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Josh Junker

2 months

The WKRP in Cincinnati full intro - Season 1 (1978-79) Probably the best depiction of late 70s Downtown Cincinnati captured on camera.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 year

Someone posted this on FB of Vine Street in 1925 and it's crazy

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1 year

People forget sometimes how prestigious of a city Cincinnati was until 1940s-50s. It was still in the top 20 largest cities in the US until the 1960 Census. Cincinnati's 495 ft. Central Trust (PNC) Tower was the tallest skyscraper in the world outside of NYC in 1913.

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Josh Junker

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2 months

Jerry Springer saving Union Terminal was probably the best thing that any city leader has done in the past 70 years.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 year

Cincinnati Southern Railway, an Amtrak Route, when???

victim of polyamory

@capittalism

1 year

unbelievable funny that this is the fastest way for me to get from atlanta to chicago via amtrak, and that it would take 34 hours. this country rocks

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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My father-in-law is a builder. He is insanely gifted. We were looking at Son Of Beast together years ago and I asked him what it would cost to build it today. I will never forget his answer… 'We can’t, we don’t know how to do it.'

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

5 months

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Enquirer

@Enquirer

5 months

The Cincinnati streetcar is breaking ridership records. Now what?

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

2 years

"Enjoy the City of Cincinnati" 😭😭😭

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@rahsh33m

2 years

Bro turned around and said "Not today" 💀

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 month

Covington Kentucky's city limits are crazy for no reason

Hayden Clarkin

@the_transit_guy

1 month

What city has the craziest boundaries/shape?

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 month

can confirm installing more weird speed bumps is solving actual problems (speeding/reckless driving and lack of pedestrian safety)

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@WarPigsChief

1 month

Driving around the city lately:

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

3 years

Imagine trending #ImpeachDewine because he has the audacity to want people to get COVID-19 vaccines and to not open up too quickly. Im not a big DeWine fan but like come on. Seems like something Nino Vitale would approve of.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

5 months

Cincinnati Dayton Columbus Cleveland PASSENGER RAIL PICKED FOR FEDERAL STUDY BABBBYYY

Darrel Rowland

@darreldrowland

5 months

4 potential Amtrak routes, 2 thru Columbus, picked for federal study, per Sen Sherrod Brown: *Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati, the 3C+D corridor

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 year

Yeah it's not even close tbh If cleveland had more density in its downtown it would be closer Downtown Columbus is incredibly mid

Ben Axelrod

@BenAxelrod

1 year

It brings me no great pleasure to say this, but Cincinnati has the best downtown in Ohio.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 month

Oh no the weather channel is in Cincinnati 💀

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

11 months

My phone dies and I miss this????

Cincinnati officials begin exploring streetcar expansion, new uptown loop

Early talks are underway with the feds about how to move forward.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

2 months

I have a proposal for what should be a new cincinnati reds opening day tradition, making the Scripps Center have a Reds hat and mustache every year like it had during the 2015 All-Star game

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

11 months

Love the Union Terminal when the fountain is on :)

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

22 days

Not finishing the cincinnati subway for 8 million dollars is the epitome of "blockbuster turning down netflix" transit decisions lol

Nathaniel Hood

@natehoodstp

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This is the Blockbuster turning down Netflix of transit decisions

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

8 months

The proposed 15 story margaritaville resort in Newport looks to become tallest building in Newport and one of tallest in NKY.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

7 months

Throwback

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

3 months

Cincinnati City Council just voted to ban the construction of new surface parking lots downtown! Great day for the city. @jeffreysms deserves a big shoutout here for pushing for this policy for almost 2 years. No longer is "paved paradise put up a parking lot" by-right downtown.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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Cincinnati is one of the few major us cities with no high rises under construction

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

7 months

Cincinnati Union Terminal

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

4 months

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Cincinnati Business Courier

@BusinessCourier

4 months

The Cincinnati Connector streetcar has been fare-free for three full years now, and it continues to break ridership records.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

4 months

Look at how they massacred my boy 😔😔😔

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 month

🗣 finish the cincinnati subway 🗣

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

3 months

Every building in this photo - every single one - except one - were razed from 1957-1974.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

6 months

Cincinnati's skyline but approx height and location of skyscrapers downsized or canceled since 1928.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

3 months

Fun fact for my cincinnati peeps. In 2023, The Cincinnati Metro Bus System accounted for 22% of all transit ridership in the entire state of Ohio. 🤯

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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this picture is just.... A man in Cincinnati's Lower West End leaning against the wall of a building on 6th street(i believe)with the Carew Tower in the background.... November 1956. In 8 years this entire street, neighborhood and society would be gone due to urban renewal.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 year

REVIVE THE CINCINNATI SUBWAY 😤

Wade Johnston

@wadejohnston

1 year

Today I had a Cincinnati dream fulfilled. I got to peer in the subway under Central Parkway downtown. What could have been..

