From the remodeling of Italianate brownstones to the renovation of Music Hall, change can be seen throughout Over-the-Rhine. No change, however, has been as significant, both in scale and in reconnecting with the significance of the past as the $48 million renovation of Washington Park. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: A revitalized Washington Park intends to serve as a historical, cultural bridge
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Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory announced today that the city will break ground on its $110 million modern streetcar line next Friday. The ceremony will take place at 1pm outside of Memorial Hall, and city officials will be joined by Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati to break ground on streetcar project next week with Ray LaHood While Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory is attending the Community Streetcar Coalition’s annual Streetcar Summit in Washington D.C., Duke Energy made the announcement that they would leave negotiations with the city over utility relocations. The announcement came as a surprise to many, and caused city officials to respond boldly. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Duke Energy announces they will leave streetcar negotiations, city fires back While the announcement that dunnhumbyUSA will build a new office tower for its headquarters in downtown Cincinnati is good news, the whole situation may be a major missed opportunity for the region’s urban core. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Downtown Cincinnati to get another new office tower, but is it an opportunity missed? The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is facing a major budget crisis and is making significant cutbacks all across the state. The impact of those decisions on Cincinnati-area projects is now becoming clear after ODOT’s Transportation Review Advisory Committee released its funding recommendations. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Massive funding cuts at ODOT pose threat for Cincinnati-area projects Project officials have announced that Ruth’s Chris Steak House has signed a lease for a 9,600-square-foot, two-level location at The Banks. The annoucement means that the central riverfront development now has 82% of its retail space leased. Officials also seem poised for another major annoucement in the coming weeks. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Ruth’s Chris Steak House signs on at The Banks Downtown Cincinnati is not what it was 10 or 20 years ago, and in a good way. There are more businesses, higher hotel occupancy rates, lower crime, more residents, improved schools, and new economic development happening all over. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: The Triumph of Downtown Cincinnati City and County leaders are looking to empower the Cincinnati Port Authority to do more with economic development. UrbanCincy proposes that Hamilton County sell, or trade, their parking assets at The Banks for privately owned parking lots throughout downtown in order to get the Port Authority started with some land banked properties. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Land swap could provide Port Authority immediate economic development opportunity A long-awaited development is set to begin construction in Clifton Heights in the coming weeks. Neighborhood leaders say that the $78 million U Square at The Loop development will transform the area and signal the realization of a vision laid out more than a decade ago. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Construction to begin on $78M mixed-use development uptown The area now known as Glenway Crossing has long been seen as a potential west side transit center. Plans to turn this area into a transit-oriented development date back to the 1970s, but the sale of the land to multiple owners has all but squashed this vision. All that is left of that vision today is a newly opened commuter bus hub in the shopping center’s vast parking lot. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: New commuter bus hub opens in place of long-planned west side transit center In Corryville a new $20M mixed-use development will soon rise from the ashes of the historic Schiel School. The surge of economic activity in Uptown, some preservationists claim, is coming at the expense of some of the city’s most valuable historic structures. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Historic Schiel School to make way for $20M development in Corryville City and county leaders gathered at The Banks development on Tuesday morning to celebrate the completion of the latest portion of Cincinnati’s massive central riverfront transformation. The work paves the way for an expected $75M private development to get started next summer. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: City, county leaders celebrate latest milestone in Cincinnati’s central riverfront transformation Local, organic fish are difficult to come by in Cincinnati, and experts do not recommend consuming fish caught from the Ohio River very often. A company called Self-Sustaining Enterprises (SSE) is looking to fill that void with an innovative practice that will bring locally grown, organic fish to the Cincinnati region. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Aquaponics project hopes to bring fresh, locally produced fish to Cincinnati Construction on the first phase of the Cincinnati Streetcar will begin in the coming months throughout Downtown and Over-the-Rhine. A new $56.8 million request for TIGER III funds would allow the city to restore the project’s Uptown Connector and Riverfront Loop components that had been eliminated due to budget constraints. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati submits $56.8M TIGER III application to fund modern streetcar extension Cincinnatians defeated Issue 48 at the polls on Tuesday, and scored the second major political victory for rail transit advocates over the past three years. In the process, voters also dramatically altered City Council by voting in four new democrats – three of which are 32-years-old or younger. The new council gives a 7-2 majority in favor of the Cincinnati Streetcar, and an 8-1 progressive voting block. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati defeats Issue 48 and votes a younger, more progressive city council into office It’s election day, and while UrbanCincy will not issue a formal list of endorsements, we do encourage you to go vote. When you are at your polling place, UrbanCincy would like to formally encourage you to vote in support of public transportation – an issue on which we have been outspoken. Please support greater public transportation options and vote no on Issue 48. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Vote in support of Cincinnati’s urban core today The Emery Theatre has sat vacant for nearly 14 years, but a young duo is looking to change all of that and reopen the famed acoustical space by the summer of 2012. Already dozens of organizations are lining up to help support the effort, and so can the public starting this Friday. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: 11.11.11 event to help reclaim Cincinnati’s acoustically renowned Emery Theatre Construction is continuing at a breakneck pace on the $400 million Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati located at Broadway Commons. The casino is expected to open in 2013 and employ approximately 1,700 people. UrbanCincy photographer Jake Mecklenborg visited the site over recent weeks for an exclusive look at the progress. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: $400M Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati construction continuing at rapid pace Three final designs have been selected for the new bridge that will built with the $2-3 billion Brent Spence Bridge project. The new Ohio River span will be built immediately west of the existing span scheduled to be rehabilitated, and its final designs are intended to make an architectural statement for the Cincinnati region. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Designs for Brent Spence Bridge replacement narrowed to three Zipcar launched their car rental service today at the University of Cincinnati, a membership drive is going on right now outside of McMicken hall on McMicken Commons. Once signed up Zipcars will be available FOR rental this afternoon. Two cars each wil… . . . → Read More: 5chw4r7z: Zipcar a go-go at UC |
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