I mentioned the Cincinnati Land Reutilization Program in the OTR projects thread, and listed two properties that could be developed on Goethe.  There is also one for the following:

 

* 218-222 Mulberry St., right at the "bend" at the foot of Main.  Citadel Building Group has offered to buy the property for $5,100 and develop (possibly) three single-family, owner-occupied homes.  I believe this has gone to the Finance Committee.

 

 

In the other thread I also mentioned the Miami Purchase Preservation Fund, and the rental housing they were going to develop in OTR/Pendleton.  I also mentioned 42 units, some of which will be developed in the Mt. Auburn area:

 

* 2155 Loth St. (1906, apartments)

 

Here's an article on the Keys Hill project from the 8/12/05 Enquirer:

 

 

PHOTO: Carpenter Brian Wright works Tuesday on trim in one of the condominiums in the Keys Hill project. Two dozen units in Mount Auburn are selling for $195,000 to $330,000, based on their size and view.  Photos by Steven M. Herppich/The Enquirer

 

PHOTO: Keys Hill principal Alan Rosenberg says Christ Hospital is within walking distance of the $5.5 million refurbishing project.

 

Revitalized units look to river, park

Keys Hill updates 1800s homes

The Enquirer

 

MOUNT AUBURN - The Keys Hill Collection is a residential project being developed by Keys Hill Development that brings together three buildings dating to the late 1800s at the top of Mount Auburn. The condominium project includes eight town houses at 1-8 Keys Hill Park; eight flats at 1925 Auburn Terrace; and eight row houses at 148-162 Dorchester Ave.

 

Keys Hill principal Alan Rosenberg says the group invested roughly $5.5 million in refurbishing, with new electrical and plumbing work as well as new appliances. The units are being listed for between $195,000 and $330,000, depending on the size and the view.

 

Read more:

 

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050812/BIZ01/508120357/1076/rss01

 

^ I forgot to add that the Park Board is replacing a retaining wall and adding a fence at the park in front of the above condos.  Some of that work can be seen in the first pic that The_Cincinnati_Kid posted.

Where is Inwood Village in relation to the Keys Hill project? Could Inwood Village feed off this project? I take it Inwood hasn't been started.

Inwood Village is maybe 1/3 of a mile from this development.  I'm not sure how it would tie in much.  About the only solid anchors in between are Christ Hospital and the Taft site.  Some of those streets just south of the hospital (Eleanor, for example) are still pure squalor.

 

Inwood Village is supposed to start some time soon.  I don't think it's started yet because I've been by a couple of times recently and I haven't seen any signs of anything going on.  I forget the timetable they're working on, but it's posted in the Inwood Village thread somewhere.

^^ I was speaking specifically of the following two properties, both rentals from the 1880s.  The latter one may even be vacant.  The former, I believe, has residents...I've seen people hanging outside on the stoops.

 

Most of the rest of that area bordered by Dorchester, Eleanor, Mason and Auburn consists of single-family or small multi-family dwellings in various states of disrepair.  I believe homeownership rates are pretty low, and these two derelict properties totally dominate that neighborhood.  As they go, so goes the surrounding neighborhood.  If someone could fix these up, it would do wonders for the area.  Jackson Hill Park is practically right outside the door.  The surrounding housing stock is really not that bad--it just needs a little love.

 

   

Anyone who is interested in seeing many of these homes on Prospect Hill, Liberty Hill, Keys Hill and the Hillsides of Mt. Auburn and Otr as well as Lower Klotter and Conroy can buy tickets at Miraclesforlife.org for the Mulberry Hill Tour for Life on October 9th from 12:00 to 5:00.  Discounts will be made available the day of the tour at select Main St. Restraunts, Bars, and Stores.  For anyone not familiar with the tour I am copying the Press Release that will be issued in a few days.  Please help support the ENTIRE hillside as well as the Miracles for Life Foundation.

 

Almost forgot to Mention, Paul Sturkey (Sturkey's/Encore) will be doing a cooking demonstration out of one of the homes on Conroy, and extremely rare pics of Mulberry from 1929 will be on display at one of the Vinyard Home locations on Mulberry St.  More items like these are being negotiated now and I will try and post them as we secure the contracts.

