Who Cares About Paul Brown?

Here’s a little something I found interesting. This ad was in the Downtowner here in Cincinnati. A Paul Laurence Dubar lecture outside of Dayton? I don’t know loads about the who’s who of poetry but I always got the feeling that PLD was a lot bigger deal in Dayton than anywhere else so this is [...]

CityWide Searching for Developers City Wide

I called CityWide today to find out a bit more on Genesis 2.0. The guy I spoke to didn’t have much to offer yet because they’re still accepting project proposals from developers. So what could happen with the remaining plots of land is still up in the air. At the earliest, the project could begin [...]

It Feels So June

This past weekend was pretty much what I would describe as ridiculously awesome. It feels like we went straight from the depths of winter to summer. How perfect. As Friday night approached though a thick fog started forming on the Ohio River. The piers of the bridges crossing it seemed to disappear before they connected [...]

The Merc, Stranded But Not Dead

I’ve been curious why the Merc hasn’t been making much progress but hopefully it will in the coming year. It seems like it just needs a little funding and Citywide has it on their agenda. Here’s an interesting read of what’ll be going on with CWide in 2007 (hopefully the Merc will be getting a [...]

Is It Development or Destruction?

Directly off 675 on Wilmington Pike in Centerville sits 200 acres of undeveloped land. In a mostly developed suburban area the wolves are salivating at the chance to build something really ordinary on it—a $300 million big box power center. Just the sound of the name is enough to make me want to hide.
And it’s [...]