How Cincinnati Salvaged the Nation’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood
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Re: How Cincinnati Salvaged the Nation’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood
#2Short answer, by pricing out the poor people.
Re: How Cincinnati Salvaged the Nation’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood
#3Here's a TL;DR
> "the Cincinnati Center City Development Corp.—better known as 3CDC—has invested or leveraged more than half a billion dollars into Over-the-Rhine, buying and rescuing 131 historic buildings and building 48 new ones, while maintaining subsidized housing, rehabilitating parks and driving out criminals with cameras, better lighting, liquor store closings and the development of vacant lots"
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#4Never knew Over the Rhine used to be the nation's most dangerous neighborhood. I'm on a consulting assignment here in Cinci and I go there all the time for trendy food and bars. Yes it does have pockets where I'm a bit scared to walk at night, but not enough so that I don't.
Re: How Cincinnati Salvaged the Nation’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood
#5Short answer, by pricing out the poor people.
The 2001 riots destroyed the neighborhood and most people left. Then 3CDC bought the majority of the buildings.
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#6I grew up in Cincinnati and grew up with current staff members of both 3CDC and other active development groups in OtR. They have had good goals, overall, with active talk about in-fill development that at least gives lip service to gentrification concerns. However, they have also had decidedly non-diverse staffs, have held lots of non-public meetings even when the public was clamoring for meetings, and arguably just pushed poverty out of parts of OtR into other areas of the city.
Here's some articles that have a different perspective:
http://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/citywiseblog/3cdc-in-over-...
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/letters/2015/03/18/l...
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/24138-econocide-over-the-...
The Brandery is a pretty big incubator, I bet there are some HN readers that have been through it or work there. Looking forward to hearing their perspectives. As far as the perspectives of the people that have lived in OtR through the 90s and 2000s, don't think you'll get many of them. I lived/played in OtR in 2001-2003 and grew up running around there in the 90s going to house shows, art openings (from the very first wave of incidental gentrifiers, one might say), boozey dive bars, the local goth club, etc.
Re: How Cincinnati Salvaged the Nation’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood
#7Short answer, by pricing out the poor people.
And execute the do-gooder liberal activists. EDIT: I am being literal. Read the article.
Re: How Cincinnati Salvaged the Nation’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood
#8I grew up in Cincinnati and grew up with current staff members of both 3CDC and other active development groups in OtR. They have had good goals, overall, with active talk about in-fill development that at least gives lip service to gentrification concerns. However, they have also had decidedly non-diverse staffs, have held lots of non-public meetings even when the public was clamoring for meetings, and arguably just…
Somewhat reminiscent of Robocop where OCP privatizes Detroit to turn it around.
Re: How Cincinnati Salvaged the Nation’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood
#9Never knew Over the Rhine used to be the nation's most dangerous neighborhood. I'm on a consulting assignment here in Cinci and I go there all the time for trendy food and bars. Yes it does have pockets where I'm a bit scared to walk at night, but not enough so that I don't.
The OTR of today is much different than the one of even just a few years ago.
Re: How Cincinnati Salvaged the Nation’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood
#10Never knew Over the Rhine used to be the nation's most dangerous neighborhood. I'm on a consulting assignment here in Cinci and I go there all the time for trendy food and bars. Yes it does have pockets where I'm a bit scared to walk at night, but not enough so that I don't.
A acquaintance of mine lived there 10 years ago because he and his roommates could rent a whole floor of an old factory for $1000 a month. Thousands and thousands of square feet. He was robbed at gunpoint on his front porch 4 times in a year. (Best parties I've ever been to though.)