 

For Immediate Release

 

HUFF REALTY Presents the First Annual

Mulberry Hill Tour for Life

More than 40 downtown homes on display to benefit Miracles or Life

The residents of Mulberry Hill and surrounding communities are opening up their homes and their hearts Sunday, October 9, as they host the Mulberry Hill Tour for Life.  Presented by HUFF REALTY, more than 40 beautiful downtown homes will be on display to raise money and awareness for Miracles for Life, a national charity dedicated to promoting organ donation.

 

The Mulberry Hill Tour for Life will be a self-guided tour of for-sale and private property located in the Mulberry Hill, Prospect Hill, Over the Rhine, Mt. Auburn, Liberty Hill, Conroy and Kotter areas of downtown Cincinnati.  From 12 – 5:30 p.m. participants in the Tour for Life will have the opportunity to enter and admire lavishly decorated homes, some worth more than $500,000.

 

Miracles for Life is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness and funds to promote organ transplantation as one of the world’s greatest medical achievements and recognize the individuals touched by organ transplantation.  The organization celebrates donors and recipients, as well as organ donation advocates, medical professionals and volunteers, in particular, as heroes.  They strive to make these organ donor heroes a focus in the public eye, raising organ donor awareness, thus increasing the consent rate. 

 

Miracles for Life was created in 2001 by Larry Starr, retired Cincinnati Reds Athletic Trainer and his brother Tom Starr, who got a second chance at life in 1988 when Tom received a liver transplant.  Tom is dedicated to passing along his “gift of life” so more will enjoy a second chance.

 

Mulberry Tour for Life tickets are $15 per person ($25 per couple) and include silicon Miracles for Life bracelet that will get you into each of the homes, as well as discounts at many Main St. vendors.  Tickets can be purchased online at www.MulberryHill.org, www.MiraclesForLife.org and www.HUFF.com or at your local HUFF REALTY office.  Day-of tickets will be on sale at Milton’s Bar on Sycamore St. and in the Channel 5 parking lot.       

From the "You can't fight City Hall" Department...

 

* You know how hard it is to get things done in this city, and all of the pointless bureaucracy you have to go through?  Just ask the owner of 1618 Sycamore St.  They are now about to be able to build a $30,000 addition and rooftop deck, after first going in front of the Historic Conservation Board in 2003!

Like with anything start up a few personal relationships with people and things work a little faster.

They really are not that hard to get approval from usually.  They have approved some ugly roof decks.  The most recent one being 124W 14th Street (I'll have to post a photo).  It would be interesting to know the whole story.  Why even have a designated historic district if you don't stop incompatible construction?

Wasn't Inwood Village scheduled to begin in May of '04, nothing has happened up there that I have seen.  Vine St, north of E. Micmicken I believe will be the first area of Vine to take off (including Inwook Village).  Great houses, seperated somewhat from the worse part of Vine and if E. Micmicken and Peete redevelope (Jim Hohlbien Dev.) and MicMillan Park gets finished then to me this is a good bet.

as posted by grasscat in the OTR thread

* I mentioned in this post the plan by Belize Breeze, LLC to build single-family homes at 145 and 170 Goethe St.  Ordinances were passed in the 9/8/05 council meeting to allow this to happen.

 

* Citadel Building Group will build at 218-222 Mulberry St.  An ordinance allowing their purchase of CLRP land was passed unanimously by council.

 

Also we will see development soon by Mulberry Views LLC, the same group that brought the 5 new const. on Mulberry will build further down Mulberry, South side and also on Goethe and Seitz.  Kathy Fisher of Breen Fisher has completed 124 Dorsey and is close on 120 Dorsey and has the new construction on Boal.  Just one more thing, John Walter of Klotter Dev. is building (now) 2-3 new homes on Conroy St.(off Ravine and lower Klotter)  Go see what is going on up there, it is truly amazing.

I think I mentioned the new homes on Conroy in the Random Cincinnati Developments thread.  Those will definitely be a spectacular addition.

 

Also, you were speaking of Vine, coming down the hill.  I've noticed quite a few properties (especially on the eastern side of the street) that looked like they were in really good shape.  In fact, they stand out so much compared to what's generally in the area that you can't help but notice them.

