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<v Speaker 1>Billy Cunning into Great America. Of course, the last four

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<v Speaker 1>days blink, I call it bling, but now it's blink.

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<v Speaker 1>Happened in the tri State, mainly from Finley Market, all

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<v Speaker 1>the ways down Vine Street, down Ray Street, over the bridges,

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<v Speaker 1>all the way to Newport Covington thirty blocks long, and

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<v Speaker 1>the People's Judge and I, along with Sean Donovan and

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<v Speaker 1>a hotty he's dating, found ourselves. We decided to have

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<v Speaker 1>a little dinner quickly at OTR, which we did at

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<v Speaker 1>Itchy Bin. Then we walked up to a music hall,

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<v Speaker 1>walked over to Greaters, then try to walk from Greaters

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<v Speaker 1>back to like Fifth Street. That was impossible. I was

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<v Speaker 1>shocked and amazed at what I saw. Brendan call, You're

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<v Speaker 1>the David Axelrod to Barack Husain Obama. You're the axel

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<v Speaker 1>Rod to Charlie Lucan, You're head of the Chamber. You're

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<v Speaker 1>in charge of this event. May I tell you why

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<v Speaker 1>I was shocked?

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<v Speaker 2>Tell me.

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<v Speaker 1>So we go to Itchybin, which is the old Washington Platform,

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<v Speaker 1>have a nice dinner there with the Itchi Bin Japanese steakhouse,

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<v Speaker 1>and we walked we tried to walk from there to

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<v Speaker 1>music hall It was so crowded you could had to

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<v Speaker 1>wait for the walk lights across Central Parkway to go north.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm thinking, what in the hell is going on? This

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<v Speaker 1>is like seven pm on Saturday night. We finally make

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<v Speaker 1>our way to Music Hall and they had this fantastic

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<v Speaker 1>light show up against the facade and Washington Park. By

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<v Speaker 1>the way, when you get time, google William Cunningham resurrectionist.

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<v Speaker 1>William Cunningham and resurrectionist. He made lots of money out

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<v Speaker 1>of Washington Park when it was a cemetery, you might recall,

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<v Speaker 1>in the eighteen seventies, before even Charlie Lucan was born.

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<v Speaker 1>But nonetheless I regress. So we're standing there to Washington Park.

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<v Speaker 1>Was it was cheek to cheek, it was, but the

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<v Speaker 1>butt it must have been tent. You couldn't move in

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Park. I felt like a pin in a bowling alley.

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<v Speaker 1>I was and walking around left and right with my

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<v Speaker 1>shoulders up against my thighs. And this went off for

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<v Speaker 1>like twenty twenty five minutes. People are going nuts, jumping

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<v Speaker 1>in and out of the fountain, hanging on the trees.

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<v Speaker 1>The look at this light show Music Hall. We then

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<v Speaker 1>make our way slowly because you can't walk in the

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<v Speaker 1>crowds over the Greaters. We try to go left to

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<v Speaker 1>go up to Finley Market. We couldn't, couldn't go. We couldn't, couldn't,

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't walk there. And we then walked back down Vine

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<v Speaker 1>Street and we got about a block and it was gridlock.

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<v Speaker 1>The cars are every whitch direction. Charmaine McGuffey had a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of sheriffs deep and he's there. Good luck with that.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And then we get down to Court Street. We get

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<v Speaker 1>down to Court Street, look left and right. Had to

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<v Speaker 1>wait two or three times to get to the walk

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<v Speaker 1>light now to cross the street.

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<v Speaker 4>We finally said a hell with it.

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<v Speaker 1>About an hour and a half, we walked back to

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<v Speaker 1>Court Street to Shaan Donovan's pallatial estate and then drove

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<v Speaker 1>home and I said, look, we can't go that way.

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<v Speaker 1>We got to go that way to City Hall to

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<v Speaker 1>get on seventy five. To get out, what in the

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<v Speaker 1>hell's going on in this town? I want to know

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<v Speaker 1>from you, Brendan, call what in the hell is going on?

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<v Speaker 2>It sounds to me like you found Blink.

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<v Speaker 4>Finally, I kept looking around, where's Blake? Where in the

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<v Speaker 4>hell's Blake? And Blake was everywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>You told me you had an incredible show at Music Hall.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you probably saw the Kroger Building, which, Ye, the

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<v Speaker 3>Kroger Building looked like it was on It looked like

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<v Speaker 3>it was on acid.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, it was.

