Cincinnati: 2007 Downtown Living Tour

[cincyimages]

On Sunday, my family and I did the Downtown Living Tour.  I had been to a couple of them in the past and like the previous years, the weather was perfect for walking the streets of Downtown.  I took my camera with me on this tour but I didn’t focus on the units themselves.  This gallery reflects on many of the views these units offer plus I took many street shots that I didn’t have before.  While walking around the city, I realized how little I have photographed Race Street in the past.

Alas, here are the photos:

[ColDayMan]

Not bad, not bad.

[UncleRando]

These are great...I was around for a bit helping out with the streetcar informational set-up at the McAlpin...thomasbw and I stumbled on over to 14 E. Fourth and got a very Manhattan-esque feel with that one (especially with the unit on the 9th floor).

All in all, the tour looked to have a GREAT turnout and I think that the dining portion was a great addition.

[cincyimages]

The Dining portion was terrible.  Don't get me wrong I love dining, I just wanted to tour the beautiful homes of the city and when you remove the dining stops from the 21 overall stops, you were left with a slim list of condos.  For $15, it wasn't worth it, especially compared to the previous years and the Over-the-Rhine living tour.

The restaurants that were on the tour offered very little and in reality, we are only given little time.  If I stopped off to have a beer in every restaurant on the list, just to try their one scallop, and bit of carrot cake, etc... I would have seen very little of the condo's that were available.  I say for 2008, keep the restaurants off the list, lower the price to $10 and add more condo's & townhouses. 

[xumelanie]

The Dining portion was terrible.  Don't get me wrong I love dining, I just wanted to tour the beautiful homes of the city and when you remove the dining stops from the 21 overall stops, you were left with a slim list of condos.  For $15, it wasn't worth it, especially compared to the previous years and the Over-the-Rhine living tour.

We were unable to make the Tour of Living this year.  I have to admit that I thought it was odd to add restaurants and wondered how that went. 

[ForeverGlow]

Where/what is this windowless wonder?



I'm really really starting to like the Kroger building. I think seeing the Teen Vogue building on The Hills so much might have helped. 

[ink]

^I don't like this Kroger Building (looks white):


But I do like this one (looks silver):


I've never bothered to walk up close enough to see what color it is for sure, but I've always hoped it wasn't white.

[UCplanner]

Where/what is this windowless wonder?



I'm really really starting to like the Kroger building. I think seeing the Teen Vogue building on The Hills so much might have helped. 

This is at the McAlpin. I really liked the units, but they really seemed overpriced. Also, on the patio there are 2 balconies that have very weird placement. One is directly behind, whoever took this picture. It just seems like a weird place for a balcony

i also enjoyed the edge. . .i think that those units will be very neat when they are completed.

[UncleRando]

^I don't like this Kroger Building (looks white):

RACIST!!!

[Jskinner]

The Kroger building is definitely white, but for some reason, when the sun hits it the right way it looks silvery-ish.  Not sure why.

[ink]

The Kroger building is definitely white, but for some reason, when the sun hits it the right way it looks silvery-ish.  Not sure why.

Divine intervention.

[ProkNo5]

The Kroger building is definitely white, but for some reason, when the sun hits it the right way it looks silvery-ish.  Not sure why.

Seriously?  I could've sworn that it was silver.  How weird.  Someone should call Kroger Corp and get a precise answer because it's probably something odd like cotton, tinsel or leche colored.

[cincyimages]

Agree, I thought it was silver too.  I will have someone close to me go check it out when she goes to work on Monday. 

[David]

The Macys building is white and looks white from a distance. Crazy.

[UncleRando]

I got to see the Shilitos Apartment building for the first time last night...and I must say that the building is AMAZING!!!  That open atrium type area is gorgeous and the layout of the entire building is just great.  The units also seem to have a good layout to them, plus they have some very cool features thanks to the old style architecture (ie high ceilings, huge window ledges, hardwood floors, etc).

[David]

 I heard theres a really sweet mural on the ceiling, is that true?

[buildingcincinnati]

Agree...can the dining portion.  Keep it focused.

[OhioGuy]

I wish this had been going on when I was in Cincy two weekends ago  I absolutely love going on urban home tours like this.  I did one in downtown Galveston's historic district a couple years ago and had such a great time.  Thanks for the pics!

[buginafug]

Sweet!