Northside,
"Northside is one of Cincinnati’s most sought-after neighborhoods, it is popular with students, hipsters, artists, and young professionals alike. It is also home to about 7,500 independently owned businesses including restaurants, gastropubs, vintage clothing stores and many more"
Eric Mees, “Store Space”
Total: 8,096 People
Tract 47: 1,954 People
Tract 75: 2,032 People
Tract 277: 4,110 People
Map of Population by Census Tract.
White Population: 5,280 people
Black Population: 1,926 people
Asian Population: 138 people
Other Races: 154 people
Percentage of Resisdents by Race, by Census Tract.
“The average annual household income in Northside is $65,076, while the median household income is around $45,105 per year. Residents aged 25 to 44 earn a median wage of $52,589, while those between 45 and 64 years old have a median wage of $36,568. In contrast, the people younger than 25 and those older than 65 earn less, at about $31,128 and $41,019”
Income by Census Tract.
Total: $65,706
Northside has many public parks and green spaces providing lots of community engagement and outdoor amenities such as hiking trails, playgrounds, and pavilions
An example of a park in Northside is Jacob Hoffner Park located at Blue Rock and Hamilton Avenue, with almost two-acres of green space including a pavilion, playground, and trees, that provide a great area for outdoor activities and many community festivals.
https://welcometonorthside.com/
greenspace/
Map of Greenspace in and Around Northside.
Northside has a wide variety of amenities, but they are clustered mostly in the south of the neighborhood around Hamilton Avenue.
Map Showing Where Amenities are in Northside, with Examples.
“The top means of transportation that people in Northside use to get to work are car, bus the trolley bus and walking. With total of 4,565 residents commuting by car, about 458 prefer going to work by bus or trolley bus and about 81 by walking.”
Personal Vehicles
Types of Transportation.
Northside has many great transportation projects that are in the process and is on a upward transition. Northside has been historically neglected and underutilized, but current and future projects are helping to change that.
The transit center in Northside is a fitting example of utilizing the surrounding area, with Northside being one of the busiest transit hubs in the city. Thousands of people utilize this center every day.
https://www.msaarch.com/projects/metro-northside-transit-center-graphics
Bus Stops
Bus Routes
Boundary
Bus Transit Routes.
In this zoning map, the difference between residential and business. the dark pink shows mixed use along Hamilton Avenue, which is a large area of focus for this project.
Zoning Map.
The 1980s had a resurgence of popularity for Northside. With its proximity to Clifton’s universities, Mount Airy Forest, Cincinnati’s highway systems, and downtown attracted many young and first-time home buyers into this area, where undervalued home prices have abounded. Over time it has become known for its bohemian and diverse population of students, artists, the LGBT community, as well as young professionals.
http://cincy.com/home/neighborhoods/parms/1/hood/ northside/page/history.html
The pride parade, now located in downtown Cincinnati, used to happen yearly in June in Northside. Recently, Northside has been holding a July 4th parade of artists, performers, and the like.
Up until 2013, Northside was home to the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Greater Cincinnati. The center has relocated to only be online. cincylgbt.com
Our goal in this proposal is to tackle the issues of vacancy and representing the LGBT population in Northside.
Map Showing Locations of Emply Lots.
We chose to create a plan for a large site close to Hamilton Avenue.
This lot, on the corner of Hoffner and Colerain, is currently a paved lot being used for storage.
Site Location Highlighted in Blue.
Northside has been known for decades as a social space and recreation center for a large LGBT population, however we have noticed that there is no resource center available. As a way to add improvements and inclusivity to Northside we have developed a plan to create a resource center that would serve to aid and support the residents of this neighborhood specifically the LGBT community.
Site Plan and Model.
Created by Rachel Saine, Lexi Spurlock, Sidney Bacon, and Brody Smith.