Large vacant buildings like the old SCPA, Bartlett Building, Tower Place Mall, and Terrace Plaza Hotel should be repurposed as unique community centers that activate their community and bring in a welcome attraction for visitors. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Large vacant buildings should be transitioned into urban community centers
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 Comment @ UrbanCincy  UrbanCincy  architecture, Business, Cincinnati, college hill, Columbus, Development, developments, downtown, economic, historic preservation, news, ohio state university, opinion, Over-the-Rhine, planning, public policy, sustainability, University of Cincinnati, urban design, young professionals Cincinnati officials celebrated a new program to demolish vacant and deteriorated structures throughout some of the city’s hardest hit neighborhoods. The effort may be just the tip of the iceberg as a recent report identifies as many of 8,000 homes for demolition over the next five years. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Report: Cincinnati’s five-year outlook for building demolitions may approach 8,000 It’s time for the annual VL Gift Guide and, as before, the focus is on some of the many amazing independent designers whose work we admire. Three Sheets 2 the Wind in Georgetown, KY specializes in simple, almost childlike screenprints … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: VisuaLingual 2012 Gift Guide Construction workers installed bright green bike lanes at three conflict points along Ludlow Avenue yesterday. The new green bike lanes are a first for Cincinnati as it continues to work towards making city streets safer for area bicyclists. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati becomes first Ohio city to install green bike lanes In Ohio, Columbus and Cincinnati exceed national average for college graduates. As the economy of the United States continues to become more knowledge-based, it is important to have a well-educated work force. The new data, released by the U.S. Census Bureau, shows that Columbus (32.9%) and Cincinnati (29.6%) come in above the national average (28.5%) [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: In Ohio, Columbus and Cincinnati exceed national average for college graduates Remaking a Columbus suburb for the creative class. Dublin, Ohio, the affluent suburban city northwest of Columbus, has studied a radical remaking of its built environment aimed to attract young professionals and empty-nesters. Kaid Benfield examines plans for Dublin’s Bridge Street Corridor: mixed-use buildings, walkable streets, and light rail in place of typical suburban sprawl. [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Remaking a Columbus suburb for the creative class A new design competition, called Connect The Blocks, is looking for ideas about what to do with the space above Fort Washington Way in downtown Cincinnati. After much investment nearby, city officials are looking to cap the sunken stretch of highway. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati officials are looking for design ideas as they work to cap urban highway VisuaLingual in Martha Stewart’s American Made Competition: 5chw4r7z wants you to vote for us! Something Worth Fighting For: Cincinnatians, support the Anna Louise Inn today at 4pm. Visionaries and Voices Presents Its Contemporary Art Coloring Book: love for our V&V coloring book exhibition catalog from the Trend Hunter. Columbus, Ind.: A Midwestern Mecca Of Architecture: [...] . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Elsewhere New Enquirer format delayed until 2013, corresponding paywalls unphased. The Cincinnati Enquirer and Columbus Dispatch newspapers had planned to shift to a new tabloid-sized print version this fall, but both debut’s will now be delayed until early 2013. The Enquirer, however, will still move forward with its content subscription model, on its planned October 1 [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: New Enquirer format delayed until 2013, corresponding paywalls unphased Germans dominate ethic makeup of Ohio cities. What may be unsurprising to many locals, new U.S. Census numbers confirm that German-Americans make up the largest ethnic group in the Cincinnati region. Analysis shows that approximately 28% of Cincinnatians responded that have German roots, which is more than Ohio’s two other major cities (Cleveland 17%; Columbus [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Germans dominate ethnic makeup of Ohio cities Cincinnati boasts highest private sector employment of any Ohio metro. Cities drive Ohio’s economy, and new Census Bureau figures show that Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus account for nearly 2.5 million private sector jobs in the Buckeye State. Cincinnati has the most private sector jobs (874,547) overall, but Cleveland has the greatest number of businesses (52,149). [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati boasts highest private sector employment of any Ohio metro On the third episode of The UrbanCincy Podcast, Travis and Randy are joined by Chris Cousins and Rich Northcutt of UrbanOhio and Walker Evans of Columbus Underground. We discuss how new media outlets have been able to change the conversation regarding urban issues. We also discuss what role traditional media should play now that more people are getting news and communicating through independent websites, blogs, forums, and other social media outlets. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Episode #3: New Media Metropolitan areas at the heart of America’s emerging majority-minority population. New Census data shows that the United States is well on its way to becoming a majority-minority population in the near future. In Ohio, only the Cleveland metropolitan region has more than half of those five-years-old or younger coming from a minority background, but Cincinnati [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Metropolitan areas at the heart of America’s emerging majority-minority population Ohio’s modest, and failed, effort to bring passenger rail service to the nation’s most densely populated region without it shows just how far America has fallen from the days when the U.S. built big, and inspired people the world over. Now, we often look to Asia for that inspiration. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: What can Ohio’s failed high-speed rail program teach us about America’s standing in the world? As the adorable little girl handed me a taco out of the window of her family’s food truck, I was conflicted. As delicious as it looked, and as endearing as her smile was, we had just spent the last few days stuffing ourselves, and the last hour or so o… . . . → Read More: Cincinnati Nomerati: Experience Columbus; Taco Truck Tour: Close to Columbus: Over-the-Rhine: Columbus Underground checks out OTR! my3CDC: Taking Back the Center City!: a response to 3CDC. A New Park in LA Takes the City Back to Its Natural Roots: transforming an old bus yard into the city’s largest urban wetland. It’s Not a Fairytale: Seattle to Build Nation’s First Food Forest: just [...] . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Elsewhere Charley Harper: an excellent overview of Charley Harper‘s excellent retrospective exhibit. West Fifteenth St. and Vine St., Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1, 1974: fascinating essay about a photograph taken by Stephen Shore. Pedal Powered Vegetable Cart For Urban Gardening Program: this Kickstarter campaign for OTR-based Permaganic Co. has just a few days to go; please help [...] . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Elsewhere “I think I’ll get the biscuits and gravy.”“That’s what I was going to get! Fine, I’ll get the quiche, and I also want to try the squash soup…maybe the grits?”“Ok, so I’ll get the biscuits and grits, and you’ll get…”“Ohh, look, pancakes!”“Argh, do you want the pancakes or the quiche?””Both?” When David and I go out to eat, we usually fall into a pattern of tense negotiations after perusing the menu. There are only two of us, and we usually want to try more than our fair share of items on the menu. We’ve grown to approach the issue as (Read more...) To continue with our local holiday theme, I want to focus on some local libations. Sure, Cincinnati is known for beer– but did you know that you can buy local whiskey? Or, if you travel just a bit north, you can find some more micro distilleries? Locavorism says local is anything within 150 miles, right? [...] . . . → Read More: wine me, dine me: wmdm’s Holiday Gift List: part 4 (Local(ish) Libations) “Do you want to try some of this?” Joe asked, his fork hovering over his rigatoni. “Sure, thanks! Want some pork cheek? Who wants pork cheek?” I replied, glancing around the table and pointing to my plate. “Oh, I’d love some.” Julie remarked, holding her own dish steady while David snapped close up pictures of smoked chicken risotto. Though most of us had only met earlier in the day, gathered around the table at Basi, I felt like the group of food bloggers (brought together by Experience Columbus for an all expenses paid trip to enjoy the city) had known (Read more...) |
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