Cincinnati

Repurposing Old Rail Stations in the Rust Belt

Marilyn Rodgers could do just about anything with her Saturday off, but instead she chooses to vacuum a train terminal. The executive director of Buffalo’s Central Terminal Restoration Corporation (CTRC), a nonprofit that’s rehabilitating the city’s vacant train station, goes up and down yards of original Terrazzo flooring, sucking up dirt with an industrial-strength cleaner. “I have to clean my house,” she jokes of the 523,000 square foot space where she frequently visits.

William Rickman2015-02-13T10:43:19-05:00September 2, 2014|

Population Ain’t Nothing But a Number: Standardizing the Size of the Great American City

Conventional wisdom holds that the larger the population of a city, the more successful the place must be. If the population’s growing, that city must be doing something right. If it’s withering, it must be in decline.

William Rickman2015-01-28T17:20:55-05:00August 12, 2014|

Neither Created Nor Destroyed

There are people who don’t believe Cincinnati can, should, or will change. But it is changing and I like what I see. I like that I can be a part of it, even from what some would consider the outside.

Anne Trubek2015-03-02T14:31:05-05:00June 2, 2014|