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Commenters mix it up: “Broadway Brownstones” gets approval for Historic Downtown

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Ellen Mershon – Lovely… More buildings that look just like the other buildings… Soon our town will look everyone else’s town and it will all be just grand… Can’t wait.

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Teresa Schmid – I agree! Plus more traffic, and more students for our already crowded schools.

Ellen Mershon – Teresa Schmid – there is no balance… Just development. Someday I wonder if we’ll regret not being a bit wiser.

Teresa Schmid – I think we will!

June Meder Lewis – Is sooooo sad. I’ve lived here since 1961 an don’t like the choices and changes.

Danny Dressler – There’s 8 condos people, 8. Doubt half of the people moving into them will have kids.

Halie Suzy Rebeccaschild – I would have preferred gallery spaces, but at least the building site will be revived and alive once more. Let’s continue the good works to ensure Loveland provides the green space and community activities for everyone.

Julie Marcheschi Whitaker – I loved how quaint and small town Loveland was. That’s why we chose it over other larger towns 2 years ago. This is very disappointing that they are taking away from the small town feel and replacing its historical charm with new, modern condos. We wanted to live in a town that was not commercialized and suburban. Makes me sad to see all the new developments.

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Jeanne Meyer Purdy – try living there all your life and to see it now it sucks

Julie Marcheschi Whitaker – Jeanne Meyer Purdy I bet – to see how it was and now all of that new stuff going up, is horrible. Wish there was something we could do to keep it from turning into some trendy hotspot. ?

Danny Dressler – You guys can’t all be serious. I bet half of you have never even looked at the back of the building that currently occupies that space. The backside has already collapsed and the rest probably would if it wasn’t being demolished soon. If you want to be mad at someone, be mad at the previous owner of the building who did nothing but destroy it and left it to rot. You have to understand that Loveland seriously looked like garbage before these new projects began. Sorry old timers, it’s time to get with the program.

Geoffrey Hill – Some people just have a very skewed definition of “historic,” as if it means letting your town crumble all around you. It doesn’t look quaint, it looks trashy.


Danny Dressler – What’s funny is you claim that Loveland is becoming commercialized, yet all the stores in historic Loveland are local owners.


Julie Marcheschi Whitaker – Sorry Danny I love the local businesses but I’m afraid what’s next… And I don’t like the condos.

Patti Sandmayr Horton – Living in Old Loveland went from quaint to a mess. It is not pleasant hunting parking spots, getting ran down by cars coming off bridge… I could go on.

mobilecom-Web-9'Jeanne Meyer Purdy – me too just make me sick

Danny Dressler – I seem to have no trouble finding a spot everyday for work!

Nate Graham – Traffic is horrendous enough already. So what comes next is road widening or re-routing. Instead of concentrating the population, they should widen the area. Tear down those old ugly homes surrounding downtown and upgrade the living spaces there.

Ben Coster – I actually like these a lot better than the gigantic blemish just built. I was hoping the entire development would be more in line with this one. Greed trumps logic, though.

Ellen Mershon – Just remember the giant blemish looked pretty good in the rendering.

Tina Mulhollen – Are the ones they just built all occupied? And how long does it take those poor suckers to get home at the end of the day, or even on the weekend for that matter?

Halie Suzy Rebeccaschild – Good thing we have a variety of healthy food choices for all our beautiful residents. Let’s stay positive to keep Loveland vibrant and beautiful. ❤️

Judy Merz Suddendorf – It is exciting and full of energy downtown. I love walking the path, stopping at Julian’s, seeing people I know. Great mix of old and new!

 
Loveland-Magazine-Ad-4'Andrea Muhlhauser – I love it!!! My property value will go up, especially since I’m walking distance to all of this

Jeanne Meyer Purdy – dont count on it

William Knott – Those houses up by the light, that we all thought “who would by those”? They could be worth a lot of money now.

Mary Beth Pfeiffer – I Love It!! Design fits in perfectly to maintain the charm & character of Loveland

Gina Thompson – Just what we need in Loveland!!! Thanks for ruining downtown Loveland!! We don’t need more townhouses or apartments in Loveland!!

Danny Dressler – Clearly we do or people wouldn’t be buying them up before they’re even built

Jeffrey Gross – Just need to avoid old Loveland now! Learn the routes around it. I have! It’s sad!

ogden-adRamey Stratmann – I hope that pieces of the old building are salvaged before they demolish it.

Amy Ogborn – Could they reuse some of the old bricks for the side walk or something? I’m sad that the old architecture will be lost.

Erica MostlyMe – Allowing the vinyl siding was a mistake. The siding keeps coming off of the sister apartments in Milford.

Jeanne Meyer Purdy – way to much,money its sad to see what they have done to a cool old town

ballet-tech-adDanny Dressler – They made it look more pleasing to the eye, got more people to move here, and more people to come and spend money here. Id say they’re doin alright!

Jeanne Meyer Purdy – whatever money isn’t everything, and they could of bulit something with the older feel and this was a small town, now its commercial

 Danny Dressler –Oh its commercial yet everyone down there who owns a business is local. You’re being illogical

Ross Evan Hartman – Nice- but be careful parking, you’ll get your car towed….

