, it would be a better name than Freedom Way, which is ridiculous.
September 16, 201014 yr Freedom Way has always made me cringe, however if you think about it in a pre-Civil War context, as in it is at the entry point of the free-Northern states, it feels a little less lame than if you think about it as a post-9/11 inspired name.
September 16, 201014 yr These names irk me as well. I also believe it creates confusion for visitors. In the downtown area alone we have multiple honorary names that really should just be secondary street names. The two block stretch of Vine St. that is now Rosa Parks Drive Main St / Joe Nuxhall Way 1st Street(?) / Freedom Way I'm even for making both Pete Rose Way and Merhing Way secondary names and having Riverside drive continue on from the East End, through The Banks, and over to the West side. Call me crazy... "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
September 16, 201014 yr I'm for renaming of streets to be only honorary, which is how it's done in most places. Except for Pete Rose Way, he was way too important, that one should stay.
September 16, 201014 yr Unfortunately these names will never be renamed. Just like putting the Freedom Center on the Banks, these things were done to appease a certain group of people.
September 16, 201014 yr Unfortunately these names will never be renamed. Just like putting the Freedom Center on the Banks, these things were done to appease a certain group of people. I think that is the perfect place for the Freedom Center
September 16, 201014 yr New name for The Banks apartments via Cincinnati.com Current @ The Banks is the new name for the first apartment community under construction now at The Banks riverfront development downtown. Developers Atlanta-based Carter and The Dawson Co. said in a release Thursday that they picked the name because it shows “appreciation for the Ohio River” and is ”in keeping with what will be a hip, yet sophisticated place in which to live.” - Riverfront apartments get new name: Current @ The Banks via Business Courier of Cincinnati The riverfront apartments being built as part of the first phase of The Banks riverfront development have a new name: Current @ The Banks. The name was announced today by the project’s Atlanta-based master development team of Carter and The Dawson Company along with Village Green, the developers’ residential leasing partner. In addition, the project’s residential leasing center is now open to the public and no reservation or appointment is necessary. "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
September 16, 201014 yr ^That name is anything but "hip, yet sophisticated". Are the people that announce these things serious?
September 16, 201014 yr I think that is the perfect place for the Freedom Center I wholeheartedly disagree but to each his own. ^That name is anything but "hip, yet sophisticated". Are the people that announce these things serious? I'm not sure I could think of a worse name.
September 16, 201014 yr It's the kind of name that someone who fancies themselves a "hip" marketing genius might come up with -- notice how they included the "at" symbol. It's a residence for the internet age! It's alright though, nobody will actually refer to it by that name. People who live there will just say "I live at 120 Walnut Street" (or wherever it is)
September 17, 201014 yr Anyone who uses the word "hip" didn't go to a Top 10 party school. I went to two of them.
September 17, 201014 yr Phase II's first horizontal concrete pour occurred yesterday. Also, Channel 9 was shooting some video of the site today. "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
September 18, 201014 yr I think that is the perfect place for the Freedom Center Yes, nevermind the permanent obsolescence of routing from Dixie Terminal to the Suspension Bridge. Turned a transit hub into an office mall, and a bridge into a tourist route.
September 18, 201014 yr I think that is the perfect place for the Freedom Center Yes, nevermind the permanent obsolescence of routing from Dixie Terminal to the Suspension Bridge. Turned a transit hub into an office mall, and a bridge into a tourist route. Give it time. Shortsightedness is a gift everybody possesses!!!
September 21, 201014 yr They're constructing a crawler crane on the corner of Walnut St. & Berry Way. Not sure if this is for the Walnut St. Fountain construction or for drilling piles on the eastern half of the Freedom Center lawn. Guessing the later as I can't see this type of crane needed to construct stairs/fountains. "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
September 21, 201014 yr They're constructing a crawler crane on the corner of Walnut St. & Berry Way. Not sure if this is for the Walnut St. Fountain construction or for drilling piles on the eastern half of the Freedom Center lawn. Guessing the later as I can't see this type of crane needed to construct stairs/fountains. Speaking of that...I wonder if they are going to construct another tower crane west of the Freedom Center for the garage construction (similar to what they did on east side), even though it is just garage construction....for now.
September 21, 201014 yr I think that is the perfect place for the Freedom Center Yes, nevermind the permanent obsolescence of routing from Dixie Terminal to the Suspension Bridge. Turned a transit hub into an office mall, and a bridge into a tourist route. Give it time. Shortsightedness is a gift everybody possesses!!! Gotta agree with Blue Line here - though for a slightly different reason. The Freedom Center is way too big for its purpose. As it is, the complex needlessly occupies an entire city block. The museum and its amenities could have been housed in a building half its size, for how little interior space the actual exhibits take up. It's just a lot of wasted space (and money), in my opinion, for something that in all honesty isn't the tourist draw some might have intended it to be. Good idea, wrong location.