New construction:

 

* 116 Dorsey St., a single-family home being built by Breen-Fisher and offered for $575,000.

 

* Here's a rendering of the Breen-Fisher project at 320 Boal St.  It's similar in what it offers to the 116 Dorsey home.  It's on the market for $595,000.

 

* Mt. Auburn Heights LLC is building a 7-car garage behind the Keys Hill condos.

 

 

Possible future construction:

 

* The ordinances proposed to allow Doug Spitz/Citadel Building Group to build on vacant land at 1738 Main St. and at 1743 Sycamore St. have been passed to the Finance Committee.  This land is part of the Cincinnati Land Reutilization Program (CLRP).  An offer has been made by the builder of $4,000 on the land at 1738 Main St. to build a single-family home.  The builder has also offered $7,800 to build a single-family home on the lot at 1743 Sycamore St. (SW corner of Sycamore and Mulberry).  Both are expected to go through.

 

HUFF REALTY Presents the First Annual

Mulberry Hill Tour for Life

Featuring Chef Paul Sturkey & Artist David Day

 

CINCINNATI, Ohio – The residents of Mulberry Hill and surrounding communities open up their homes and their hearts Sunday, October 9, as they host the Mulberry Hill Tour for Life.  Presented by HUFF REALTY, more than 40 beautiful downtown homes will be on display to raise money and awareness for Miracles for Life, a national charity dedicated to promoting organ donation.

 

The Mulberry Hill Tour for Life is a self-guided tour of for-sale and private property located in Prospect Hill, Mulberry Hill, and the hillsides of Over the Rhine and Mt. Auburn, as well as Conroy/Kotter in downtown Cincinnati.  From 12 – 5:30 p.m. participants in the Tour for Life have the opportunity to enter and admire lavishly decorated homes, some worth more than $500,000.

 

In addition to the beautiful homes on display, tour participants can enjoy special presentations by two prominent Cincinnatians.  Follow your nose to 526 Conroy where Cincinnati Chef and restaurant owner Paul Sturkey demonstrates some of the techniques he uses in his award-winning restaurants.  Recognized as one of the top chefs in the country by Ebony Magazine,  Sturkey just may teach you a few secrets to the upscale Contemporary American cuisine served at his flagship restaurant, Wyoming’s Sturkey’s, which has received both local and national acclaim from USA Today, The Food Network’s “The Best of” as well as Cincinnati Magazine’s “Best of.”

 

At 130 Mulberry Street architectural historian, designer and fifth generation Cincinnatian, David Day, will be displaying his drawings of Cincinnati’s past, present and future.  Day’s work has been featured in Over-the-Rhine: A Description and History, and Free & Public: One Hundred and Fifty Years at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.  Along with his wife Barb, he has also been involved in the restoration of many of the city’s architectural landmarks including the Old Enquirer Building and the Old Federal Reserve Bank Building.  He also designed the Over-the-Rhine Bell Tower at Liberty and Reading, created the mosaic under Findlay Market’s Bell Tower and even ventured into Kentucky to design the icons on Newport’s Peace Bell.         

 

Miracles for Life is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness and funds to promote organ transplantation as one of the world’s greatest medical achievements and recognize the individuals touched by organ transplantation.  The organization celebrates donors and recipients, as well as organ donation advocates, medical professionals and volunteers as heroes.  They strive to make these organ donor heroes a focus in the public eye, raising organ donor awareness, thus increasing the consent rate.  Miracles for Life was created in 2001 by Larry Starr, retired Cincinnati Reds Athletic Trainer and his brother Tom Starr, who got a second chance at life in 1988 when Tom received a liver transplant.  Tom is dedicated to passing along his “gift of life” so more will enjoy a second chance.

 

Mulberry Tour for Life tickets are $15 per person ($25 per couple) and include a silicon Miracles for Life bracelet that will get you into each of the homes, as well as discounts at many Main St. vendors.  Tickets can be purchased online at www.MulberryHill.org and www.MiraclesForLife.org.  Day-of tickets will be on sale at Milton’s Bar on Sycamore St. and in the Channel 5 parking lot.       

