Whittier School is looking the it’s best now that it’s almost a pile of rubble under a wonderful green space. Since I can remember that building has always looked more like communist era people-house than a welcoming educational institution.
Demolition at Kroger on Warsaw &
Enright started last week and I snapped a few photos with my phone. I’ll try to get a few more and post them together.
Great American Cleanup 2008 will be held next Saturday, April 26th from 9am to 1pm. Groups are meeting at these three locations:
A hearing regarding rezoning the Incline Square will be held this Wednesday, April 23rd at 1pm in the J. Martin Griessel Room (Suite 700) at 2 Centennial Plaza (805 Central Ave). Neighbors who would like to gain more information about the affects of the proposed zoning changes at the Incline Square are welcome to attend.
”They want low-income families penned up in low-income neighborhoods, and that’s not happening anymore,” he said from his engraving business on Glenway Avenue. “The Banks needs to take its fair share, just like Mount Lookout, just like Hyde Park, and just like my friends in Symmes Township - wherever that is.”
Pete’s right, but it’s unfortunate there’s a lack of political support. There’s no excuse for unequal distribution of CMHA housing throughout the county. Of course the only way we will ever see equal Section 8 allocation throughout Hamilton County is when the system is put to rest and it’s 0 across the board.
Finally some solid news has surfaced from the City Lights Development company! There was lots of press coverage over the weekend so here are the web sources at the Cincinnati Enquirer (includes rendering), Business Courier and QueensTower.net.
A few blocks away, less than half of the Whittier Elementary School building is standing after a few weeks of demolition.
Apparently I’m not as up to date on my viral videos as I should be. I’ve seen the latest Tom Cruise video and even the Soulja Boy weather girl, but I missed this one.
Some students at CCU had some free time. I like the zoom on the Glenway street signs.
Thanks to Beit Carr (and Google Alerts) for the link, otherwise I don’t think I would have found this.
Just an interesting post I found the other day from the well known Laughing Squid blog. Scott Beale enjoys Skyline Chili on his way through town. He never said which location he visited and I wish there was a mention of the Price Hill neighborhood, but that’s what trackbacks are for.
I’m sure plenty of people are aware that the Price Hill Nursing Home at the corner of Elberon Ave. and Phillips Ave. has been closed for several months. While it has seemed inevitable that the place would eventually fall down or [be] shut down, the neighborhood has always hoped it wouldn’t land in the wrong person’s hands once the nursing home vacated.
We can be grateful that a local resident on Purcell Ave. has taken an interest in the property. Hopefully, if his plans move forward he’ll be the new owner by January 2008!
I haven’t heard of a specific use for the building but I have heard that the new owner wants to unwrap the concrete box that surrounds the old Victorian home.
The BLOC Coffee shop I mentioned in my last post is now open. I haven’t tested the coffee yet but I’ve seen the lights on in the morning and some evenings.
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