This past Sunday I stopped by the home tour in the Over-the-Rhine area of Cincinnati to check out the renovations that are being done down there. If you know anything about the city, you'd know that this is considered to be the "bad part of town" - and it most certainly is.But, there appears to be some hope for revitalizing the historic buildings and bringing new life (and less crime) into the once grand location. Indeed, the blocks involved in the self-guided tour seemed quite safe, clean, and even inviting. And the grand, large, and open condos that we saw were all very, very cool and quite affordable. (In fact, I'd venture a guess that if the units we looked at would have been at least double the price had they not been in this neighborhood.)
My favorite building was easily the Duveneck Flats. The units in this building were very slick and spacious, including some multi-level units that had a private roof-top deck. Unfortunately I didn't get any photos of this one; we got wrapped up in bouncing around the different units and met up with some friends there. Not too big a deal - photography was secondary on this trip as I was more interested in seeing the progress in OTR.
There was quite a good turn out for the afternoon, including the Mayor - who I was able to meet after we bumped into each other in the Gateway Quarter information center. ...The circumstances surrounding our introduction is kind of a funny story, but you'll have to hear about that from me in person.
With the considerable investment that has gone into these buildings and the potential for developments like the Cincinnati Streetcar project, there appears to be a bright future for what is commonly thought of as a dead end. Best of luck to Gateway Quarter & the 3CDC in their work to revitalize downtown.
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