-END-

 

Also on the tour, Voltage will be at 126 Mulberry along with Haute Chocolate, and Kaldi's will be at 144 Mulberry, Hamburger Mary's will be at 1925 Auburn Terrace

 

Three free shuttle buses will take people around the hillside and 6 golf carts will be made available for individual streets

Discounts along with your bracelets inlude Happy Hour all day (starting at 1:00 because of state law) at

Cooper's on Main

Courtyard Cafe

The Lab

10% off at Greg's Antiques

Kaldi's discount for the rest of October

 

 

The Mulberry Hill Tour for Life is a self-guided tour of for-sale and private property located in Prospect Hill, Mulberry Hill, and the hillsides of Over the Rhine and Mt. Auburn, as well as Conroy/Kotter in downtown Cincinnati

:drunk: ??? none of those are downtown.. 

Are you going off an extremely strict definition of downtown, I did not say downtown cincinnati proper, to most people dowtown includes OTR and Mt. Auburn.  Please keep in mind that this is a press release going out to people in the entire tristate area.

 

A noun

  business_district, downtown

 

  the commercial center of a town or city 

:speech:

 

See you tommorow!

As listed in the DCI State of the Downtown 2005 Report

DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI PROJECTS

res

Mulberry Views (Vineyard Homes)

Single-family homes.

DCI

126-134 Mulberry St.

6

2004-

2005-1Q

1780-1810 Sycamore St. (Vineyard Homes)

 

DCI itself breaks "downtown" into CBD "central business district", OTR, CW "City West, MA "Mt. Adams, E, Eastern Ave., so when I do see you tomorow maby we can bring that up to DCI about including things other than the the central business district into its definition of Downtown.

 

Thanks for your support,

see you at the breakfast :wave:

 

P.S.

You forgot the first part of the definition; the lower part of a city

but you were right, it is a noun

^ Do you guys know each other?  :|

The media gets it right sometimes. this is a good example..Downtown Tour Of Living This Sunday.

 

 

 

  Downtown Tour Of Living

 

.

Reported by: 9News

Web produced by: Neil Relyea

Photographed by: 9News

10/2/2005 12:20:31 PM

You have a chance this Sunday to go inside more than 20-homes, condos, apartments and lofts around downtown and the Over-the-Rhine area.

The annual Downtown Tour of Living promotes the city as a neighborhood where people not only go to work and have fun, but also call home.

 

You can pick up your $10 ticket at several locations, including Sycamore Place at Seventh and Sycamore streets and The Gramercy on Garfield Place.

 

The self-guided walking tour runs until 5 p.m. Sunday

 

 

 

Well the young professionals are leaving, the cities are segregrated, the govenor sucks, people are moving out of the cities to the exburbs and beyond, jobs are leaving, homeless people are moving in, walmarts are taking over..etc..etc.. :-D

You have come a long Way Maximilian, we are proud of you.

Hey mike, how are the german lofts coming along? I haven't been over near mulberry for a few weeks. I can't wait for the tour! You guys should make this an annual event. This is really my fave part of cincinnati!

Actually it will be an annual event.  The German Towne Lofts are now on the MLS under Fletcher Zorbek (great company) and are priced between 190,000 and 210,000.  If you go by 79 Peete you can see what is planned for the rest of the lower part of the hill.  Come by Milton's the day of the tour, I will be upstairs and I will make sure you get a free tour pass on me.

Do you have an MLS link for those?  I'd like to see them.

Huff Realty will sponsor the Mulberry Hill Tour for Life, a tour of 25 near-downtown homes to help raise money for a charity. The event, from noon to 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 9, will be a self-guided tour of for-sale and private property in Prospect Hill, Mulberry Hill, the hillsides of Over-the-Rhine and Mount Auburn as well as Conroy and Klotter streets in Fairview Heights  :clap:

 

Thanks for the offer on the ticket but I want my $ to go to charity.

40 homes, several articles got the Mulberry Hill Tour info confused with the Downtown Tour of Living.

Cincinnati's hidden gems on tour

Preview the tour with AroundCinci's exclusive sneakpeak slideshow

By Stephanie Busack

 

While fall marks the advent of crisper air and of spectacular crimson, golden and ginger colored leaves, fall in Greater Cincinnati marks the kick off of a handful of home tours: each displaying distinct neighborhoods in the Tri-state; some benefiting a greater cause.

