Seems very car centric. Where are the protected bike lanes? Bike racks? Bus stops? Maybe a vision for getting the streetcar over here. Backward looking design.
Compared to what? I think this looks more walkable that the majority of Cincinnati neighborhoods. As far as bus stops, this location is literally the hub of the Northern Kentucky bus routes. Almost every route in the region goes through through this block. You could get to fountain square in 8 minutes on the Southbank Shuttle that leaves from there every 15 minutes. You could get to CVG in under an Hour. Route 1 goes right through this site and then all the way to Erlanger with stops all along the US-25 commercial corridor. This is about as good as it gets for Transit Oriented Development in Cincinnati.
With all that being built where is some affordable housing at there’s already enough up scale apartments throughout Mainstrauss, the new ones off highland, and rivers edge so at this point where are all the low income/ poorer people going to go? And yes there needs to be something built for the youth in Covington to do.
The affordable housing of tomorrow (20+ years from now) requires housing to be built today…. You can’t go back in time 20 years ago to build the housing and infrastructure that we as a nation failed to do.
“Affordable housing” manipulates the prices of the housing market, ultimately making housing unaffordable. This is the long sad false concept of so called affordable housing. In a true free market, there would be a market for those who need housing to be built by those who could afford to build it and rent. Government involvement in the crusade and good-will doing of making it “affordable” creates a market with no value to build affordable.
Exciting to see progress. But this aesthetic feels like it’s copying The Banks and other recent developments around cincinnati. Does not to me extend the character of the surrounding neighborhoods as intended. Would love to see green spaces that feel less boxy and more park-like. Maybe look at New York or DC parks for inspiration. Even Washington Park in OTR... could we consider less of a grid layout and something more radial? Make it feel like a pinnacle of the city, create a central plaza? I know nothing but would really much rather see this space provide something we don’t already have a lot of in Covington. A sprawling multi-use park feels like a huge opportunity for the area. Maybe spotted with some commerce, but this fly through feels crammed unnecessarily.
If you were to compare and contrast this with the banks, I would say this feels much more livable. The banks is huge and flashy, full of theme park style attractions and amenities for people that drive in from the suburbs to watch sports and concerts. This development appears to be geared toward the day to day needs of people that live within walking distance of the neighborhood. I sincerely hope they follow through with that!
It would be great if we tried something new instead of a bunch of bars and distillery. Be great to see a world class children's museum or a space for symphony or outdoor gardens
Most of this appears to be housing, but yea, it would be great to see shared amenities for urban families to raise children. Right at the edge of this development is a center for children under 5, called the Learning Grove. The other thing this development needs is a Laundromat. If some of these units will be affordable, they may be small and may have to skimp on appliances. It might be reasonable to walk to the Wash Haus on main street, but that would more likely require a car trip. A small grocery store could be great for the community as well. Something like the Dee Felice Market, if that wouldn't be too redundant. That market is just 6 minutes walk, so you could almost say that this neighborhood already has a local grocery. As far as museums and symphonies, I think I would rather see Covington service the people who live there rather than turning the city into a theme park. Lots of cities have tried turning themselves into theme parks, and it ends up pushing the community out into the suburbs.
This is sweet but can we please spend time designing buildings that dont look like that? This will end up being another middle-american characterless little village covered in 'decorative' sheet metal and 'trendy' colors when in reality it just looks like a run of the mill container park that doesn't do the history and character of Covington justice literally at all. Please please let's do this right.
I had the same reaction the second the video started. It would be refreshing to see Covington use this opportunity to truly differentiate itself and design a new urban neighborhood that pays tribute to the past architecturally. It just looks like The Banks 2.0. That said, anything is better than what they tore down, but they have a great opportunity to do something unique, and I hope they consider additional options.
this is just a possibilities video from the company hired to do the groundwork (street grid and utilities). Multiple developers will be sought to build on the land once that is complete
@@tylerharris7789 Exactly, let's have fake historic buildings and maybe even just throw up some teepees and mud huts, after all, this 18th century architecture sure does not recognize the architecture of the indigenous people!
The entire plaza overlooks the river, the whole north portion of the site is being built on top of a two level garage to get the plaza up to the top of the levee... did you even watch the video?
