Possible Cincinnati Streetcar on public display

Starting today at 1PM the City of Cincinnati will have one of the possible models of streetcar on display at Fountain Square. This gives the public a chance to look at and to get a feel for what we'll be riding starting in 2013. Erica was able to get a photo of the streetcar on its transport before they set it up on the square.

Here's the official press release from Mayor Mark Mallory -

Dear Friend:

I wanted to let you in on some exciting news: a Streetcar visiting Cincinnati. It is going to be set up on Fountain Square on 5^th Street and you will be able to climb aboard and check it out. It arrives tomorrow and will be here through Wednesday, November 10. It will be open for people to tour from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm tomorrow and from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm daily after that.

This is a great opportunity for you and your friends to climb aboard and see a modern Streetcar up close. This isn’t necessarily the Streetcar that we will have in Cincinnati because we haven’t selected our model yet, but it will give you a great idea of what you can expect when our Streetcar system is up and running in 2013.

I invite you to join me tomorrow at 1:00 pm for the opening so that you can be among the first to tour the Streetcar.

The Streetcar is an exciting project for Cincinnati. I hope that you get a chance to come to Fountain Square and check it out while it is here, and bring your friends and family when you do.

Thanks.

Mark Mallory

Mayor

UPDATE! Erica grabbed a few more pictures:

MPMF 2010

We're about a month away from Midpoint Music Fest 2010 and the lineup for this year is pretty incredible. If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, you can pick them up online or at the MidPoint Indie Summer events at Fountain Square. We picked up passes at the Square and are pretty excited to hit up as many shows as we can.

Upcoming free Fountain Square events building up to MPMF.10:

• Friday, August 27th, 7PM-11PM
• 10 p.m. Brian Olive
• 9 p.m. Oxford Cotton
• 8 p.m. J Dorsey Blues Revival
• 7 p.m. 20th Century Tokyo Princess
• Friday, September 3rd, 7PM-11PM
• 10 p.m. We Are Scientists
• 9 p.m. The Seedy Seeds
• 8 p.m. Hazle Weatherfield
• 7 p.m. Okay Lindon

MPMF.10 runs September 23rd-25th, check out their website for the incredible lineup and build your schedule.

Play Me, I'm Yours: Fountain Square

I met a friend for lunch on Fountain Square this week, and I found not one but two pianos in the Play Me, I'm Yours installment!

This first one is tucked back by Graeter's. Again, it was so so sweet to see a family engaging with this public piano!



This second one is nearer to the fountain, by the bandstand. No one was playing with the piano at the moment but it's still a beautiful sight.


These pianos are becoming the new Big Pig Gig sightings! (Speaking of which, I found another piggie-- look for it tomorrow!)

Play Me, I'm Yours: http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/

Mr. and Mrs. Downtown

I thought the 5chw4r7zs deserved a post of their own. Voila!

In case (somehow) you don't know these two, they are Bob & Erin Marie Schwartz, and they are Mr. and Mrs. Downtown. I hope one day to be half as connected to the city as these two are!

Oh, and there's also Dan. (Hi Dan.) Dan is holding a poster tube... Bob, in his infinite generosity, picked up a limited edition, signed and numbered Shepard Fairey print at the CAC opening. There were 450 and they were sold out by 10pm that night, and Dan and I couldn't make it to the event. We were really hoping to have that piece of art for our condo, and definitely couldn't have scored one without the help of 5chw4r7z. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

So we lunched together at Ingredients, and had a grand old time talking about the city. Can't wait to bump into the Downtowns again soon!