Location, Location, Location
[QUOTE=HuntLadys29;1767846]If I were a betting man I would have bet they would close the sycamore first, just on all the crazy shit that the girls dealers and butter pimps pull.[/QUOTE]Just like the old real estate analogy, it is all about the location. The Drake property is much more integral to any redevolpment in that area and is in plain view of the Hwy above. If you were mopping up a spill you wouldn't start from the center and work out (Sycamore Hotel) , you'd begin on one end, the more valuable end (Drake) , and work the other direction until dried up. Just my theory anyway, and yes. Reading may be pushing this as well but by the very fact of where it is located gives it the 'lead-off position' in any clean-up effort. JMHO. It is really amazing that it has taken this long before any action has been taken.
SWAT at the Sycamore last Thursday (5/16/13)
Got into a brief conversation with a guy who owns a business right there next to the Sycamore. In passing, he mentioned there were "about 30 SWAT guy and a dozen cars" at the Sycamore about 9am Thursday morning. He didn't know anything specific about the event but they were there for a couple hours and then gone.
This place is in "counting the days" mode.
Have a great day.
Dz
Drake is in Sycamore Township
[QUOTE=Varoom;1768290]Just like the old real estate analogy, it is all about the location. The Drake property is much more integral to any redevolpment in that area and is in plain view of the Hwy above. If you were mopping up a spill you wouldn't start from the center and work out (Sycamore Hotel) , you'd begin on one end, the more valuable end (Drake) , and work the other direction until dried up. Just my theory anyway, and yes. Reading may be pushing this as well but by the very fact of where it is located gives it the 'lead-off position' in any clean-up effort. JMHO. It is really amazing that it has taken this long before any action has been taken.[/QUOTE]Sycamore is in Cincinnati. Isn't it ironic. Sycamore is a little more upscale than the nasty natty
My first scouting mission
I drove up Reading road from Downtown on the day of the raid. I wasn't looking to hook up, but see what I could observe. I am a lifelong Cincy resident and I was surprised at the reports of all of the SW activity. Unfortunately I drove the route after the raid had already started to wrap up. I have a question and its OK if I get flamed as a noob, but my biggest fear besides a bust by LE is bed bugs. Aren't these places infested?