Finn's new front yard

The city of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, and The Banks working group finally agreed today on a development plan. This is huge news. For the past 10 years there has been only talk about what the riverfront could be, while the reality has been a giant dirt patch.



Here is an aerial view of the plan. Beginning in early 2008, a massive mixed-use development will be built between the football and baseball stadiums. This is fantastic for us. A question we often get about having a kid downtown is "don't you want to him to be able to play outside?" Well, here's our front yard. Not too shabby, huh?

We already have the park at Sawyer Point, but this new addition will create a 2 mile long riverfront park. There will be a huge playground and a giant waterfall/fountain (below). It also looks like there will be a streetcar built that will run directly from in front of our house to The Banks. No long walks hauling strollers, just hop on a train.



I am a little jealous of Finn. Looking back, he won't remember the fact that he had to wait for the construction to be complete. He'll just remember the fun times he had growing up in the city.