Ross Evan Hartman – Danny Dressler – not absolutely true… It depends on how you enter the lots on what signs are visible… Just saying if you want to gain revenue for the new retail spaces, you think they’d be a little understanding prior to pulling the trigger on tow trucks so quickly.

Jonathan Southworth – Like Danny said if you can read you won’t get towed. The place has signs everywhere explaining where you can park. Most of the parking is 1hr or 2hr parking with a lesser percentage being only for the residents who live there. Either entrance have signs clearly displayed.

Cheryl Table Bartnik – We need more parking not buildings and this will create more traffic. Not a good plan.

Alisha Qvick – Way to go destroying a small historic area , you should be so proud

pizazz-image-templateDanny Dressler – I bet you haven’t seen the back of the building that currently occupies the space have you?

Alisha Qvick – Yes I have

Danny Dressler – Then why are you complaining? That building is garbage

Alisha Qvick – Just because a historic building or monument is damaged doesn’t mean it needs to be torn down. I live and commute through this area, the last thing it needs is more condominiums and traffic. Its bad enough and I am entitled to have my own opinion on the subject just as you are

Arek Taylor – It seems Loveland’s housing market is looking up,

 

acct-plus-6_30Brandi Burns Aliaga – What a cool place to live! ❤️ Loveland!

Ruben Chambers – If you don’t like it vote the people approving this stuff out…

Barbara Gardon Mills – “the times, they are a changing”

Linda Marcheschi – wow so expensive!

Cyndi Campbell – BOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Stinks!!!!

Mary Hartman – Boo!

wards-corner-asPeggy Downs – You’ve got to be kidding…right? That much to live in Loveland? LOL! LOL! LOL!

Suzy Wood – Love it! And love Downtown Loveland!!

Reader commentary published in Loveland Magazine

Gregg Hothem

I hate to see the vinyl siding being allowed. Properly installed cementitious siding will last 50, if not 100+ years. Vinyl likely will not and will start showing its age long before then. And you can always paint cementitious siding to freshen it up, vinyl you can’t. These condos will be a good addition to Historic Loveland which needs for sale housing, but I would have held the developer to their original promise of brick and cement board siding.

Bob

When will the city address the traffic problems in that area? More construction and more residential buildings will only contribute to that problem.

Teresa Schmid

I don’t think the city cares!!!

Concerned Loveland Resident

Raze a 200 year old brick building for a vinyl sided building that will look bad in 2 years – good long term planning. People come to Loveland for the historic charm not a cookie cutter suburban feel. Look to Montgomery, Hyde Park, etc. Strong, historic brick structures dominate. Thanks Loveland city council for slowly destroying the reason I moved to the area.

Diana Watson

Having a downtown is pointless if you can’t park and enjoy it. This is obviously not an area for senior members of the community.

Bob

loveland-sweetsI used to love downtown but now, not so much. We should have let the gun range come in!

Teresa Schmid

In the one “rendering” above, I think they look like project housing!

Barb Litchfield

I would like to know why vinyl siding? As everyone says it will begin to deteriorate in a few years. The brick is so much more charming and of course, historic. What a bad decision. Also, will the roads be improved? City Council should have made a contract with road improvements. No road improvements, no condos. Simple! And if that isn’t in the bargain why not? Cars making left turns hold up traffic and that 4 way stop is a nightmare. Road improvements should ALWAYS be part of any housing construction!

City Council and the City Mgr just don’t seem to care about the traffic-jam-city they have created in old Loveland. All they want is tax money, tax money, and tax money.
Left hand turns bring the traffic to a stop.
Those stinking bike crossings bring traffic to a stop.
Can not understand why they can not coordinate the traffic light coming off the bridge into downtown with a
STOP at the bike crossing. Every car stops at that crossing at Paxtons and pushes traffic back to the dairy whip. If the light is green off the bridge, put up a STOP AND WAIT at that crossing at Paxtons !!!

And FYI … I’m on a new-hire committee at my work place in Deerfield Township. I tell every new hire NOT TO MOVE TO LOVELAND !!! You are better off in the Kings area, Maineville, or Morrow. Stay away from Loveland because Loveland has the area’s WORST TRAFFIC and it will only get worse. If they insist on Loveland, I say, BY GOD, make it the Hamilton side because only idiots would move to the Clermont or Warren sides …. to prove it, I say try to go to Paxtsons on a 75 degree Friday at 6:00pm. Or try to drive through downtown at 7:00am once school starts up.
One try and they will never come back ….

C. Monk

I like the first artist rendering above, where the residents of Broadway Brownstains peer out from their rooftop retreats at the scenic parking lot below. They might find great fun in trainspotting (the pastime, not the film) as well.

 

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2 responses to “Commenters mix it up: “Broadway Brownstones” gets approval for Historic Downtown”

  1. H. Reams Avatar
    H. Reams

    How do you know what socio-economic class will inhabit the eight condos? The price point mentioned ($300,000+) isn’t exactly targeting the Section 8 crowd.

  2. donna G stiles Avatar
    donna G stiles

    It’s not 8 condos it 16 more cars plus all their friends. There is nothing but bars and all the problems that comes with it. Drugs and alcohol.

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