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Originally Posted by stx12499
I am impressed with the overall friendliness of the city. The architecture makes me drool. Hopefully they will save some of the run down areas. I was actually reading about the Banks project...it sounds awesome but the tone of the article is so negative! Why the bickering between minorities, city, county, and business leaders? And why would the city want to cut down on building heights, when just down river Louisville breaks ground tomorrow on a building 15 stories and 150 feet taller than anything in Cincinnati?
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That's precisely one of my points. Louisville has the vision to do something bold like that. The people down there are all for Museum Plaza. They embrace the bold and new. They aren't afraid to do "big". Try to find that kind of attitude among Cincinnatians, and you'll run into a brick wall. For some reason, people up here worship Carew Tower, and they feel that anything taller will somehow ruin what Cincinnati "is". I say that's a bunch of crap! Yeah, Carew Tower is a nice building - but for crying out loud, outside of New York City, Cincinnati is the only major city in the U.S. whose tallest building predates WW2. Who knows when, or if, Queen City Square 2 will ever be built, and even then it won't be as tall as Museum Plaza.
Like Ohiogirl81 said, the reason for lowering the height of the buildings in the Banks has to do with a bunch of business leaders and building owners who didn't want their precious views of the river obscured. I think it's STUPID, but whatever. I certainly don't think the
possibility of a 30-story tower at the Banks project should have warranted almost derailing the project for years to come - which could have happened.
Another reason, though, is that it also has to do with the [stupid] agreement Cincinnati has with the Bungles....er, Bengals....which states they have the right to veto any plans for buildings over a certain height in the Banks project. I wish like everything that the voters would have told the Bengals to take a hike instead of caving in to their whiny demands for a new stadium, lest they move the team out of town. But what's done is done.
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Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81
I think the reason to cut the building height for the Banks was primarily so the fat cats in their corner offices at the Scripps Center, Enquirer, and Fifth Third Bank can still have their panoramic views.
OK, enough saracasm. 
I dunno why. Maybe to keep from creating another downtown building canyon (my vote, LOL)? To preserve the look of the skyline? Beats me ... |
See, you nailed it right there. It's a perfect example of Cincinnati's unwillingness to move forward and change....they want to preserve the look of the skyline. I'm not saying it's an ugly skyline, no. But I also don't think new buildings on the riverfront, or taller buildings downtown, would detract away from the look of the city skyline. I would simply see them as enhancements.
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Originally Posted by cincyUK
no one has mentioned pleasant ridge chili get... chili chees fries are probably the most unhealthy thing I have ever eaten, but amazing. Aside from the fact that you have to risk life and limb to get there, its pretty good.
At the end of the day, Skyline is Cincinnati's favorite chili, no matter what anyone tells your, or if someone says its not "real" chili. It's ours, none the less, and its the best. People who visit always seem to hate it though... oh well, more for me.
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They don't all hate it. But when they hear "chili", they don't expect what you get at Skyline or Goldstar. They tend to think more along the lines of Texas chili, with tomatoes, beans, chunks of ground beef (instead of being finely ground ala Cincinnati chili), red peppers, chili powder, etc...
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Originally Posted by stx12499
So I tried Gold's....it is killing Skyline any day of the week! Again, I don't get the draw to Skyline. What's funny, is that I have visitors to Louisville and they see the Skylines there, notably the one near the Baxter entertainment district and they always want to try it. I was like no, you don't want that place lol! I guess it is kind of unique for this region, and it is kind of a Cincinnati "cultural" thing.
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YAY! Another Goldstar fan!
Oh, I can deal with Skyline sometimes. I simply prefer Goldstar. But I suppose that makes me less than a real native Cincinnatian.
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Originally Posted by UncleRando
Bang Nightclub, Cadillac Ranch, Lodge Bar, Sully's, McFadden's, Ensemble Theatre, Know Theatre, Blue Wisp Jazz Club, Havana Martini Lounge, Below Zero, Mr. Pitifuls, Kaldi's, the slew of restaurants, Taft Theatre, Aronoff Theatre...do I really need to go on (because I can)?
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Do you by chance know if the "The Dock" is still open? Have you heard of it?
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10-25-2007, 09:39 PM
I always had a blast there with my gay male friends. Also, female friends and I would sit in the window at the Second Street Tavern (RIP), drinkin' beer and watching the guys go by on their way to the Dock. 
Heh.
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