Mark Twain once said, "When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati because it's always twenty years behind the times." I'm here to expose Cincinnati's continuing failure to act and failure to honor commitments---all to the detriment of its citizens. It's time the Queen City takes back her crown.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
My Blog Now Has a Voice
The principal owner of Inwood Village and Dorian Development sued the city for $15.5 million in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court June 21. Van der Haer claims city officials failed to honor a series of contracts to subsidize her housing development at the former Glencoe Apartments near Christ Hospital.
To bolster her case, she developed a blog entitled, "Was Mark Twain Right?"
Among its features is a trio of renderings showing what Van der Haer was hoping to build at the intersection of Auburn Ave. and Glencoe Place.
"That was a master plan concept that included a future phase of new construction," Van der Haer said of the renderings on her blog. "The tall building would have been a condominium tower overlooking the park. It was a future project that would have likely been developed had the city not breached its commitment to me."
Read more: Developer launches blog to rail against city - Business Courier of Cincinnati