Category Archives: OTR

OTR Night at Music Hall is May 3

by OTR on April 15, 2013, no comments

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is celebrating Over-the-Rhine Night on Friday, May 3rd. The celebration surrounds CSO’s performance “Fanfare for Cincinnati“. Ticket prices start at $10 and it is the aim of the CSO to invite the entire OTR neighborhood into Music Hall for this special celebration. A special bicycle “Music Ride” will precede the event and a party at Washington Park with food trucks and a live band (The Young Heirlooms) will follow. The itinerary for OTR Night is as follows:

Remark Hospitality, Core Redevelopment Propose Mixed-Use Plan for Old SCPA

by OTR on February 28, 2013, 13 comments

Cincinnati-based Remark Hospitality Development Company (RHD) in conjunction with Core Redevelopment is working to transform the historic Woodward High School / former SCPA building into a multi-use development. RHD will present its plan to the Pendleton Neighborhood Council at 7pm, Monday, March 11 at the Main Public Library in the 3rd floor Tower Room. The [...]

Vintage Findlay Market Photos

by OTR on February 27, 2013, 3 comments

A look back at Findlay Market several decades ago. The photos appear to have been taken at two different times, perhaps in the 1960s and 70s. The following interesting images were found in the University of Cincinnati’s Digital Collections. Hat tip to the Digging Cincinnati History facebook page for sharing one of these photos recently.

Traditions, New and Old, Planned for Bockfest 2013

by OTR on February 24, 2013, no comments

“Bockfest is coming!” This shrill yell of excitement has been echoing throughout Cincinnati’s seven hills and Over-the-Rhine’s secret alleyways with a growing intensity for weeks. Now, the time for bock beer, monks, and goats is nearly upon us… The 21st annual Bockfest (March 1-3) officially kicks off with the Bockfest Parade at 6pm Friday, March 1, starting [...]

Before & After: Cincinnati Color Building

by OTR on February 19, 2013, 5 comments

One of 3CDC‘s latest projects, the Cincinnati Color Building at 1400 Vine Street, is nearing completion. Kaze, a Japanese restaurant, sushi bar and gastropub, now occupies the first floor and is putting the finishing touches on its outdoor beer garden. Core Resources, the general contractor that performed the construction on the building, is preparing to move [...]

Over-the-Rhine Featured on HGTV’s House Hunters

by OTR on February 18, 2013, no comments

HGTV’s House Hunters will an air an episode set in Cincinnati tonight at 10pm. Real estate agent Scott Oyler of the Oyler Group showed his client Brandon three properties last August: a loft in OTR, a condo on 6th St. downtown, and a condo in Walnut Hills. By the end of the episode, Brandon will decide where [...]

Findlay Market’s 9th Annual Mardi Gras

by OTR on February 11, 2013, no comments

Findlay Market celebrated its ninth annual Mardi Gras this weekend. Unlike Mardi Gras on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Findlay Market’s celebration is a family-friendly affair. If you’re looking for a display of drunken debauchery and licentiousness, look somewhere else (perhaps Bockfest?). Mardi Gras is one of the Market’s busiest days of the year and [...]