A bicycle built for 15 hits the streets of downtown Cincinnati next month -- Soapbox gets the scoop from Pedal Wagon pusher and Unplugged co-founder Jack Heekin.

He's been a stockbroker and lived in a flop house, but the most audacious experiences for University Hospital's chief psychiatric resident stem from his life as Johnny Walker, a punk blues rock guitarist who has toured with the White Stripes and the MC5. His newest gig? Helping build an artists' collective in an old Masonic Lodge in Dayton, Kentucky.

A new generation of Cincinnati workers is foregoing suburban lifestyles and finding unique, urban living spaces — and not just in Over the Rhine. At St. Anthony Lofts in Bellevue, Kentucky, buyers praise the stunning architecture and proximity to downtown.