Cincinnati - Ohio's Most Advancing city??? (Hamilton, Republic: city hall, crime, credit)

[Cincy-Rise]

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[austiNati]

Nice rendering. I saw a report about this on the news yesterday. I can't say i totally agree with it though. If you're going to displace 100+ residents to convert their former home into a luxury hotel, then the city should feel just as obliged to construct decent working-middle class housing in the same area. Instead of replacing EVERYTHING, it'd be better to renew it. Whats the counter-option for this?

[goyguy]

What's that on the canopy and the third-floor ledge - yellow penguins??? LOL!

[Cincy-Rise]

Originally Posted by goyguy

What's that on the canopy and the third-floor ledge - yellow penguins??? LOL!

That's their trademark. I was wondering about those too, but then I thought ... hey, I'm not a hotel developer that has the highest ranked hotel in the US and one of the highest in the world. They must know how to do this right.

[Cincy-Rise]

Originally Posted by austiNati

Nice rendering. I saw a report about this on the news yesterday. I can't say i totally agree with it though. If you're going to displace 100+ residents to convert their former home into a luxury hotel, then the city should feel just as obliged to construct decent working-middle class housing in the same area. Instead of replacing EVERYTHING, it'd be better to renew it. Whats the counter-option for this?

If you or I are renting an apartment and our lease is up and the owner wants to sell, we have 30 days to be out. They're giving them a year and also paying for their moving expenses. We are witnessing capitalism at work, which I'm all for.

[restorationconsultant]

People seem to forget that the Metropole was originally built as a Luxury Hotel and not "low income apartments".

The "politically correct whining" is being conducted by mostly homeless advocates and social service agencies who fear if Cincinnati is a propserous city where people can actually find jobs, that their client base and govenment money train will come to a halt. The people complaining the most about the moving of the Metropole residents have been 'strangely silent' about the deteriorated conditions these people have lived in for years! These people should have safe clean housing and they will wind up in better circumstances than they are presently in.

Metropole/21C is good for the city, will provide much needed construction and hospitality jobs and former residents will ultimately be better off in better housing. To me, that's a win-win for everyone!

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by goyguy

What's that on the canopy and the third-floor ledge - yellow penguins??? LOL!

The longer I stare at the picture, the more I keep expecting them to dive off in search of krill.

[Cincy-Rise]

Originally Posted by restorationconsultant

People seem to forget that the Metropole was originally built as a Luxury Hotel and not "low income apartments".

The "politically correct whining" is being conducted by mostly homeless advocates and social service agencies who fear if Cincinnati is a propserous city where people can actually find jobs, that their client base and govenment money train will come to a halt. The people complaining the most about the moving of the Metropole residents have been 'strangely silent' about the deteriorated conditions these people have lived in for years! These people should have safe clean housing and they will wind up in better circumstances than they are presently in.

Metropole/21C is good for the city, will provide much needed construction and hospitality jobs and former residents will ultimately be better off in better housing. To me, that's a win-win for everyone!

Well said!

[wilson1010]

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[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by restorationconsultant

The "politically correct whining" is being conducted by mostly homeless advocates and social service agencies who fear if Cincinnati is a propserous city where people can actually find jobs, that their client base and govenment money train will come to a halt. The people complaining the most about the moving of the Metropole residents have been 'strangely silent' about the deteriorated conditions these people have lived in for years!

As a former employee of several of the social service agencies of which you speak, I call bullcrap. Safe and decent housing for the poor and the mentally ill -- including the Metropole -- has been a concern in Cincinnati for many, many years. The housing coalition and everyone else working toward affordable housing are not against redevelopment; what rankles is that people have been put out of their homes before similar replacements can be found.

There's nothing a social service agency would like more than to be put out of business; alas, it will never happen because in our capitalistic, me-first society, there will always be a struggling underclass that needs help with housing, food, jobs, transportation and health care.