Historic Oregon - Candlelight Christmas Tour

Dayton's longest-running holiday candlelight home tour is being presented again this year by the Oregon Historic District Society, Inc.  The annual tour of Oregon homes is being presented on Dec 2, 3 and 4.  There are two options again this year, 1) the tour of homes, or 2) the home tour with dinner at one of Historic Oregon's restaurants.  Oregon will be decorated for the holidays as the Henkel Gazebo in Newcom-Founders Park will be festooned with live greenery as well as all of Oregon's light posts will have live greenery accenting them.  Please visit www.oregondistrict.org for details.

More Downtown Dayton Condos

Here is some promising news and proof that there is indeed demand for more luxury downtown condos.  And this announcement has nothing to do with Ballpark Village - the project is to be located near the Dayton Art Institute - an area that I've always felt is ripe for investment.  It is also nice to see that this project is being proposed by a Pinnacle Architects = a  local firm whose offices are in downtown at St. Clair and First Street.  Yes, there are companies that believe in Downtown and continue to invest here, despite what is typically printed in the local news media.

Dayton Daily News
By Joanne Huist Smith
Monday, November 19, 2007

Link: Firm seeks to build luxury condos downtown.

DAYTON— A local architectural firm wants to build a luxury condominium tower that takes advantage of Dayton's great river views. Dayton-based Pinnacle Architects met with the land use committee of the Fair River Oaks Council Priority Board Monday evening asking for their positive nod for three zoning variances for construction of a 15-story condominium tower at 15 Central Avenue overlooking the Great Miami River.
The residential tower would have 124 units with a design that compliments other architecturally significant institutions in the area, including the Dayton Art Institute and the Masonic Temple.