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The Onion

@TheOnion

1 year

J.K. Rowling Announces She No Longer Transphobic After Attending Cincinnati Pride And Winning A Free Cell Phone Charger From A Bisexual Realtor’s Booth

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@JoshJunker2

4 months

Honest to God top 5 thing you should do when u visit Cincinnati is go to the Hilton hotel to see this French art deco masterpiece of a space

Mr. P. Explores

@ExploresMr

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The massive Art-Deco lobby of the Netherland Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 month

Happy autism awareness month! Went from not speaking until I was nearly 4 years old to being a masters student. Autism looks different for many and it comes in many different shapes and forms. Remember we are humans too and not less than and only deserving of pity.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

4 months

Posted this early last year I believe but finally found the source for it and its at an improved quality. The Urban Basin of Cincinnati. 1931. From the Wayne State University Collection

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

4 months

I mean he's pretty correct

Nick Swartsell

@nswartsell

4 months

Oof. Another Enquirer West End clip from 1961.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

6 months

Retvrn

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

10 months

Early voted today at Hamilton County BOE. Vote NO on Issue 1!!!

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

3 months

Downtown Cincinnati in the 1930s. From Getty Images

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 month

NOBODY DOES OPENING DAY LIKE CINCINNATI

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

9 months

Hmmmmmm 😳

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

2 months

Cincinnati's flag is cool actually

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@alanthefisher

2 months

ok, I gave a shot at the US city Flags tier list

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 year

@CarrisTimothy Horrific urban planning destroyed alot of our urban core

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

5 months

Maybe uh don't change what 57% of ohioans voted for?

Laura Bischoff

@lbischoff

5 months

Ohio lawmakers can’t yet agree on how to change the new, voter-approved marijuana law. @jbalmert reports:

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

27 days

The cincinnati streetcar is whipping thru the intersections omg I went from findlay market to the banks station in 10 minutes????? I'm legit shocked I'm ngl

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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s t o p r e q u e s t e d

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 year

March 1960......

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 year

🧵So on a cincy discord we have been looking at the odot aerial archives. Thanks to AdamPlayer for all of his hard work, we have lined up comparing 1950s to present day imagery. Union Terminal and West End. 1950 vs present.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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Twitter isn't real life but 5k likes on how embarrassing it is for cincinnati to not use the subway is something If only there was a relatively new study that goes into alot of detail of how we could modernize and upgrade the tunnels for usage.... Oh wait.... there is one!!!

Clayton Adams

@Clayton_Adams

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One of the most embarrassing things about being a resident of Cincinnati is the shame I feel thinking about how the subway was never finished. What a waste to have this type of infrastructure just lying around, not being used.

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@JoshJunker2

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what is your favorite piece of cincinnati lore that you know? mine is this

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

2 years

why in the HELL is a passenger jet going through the eye of a hurricane?!?!?!?!

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

3 months

we are keeping the cincinnati sign everyone 🥹🥳🥳🥳

Cincinnati Business Courier

@BusinessCourier

3 months

The Courier landed exclusive, early access to the latest updates and renderings for the $200M project. There's at least one major change, and it involves the beloved "Cincinnati" sign

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 year

@RealLittleDanny Yes. Urban Renewal, highways and street widening changed our dense urban core alot.

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@JoshJunker2

8 months

CROCKER FREE SINCE '83!!!!

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

6 months

Someone on midwest urbanist deepstate discord told me cincinnatis's city limits look like the state of Alaska and I cannot unsee it

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 year

Cincinnati is the only city in the world with an incline that was a part of a line. Like it wouldnt just go up and down and end, it was a part of the line that would then continue towards Walnut Hills and Oakley or back towards Downtown

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@JoshJunker2

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Patricia Junker 1939-2024 I'll love you always and forever, Grandma ❤️💔

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

3 months

Union Terminal is such a beautiful building and I'm glad the people of Cincinnati and Hamilton County stepped up to restore it for future generations 10 years ago.

Culture Critic

@Culture_Crit

3 months

Reminder that the US built some of the greatest train stations ever seen. These are the most beautiful (thread) 🧵

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@JoshJunker2

1 year

90,000 pedestrians a day on Vine St in 1957. 27k cars a day.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

2 years

The urbanism of 1989 Cincinnati 😍

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

4 months

I'd gladly take the amtrak from nw Ohio to cincinnati even if it took a couple hours more than a straight shot down 75

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 year

This is 3rd St in Cincinnati btw......

Ed Mendoza 𓊍

@orangutanagram

1 year

I wonder how America is doing in the parallel reality where we don't demolish our cities

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

2 months

Cincinnati. 1949 vs 2015.

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@JoshJunker2

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Nippert Stadium looking at Corryville. 1937. From Federal Writers Project archive

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"Urban renewal is the greatest thing to happen to this city" - Charles H Stamm, Cincinnati Urban Renewal Director (1956-64) in 1973

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

2 months

Despite being in a housing crisis, Cincinnati has so many areas in close proximity to downtown where no one lives (but used to) 😔😔😔

rust belt city enjoyer

@rustbeltenjoyer

2 months

Despite being in a housing crisis, New York City has so many areas in close proximity to downtown where no one lives

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

6 months

Most damning statistic of urban renewal in Cincinnati

Segregation_by_Design

@SegByDesign

6 months

For new followers: check out this article I wrote for the NYT which provides an overview of the project’s thesis.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

2 years

From 1958-1969 the heart of Black Cincinnati was torn down for "urban renewal" and Interstate 75. The destruction of West End (and displacement of 26k) represents one of the greatest mistakes our city ever made, all done by misguided and racist urban planning that was the norm.