September 21, 201014 yr Speaking of that...I wonder if they are going to construct another tower crane west of the Freedom Center for the garage construction (similar to what they did on east side), even though it is just garage construction....for now. I was wondering that as well... They are moving along quite nicely without one though. In fact, where they have poured the ground floor concrete, they are starting to assemble scaffolding for the next garage level. "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
September 22, 201014 yr I think that is the perfect place for the Freedom Center Yes, nevermind the permanent obsolescence of routing from Dixie Terminal to the Suspension Bridge. Turned a transit hub into an office mall, and a bridge into a tourist route. Give it time. Shortsightedness is a gift everybody possesses!!! Gotta agree with Blue Line here - though for a slightly different reason. The Freedom Center is way too big for its purpose. As it is, the complex needlessly occupies an entire city block. The museum and its amenities could have been housed in a building half its size, for how little interior space the actual exhibits take up. It's just a lot of wasted space (and money), in my opinion, for something that in all honesty isn't the tourist draw some might have intended it to be. Good idea, wrong location. Right location, wrong situation. Once there is a reason to meander on down to the dustpile between the stadiums, I feel the Freedom Center will become that cultural draw Cincinnati sorely needs.
September 22, 201014 yr Completely agree with the above post. The Freedom Center will have a greater impact when the Banks is complete.
October 9, 201014 yr Bids being taken for Moerlein Lager House Business Courier of Cincinnati Contractors will have their first chance to bid on construction work for the Moerlein Lager House Friday. That’s when Schumacher Construction Management, general contractor for the riverfront restaurant and microbrewery, will send out bid solicitations for the building’s shell components, including the roof, structural steel, masonry and glass work. http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2010/10/04/daily42.html
October 9, 201014 yr Here are some earlier riverfront renderings I dug up as promised in the Cincinnati Streetcar thread.... A very early rendering, notice this is prior to the Bengals selecting the western riverfront, 1995 I believe I believe this one if from about 1996 Another early version From a marketing brochure for the 4th and Race Development by Madison Marquette. The riverfront amenities are identical to an early video of the proposed riverfront that was circulated Bonus: The mac-daddy proposed convention center expansion
October 9, 201014 yr Not to go too far off topic, but look at the Convention Center rendering... as unrealistic as it was, it would have been amazing had it been built.
October 9, 201014 yr ^And I really like the second suspension bridge in the first picture. Are those trains on it?
October 9, 201014 yr ^And I really like the second suspension bridge in the first picture. Are those trains on it? Ha!! Ya- looks like they have light rail lines running. wow. what a forward thinking people cincinnatians of the 90's were... haha
October 9, 201014 yr Hey Guys- I went for a walk around the Banks this afternoon and took a few photos- For those of you who may not have been down there in awhile it's starting to look great!
October 9, 201014 yr I feel very... well special- I'm capped at 200 kb and have no idea how to shrink my photos so they aren't completely grainy but to where I can fit more than 1 at a time... Any suggestions? - I took a bunch of great pics at the banks but hate having to lower the the quality of all my images and then still only put in one at a time... Thanks!
October 9, 201014 yr ^Open a picasa account with google and put the pictures there. It's free, easy, and they still show up here, but you're not actually putting them on the UO server.
October 10, 201014 yr I use photobucket and have never had a problem with it. Great early renderings too
October 13, 201014 yr I know it's a little late in the process but I wonder why there's no Marina in the current Banks design? A lot of the old renderings/concepts had a marina in them. One would think that that would be appealing to high-end condo owners. I know a marina is just gravy but I think it would have been nice.
October 13, 201014 yr Here is a 1996 image from the city's olympic bid. As you can see- the Marina in this image is to the west of I-75. and the Banks look almost exactly like they will in 2012.
October 13, 201014 yr Bizarrely accurate east of 75.... The stadiums and banks are nearly identical to what is built.... caps on FWW even :clap:.
October 14, 201014 yr Good news! Even with a recession and "over priced", this may jumpstart the other block west of the freedom center once the garage is done. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/developingnow/2010/10/14/20-pct-of-apartments-pre-leased-at-the-banks/ Current @ The Banks, the 300-unit apartment community under construction on Cincinnati’s riverfront, isn’t expected to open until March, but already 20 percent of the apartments have been pre-leased. Officials with the project said Thursday that pre-leasing activity has been “unprecedented” compared to other projects developed nationally by Atlanta-based Carter and The Dawson Co. and the community’s manager Village Green Management Co...
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