Julie Irwin Zimmerman
Urban Affairs: Full Throttle
The east side gears up to join the rails-to-trails revolution.
The Benefactor
His first restaurant (Jean-Robert at Pigall’s) was a virtual gift to the city and he helped save a beloved Cincinnati icon (Rookwood Pottery) from oblivion. So how come Martin Wade isn’t feeling the love?
The School That Anthony and Jack Built
There was a time when Taft High was one of the worst schools in Ohio. Now students have their own laptops, tutors from Cincinnati Bell roam the halls, the newly built campus has gone high tech, and 95 percent of seniors graduate.
The Ghost of Buddy Gray
In January of 1978, in the middle of the night during one of that brutal winter’s blizzards, a group calling itself the Over-the-Rhine People’s Movement took over the abandoned Teamsters Union Hall at 217 West 12th Street.
For five years the group had used various rooms and storefronts to provide shelter to the homel
Property Values: ShowStoppers
Homearama, the annual orgy of housing excess, fell victim to the real-estate bust as cash-strapped builders refused to gamble on speculative construction of luxury housing.
Backstory: Housing Crisis
After two years of sniping, lawsuits, and drama, can CMHA get its house in order?
Altared State
Sister Louise Akers was a decades-long supporter of female ordination. When Archbishop Pilarczyk asked her to renounce her conviction in 2009, her refusal set off a landslide of national interest in the Delhi nun's beliefs.
Garden States
“Lantana is a great plant,” says Melissa Benoit of Marvin’s Organic Gardens in Lebanon. For starters, when the going gets tough, lantana keeps blooming. “It’s heat- and drought-tolerant,” Benoit explains. “We had some here last year that looked good all summer, even at the end of August.” Lantana’s colorful flowers, borne in charming clusters, attract butterflies. Plus, they come in mounding or trailing varieties, so they look good in a hanging basket. You can even train them as topiaries. Bonus: lantana blooms summer to frost, so you get your money’s worth.
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