Change in Over-the-Rhine

The Cincinnati Enquirer looks at changes in Over-the-Rhine since the riots in 2001:

The dead-end alley where a police officer shot Timothy Thomas 10 years ago is gone, replaced by a gated walkway between lofts with bamboo floors and condominiums with Rookwood tile fireplaces.
The park where a protest over Thomas’ death dissolved into violence is being rebuilt as a “green oasis” with fountains, a dog park and a playground.
And the streets where mobs once hurled bottles at police are now patrolled by officers who get support - and even praise - for the way they do their jobs.
Over-the-Rhine is no longer the place it was in April 2001 when Thomas died and the neighborhood erupted.
The center of unrest and riots a decade ago, Over-the-Rhine now is home to $160 million in development projects, more than a dozen new businesses, about 200 renovated apartments and condos, a smaller population, less housing for the poor and a rate of serious crime that's half what it was in 2001.
"A change is taking place," said the Rev. Damon Lynch III, pastor of New Prospect Baptist Church on Elm Street. "And it's dramatic."
Over-the-Rhine's transformation is stunning to those who have watched generations of politicians and activists bicker about how to save the historic neighborhood from blight, crime and poverty.
But some of the changes have triggered a new struggle that is in some ways more significant than the battles fought a decade ago in the streets.

This is an interesting development, as gentrification comes to a city that has long just built further and further from downtown, and generally still is.