Joshua Junker
@JoshJunker2
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Living the good life. he/him. all opinions my own.🏳️🌈 / 25,737 Cincinnatians, 99% of whom were Black, lived in the West End in 1950 until they were displaced
Cincinnati, OH
Joined December 2018
Excuse me? A WHAT interest rate??
The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate. It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. https://t.co/SwJlhw5aLi
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Seeing downtown extended west like this is all that I had been thinking about doing the advocacy with Bridge Forward. Its amazing to see it rendered.
Grass-roots groups helped the city of Cincinnati persuade ODOT to change the design of the $3.6B Brent Spence Bridge project to reclaim 10 acres of interstate for development, extending downtown westward. Now the city is planning for how to use it.
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The city's planning process has identified 10 opportunity sites, from the Ohio River up to Northside and Mitchell Avenue, where highway-related connectivity projects could catalyze new development. The Gateway West and Crosley Building sites stand out as well.
Grass-roots groups helped the city of Cincinnati persuade ODOT to change the design of the $3.6B Brent Spence Bridge project to reclaim 10 acres of interstate for development, extending downtown westward. Now the city is planning for how to use it.
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Grass-roots groups helped the city of Cincinnati persuade ODOT to change the design of the $3.6B Brent Spence Bridge project to reclaim 10 acres of interstate for development, extending downtown westward. Now the city is planning for how to use it.
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Cities grow when leaders are willing to change zoning and expand who gets to build. If the development pipeline is controlled by just a few entrenched players, capacity is capped even the biggest developers can only do so many projects at once. You need more builders to get more
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Downtown could be extended to the west with high-rises and a new mega development across I-75, according to a master planning document on which Cincinnati City Council is expected to vote in the coming months.
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Cincinnati updates its 2011 Lower Mill Creek Valley plan to guide development on land freed by the Brent Spence Bridge and I-75 projects.
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Breaking News: House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew of the convicted sex offender's conduct and “spent hours at my house” with a victim.
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In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.
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This proposal would make Jersey City home to the 4th tallest residential building in the United States - with a major affordable housing component. I am proud to support it. It’s not that complicated for me - I like big buildings + we were deliberate about remaking the
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The proposed development would feature towers rising 90 and 40 stories from a shared podium base, connected by a sky bridge on the 40th floor.
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Wyler wanted the movie set in a medium size midwest town- Anywhere USA. The stock footage is of Cincinnati. @cammillerfilms @JoshJunker2
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946) dir. William Wyler starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo and Harold Russell
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The Union Terminal Rotunda. December 1945.
Soliders return home to Cincinnati at Christmas via Union Terminal. 1945.
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Soliders return home to Cincinnati at Christmas via Union Terminal. 1945.
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Who ever imagined that you could see the northern lights from Price Hill
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Sam Altman's recent interview totally reminds me of the Enron earnings call right before they collapsed on December 2, 2001.
Sam Altman is asking the Trump administration for an OpenAI government bailout.
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@JoshJunker2 Never knew her but lived across the street from a decaying hulk of a building on Milton Street in the 90s and watch her do a glorious rehab job on it.
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Talked with someone irl yesterday who finally knew who Nell Surber was and heard anecdotes about her 🥹🥹🥹
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Imagine living here and thinking you don’t need a new train
Pressure was on the MTA Thursday night to end or change plans for the IBX in Queens, as a number of local residents claimed the nearly $6 billion light-rail is “not needed or wanted” in their neighborhoods.
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Pressure was on the MTA Thursday night to end or change plans for the IBX in Queens, as a number of local residents claimed the nearly $6 billion light-rail is “not needed or wanted” in their neighborhoods.
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announcer on my Amtrak just said "happy veterans day, i myself did not serve but i'm serving all day in the cafe car, come on by"
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Downtown Cincinnati's skyline. November 1971. CMC Collection
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