Ah ha.  So there really isn't any specific design plan to connect Yeatmans Cove and Sawyers Point with CRP?

 

I wonder if the Park Board has come up with any ideas in the past 2 years concerning this connection.

I wonder if the Park Board has come up with any ideas in the past 2 years concerning this connection.

 

Probably not, since they've been busy with their existing projects and an always limited budget.

A little off topic . . .

 

Rutherford. B. Hayes lived in Cincinnati or had a residence here from Christmas Eve, 1849, to 1873, when he moved full time to Spiegle Grove in Fremont after his second term as Governor of Ohio. He was Cincinnati City Solicitor from 1858 - 1860, a U.S. House member from Cincinnati's 2nd District twice from 1865 - 1867 when he became governor.  He was nominated for the Presidency at the 1876 Rebublican Convention in Cincinnati.  It can be said that he got the nomination because of his many of his local friends that were there. He was a member of the Literary Club and what would become the Cincinnati Athletic Club. His residence was primarily on West 6th Street for most of the time.  1860 - 1861 his office was on Court Street.  He was married on West 6th Street at his mother in law's house, now about where the north Millennium tower is.  His mother and father in law, his two brothers in law, and two of his children are buried in Spring Grove. Do I need to go on? :)

 

Oh, I'd love a Hayes Monument somewhere downtown.  CRP is going to have a Black Brigade statue.  I think a good location for Hayes would be on the decks over Fort Washington Way.  Hayes' law office in the 1850's was on the south side of Third Street. But I'll take one anywhere.

Randy I think the main task of the connection is to successfully advertise to people that there are three more parks stretching a mile and a half just around the bend.  So there has to be some element of the design that advertises that but also there needs to be literal advertisements in brochures for tourists and visiting conventions. 

 

I think the bicycle rental could turn into a big deal, since the 2-3 mile round trip to Bicentennial Commons or Ted Berry park is a distance that a lot of people who don't normally ride bicycles can handle. And when the trail is finished out to Lunken Airport, it will be a terrific trail for anyone visiting who does ride. 

 

 

giant ferris wheel in the shape of a steamboat wheel at the bend.

Not sure why this would be so tricky a connection. Public Landing's "steamboat trail" extends West up to the memorial, followed by that odd, slightly triangular patch of green space which sits somewhat forlornly along the river (and from which the Reds launch fireworks).  We have rented the pedal-powered devices in Yeatman's Cove many times, and the steamship memorial is our typical western turnaround, with Crystalline Tower at the East end of Ted Berry being the other.  When Mehring Way is reconfigured to the North, that patch west of the steamboat memorial will no longer be locked in by the asphalt and will be the link between the memorial site and the CRP, connecting all of the parks.  I doubt it's just going to continue to sit there in its current crabgrass and weedy state.

giant ferris wheel in the shape of a steamboat wheel at the bend.

sweet idea^

People are really stupid when it comes to spatial awareness, can barely read maps, and need to have things dropped in their laps and screamed right in their ears.  I know people who still claim to have not seen the QCS tower despite having claiming to have been downtown in the last few months. I think it will take nothing short of neon lights for people to know that there is more around that bend.     

People are really stupid when it comes to spatial awareness, can barely read maps, and need to have things dropped in their laps and screamed right in their ears. I know people who still claim to have not seen the QCS tower despite having claiming to have been downtown in the last few months. I think it will take nothing short of neon lights for people to know that there is more around that bend.

 

Or a giant ferris wheel in the shape of a steamboat wheel

Randy I think the main task of the connection is to successfully advertise to people that there are three more parks stretching a mile and a half just around the bend. So there has to be some element of the design that advertises that but also there needs to be literal advertisements in brochures for tourists and visiting conventions.

 

I think the bicycle rental could turn into a big deal, since the 2-3 mile round trip to Bicentennial Commons or Ted Berry park is a distance that a lot of people who don't normally ride bicycles can handle. And when the trail is finished out to Lunken Airport, it will be a terrific trail for anyone visiting who does ride.

 

Common signage and details along a bike path for the Oasis line could work.  Also, Rutherford Hayes memorials, and frankly any memorials  relating to the Civil War, should be on Central Parkway, in my opinion.

People are really stupid when it comes to spatial awareness, can barely read maps, and need to have things dropped in their laps and screamed right in their ears. I know people who still claim to have not seen the QCS tower despite having claiming to have been downtown in the last few months. I think it will take nothing short of neon lights for people to know that there is more around that bend.

 

"People" if you are casually referring to "humanity in general" is no more or less spatially aware than is necessary to have gotten us from Catal Huyuk to Cleveland. If, by your implication, the average person is too bewildered or afraid to navigate the city, does that say less about the person, or the city? Should not we first build cities to accommodate human nature?

Does anyone know what the progress of CRP will be by the next fall? Aren't we due for a Tall Stacks this year?

Does anyone know what the progress of CRP will be by the next fall? Aren't we due for a Tall Stacks this year?

 

The first phase of the CRP will be completed right around the same time as the first phase of The Banks...which means an early 2011 completion.

City, US reach deal on Riverfront Park

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100225/BIZ01/2260345/City++US+reach+deal+on+Riverfront+Park

I'm so psyched for CRP and Christian Moerlein's new place there.

What Progress! Spring 2010 Cincinnati Riverfront Park Construction Update

That's awesome!

I rode past Friendship park today, and there is quite a bit of contruction activity on the banks of the Ohio further east of Friendship park.  Does anyone know if this is just bank stabilization, or maybe an extension of Friendship park to the east?

^I've not seen this construction yet. The park website mentions no additions. It's be nice if it did extend on down to the railroad bridge...

I rode past Friendship park today, and there is quite a bit of contruction activity on the banks of the Ohio further east of Friendship park. Does anyone know if this is just bank stabilization, or maybe an extension of Friendship park to the east?

 

yeah, there's a lot of equipment there, not sure what for

Anyone know how they plan on handling the land meeting the river? It's really hard to tell in the renderings. Is it steps like the Yeatmans Cove? Is it a wall?  The PM mentioned in the video that they were working with the engineers and shipping companies to extend the land further out in to the river. Really curious how this will look.

Steps leading to a low wall suitable for pulling up a boat.

I rode past Friendship park today, and there is quite a bit of contruction activity on the banks of the Ohio further east of Friendship park.  Does anyone know if this is just bank stabilization, or maybe an extension of Friendship park to the east?

 

I can't say for sure, but Cincinnati did receive a significant amount of bank stabilization money for that part of the riverfront late last year.

Is anyone else familiar with Nashville's new riverfront park?

 

Cincinnati should play up the skyline shots w/riverboats some more I think.

 

Riverfront park projects gets $1M from Schmidlapp Trusts

 

 

The Cincinnati Park Board will receive a $1 million grant from the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts for its $60 million Cincinnati Riverfront Park.

 

 

Soapbox article on CRP and Moerlein Lager House

 

http://www.soapboxmedia.com/features/0406moerleinrising.aspx

From the towering Great American Tower at Queen City Square, to the astonishing and speedy rise of vertical construction on the Banks, the changes are real and palpable(and all this no matter what some closeted, knuckle-dragging, WLW-dialing klavern member at the Enquirer online message board would have you believe).

 

Best sentence ever!

Speaking of the connection to the existing parks, I wonder if they'd have any intention of reusing the old railroad right-of-way.  I believe they turned it into sort of a river walk in 1986 when the railroad was abandoned, and I'll bet that's when those dated red lights were installed.  Either way, there is a natural pathway, and it could be opened up to the "grass triangle" while still keeping the sidewalk along Mehring Way. 

 

 

 

Bring back the railroad!

Is anyone else familiar with Nashville's new riverfront park?

 

Cincinnati should play up the skyline shots w/riverboats some more I think.

 

 

I had no idea a river went through nashville and I've went through there several times going home.

The plans provide for a connection of the path past the steamboat memorial and a garden area in the greenspace. 

I've seen Nashville's riverfront park.  IMO, the actual park that goes down to the river....it's nothing to write home about. 

Bring back the railroad!

Infrastructurist just came out with a list of the Best New Urban Parks and Cincinnati Riverfront Park is one of them.  Here's the slide show: http://www.infrastructurist.com/2010/04/08/the-best-new-urban-parks-in-the-us/

Is anyone else familiar with Nashville's new riverfront park?

 

Cincinnati should play up the skyline shots w/riverboats some more I think.

 

 

I had no idea a river went through nashville and I've went through there several times going home.

It's the Cumberland River!

 

 

The plans provide for a connection of the path past the steamboat memorial and a garden area in the greenspace. 

Thanks Casey.  I've heard about this but have yet to see any renderings.  Will there be any incorporation with the steamboat river traffic near the park?  I think the skyline shots with riverboats (like the one from Nashville above) make Cincinnati seem like the old, grand city it really is.

 

 

 

I've seen Nashville's riverfront park.  IMO, the actual park that goes down to the river....it's nothing to write home about. 

^He's right but there is a 20 yr master plan underway to really capitalize on the Cumberland.

 

 

Read more here: http://www.nashville.gov/parks/riverfront/

It's a BIG deal!

 

I hope Cincinnati goes big with CRP and the rest of its riverfront.

I saw this photo at streetsblog.org and thought that it would only be a small leap for this to be a shot of Cincinnati.  The asphalt path is a little unfortunate, but if they have a lot of roller bladers then so be it. 

 

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dannyl/4491545201/#

Where is this located? That kindof looks like a future Cincinnati, like when they replace the bridges.

Looks like the Brooklyn Bridge

Yeah, Brooklyn Bridge Park. 

Guys, NO ONE on UO should have any trouble distinguishing whether or not a bridge is the Brooklyn Bridge.

Guys, NO ONE on UO should have any trouble distinguishing whether or not a bridge is the Brooklyn Bridge.

 

I wasn't going to say anything...

I wasn't referring to the bridge, but you guys answered my question:  "Brooklyn Bridge Park".

Be nice to your fellow forumer.

 

Unless they're just a douche bag.

Guys, NO ONE on UO should have any trouble distinguishing whether or not a bridge is the Brooklyn Bridge.

 

I wasn't going to say anything...

 

Haha, you guys are too funny.  That's CLEARLY Omaha, NE.

That's CLEARLY Omaha, NE.

 

Best laugh I've had all day. :lol:

This video just blew my mind.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNl2KkVdj_s&feature=player_embedded#!

Yes, they most definitely have programmed the living daylights out of this park.

Yes, they most definitely have programmed the living daylights out of this park.

 

Yeah, I was also disappointed that they got rid of the proposed animatronic statue of Timothy Dalton.

^Hahaha indeed.

A couple of people from the Cincinnati Parks Department will be discussing the Riverfront Park at the next Downtown Residents Council meeting on June 8th (3rd floor Main Library Tower Room @ 6pm).