Very interesting. Thanks for sharing! Are you sure those "walkways" were intended to be "skywalks"?

 

In any case, I'm glad this didn't come to fruition! 

Yes, as described in the plan:

 

"The proposal for a parking deck at the corner of Sycamore and East Twelfth Streets to serve long-term parking needs of the Justice Complex and the Central Parkway-Reading Road area, short-term commercial parking, special event parking, and theatre parking in the evening. This parking facility should be carefully designed and landscaped in order to upgrade the present surface parking environment. The possibility exists to link the parking facility with the School for Creative and Performing Arts, proposed Performing Arts Theatre, and proposed Community Center through the use of overhead walkways."

^As-is, there is no reason for there to be two parks across the street from one-another.  Neither get much use, especially since the former HS is now apartments.  When both were rebuilt in the past five years, they should have gone down to one.

 

Before:

 

After:

 

 

1 minute ago, Lazarus said:

As-is, there is no reason for there to be two parks across the street from one-another.  Neither get much use, especially since the former HS is now apartments. 

Strong disagree. I think it turned out great. Both sides of Ziegler are lovely. They have very different vibes, but each is wonderful in its own way. The greenspace north of the old SCPA is definitely quieter, but it never feels "lonely or abandoned" in a bad way. The playground side is often packed with kids. Honestly don't know what makes you think "neither get much use". 

1 hour ago, taestell said:

I came across the 1982 Pendleton Area Urban Design Plan, which included this long-term vision of the Sycamore Street corridor:

 

 

This is showing a large park and rec center where the expanded Ziegler Park is today, but included the demolition of all of the historic buildings between Goetz Alley and Hanover Street, and the construction of a bunch of skywalks connecting the SCPA to the new park and new parking garages.

 

Interesting that "Ziegler Square" at Woodward and Main is shown on the plan. It basically came to fruition last year with the extension of Ziegler Park all the way to Main Street.  

23 hours ago, jwulsin said:

Strong disagree. I think it turned out great. Both sides of Ziegler are lovely. They have very different vibes, but each is wonderful in its own way. The greenspace north of the old SCPA is definitely quieter, but it never feels "lonely or abandoned" in a bad way. The playground side is often packed with kids. Honestly don't know what makes you think "neither get much use". 

Also strongly disagree. The green space park is in use constantly. Walkers on the track, dog play on the green and all Summer daily activities by 3CDC with day camp, educational activities and concerts in the evenng. Films on at least one night per week. Co-ed kickball. Etc.

 

The Pool and water park is open longer than any other public pool and is in use all season. The basketball courts are . . . well . . .  good to be away from peaceful persons with children because as we all hopefully know, public urban basketball courts should be away from anyone who doesn't like gunfire.

Edited March 23, 20241 yr by 1400 Sycamore

I just got a notice in the mail from the Historic Conservation Board stating that Artworks intends to "paint a wall mural on the unpainted brick of the east façade" of the Industry apartment building. There is a virtual pre-hearing on 4/17 at 10:00 a.m. at https://cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/prehearing.

A famous artist once said to me: "if you want to know where the bad neighborhood is, look for the public art murals. Then keep your car doors locked."

1 hour ago, taestell said:

I just got a notice in the mail from the Historic Conservation Board stating that Artworks intends to "paint a wall mural on the unpainted brick of the east façade" of the Industry apartment building. There is a virtual pre-hearing on 4/17 at 10:00 a.m. at https://cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/prehearing.

Wondering if it will be apart of Blink. Would much prefer another building taking up that parking lot than a visible mural but we’ll take what we can get. 

New mural installation on the east side of Industry has started. (They are priming the brick this morning.)

 

 

4 minutes ago, taestell said:

New mural installation on the east side of Industry has started. (They are priming the brick this morning.)

 

 

Hopefully the other parking lot across the street gets developed. Would love to see another industry sized building. 

Bennett Point's west building fitting nicely into the neighborhood fabric:

 

 

I don't think the brick building at the bottom (with the solar panels on the roof) is considered historic...would be great to see that demolished and replaced with a dense apartment / mixed use building at some point.

56 minutes ago, taestell said:

I don't think the brick building at the bottom (with the solar panels on the roof) is considered historic...would be great to see that demolished and replaced with a dense apartment / mixed use building at some point.

Built in...1964, so nope, certainly not contributing. The city really needs to road diet Reading to help nudge along the edge of Pendleton there.

4 hours ago, taestell said:

Bennett Point's west building fitting nicely into the neighborhood fabric:

 

 

I don't think the brick building at the bottom (with the solar panels on the roof) is considered historic...would be great to see that demolished and replaced with a dense apartment / mixed use building at some point.

I was just thinking about this building the other day when I drove past.. Could see it become a second phase of Bennett Point.

