As more visitors discover — and regional residents rediscover — the charms of Over-the-Rhine (aka OTR), most are delighted to find a neighborhood rich in art, history, and community plus plenty of food and drink establishments and independent retailers. Architectural treasures like Music Hall and Memorial Hall sit side by side with the School for Performing Arts and Washington Park in this neighborhood that's been heralded as a national leader in urban transformation. Vine Street, Main Street, Race Street, and Pendleton are the area's hot spots for an eclectic array of restaurants and shops near the Ensemble, Woodward, Cincinnati Shakespeare, and Know theaters. Findlay Market, between Race and Elm Streets north of Liberty Street, is Ohio's oldest continuously-operated public market where you will find locally sourced food, cafes and restaurants as well as the Rhinegeist Brewery taproom. The community's remarkable 19th-century buildings feature one of the country's largest collection of Italianate architecture and provide a dramatic background to the diverse residents that call OTR home.
People's Liberty opened Julia Fischer's Play Library last week in its Globe Gallery storefront across from Findlay Market and is already accepting Globe Grant applications to activate the space in 2017.
The Skeleton Root is the second new winery (along with Revel OTR) that's coming to Over-the-Rhine. It will be just east of Rhinegeist Brewery at 38 W. McMicken Ave.
Anthony and Jodie Maieron, friends John and Amy Coleman and vintner Alex Sena are establishing Revel OTR winery and wine bar on 12th Street between Walnut and Jackson, hoping to be open by early September.
Politico Magazine presents an exhaustive, well-researched overview of how the City of Cincinnati and 3CDC "salvaged" Over-the-Rhine, putting today's renaissance into proper historical context.
A recent move to StartupCincy hub Union Hall and exposure to its accelerator and incubator programs has inspired Flywheel and SE Cincy to start a similar resource and support program for social enterprises dubbed Elevator.
Slow to build and expensive to operate, streetcars could be the most maligned mode of transportation in America, Governing Magazine says in its June issue, but cities like Cincinnati keep building and opening new lines.
A new Travel Diary post on the family travel website Taking the Kids explores Findlay Market and Over-the-Rhine via a day with Cincinnati Food Tours.
NewCo Cincinnati, the inside-out international innovation conference, returns July 21 with 95 host companies and themed track options for attendees.
Artichoke, which opened earlier this spring near Findlay Market, will host its first in a series of cooking classes to be taught by Chef Anthony Jordan of Invito Personal Chef on June 25.
Mortar's nine-week business development program is explained and celebrated in Yes! Magazine, which features graduate Jasmine Ford, who will be opening a storefront bakery in Walnut Hills.
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