A Walk Around Washington Park
Washington Park‘s progress is impressive, and the activity around the park is just as remarkable. Let’s take a virtual walk around Cincinnati’s second oldest park starting at 210 West 14th Street. The Symphony Hotel expansion and renovation is well underway. Keep up to date by connecting with the hotel and restaurant on facebook at facebook.com/symphonyhotel and on twitter … Continue reading
Over-the-Rhine: Best Neighborhood of Cincinnati 2012
Two years in a row! Cincinnati CityBeat’s 2012 Best of the Cincinnati issue is out and Over-the-Rhine was chosen by readers as Cincinnati’s best neighborhood. What a nice recognition of Over-the-Rhine’s flourishing community especially coming on the heels of last year’s first place ranking. Many OTR businesses, restaurants, merchants, places, and vendors were ranked in … Continue reading
Friday on Vine in OTR
Two pictures from Vine Street in Over-the-Rhine yesterday. The first is Taste of Belgium bistro‘s new patio at 12th and Vine. The second is the street scene in front of Senate and the other restaurants and shops up the street. The Ferrari in the picture might be, in the words of 5chw4r7z, “Jay Bruce living … Continue reading
Spring in Our Steps Cleanup III: Peete Alley at Vine Street
Spring in Our Steps has partnered with Keep Cincinnati Beautiful to clean up Peete Alley in OTR at Vine Street this Saturday anytime between 9am and 3pm. Keep Cincinnati Beautiful is providing supplies for the cleanup including gloves, bags, rakes, trowels, loppers, and SuperCans. The goal is to return Peete Alley to a walkable and … Continue reading
RIP Raymond Buse III: “Cincinnati’s Best Friend” and Creative Champion
For a fresh perspective on life, take a moment to look at your birth certificate. It's a quick dose of carpe diem. — Raymond (Buz) Buse (@prbuz) October 1, 2011 It is with great sadness that I write this post. Raymond “Buz” Buse III died early yesterday morning at the age of 57. Both the … Continue reading
How the Arts Enrich and Enhance OTR
LPK created this short video about the art’s transformative effect in OTR and how you can help contribute to the thriving community by donating to ArtsWave. “Anchored by the Art Academy, the Know Theatre, the Ensemble Theatre, and Music Hall, Over-the-Rhine is a testament to how the arts enrich and enhance a community. Ten years … Continue reading
OTR Brewery District Master Plan: “A Strategy for Repopulating Our Neighborhood”
With (hazy) memories of Bockfest fresh in our memory, now is a good time to take a serious look the OTR Brewery District‘s future. Thankfully, the Brewery District Community Urban Redevelopment Corp. (BDCURC) has taken an important step toward that end by creating the 2011 Brewery District Master Plan. The plan was professionally prepared by glaserworks, a … Continue reading
Broadway Lofts Tour
Last Saturday, a group of photographers and bloggers was given a tour of a new loft project at 1304 Broadway and 400 E. 13th Street. Chris Reckman’s Urban Expansion is developing the spaces into four market rate apartments: one 3 bedroom, two 2 bedroom, and one 1 bedroom. 5chw4r7z explains the pricing: If you’re looking for something … Continue reading
Spring in Our Steps: A Citywide Initiative to Take Back Pedestrian Infrastructure
Spring in Our Steps (connect on facebook and twitter) is: “a consortium of committed Cincinnati residents, who feel that forgotten pedestrian spaces can become some of the city’s best assets. The group initiates community-oriented projects in Cincinnati’s alleyways and city steps, as well as its most neglected sidewalks.” Spring in Our Steps (SiOS) is the brainchild of Christian … Continue reading
Plan Build Live: Your Ideas Matter
This is the second in a series about Cincinnati City Planning and Building Department’s Plan Build Live project. The first post in the series is here. Participate Citizen participation in the Plan Build Live matters. To participate and share your ideas, register or sign in via facebook at planbuildlivecincinnati.com. The first phase of Plan Build Live will culminate … Continue reading
Form-Based Codes: A Paradigm Shift in Cincinnati Planning
This is the first in a series about Cincinnati’s Plan Build Live project. Plan Build Live is a project of the Department of Planning and Buildings made possible by a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Plan Build Live is the designed to bring citizens into the process of reviewing, … Continue reading
Marta Hewett Gallery’s “Art and Soul” Lecture Series
The Marta Hewett Gallery was established in 1990. The original location was at 1209 Main Street, the first fine art gallery in historic Over-the-Rhine. The Gallery is now located in the Pendleton Art Center, also in OTR. This morning, it is presenting Eric Standley as its second speaker in its Art and Soul lecture series. More details … Continue reading
On the Map interviews A Tavola
In this interview, Matt Bentley of On The Map interviews Jared Wayne and Sam Ginocchio of A Tavola Pizza:
Smart Growth America Interviews Mayor Mallory
Smart Growth America launched a new video interview series titled “Smart Growth Stories” with an interview of Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory. The essence of the series is this: Real people, real stories Why smart growth, and why now? That’s the question Smart Growth America is posing to elected officials and local community leaders as part … Continue reading
Tilt Shift Cincinnati
One week ago, I shared the following video on facebook (via Randy Simes from UrbanCincy.com) with the tagline “OK, who wants to make a sweet tilt shift video like this in Cincinnati?” And to my great surprise one week later, Justin Todhunter replied with “Challenge accepted” and posted the following tilt shift video of Cincinnati … Continue reading
Cincinnati Startup Community Heading SXSW
Cincinnati’s startup community is hitting its stride tonight as the Cincinnati StartUp bus (one of only 10 nationally) launches from The Brandery for South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. The Brandery is a seed stage venture accelerator (ranked top 10 nationally) located in the heart of Over-the-Rhine at 1411 Vine Street. While in Austin, … Continue reading
The 2012 Bockfest Parade in Photos
Bockfest 2012 began yesterday with the annual parade from Cincinnati’s oldest bar, Arnold’s, up Main Street to Bockfest Hall in the OTR Brewery District. The parade was delayed a short amount of time by a violent storm system that swept through the tri-state and spawned deadly tornadoes. Our thoughts and prayers are with those devastated … Continue reading
20th Annual Bockfest!
Bockfest 2012 is here! The festivities begin with the Bockfest Parade! Via Bockfest.com: The Bockfest Parade will be held on Friday March 2, 2012. The parade will start to form in front of Arnold’s Bar and Grill, located at 210 East 8th Street, at 5:30PM and steps off on Main Street at 6:00PM. The Bockfest Parade is Cincinnati’s funkiest and … Continue reading
Epiventures Breaks Down Local Food Scene with “Cincinnati Deconstructed”
Chef and writer Courtney Tsitouris runs Epiventures which tells “stories about food.” She has joined forces with local film director, Michael Holder, to produce Cincinnati Deconstructed – a video series about Cincinnati’s food scene and the people who make it interesting. Like the Queen City Project, Cincinnati Deconstructed showcases unique, local people and places that are taking … Continue reading
Civic Iconography: Raising The Queen City’s Standard
This is the second in a series of posts about civic design, iconography, and branding. Some of these ideas I’ve had for awhile, but now with GOOD Ideas for Cities coming to Cincinnati I figure it is a good time to share. The first post in this series was about Cincinnati’s own typeface. Read it here. The … Continue reading
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