Downtown Cincinnati

It only applies to the public plaza located between Great American Ball Park and Walnut Street, and only between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

The skyscraper on West 7th between Race and Vine streets is back open with 341 apartments.

The building at 33 West Fourth has been empty for more than a decade.

Oskamp Flats will include 70 units affordable to people over age 55 making between 30% and 80% of the Area Median Income. That's as low as $22,000 a year.

The closure makes room for renovation work on the Duke Energy Convention Center. The street and neighboring vacant land will eventually become a public park and plaza.

The ordinance is scheduled for a public hearing and vote in a City Council committee June 4.

Skateboarding, roller skating, and other "coasting" will be legal on all sidewalks. Skating in the street will still be prohibited, but will be a civil instead of criminal offense.

Both the Congress for the New Urbanism and Strong Towns' conferences feature sessions on the Connected Communities proposal to reform zoning code.

Mayor Aftab Pureval is leading an effort to reform zoning in Cincinnati, focusing changes in neighborhood business districts and along major transit corridors.

Cincinnati lost more than 2,000 housing units between 2010 and 2020, according to a new report from the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber.