Two years ago:
- A slideshow of 61 photos from my Norwood tour, led by Susan Knox of Citizens for a Better Norwood, Norwood councilmember Steve Thornberry and Norwood Historical Society president Rodney Rogers, was posted to Building Cincinnati.
- City Home, Pleasant Ridge Montessori, Western Hills Target, St. Elizabeth Covington, and Brodbeck Park were evaluated for their walkability using the online Walk Score tool.
- A North Fairmount house was razed, and it appears that criminal charges were not pursued because the owners could not be found.
- Villas of the Valley, a redevelopment of the Valley Homes complex in Lincoln Heights, was awaiting the approval of a planned unit development by the village's Department of Planning and Zoning.
- Cincinnati City Council adopted a motion directing the City to draft an ordinance to build a landslide-correcting retaining wall along Walker Street in Mount Auburn.
- Steven Bloomfield of Bloomfield/Schon + Partners took Building Cincinnati on a tour of the new condominiums at 2801 Erie, and 48 photos were posted to the website.
- The Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission launched its Latonia Small Area Study, a study of the neighborhood's housing, land use, transportation, and community facilities.
- The Hamilton County Park District purchased 184 acres in Colerain Township from Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc. for $1.1 million.
- A 39-unit Mount Auburn apartment building was razed by a Christ Hospital holding company for future hospital expansion following a split vote by Cincinnati's Historic Conservation Board.
