Monday, June 30, 2008

Well Said ...

Quick and to the point editorial on what a big city is. Thanks wwww.cincinnati.blogspot.com!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Another Gas Price Story

Not much to do with local news but I thought it was interesting. It is going more and more difficult to figure out what exactly is going on. I thought this was fairly interesting.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

More OTR Development

Here's a borrowed article from Soapbox and Building Cincinnati about transforming the Rothenberg school into a community learning center for OTR.

Banks Pics

Look pretty sharp to me. Enjoy the pics and banter between burbs and urbs (I just came up with that, use it if you want to).

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Chicken or the Egg?

More evidence that if you build light rail, streetcar or whatever, development will follow.

Oh Canada ...

Looks like there is at least one jackass in the whole of Canada. Read the Blue Jays GM take on Dunn.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Ohio = Europe?

Nice article about a piece of legislation being passed around congress about hopefully getting the funding needed for rail services.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Lightrail Please?

Yep, Hamilton County turned down half cent (technically, a half cent is so small it doesn't really exist) sales tax raise to help fund the lightrail back in 2002. Here is an article revisiting the decision and the benefits.

Great Pics from the Neighborhood

Here is a great pictorial from www.building-cincinnati.com. I am a little biased as I live at the top of the park. Thanks Kevin!

Off His Walker!

Tasteless joke, maybe. The idea of carting people around in old school buses just screams Cincinnati Hillbillies. Someone please put a stop to this.

Bye Bye 'Burbs

Interesting article about the suburbs turning into crime ridden 'hoods because of the mortgage crisis.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Streetcar Testimonials Update

Here is the latest on the impact streetcars have. Experts from demographically similar areas as Cincinnati met at UC this morning to give an overview on the impact.