May 6, 200817 yr From the Cincinnati Enquirer: Congress, Save the Queen Steamboat supporters rally to keep Delta Queen cruising BY ALLEN HOWARD | [email protected] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080506/NEWS01/805060343 DOWNTOWN - The sounds of a banjo, fiddle, bucket bass and pump organ spread over the Public Landing on Monday on the banks of the Ohio River as about 100 steamboat lovers gathered at a rally to try to save the Delta Queen.
May 15, 200817 yr The Delta Queen is docked today at Public Landing...from 5-7pm the Belle of Cincinnati and the River Queen from B&B Riverboats will be boarding from Public Landing as well. It's totally a coincidence but will be a mini Tall Stacks and good photo op.
July 4, 200816 yr Supporter: Unions could restore Delta Queen's luster http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/07/07/tidbits1.html
July 4, 200816 yr My god! Politics is root evil of all of the downturns this country is facing anymore across the board. Where's the revolution at???????
July 4, 200816 yr ^ I couldn't agree more. This is just a shining example of how government DOESN'T have the people's best interest at heart. I just love the headline of that article: "Unions could restore Delta Queen's luster". They're the ones CAUSING THE PROBLEM!!! They wouldn't be "restoring her luster", they would be backing down from their threat to destroy it altogether, but only if they get their way and get a unionized crew on board. Personally, I love the Delta Queen, but I'd rather see her decommissioned than used as a pawn in a labor union's game this way. BOO! :whip:
July 14, 200816 yr Delta Queen here Tuesday http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080713/NEWS01/307130029
July 30, 200816 yr Delta Queen attracting bidders on sale block http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/07/28/daily43.html
July 31, 200816 yr I don't like the idea of Chattanooga picking her up. What, no mention of BB interest this time? I would love to see somebody local pick this one up.
August 26, 200816 yr Fight Continues To Save Delta Queen http://www.wlwt.com/news/17300545/detail.html?rss=cin&psp=news
October 7, 200816 yr God save the Queen - before Congress sinks her By Peter Bronson • [email protected] • October 5, 2008 http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081005/COL05/810050319/1055/NEWS The Delta Queen is a wedding cake of a boat. It's a historic hotel on roller skates. A museum that floats like Ivory soap. A magical time machine that makes a lazy river stay up all night reading "Huckleberry Finn."
October 20, 200816 yr Graphics, slideshows, videos at the link... Delta Queen's trip here likely final Historical value and sheer beauty had no sway with US Congress By Cliff Radel, Cincinnati Enquirer, October 19, 2008 Two latter-day Huck Finns dipped their toes into the murky waters of the Ohio River.
October 21, 200816 yr Sorry I don't have a link to the article, but over the weekend I was in SE Ohio and was reading a print paper that said Biden was in town and mentioned that he and Barack wanted to help save the Delta Queen. It was just a sentence or two in a campaign stop, so not sure if it means anything.
October 21, 200816 yr Damn, I wish I was going to be in town this Tuesday to get photographs. Skip :)
October 21, 200816 yr I thought Alan Bernstein was interested in picking the DQ up. Anyone know what might have changed?
October 21, 200816 yr Scores turn out to say goodbye to proud ship By Cliff Radel • [email protected] • October 21, 2008 http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081021/NEWS01/310210014 They came down to the river early to wish the Delta Queen bon voyage. But not farewell. “This isn’t goodbye,” said Nancy Private of North Bend as she snapped photos of the endangered wooden steamboat, the last riverboat of its kind carrying overnight passengers.
October 21, 200816 yr That's a sad article. If the exemption doesn't pass I hope something is done to place her in Cincinnati. I'd rather see a floating steam boat museum than an unprofitable freedom center. Anyone from here go down today and take photos?
October 21, 200816 yr No, unfortunately. I was going to go down during by break, but I had to call in sick this morning (came in around 10, though).
October 22, 200816 yr It's times like these when my personal voting record is validated. What do you mean by that?
November 6, 200816 yr From New Orleans media. Delta Queen's Final Trip Ends Tonight http://www.wdsu.com/news/17916417/detail.html POSTED: 8:07 am CST November 6, 2008 UPDATED: 10:35 am CST November 6, 2008 NEW ORLEANS -- The Delta Queen arrives in New Orleans at 6 p.m. tonight, ending 40 years as the only wooden passenger ship cruising the Mississippi River.
November 7, 200816 yr Delta Queen group fights to keep her afloat http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/11/10/tidbits1.html The Delta Queen’s survival has come down to one last navigational challenge: Can the historic riverboat steer its way around two lame ducks and one golden parachute?
November 7, 200816 yr The Delta Queen will be losing an ally when Cincinnati 1st District Congressman Steve Chabot leaves office later this year. Chabot, who blamed unions for drumming up opposition to the exemption, lost his bid for an eighth term to Democrat Steve Driehaus. Love him or hate him, Chabot was right on the money with that one.