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Josh Junker

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Son Of Beast was the most beautiful looking rollercoaster to be so painful. . Still find it crazy for a brief period in 2009, 15 years ago, Kings Island had both a steel(diamondback) and wooden hypercoaster (this) in operation. Dback's drop - 215 ft SOB drop - 214 ft

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

5 months

Someone needs to find where this quote is from but a writer for the Toledo Blade in the 1840s predicted that Cincinnati would become the worlds preeminent metropolis by the year 2000. And when you see how it had built itself out between 1840 and 1860 its not hard to see why.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

2 months

Visiting new york last week really radicalized me about needing frequent trains in Cincinnati and ohio. A commuter rail between Cincinnati and Dayton also just seems like a no brainer. (and rail that has great peak and off peak frequency)

Hayden Clarkin

@the_transit_guy

2 months

Trying to go to Cincinnati in May by train and it’s my fault for thinking a metro area of 1.75 million people would be served by more than 3 trains a week that all don’t arrive in the middle of the night. It used to see 216 per day.

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Josh Junker

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The cincinnati "skyscraper district". 1920s.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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We won't miss u ngl

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@JoshJunker2

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This would be mostly complete by now btw 😐😐😐😐😐😐

light rail tourist

@dancvg

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Cincinnati MetroMoves rail plan

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 year

A landmark to road traffic deaths and injuries in Cincinnati. 1924. From the Cincinnati Historical Society Archives at CMC Union Terminal

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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I'm a simple man. This is what I want for the future of Cincinnati. Modern Streetcar Inclines 🥹

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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this is how i feel when i talk about how great the cincinnati hamilton county public library is to an average cincinnatian

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

8 months

Can confirm this combined with the LaRose deadline is purposeful and a political calculation to put thru even worse maps than before without retribution at last minute. Genuinely think LaRose is of the most corrupt Ohio officials we've ever had.

David DeWitt

@DC_DeWitt

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The Ohio Redistricting Commission has recessed until Friday morning at 8am, after being unable to name co-chairs for the process. Sec. of State Frank LaRose has named a deadline of Sept.22, and they just wasted two days after waiting 16 months to get started. This is shameful.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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Cincinnati Skyline View from the Incline House

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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The Carew Tower and Netherland Plaza was one of the first mixed use complexes in the United States, predating the larger Rockefeller Center complex by a couple of years. Cincinnati since has become fairly Euclidean in downtown projects, Westin/US Bank Tower being an exception.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

2 months

You can say that again. Cincinnati's Lower West End - 1935 vs 2016.

Mark R. Brown, AICP

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Highways, bad zoning policies and crazy wide surface streets decimated American cities.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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in a good place rn (the ludlow avenue skyline)

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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In 1910 - 19,449 lived in Downtown/CBD 35,260 lived in OTR 4,200 lived in Pendleton 81,796 lived in the West End. Cincinnati's Urban Basin was on par with other larger cities in the US at the time in terms of population density.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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Cincinnati is growing again as a city after 60 years - but our outdated and often restrictive zoning and lack of new housing being built citywide compared to peers has led to a housing crisis. Today's CC plan represents a much needed leap towards a brighter future for Cincinnati.

City of Cincinnati

@CityOfCincy

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Exciting news! Today we're introducing "Connected Communities", a series of proposed land-use & zoning policy changes designed to transform Cincy into a more accessible, people-focused, and connected community for everyone. 1/4

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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will once again say that skyline not participating is a bad look for them

WCPO 9

@WCPO

3 months

Restaurants participating in the first Cincinnati Chili Week include Blue Ash Chili, Camp Washington Chili, Dixie Chili and many more.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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What a great series of streetcar routes to think of for our city.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

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Ahhhh 1979 Cincinnati 🤩🤩🤩 so much concrete I love it 🥰

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@JoshJunker2

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These long distance routes combined with Ohio stepping up with Corridor ID routes would really make Ohio compete with even states like NC in terms of accessibility by train.

All Aboard Ohio

@AllAboardOhio

3 months

Exciting news Ohioans! 📢 The FRA just unveiled two potential new routes. These routes go from Detroit - NOLA and New York - Dallas, both passing through Columbus/Dayton/Cincinnati!

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 year

Full house on the cincinnati streetcar

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

6 months

Has to be one of the strangest precinct results I've seen in the city and it shows why the railroad vote was close.

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 year

Aerial view of the Urban Basin of Cincinnati. Late 1920s. From the Historical Society Archives at CMC Union Terminal

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Josh Junker

@JoshJunker2

1 year

160,225 people lived in the Urban Basin in 1910. In 4 square miles that works out to 40,000 people per square mile in the city core. This density was only beat by Manhattan and Hoboken at the time.