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<v Speaker 3>It was.

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<v Speaker 2>The whole building.

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<v Speaker 3>Looked like it was wobbling thanks to the lasers that

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<v Speaker 3>we had there.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>The Neil Armstrong Mural, which I don't know if you saw,

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<v Speaker 3>was my favorite over the weekend, As I told you

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<v Speaker 3>it would be. It was amazing. But then there were

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<v Speaker 3>like all these other little spots throughout town that people

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<v Speaker 3>were just uh, it was magic. And and I know

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<v Speaker 3>you're talking about being crowded and watching park and crowded

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<v Speaker 3>at the banks, but this is the happiest crowd I've seen.

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<v Speaker 3>No one was complaining. People were talking to each other

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<v Speaker 3>and have it. I think there were some people maybe

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<v Speaker 3>having some drinks maybe and it maybe a little and

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<v Speaker 3>you know what, people were just exuberant. It was. It

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<v Speaker 3>was so great to see our city this way. I

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<v Speaker 3>know of folks who were riding around and walking around

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<v Speaker 3>and just were so happy to see how full the

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<v Speaker 3>city wasn't how beautiful it looked.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, let's deal with some facts you deal with hyperbole,

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<v Speaker 1>I deal with facts. Is it coming back anytime soon?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, this was so wildly successful it is bad

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<v Speaker 3>etiquette to ask the team who produced the event about

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<v Speaker 3>the next event the morning after they're still taking stuff down.

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<v Speaker 3>But this is a huge, huge success. We love this event.

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<v Speaker 3>I think this city loves this event. And to be

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<v Speaker 3>completely honest, non exaggeration, this event is on the world stage.

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<v Speaker 3>We had artists from nine hundred artists applied to be

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<v Speaker 3>a part of Blank. Two hundred came. Many of them

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<v Speaker 3>it was their first time in the United States, and

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<v Speaker 3>they are not talking about coming to the United States.

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<v Speaker 3>They're talking about coming to Cincinnati because they know what

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<v Speaker 3>happens here and so it'll be you know, we're excited

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<v Speaker 3>to talk about what's next. We're just not going to

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<v Speaker 3>do it today.

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<v Speaker 4>Who pays for it?

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<v Speaker 3>We are very fortunate that the city Cincinnati, Hamilton County,

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<v Speaker 3>Meet NKY, which is the tourism work in Northern Kentucky,

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<v Speaker 3>the Hale Foundation, Arts, Wave, Proctor Kroger, Western Southern American Financial, ALTA, Fiber.

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<v Speaker 3>We start down the list and I got to go

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<v Speaker 3>on and on and on because so many companies, whether

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<v Speaker 3>it was you know HGC groups sponsoring the Neil Armstrong

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<v Speaker 3>mural companies having their logos in the sky as part

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<v Speaker 3>of a drone exhibits that we did. Everybody wanted to

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<v Speaker 3>be a part of this and we are very uh

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<v Speaker 3>fortunate for that.

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<v Speaker 1>Well as far as the crowds, can you give an

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<v Speaker 1>estimate how many human beings were there at some point

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<v Speaker 1>Thursday through Sunday. I think all the humanity was there.

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<v Speaker 1>There were six billion.

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<v Speaker 4>People and I didn't feel that way, any.

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<v Speaker 1>Idea any and you said, and make make your card

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<v Speaker 1>available for me. Hell, I couldn't get in the cart.

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<v Speaker 1>There was no room on the streets, no room on

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<v Speaker 1>the sideways. You walked, you couldn't move.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 4>It's how many people showed up.

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<v Speaker 3>I had my parents, my parents and my wife and

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<v Speaker 3>kids with me on Saturday night for a while, and

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<v Speaker 3>I did have a cart to be able to move

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<v Speaker 3>move around from a work perspective, and uh, at one

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<v Speaker 3>point I just said we just set to walk there

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<v Speaker 3>there was no moving Uh. Uh you couldn't move a

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<v Speaker 3>vehicle through here. I will say Synceday police since the

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<v Speaker 3>fire coming to Newport, the Post service officials, they were awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh and for making sure people were safe. It was.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a one wonderful night with no problems in

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<v Speaker 3>that regard to street car was full and escorted. So

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<v Speaker 3>we were lucky in that regard that we've got, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>police officers and sheriffs who just did such an awesome job.