 

Preview the tour with AroundCinci's exclusive sneakpeak slideshow:http://www.aroundcinci.com/slideshows/.

The commencement of HOMEARAMA and Downtown Tour of Living—yet is dissimilar with its goal to benefit money for Miracles for Life.

 

More than 40 locations-single family homes, condominiums and rentals will be shown during this tour, which is on Sunday, Oct. 9, from noon to 5:30 p.m. Featured areas will include properties from Over-the-Rhine, Mount Auburn, Liberty Hill/Prospect Hill and Conroy/Klotter.

 

Mulberry Hill describes the landscapes and design features of each of the neighborhoods on its tour:

 

“[Mount Auburn,] the newest developments in Cincinnati’s oldest suburb meet at the top of Sycamore Street. Taking advantage of its closeness to downtown as well at its proximity to the city’s hospitals many of the developments boast of city views but all have a touch of urban charm.”

 

“Marking the northern edge of Over-the-Rhine the Mulberry Street area is a neighborhood in transition. With its mix of new construction, rehabs and buildable lots the area is desirable for those wanting a view and an easy walk to Findlay Market, Main Street and downtown.”

 

“The Klotter-Conroy development is largely due to the vision of John Walter. Having spent nearly two decades developing the streets he has combined contemporary design to fit into its vintage rehabs. The result is a charming neighborhood with community areas and sweeping views.”

 

All proceeds benefit Miracles for Life, a national, non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness and funds to promote organ transplantation as one of the world’s greatest medical achievements and recognize the individuals touched by organ transplantation. Miracle for Life celebrates donors and recipients, as well as organ donation advocates, medical professionals and volunteers, in particular, as heroes.

 

Presale ticket locations can be purchased at Huff Realty offices in West Chester, 7610 Cox Lane, (513) 644-4100; Hyde Park, 3536 Edwards Road, (513) 533-1900; Montgomery, 10040 Montgomery Road, (513) 792-3000. Tickets the day of the tour can be purchased at the following locations: Milton’s Bar Sycamore Street, Channel 5 Parking Lot and Conroy Street. Or you can purchase your tickets on-line at www.mulberryhill.org or www.miraclesforlife.org. Tickets for the show are $15 for singles and $25 per couple. The admission also includes a Miracles for Life silicon bracelet, which will also get you discounts at Cooper’s on Main, Courtyard Café, Milton’s Bar and Grill, The Lab and Greg’s Antiques. Parking is located at the Channel 5 Parking Lot on Young Street; Conroy Street, Ravine Street, Mulberry Street, Jackson Hill Park and Main Street. For more information call (513) 248-4665.

 

Stephanie Busack , a graduate of Ohio University's EW Scripps School of Journalism, is Assistant Online Editor for AroundCinci.

  966046

210,000  72 E Clifton Ave

 

966107

198,000  72 E Clifton Ave

 

966114

198,000  72 E Clifton Ave

 

These are the MLS numbers for the Hohlbien Development, they will aso be on the Mulberry Hill Tour on Sunday.  Now these are just the first of many.  New construction plans are going to be posted at the top of the Frintz streep steps on Mulberry.  7 are in the first group, 5 new construction are next but the total properties he controls is approx 90, all at Peete, Frintz, and E Clifton.

Thank you.

Kudos to Michael Redmond and all the folks who helped put on the Tour for Life.  Nice job!! :clap: Everything from the brochures to the signage was top notch.  The golf carts were a nice touch as well.  It was nice to see some of the new development.  The projects around Germantown Lofts look great.  I didn't realize the scope of that development.  Very cool...

Thank you for all your support.  We were very pleased with the turn out and appreciate everyone who came out and toured the neighborhood.  Hopefully we brought some much needed attention not only to the hillside but to the Miracles for Life Charity also.  Thanks again.

Couldn't make it today but hope all went well. I did see alot of people walking around the neighborhood! :-)

Let me begin by saying I appreciate everyones support, even if just in words, of the Mulberry Hill Tour for Life.

Let me end in saying that I am greatly disapointed in City Beat.

