"Building Holidays" trolley tours Downtown
ARCHITREKS will be taking their popular architectural tours to the trolley this holiday season as they present the “Building Holidays” trolley tour that will

2nd Annual 'Holidays in the Bag' takes place on Black Friday - 11/27
Ready?! Set?! Shop!! Yes, Friday marks the “official” start to the holiday shopping season. After food and family on Thursday, many folks like to get out and shop on Friday, and you can count on the UrbanCincy staff to be a part of that crowd. But, we won't be shopping just anywhere, and don’t think you should be either.The businesses in historic Over-the-Rhine's Gateway Quarter are hosting their second annual Holidays in the Bag event on Friday from 9am to 9pm. The shopping event not only supports a local charity,

World Food Bar serves up monthly mystery dinners
Local chef Josh Campbell (shown right) and his team at the World Food Bar Restaurant Group have been working their tails off this year. Not only has the group successfully been runni

The Quickest Way to a Misleading Generalization is Always Through COAST
Over the course of the past two years I have been privileged to debate the merits of rail transportation with COAST’s Mark Miller on several occasions. These conversations often lasted extended periods of time and often included a statement from Miller that went something like this: “I’m not opposed to rail, I just want the voters to have a say on the matter…I actually think a better transportation system would be a good thing for Cincinnati.”The problem is that these words are not followed up by actions that support them. COAST decided to draft an all-encompassing charter amendment that would have force

Cincinnati wins $5,000 first-place prize in national recycling contest
Cincinnati has won the American Recycler Video Award and the $5,000 first-place prize that goes along with it for the City’s recycling efforts. The contest was sponsored by the National Mayoral Congress, Keep America Beautiful, and The Novelis Corp., and asked participating cities to create a short, web-based film promoting aluminum can recycling while also incorporating the 2009 theme of “Recycling starts with I CAN.”The finalists from California, Minnesota, Alabama, Florida and Ohio were selected by the sponsors, and then voted o