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<v Speaker 2>From a crowd perspective.

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<v Speaker 4>Give me a number, I need a number.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I know you don't believe that, but we actually

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<v Speaker 3>do some calculations to try and figure out. We take

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<v Speaker 3>pictures and we try and look at turns and how

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<v Speaker 3>many times people are down here. Last year we said

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<v Speaker 3>we you know, we estimated about two million people experienced

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<v Speaker 3>blink over the course of the four days. I can

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<v Speaker 3>tell you that, you know, having been a part of

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<v Speaker 3>the product production team, it felt like more in a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of the things that we look at. But we're

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<v Speaker 3>not going to do a number until we spend some

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<v Speaker 3>time looking at it. But it definitely felt like more

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<v Speaker 3>than two years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, in the metro there's about two million people that

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<v Speaker 1>live within about fifty miles of Fountain Square. I would

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<v Speaker 1>assume everyone was there. It looked like some scene of

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<v Speaker 1>Star Trek in which everybody says, yeah, of.

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<v Speaker 2>Course, of course, you know, we don't care like if

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<v Speaker 2>somebody comes.

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<v Speaker 3>Four times that that that's four generally is how that works.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know, look, it was it was awesome. It

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<v Speaker 3>was awesome, and you know the fact that we have

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<v Speaker 3>a free public art. We had music experiences. And you

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<v Speaker 3>said the restaurants, I mean the folks that the bars

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<v Speaker 3>and restaurants were jamming and a lot of them used

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<v Speaker 3>it as an opportunity to douce themselves to customers, which

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<v Speaker 3>was really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>What did I miss on Fountain Square? We intended to

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<v Speaker 1>go to Finley Market. Couldn't get there. We intended to

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<v Speaker 1>walk down to Fountain Square. Couldn't get there. We intended

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<v Speaker 1>to take the suspension bridge, couldn't get there. We intended

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<v Speaker 1>to go to Covington, where I was born. Couldn't get there.

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<v Speaker 1>We intended to walk across.

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<v Speaker 2>Were you stopping it?

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<v Speaker 3>Were you stopping at the bars because they wasn't that

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<v Speaker 3>hard to move around.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, were you doing like.

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<v Speaker 2>A blink a blank pub crawl?

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<v Speaker 4>You don't understand what it was like on Vine Street?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean I do.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you get stuck at the Bay Horse for a

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<v Speaker 2>few I.

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<v Speaker 1>Never got that far. We couldn't get past Court Street

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<v Speaker 1>from from UH Square.

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<v Speaker 3>Look, what did I miss? Fountain Career was super cool?

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<v Speaker 3>They Fifth Third Bank, Uh they are They're so awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>They have a whole creative team at the bank, and

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<v Speaker 3>you know it, people think of bankers as bankers, but

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<v Speaker 3>this this this organization has a bunch of creatives and

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<v Speaker 3>they they got together and they made They partnered with

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<v Speaker 3>a group called Big Art and they made this huge

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<v Speaker 3>installation on the middle of Fountain Square. It was a

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<v Speaker 3>giant cube that you could walk through. They had images

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<v Speaker 3>projected of Cincinnati. They had all of these doors that

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<v Speaker 3>looked like your you know, doors and windows that you

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<v Speaker 3>could walk up to. Every time you opened the door,

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<v Speaker 3>there was a screen on the inside and there was

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<v Speaker 3>different art there to experience.

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<v Speaker 2>So that was pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 3>I was. I was really impressed with what Fifth Third did.

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<v Speaker 1>You could spend four hours on Fountain Square and never

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<v Speaker 1>leave Fountain Square, right.

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<v Speaker 3>There were a lot of people who hung out in

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<v Speaker 3>one particular area, like within a block of Fountain Square.

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<v Speaker 3>There was stuff to do. The Covington meet NK. I

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<v Speaker 3>helped us with the Covington project, and you know, there

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<v Speaker 3>was a huge projection on a building just past the event,

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<v Speaker 3>and then there was this thing called Flux that was

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<v Speaker 3>all of this lighted. I don't even know what it

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<v Speaker 3>looked like, beads that were lit, but they were. We

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<v Speaker 3>were projecting on it and there were four cameras, so

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<v Speaker 3>kids were putting their faces on it and dancing. And

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<v Speaker 3>that's the other thing. There are so many kids it was.

