September 2016
Features
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Everything But The House is an Online Estate Sale Machine
The company started with two employees and a dream: to capitalize on the downsizing of America. In nine years it has grown into a $60 million online auction business. Welcome to the new economy of people’s old stuff.
The Quarter-Billion Dollar Man
Do Joey Votto’s stats legitimize what the Reds shelled out for him?
The Ark Encounter, By The Numbers
It’s a business venture with a price tag of biblical proportions.
How Lies, Dead Animals, and a $583 Million Lawsuit Tore the Griffin Family Apart
John L. Griffin turned the dirty work of collecting animal carcasses into a highly respected, multi-million-dollar enterprise—only to have sibling greed, betrayal, and an ill-fated scheme lead to a $583 million lawsuit that left his once-proud family in tatters.
Mapping Cincinnati’s Middle Class
We used adjusted data to define the middle class in Cincinnati as a household income between $35,000 and $100,000. So where do those people live?
And Carl Lindner III Said, “Let There Be Soccer”
FC Cincinnati is the hottest ticket in town thanks to the deep pockets—and commitment—of Carl Lindner III.
The Money Issue: Old Money in Cincinnati
Money is a peculiar thing. It’s everything and it’s nothing. It’s flaunted and it’s hidden. And in 2016, it’s just pixels on a screen. For our special issue on money, we looked into the tangible life and history of money in Cincinnati: where it’s been (or being) kept, how its looks have changed over time, and what it’s been used to create. Turns out, the stuff is everywhere.
This Local Nonprofit is Like Habitat for Humanity, But With Cars
What do you need to purchase a 15-year-old high-mileage mid-range secondhand vehicle? At Changing Gears, it takes everything you’ve got.
Here’s What Your Public Officials Get Paid
Assuming you’re a dutiful, IRS-abiding citizen, your tax dollars help pay public officials. But exactly how much they get paid depends on where they live and what they do.
Fighting the Currency
Sometimes it’s hard not to take personal finance personally.
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Frontlines
Is WNKU on its Way Out?
Sadly, one of our last college radio stations may not be long for these airwaves.
Letter from the Editor: September 2016
Capitalism, being the official state religion of these United States, seeps into our lives whether we want it to or not. Nevertheless, with a budding 10-year-old capitalist in the house, I am being forced to face my fears.
Why Does Ohio Pick the President? Kyle Kondik Has Some Ideas.
There have been 30 presidential elections since 1896; the state of Ohio sided with the winner in 28 of them.
A Cincinnati Streetcar Chronology O’ Fun
It’s been a long, long, long time coming. So brush up on the history, the politics, the utterly absurd (and we would venture, unwarranted) mayhem, and get ready to ride some rails. Finally.
Can’t Afford an Authentic Charley Harper? This New-And-Improved Coffee Table Book is the Next Best Thing.
The complete collection of artist Charley Harper, 2.0.
This Mini Megillah is Ready for Its Close-Up
Reading glasses are a must-have for this pocket-sized story.
Dr. Know: Riverfest Booze, Naming Cincinnati Gardens, and Swastikas (?!) in Northside
At the Northside cinema’s opening, the proprietors proudly declared their facility was “for mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives, where the purity of their thought will be conserved above all things.”
Former Jockey Club House Band The Reduced Make Their Official Debut
Shake It Records pressed 500 vinyl EPs of Drastically Reduced! for a Record Store Day release this past April.
Radar
Neighborhood Spotlight: Old Milford
A small town getaway doesn’t have to require getting away at all.
Long Weekend: Nashville
There’s more to Music City than a flashy row of boot shops and honkytonks.
This New Development Aims to Help Revitalize Sayler Park
Winding Walks of Sayler Park will eventually contain about 70 homes, built in four phases.
Arrington Vineyards is the Perfect Nashville Side Trip
The 91-acre property has 17 acres of grapes and ships in others to be fermented and bottled on-site.
Style Counsel: Frances Garr
“When you get older you don’t care what people think. You just do what you want and to hell with them. Being old doesn’t have to be the end.”
Build Your Own Home Menagerie With Animal-Themed Decor (And One Actual Animal).
It’s a jungle out there—and if you choose wisely, you can bring an animal kingdom home, too.
Columns
The Ticket Master
Hugh Dodman, enigmatic king of the secondary market.
WEBN’s Show Can’t Hold a Roman Candle to our 1898 Fireworks Display
The real story of Cincinnati’s 1898 fireworks. Neither WEBN nor anyone else has ever matched it since.
The Tri-State Warbird Museum Restored a Rare WWII Fighter Plane
This Tri-State Warbird Museum piece–a restored Curtiss P-40—is truly a rare bird, one that saw action in the South Pacific as an RAF flyer.
Dine
Northside Distilling is Turning Out Corn Whiskey From (Where Else?) a Tiny Old Barn
Northside Distilling occupies an impossibly small converted horse barn behind Fred Koch’s now-phantom greenhouses on Springlawn Ave.
Downtown’s Via Vite is the Center of Cristian Pietoso’s Dining Empire
Cristian Pietoso steers his newer restaurants, but Via Vite still sets the standard.
Try This: Maplewood Kitchen’s Raw Salad
No dairy, no meat, just a giant bowl of beautiful vegetables.
Take Home Tano Will Upgrade Your Family Take-Out Night
Gourmet is such an off-putting word, especially when used in conjunction with take-away. It smacks of the expensive and the pretentious. Fortunately, Take Home Tano is neither.
Tony Ferrari is Bringing a 1960s Airstream Coffee Bar to Camp Washington
It’s set to open in early March on Colerain Avenue.
Mariemont Loves Green Papaya
When Demetrios IV closed at the corner of Murray and Plainville, neighbors mourned the loss of the longtime Greek diner. But if the steady stream of takeout traffic on a recent Wednesday is any indication, Green Papaya has been embraced by Mariemont residents.
Carabello Coffee Expands Newport Location
The evolution of the Newport coffee shop continues as it expands into an adjacent storefront on historic Monmouth Street, doubling its previous size.