November 7, 200816 yr ^Is it really surprising that a Republican like Chabot would blame the Unions for the downfall of a business and/or entity? You know, a broken clock is right twice a day too.
November 7, 200816 yr No, not at all. But it's pretty clear that this whole thing started because the parent company refused to unionize. The union then used the Democrats to punish the company by grounding the Delta Queen via the needless expiration of its exemption, without any regard for a historic landmark or the people who enjoy it every year. I just wish that the real motive behind this would get more coverage (local and national) than it has so far.
November 7, 200816 yr ^Agreed. Personally I can understand the technical reasons for stopping its overnight trips (fire concerns), but I would like to see it continue to be used as a recreational cruise boat. It would also be desirable to see it used as a museum/floating hotel of sorts docked right on the Cincinnati riverfront at the Central Riverfront Park.
November 9, 200816 yr ^--- Docking any boat on the Central Riverfront is problematic, because it would interfere with the navigation channel.
November 9, 200816 yr Except if you look at the plans for the new park it is clear that there is space for docking boats
November 12, 200816 yr With the recent election, and the casino failing i was thinking that it would be very cool to see some type of Casino resort complex designed for Coney Island and the Delta Queen could be a taxi from downtown to coney. Having gambling there would tremendously help hamilton co. and also could make it possible to reduce the vast amounts of surface lots at coney as well as transform it into an elite resort. This could be a great resort with the horse tracks, riverbend, coney, a golf course, restaurants, and possibly a hotel. I'm guessing that there is a problem that this is in the flood plane.
November 26, 200816 yr Delta Queen's in limbo http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20081125/NEWS0103/811250391 This river city and the region's steamboat company will stay on the sidelines today when a deadline passes for companies to submit proposals explaining how they would use the beloved Delta Queen. But Covington hopes to be in the steamboat's future.
November 26, 200816 yr The legal restrictions obviously make it difficult but it seems like they could make it work with a littlle creativity. Hire a consultant to figure out possible reuses.
December 4, 200816 yr Local reps ask Bush to save Delta Queen http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081204/NEWS01/812040397/1055/NEWS Greater Cincinnati's congressional delegation turned to President George W. Bush on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to save the Delta Queen.
December 30, 200816 yr Delta Queen nominated for ‘most endangered’ Business Courier of Cincinnati http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/12/29/daily23.html Kentucky preservationist Donald Clare Jr. has nominated the Delta Queen riverboat as one of “America’s Most-Endangered Historic Places,” a move supporters hope keeps the historic riverboat in service.
January 4, 200916 yr 'Queen' may yet be saved Movement afloat to put steamboat on protected list http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090104/NEWS01/901040353/1055/NEWS She's tied next to her sister on a dock south of New Orleans. Federal law bans her from earning her keep by taking passengers on overnight river cruises. And, she wears a "For Sale" sign.
January 9, 200916 yr Incorrect alert on sternwheeler denounced By Evan Bevins, Marietta Times, January 8, 2009 A call to arms for Delta Queen supporters to derail a plan to convert the historic boat into a docked hotel turned out to be premature.
January 11, 200916 yr Delta Queen up for lease as floating hotel http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090111/NEWS01/901110321/1055/NEWS Pssst! Hey Buddy! Want to lease a landmark? The Delta Queen, a National Historic Landmark since 1989, is up for grabs.
January 11, 200916 yr Well who would go to the trouble of leasing this, docking it, marketing it, hiring employees to operate it, etc. if the lease could be terminated immediately based on the action of Congress? Sounds unlikely to stir up much interest.
January 12, 200916 yr Christ, if I had 10 mill!!!!!!!! Anyone on this site buddies with Lindner?? PLEASE NO HOTEL CONVERSION, ANYWHERE!!! They would gut the vessel entirely.
January 21, 200916 yr Covington Offers Delta Queen New Home Reported by: Robyn Tyndall Email: [email protected] Last Update: 8:30 am http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/Covington-Offers-Delta-Queen-New-Home/1sZZxF59tkSWv2RVFicTdg.cspx Covington city leaders say they would love to provide a new home for the Delta Queen along the banks of the Ohio River.
January 21, 200916 yr Happy to hear this, but I thought Covington didn't want any more boats. Maybe that was just barges, though.
January 28, 200916 yr :| <b>Delta Queen to reign as Tenn. hotel</b> By Cliff Radel • [email protected] • January 27, 2009 http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090127/NEWS01/301270064 Next stop for the Delta Queen: Chattanooga.
January 28, 200916 yr Proposed Banks project? Have you read any of the stupid, shithole comments left on the Enquirer over the wording in the article?
January 28, 200916 yr Coolidge Park is a 10 acre park...hardly anywhere near the scope, intent, use, or functionality of what The Banks is. http://www.rivercitycompany.com/ddvelop/public_places/coolidge.asp
January 28, 200916 yr it's a park. the article could at least compare it to the central riverfront park and not the banks.
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