On 6/10/2024 at 11:42 AM, taestell said:

New mural installation on the east side of Industry has started. (They are priming the brick this morning.)

 

 

 

A month and a half later and they have not started work on the mural yet. I heard that the artist/concept they had lined up for this mural fell through so I hope they can get something else going and this doesn't end up being a blank white wall for years...

On 7/25/2024 at 9:58 AM, taestell said:

I heard that the artist/concept they had lined up for this mural fell through so I hope they can get something else going and this doesn't end up being a blank white wall for years...

 

Well, they are now taking the scaffolding down, so I guess it's going to be a blank white wall for the foreseeable future.

There's a bunch of construction equipment on Hard Rock's grassy lawn along Reading Road by the I-71/471 ramps. Any idea what this is for?

 

 

Also, it looks like Milton was taken down, but now he's back, joined by Lumbergh:

 

 

12 minutes ago, taestell said:

Also, it looks like Milton was taken down, but now he's back, joined by Lumbergh:

 

 

 

I wish there was some real Office Space where that suburban box sits.

12 minutes ago, taestell said:

There's a bunch of construction equipment on Hard Rock's grassy lawn along Reading Road by the I-71/471 ramps. Any idea what this is for?

 

 

Those metal plates protect workers from cave ins in trenches. The precast concrete is almost certainly for sewer manholes. Not sure where exactly the work is going to be done, but looks like just a staging area to install it replace a sewer line.

36 minutes ago, taestell said:

There's a bunch of construction equipment on Hard Rock's grassy lawn along Reading Road by the I-71/471 ramps. Any idea what this is for?

Just a thought: could it be for stormwater detention related to the "temporary" parking lot going in at the former Greyhound station? 

Crews started sawing the concrete on Reading Road today and there was a GCWW vehicle parked nearby.

A new Crown Restaurant Group concept will be coming to the former Nation space in Pendleton.

 

 

Well it's a parking lot

1 hour ago, Dev said:

Well it's a parking lot

Who is even going to park there. The garage is free and empty most days. 

Time for some unwarranted optimism.   Maybe, just maybe, if this is a parking lot, that might make it a bit easier for a developer to someday build something the triangle between Court, Reedy and Eggleston.        

17 minutes ago, JoeHarmon said:

Time for some unwarranted optimism.   Maybe, just maybe, if this is a parking lot, that might make it a bit easier for a developer to someday build something the triangle between Court, Reedy and Eggleston.        

To your point, that is their stated business plan

On 11/3/2024 at 5:50 PM, taestell said:

A new Crown Restaurant Group concept will be coming to the former Nation space in Pendleton.

 

 

I’m hearing that Crown Cantina will relocate from their current space on 8th Street to this space in Pendleton.

Big win for Pendleton!

Oooh I like Crown Cantina!

33 minutes ago, ColDayMan said:

Oooh I like Crown Cantina!

Easily my favorite higher end* restaurant in the city right now. Not sure if they’ll be doing lunch at this same spot, but the lunch deal they had this summer was always a good deal/treat during the workweek. I love their current space, but it is small and they had to remove the outdoor patio for one of those “temporary” setups a few years back. Maybe this means the former Cheapside building can get that back.
 

* higher end as in it’s not Sotto or Losanto level, but it requires a reservation most times

 

Also, I believe it was previously announced that Cantina was moving to Fountain Square/Foundry so not sure what’ll happen to the Crown spot that was being planned there. 

I feel like that spot on Cheapside is just doomed. There really isn't anything around it and besides the courthouse workers there isn't a lot of pedestrian traffic in that part of downtown. Perhaps some infill would be nice. East 8th is a massive parking lot.

3 hours ago, Gordon Bombay said:

Also, I believe it was previously announced that Cantina was moving to Fountain Square/Foundry so not sure what’ll happen to the Crown spot that was being planned there. 

 

According to this article from January, the Foundry restaurant would be a new concept. I'm not sure if they later announced that Crown was moving there but I don't recall seeing that announcement.

The Foundry concept is going to be a London style public house.  

 

"CRG has yet to name their new concept, but it will have a meat-forward menu with a heavy Indian influence, the restaurant group said.

The menu will feature a variety of curries, chutneys, samosas, house-made naan and more, which CRG said are all staples of traditional London-style public houses.

 

CRG said guests can also expect high-quality pasta and steak options, along with a large selection of beer, wine and cocktails."

 

https://www.wcpo.com/entertainment/local-a-e/local-dining/crown-restaurant-group-to-open-london-style-public-house-near-fountain-square

On 10/28/2024 at 10:33 AM, taestell said:

There's a bunch of construction equipment on Hard Rock's grassy lawn along Reading Road by the I-71/471 ramps. Any idea what this is for?