On September 14 I was contacted by an Ad representative of City Beat to advertise.  Not intending to do much print (we focused on TV) we decided to take out an ad that came out on September 28.

On one hand, City Beat felt it was ok to solicite us for money for an ad

On the other hand, they printed this in their Oct. 5-11 editionon page 51

 

Mulberry Hill Tour For Life

Rich people of the hills open their doors to the less fortunate so average people can see what they are missing.  Proceeds benefit the Miracles for Life organization.

 

We felt that printing this about a charity event was in the poorest of taste and hope we can get the support of our neighbors to let them know this.

 

 

^ That's horrible.  Why don't they say that about the other home tours?

I agree...that is horrible.  Besides being an event for charity, I see these home tours as a way to show what a community has to offer and what is available.

Thats because citybeat is a commie rag.. nothing surprising..Should have put it in cinweekly instead.

I guess CityBeat opposes homeownership, re-use of abandoned buildings and building on vacant lots.

Very poor taste on their part.

 

CityBeat has called me dozens of time to solicit ads, but they are a waste of time.  I once advertised a vacant unit and did not get one single call.  However, when you advertise for free on Craigslist, you get dozens of calls. 

Years ago, I used to pick up CityBeat when it came out so I could get the information on events, especially concerts.  They blurb they printed about the Mulberry Hill Tour for Life seems typical.  Eventually I stopped reading CityBeat all together because of their attitude.

After talking with several people who opened their homes on the tour about this, it was interesting to really see the demographic of the hill.  Retired History Teacher-130 Mulberry, Nurse-134 Mulberry, Social Worker-29 Mulberry, Nursing Home Admin- 131 Mulberry, sales person @ Voltage Furniture, 126 Mulberry.......Rich?  City Beat did not send anyone to cover the event, never questioned who lived up here, these are people who simply opened their homes to the public to raise money to help save lives.  It is ironic that we had a man who is within a three month window to find a liver transplant who made it to the tour, a man that walked around with a beeper attached to his hip just in case he needed to be rushed to the hospital for surgery, but City Beat can't send up a 20 something reporter to verify the true facts about this neighborhood.

That paper disgust me!

For some reaon I always got mad whenever i picked up citybeat, now this is the icing on the cake bye bye cityrag! :wave:

And I am sure the editor and the owner makes more money than most who opened their homes.

Ok, here is the scoop I have.  The CitiRama may be in jepardy (may be)  The City has apparently promised Doug Spitz the more attractive Main St. side lots.  This apparently is not within the plans that the HBA has so they may pull out or just adjust.  My biggest fear is that no development takes place there at all.

Well, that sucks.

any word on how many at the corner of Main and Mulberry?  And refresh my memory, I have seen Citadel somewhere else, what other dev. do they have?

Could you clarify what CLRP is?

Thanks for the map, it really brings home to me how important of a project this could be.  It is kind of like a knuckle between Main Street and the Development up the hill. 

CLRP is the Cincinnati Land Reutilization Program.  It is basically abandoned land that the city takes back and then sells to developers.  Here's the city's FAQ page on CLRP:

http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cdap/pages/-3486-/

 

Michael...I believe Citadel is Doug Spitz.

He is doing something big on Mulberry then.  By my count, he has two lots across the street (next to the main st steps), the south east corner of Main and Mulberry, and rumor has it the city is trying to get him to develope the land on Main st side (East) going down toward Liberty.

grasscat, I know you get discouraged in seeing old buildings being torn down left and right, a bit of good news, today Eric Otto just signed off on the saving of the tarp building on Peete, I can not remember the address on it but you can't miss it, the tarpe and all.  Actually we have Jim Hohlbein to thank for that, Bob Becker said the building could not be saved and Jim brought in two more structural engineers that said it could so work should begin on it very soon.  95 and 140 Mulberry are also being pursued by investors, hopefully we can see these two gems restored starting next year.

This is good news, indeed.  I was down at the corner of Clifton and Antique the other day, and man was it depressing.  I'm glad there are people who care, though, and who have the means to take on these difficult jobs.

 

By all means, keep the good news coming.  I need it to take my mind off of the 1,736 abandoned/vacant buildings....