Betts-Longworth Historic District
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 Betts-Longworth Historic District application |
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 Betts-Longworth Historic District case study |
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 Sustaining Urban Excellence: Learning from the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence 1987-1993 |
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- Title
- Betts-Longworth Historic District
- Description
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1993 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence - Silver Medal
The Betts-Longworth Historic District in Cincinnati combines historic preservation and new development to successfully revitalize a small downtown neighborhood. Now a thriving low- and middle-income neighborhood, the project promotes socio-economic diversity and stability in an area once on the verge of complete demolition. By the end of 1993, the district included 240 rehabilitated apartment units; 77 single-family homes; 20,000 square feet of rehabilitated office space; 4,000 square feet of rehabilitated retail space; 370 parking spaces; and a park designed, constructed, and maintained by middle school students.
The initiative has sparked economic growth by encouraging small-scale private development and the participation of minority developers and contractors, and economic and racial diversity in the area are increasing. The plan includes a marketing and public relations strategy to attract residents and investors and a financing strategy to reduce investment risk through a five-bank loan consortium. The project has succeeded in saving most of the district’s historic buildings, and new buildings are designed to fit the rich character of the neighborhood. - Coverage
- Cincinnati, OH
- Date
- 1993
- Subject
- historic districts
- housing rehabilitation
- historic preservation
- low-income housing
- scattered-site housing
- community development
- public-private sector cooperation
- Contributor
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City of Cincinnati Department of Neighborhood Housing & Conservation
- Contributor
- en Public Agency
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Cincinnati Historic Conservation Board
- Contributor
- en Public Agency
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Community Development Properties Betts-Longworth
- Contributor
- en Developer
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Wichman+Gunther Architects
- Contributor
- en Architect
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Betts-Longworth Historic Group
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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