The city just published a traffic alert for this work.

Was stumbling around Pendleton this past weekend and saw this (pardon the bad photo).

 

It appears to be a normal laundromat. Not a "new concept" cocktail bar that pairs the blue collar bonafides of doing your own laundry in public with the elevated experience of a mixologist's menu, but just a... normal... laundromat.

 

Which, hyperbole and sarcasm aside, I was super excited to see. I mean—I love several of the bars, restaurants, etc. of the urban core—but it'd be great to see some more "normal," "everyday" type businesses opening up alongside things like the CVS, Walgreens, and bodegas sporting later hours.

 

However, I did notice that one sign inside the laundromat (the "no loitering" one) looked just like another on a nearby building. So, maybe this is just for nearby residents of one rental company? The laundromat itself is not on Google Maps (unlike the amazing ones built into a former Bob Evan's and Wendy's in Newport and Price Hill respectively).

 

I live in a building downtown where all residents share one, ancient coin operated machine. When it goes down, I can either go to my significant other's or @taestell's (I'd go to @ryanlammi's, but Taestell makes way better tiki drinks), but I do like the idea of this business being there in a pinch (relatively) near the streetcar line. 

 

I don't know. Just an observation similar to this one about how it'd be nice to some "real" stuff be open later. Does that make sense?

 

 

 

Edited November 26, 2024Nov 26 by Gordon Bombay

I know that one of the first acts of 3CDC was banning laundromats some 20+ years ago. It would be great if things have come full circle.

It appears there's at least twice as many chairs than machines in that space. I think your suspicions may be right.
As for real, that's one of the things that hits me hardest looking at old photos of downtown.
the abundance of super specialized, diverse retail. 

 

The sign inside says "PH Living", and I've seen that logo on other Pendleton apartment buildings. So I would guess it is reserved for only members of their apartment "community" (I have no idea how many buildings they own).

11 hours ago, CincyIntheKnow said:

I know that one of the first acts of 3CDC was banning laundromats some 20+ years ago. It would be great if things have come full circle.

 

Sounds about right for this city. Meanwhile all these dorks wander around still talking about the Shillito's elves and how they wish a downtown department store would come back so they could go X-mas shopping once a year. 

10 minutes ago, taestell said:

The sign inside says "PH Living", and I've seen that logo on other Pendleton apartment buildings. So I would guess it is reserved for only members of their apartment "community" (I have no idea how many buildings they own).

Yeah - I think you're right.

 

Searching the Auditor's site for "Pendleton Housing Partners" returns these 18 properties:

 

1347 BROADWAY

1336 BROADWAY

402 E THIRTEENTH ST

404 E THIRTEENTH ST

1320 PENDLETON ST

500 E THIRTEENTH ST

409 E THIRTEENTH ST

411 E THIRTEENTH ST

413 E THIRTEENTH ST

415 E THIRTEENTH ST

1210 SPRING ST

421 E THIRTEENTH ST

430 E TWELFTH ST

557 E THIRTEENTH ST

500 E TWELFTH ST

511 E TWELFTH ST

513 E TWELFTH ST

210 E THIRTEENTH ST 

Does anyone know what this structure along Reading Road could be for? It’s in the pocket park where the Casino Red Bike station is located, if that helps.

 

It looks like the sign that Metro puts up when a project that's funded by the 2020 referendum is ongoing.  I looked back at the 2021-2023 project award winners and the closest one is the Gilbert Ave complete streets project, which is across the casino from this, so that's probably not it. Not sure what would be going in here.

DOTE just pushed out a minor update about the MSD work on Reading Road. It's possible that it's related.

They've already finished up the first phase of that project (between Pendleton St. and Eggleston Ave.) including all of the street repair work, and moved on to the next phase from Liberty to Pendleton. That's why I didn't think it was related to that MSD project and wondered if there's some other project happening nearby. I guess we'll find out whenever they post something there!

I still haven't heard any official announcement, but there were crews working inside the old Nation space today.

 

Meanwhile, the Braxton brewery/tap room has had "closed for a private event" signs on its doors for possibly months now. I'm guessing the space is done but they're choosing not to officially "close" it for some reason.

Model Group plans to sell shuttered Braxton Brewing's Pendleton outpost

A more than 10,000-square-foot Cincinnati brewery and taproom is about to hit the market.

Model Group is in the process of finalizing a listing with 3CRE for the former Braxton Brewing Co. in Pendleton, at 331 E. 13th St. The brewery – the region’s second-largest craft beer maker – quietly closed its taproom and event space in December 2024. The building has been vacant ever since.

Model Group is looking to sell the property rather than continue to try and re-lease it.

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2025/05/14/braxton-brewing-co-pendleton-model-group.html