Just in time for the Grand Opening Celebration tonight the Black Brigade Monument, the Walnut Street Fountains & Steps and the Bike, Mobility and Visitor’s Center are finished and ready for their debut. To say the park amazing is an understatement, pe… . . . → Read More: 5chw4r7z: Smale Riverfront Park
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This weekend is poised to be a busy one with a variety of unique events taking place throughout the basin. We do not often plug events nowadays, but this is a weekend where you do not want to be absent from Downtown and Over-the-Rhine. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Weekend events to celebrate new riverfront park, progress in Over-the-Rhine The Banks development team announced that Yard House, an American fusion restaurant with 100-250 taps, will open its first Ohio location on Cincinnati’s central riverfront. The 10,000 sq. ft. restaurant will be the first stand-alone tenant at The Banks, located immediately south of the Freedom Center. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Yard House to open first Ohio restaurant along Cincinnati’s central riverfront Developers will break ground on more housing uptown in Corryville in the near future. The project will be the second phase of the $80 million Village of Stetson Square development located immediately south of University Hospital, and will include 18 units. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Latest phase of Stetson Square takes on new urban form 60-unit apartment building planned for Madison Road in Oakely A new development being called Oakley Lofts would bring 60 one- and two-bedroom apartments to Madison Road at Appleton Street. More from the Cincinnati Enquirer: The five-story building will have a commercial component on the first floor. The upper floors will be residential. Chris Bortz, a [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: 60-unit apartment building planned for Madison Road in Oakley More new housing to be built uptown in Corryville The housing construction boom continues uptown as developers announce their intentions to build a second phase to the popular Village of Stetson Square development in Corryville. More from the Cincinnati Enquirer: Four newly constructed buildings are planned to house 16 one-bedroom units with studies and two [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: More new housing to be built uptown in Corryville From ghost town to night-on-the-town Nearly one month ago we asked whether Cincinnati is in the midst of a contemporary golden age. With all of the public and private investment taking place throughout the city, the answer seemed to be an easy yes. Now, Cincinnati’s mainstream media is echoing our thoughts. From WCPO: On virtually [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: From ghost town to night-on-the-town Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has announced plans to build a new 15-story research tower uptown at its Avondale campus. The new 425,000-square-foot clinical research facility will make the Cincinnati Children’s the largest pediatric research facility in the United States. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to construct $180M research tower City and project officials are moving forward with a preferred alternative for the Brent Spence Bridge replacement and rehabilitation project, but new financial hurdles may offer an opportunity to reimagine the project in a more financially beneficial way. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Reimagined Brent Spence Bridge alignment could prove to be financial windfall for Cincinnati An Asian-inspired restaurant called Hapa will soon occupy 1,100 square feet of space at Fourteenth Street and Vine Street in Over-the-Rhine. The restaurant’s five-year lease comes at a time when redevelopment momentum appears to be shifting north in the historic neighborhood. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: New Asian-inspired restaurant to extend Vine Street’s veritable restaurant scene north Leadership at the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati announced a renewed commitment to its $6.5 million Next Stage Capital Campaign on Monday. The announcement was coordinated with the debut of a new website and brand design intended to reaffirm the institution’s position within Over-the-Rhine. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Ensemble Theatre debuts new brand design, recommits to $6.5M capital campaign While 1960 to 1990 is often thought of as a low point for the architecture, planning and engineering professions for a variety of reasons, it turns out it was also one of the more active time periods in terms of construction. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Rate of tower construction accelerated in Cincinnati in the 1960s Mayor Mallory not only announced that Cincinnati will be the first city in the United States to have the modern streetcars designed by CAF USA, but he also laid out an aggressive vision for the future of rail transit in the region. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Streetcar first step in Mayor Mallory’s regional rail transit vision Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory address more than 350 people at his seventh State of the City address Tuesday night. In the roughly 47-minute long speech he covered a wide range of topics highlighting recent success stories, and challenging more public involvement in efforts to come. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Mayor Mallory highlights successes, commits to transit in seventh State of the City address The Reds won three World Series Championships, the Bengals went to two Super Bowls, and downtown saw the construction of 29 buildings with at least 10 floors between 1970 and 1990. Many Baby Boomers view that time period as the modern pinnacle for Cincinnati, but is a new age of prosperity upon the region’s urban core? . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Is Cincinnati in the midst of a contemporary golden age? Smart Growth America has begun a new video series highlighting elected officials from around the United States that have become the new leaders in the smart growth movement. In the first video of their series, Smart Growth America profiles Cincinnati and speaks to Mayor Mallory about recent progress made in the Queen City. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati Mayor Mallory heralded as national leader in smart growth movement A handful of historic office buildings in Cincinnati’s central business district sit underutilized, but as developers finish work on converting one of those structures into 88 apartments, might there be hope for the other grand structures? . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Downtown Cincinnati poised for surge of residential conversions Dave Prather delivers yet another update on the construction progress at the Smale Riverfront Park. In this update he takes a look at now open elements, and details the final work taking place before the grand opening scheduled for May 18. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Smale Riverfront Park to feature 1,000-foot boat dock On March 17th, the Silver Ladle restaurant will open downtown and offer a variety of healthy, fast-casual food with friendly service and a fair price. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Silver Ladle offers fresh fast casual with local twist Proponents of an idea to convert the Wasson rail corridor into a recreational trail will take their message to City Council’s Strategic Growth Committee on March 6. And at UrbanCincy would like to make it clear that we oppose this proposal and believe this valuable rail corridor should be preserved for future light rail service. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati’s Wasson rail corridor should not be converted into recreational trail |
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