Mayor Mallory and Councilman Bortz on Election Night.
Photo by The Provost of Cincinnati.

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Travis and Emily discuss the election results, news on the Metropole/21C hotel, Rookwood Exchange, Cincinnati road projects, new restaurants, and more.

Season 4, Episode 5 of “Explore Cincinnati” for November 4, 2009:

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Further reading:

• “APC wins $30M in stimulus funds for plant at AK Steel” from Business Courier
• “Company gets $30M grant for Ohio power plant” from Charleston Daily Mail
• “Cincinnati taking action on roadway improvements” from Building Cincinnati
• “Cincinnati performing cost-saving energy upgrades in 39 City buildings” from Soapbox
• “28 Ohio counties could acquire land banking powers” from Building Cincinnati
• “Metropole to become world-class hotel” from the Enquirer
• “New 21c Museum Hotel to Open in Cincinnati, Ohio” from StreetInsider.com
• “Enquirer: Rookwood expansion to begin in spring” from Citizens for a Better Norwood
• “Rookwood expansion to begin in spring” from the Enquirer
• “Full List: America’s Safest Cities” from Forbes
• “Neon’s Unplugged to open tonight, tomorrow” (10/29-30) from Building Cincinnati
• “Wade: de Cavel eatery would violate contract” from Business Courier
• “Relish Leaves A Bad Taste In My Mouth” from Cincinnati Blog
• “Wade v DeCavel” from Enquirer blog
• “The New Metropolis” screenings

• “Taken for a Ride” (1996) covers the dismantling of America’s streetcar systems and examines the role GM played in that process.  Despite being over 10 years old, the film is relevant again as dozens of cities in the US are proposing or building modern Streetcar systems and GM is emerging from bankruptcy.  Director Jim Klein was recently interviewed by the Cincinnati Enquirer about the film.
• “A Crack in the Pavement” (2009) is one half of the two-part documentary “The New Metropolis” by Cincinnatian filmmaker Andrea Torrice.  It covers America’s first suburbs and the problems they are facing today.  The documentary was the focus of the June 3 episode of Explore Cincinnati.

Both films will be shown at The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center in Covington today and tomorrow.  Today’s screening will be proceeded by a workshop with the filmmakers (4:00 pm) and a catered reception (6:00 pm), and followed by an audience discussion with both filmmakers.  Tomorrow’s screening will be proceeded by a social hour (6:00 pm) and followed by a discussion with Andrea Torrice, Madeira city manager Tom Moeller, and former City of Cincinnati director of planning Liz Blume.

Tickets and more information are available at Cincy World Cinema.

Travis Estell and Jake Mecklenborg discuss the Ohio casinos proposal, VP Joe Biden in the tri-state, the Enquirer getting played, Twittering at city council, the documentary Taken for a Ride, and much more.  Kevin LeMaster talks with us about his website, Building Cincinnati.

Update (7/8): Unfortunately, we did not learn the details of the Cincinnati Enquirer layoffs until after we were finished recording today’s episode.  The Enquirer announced that they are laying off the entire staff of CinWeekly and replacing CinWeekly with a joint venture called Metromix Cincinnati.

Season 3, Episode 3 of “Explore Cincinnati” for July 8, 2009:

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Further reading:

• “Coroner Disputes OTR’s ‘Most Dangerous’ Ranking” from WCPO
• “UC Study: Casinos could create 34,000 jobs” from Cincinnati Business Courier
• “Tickets available for Biden visit” from Cincinnati Enquirer
• “Is the Cincinnati Enquirer being controlled?” from UrbanCincy
• “City council in snit over Twitter” from Cincinnati Business Courier
• “Put a Fork in Shadow Hare; It’s Really Over Now” from The Cincinnati Man
• “Taken for a Ride: A film about Streetcars and GM” from Somewhere Over the Rhine
• “‘Taken for a Ride’ at the Carnegie – 7/14” from UrbanCincy
• Featured blog: Building Cincinnati
  

Travis Estell and Randy Simes are joined by Emily Schneider to get a preview of the documentary “The New Metropolis” by filmmaker Andrea Torrice.  The film covers the revitalization of our nation’s inner-ring suburbs, using two Cincinnati neighborhoods as examples, and will debut nationally on PBS this fall.  Also discussed are the NCR relocation, Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Market on the Square, and more.

Season 2, Episode 9 of Explore Cincinnati for June 3, 2009:

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