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<v Speaker 3>It was awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>Well all I can say my sources tell me it's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be two years from now. But the cost

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<v Speaker 1>was multi millions of dollars and of Corporate America and

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<v Speaker 1>Cincinnati steps forward. And to phrase some of these expenses,

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<v Speaker 1>that's pocket change to all the rich guys in town.

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<v Speaker 1>But nonetheless, if you can do this every two years,

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<v Speaker 1>this it can't grow anymore. I mean, it's maxed out.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't put any more people in between Finley Market

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<v Speaker 1>and coming to Newport, Licking River, Fountain Square, Washington Park.

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<v Speaker 4>There's no more. You can't grow it all.

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<v Speaker 3>I know you're used to those, you know, exclusive environments

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<v Speaker 3>where it's not you know, you're not down with the

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<v Speaker 3>massive I will tell.

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<v Speaker 2>You it was not.

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<v Speaker 3>It was not as.

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<v Speaker 2>Dramatic as you say.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean I I walked into Washington Park and had

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<v Speaker 3>It was it was not that you're you're being maybe

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<v Speaker 3>a tiny bit dramatic. I can't I can't imagine that.

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<v Speaker 3>We don't find it true.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you thought about getting rid of the Chamber of Commerce,

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<v Speaker 1>going back into the into the grind of regular politics.

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<v Speaker 1>I can see you and Luke and Season Control once

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<v Speaker 1>again as Axelrod and Obama and ruined for a thousand

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<v Speaker 4>You don't have any fun. You have no fun doing now.

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<v Speaker 2>I have the greatest gig.

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<v Speaker 3>We were We are working on so much right now

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<v Speaker 3>here at the Chamber, supporting our small businesses in this community.

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<v Speaker 3>And uh, we were working on an arena study which

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<v Speaker 3>has been in the news, looking to see whether or

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<v Speaker 3>not we need arena in this community. So we'll release

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<v Speaker 3>that here in a few weeks. And uh, this is

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<v Speaker 3>this is an awesome job. We've got great partners at

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<v Speaker 3>the city. The look there were people in town. You've

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<v Speaker 3>probably heard rumors, but you know Cincinnati. This was a

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<v Speaker 3>weekend where we got to show Cincinnati off to businesses

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<v Speaker 3>and organizations that are thinking of moving here, businesses here,

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<v Speaker 3>people here. We couldn't have looked better.

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<v Speaker 1>Weather was perfect, no criminal activity, happy families walking around

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<v Speaker 1>pub crawls Corporate Cincinnati stood up. It could not be

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<v Speaker 1>more perfect. I kind of worry about the future because

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<v Speaker 1>we've reached nirvana and we can't go any better than this.

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<v Speaker 2>Where we can where else in the world.

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<v Speaker 3>Where do you want to live other than this place?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you're almost half convinced to buy a condo on

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<v Speaker 1>Republic Street, but I kind of doubt.

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<v Speaker 3>I saw you were taking down notes, hitting up the

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<v Speaker 3>fifty cline website.

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<v Speaker 4>Lastly, will you spend a moment or two you need a.

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<v Speaker 3>Little peditaire on Street.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know about that one, but it's a great

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<v Speaker 1>place to visit before you cut.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he's where's Billy these days?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh he's at seventeenth and Vine in a little condo,

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<v Speaker 3>hanging out, having a great time.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see that happening, but I guess anything's possible.

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<v Speaker 1>Before the day ends, google William Cunningham Resurrectionists and see

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<v Speaker 1>what you find. Because my roots go deep into Washington Park,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean really deep into the ground of Washington Park.

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<v Speaker 1>William Cunningham Resurrectionist. Look that up.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll do it all right.

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<v Speaker 1>Brendan call good luck. It can't get no better. Makes

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<v Speaker 1>me feel sad for the rest. We got the best,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's it. We're done.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so glad you found Blink blink.

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<v Speaker 1>It's out there somewhere. I saw a lot of it.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to see anymore. No one's gonna come

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<v Speaker 1>next year because it's too crowded. There's just people everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Brendan, all right, Brendan call, give my best

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<v Speaker 1>to Charlie Luke and the man who would be mayor,

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<v Speaker 1>give my best. Brendan call, all right, Let's continue with more.

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<v Speaker 1>He controls the taste of Cincinnati october Fest and blink

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<v Speaker 1>or blink, it's unbelievable. Let's continue. Bill Cunningham, News Radio,

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<v Speaker 1>seven hundred WULW