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Thanks everyone. :-) "Great pics. Your pics are always the most clear and vibrant looking on the forum - I guess it's the Adobe skills. Incredible composition for someone with limited options in a traffic jam LOL" I have something of a photographic memory, so my M.O. is to use the camera to capture what I see, and then Photoshop what the camera captures to match with what I saw, if that makes sense. There's a delicate balance, especially when it comes to correcting perspective and color, sharpening, etc. Plus I have to be aware of my camera's shortcomings - it's only a point-and-shoot, so the color is rarely accurate at first blush. Here's the image right off the memory card (shrunk to fit the forum): A little perspective and color correction, one hit on sharpen, and voila. This is much closer to what I saw that day:

"It is legal to weave through stopped traffic." Absolutely. It's not always the safest approach and I've seen quite a few cyclists be a little *too* cavalier about it. "I have not met any cyclists who block motorists "just because they can"." Whether they're on four wheels, two wheels or their feet, there's always going to be @ssholes and idiots - no one is beyond reproach.

^It's possible they'll be making use of a portion of a lower floor, like Quay 55 did. There's also some vacant lots adjacent to the site.

Folks, one more time - this thread is about the Convention Center/Medical Mart - it's not for speculating as to why Tower City's retail component has struggled.

Stuck in traffic on the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge on a sunny day with the top down - what to do, what to do? ;-)

Considering how many people from the PD lurk on this forum, you'd think someone would have told him by now.

Squire's out, folks: http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20080721/FREE/302242205&SearchID=73328153026910

Best I can do:

Can't forget about the Avenue District!

"Just goes to show how UOers, and I’m sure others, will latch onto any point of view regardless of how ridiculous simply if, in the end, it’s end point happens to mesh with theirs…" And it's the Admin in me that doesn't care to see smug @sshole remarks like the above.

if people had gotten off their asses and really supported a downtown subway up Euclid if people had gotten off their asses and really supported a downtown subway up Euclid if people had gotten off their asses and really supported a downtown subway up Euclid if people had gotten off their asses and really supported a downtown subway up Euclid Oh for cryin' out loud already :roll:

^It's still there - as the Allerton Crowne Plaza (aka the building with Tip Top Tap on it).

"Then the guy jumps into my car...." Stop right there - you were driving with your doors unlocked? :wtf:

Naaah, there's no entitlement mentality going on here... :roll: From cleveland.com: Wife of Cleveland councilman wanted taxpayers to pay for examination of her dog Posted by Gabriel Baird August 25, 2008 14:47PM Joshua Gunter/Plain Dealer file photo The wife of Cleveland City Councilman Roosevelt Coats wanted taxpayers to pay for a canine expert to travel to Alabama to determine whether her exiled dog is a pit bull. More at cleveland.com http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/08/the_wife_of_cleveland_city.html

Good question - here are some pics from clevelandmemory.org: And here is a quick panorama from today: And the mysterious "hole to nowhere":

Everyone channeling their inner 6-year old - when they briefly turned off the crane motor, a chorus of "boos" was heard all up and down the block :lol:

Some shots from up above:

Usually I'm walking so fast the panhandlers don't get a chance to even ask for money. But whenever "pleasant Homeless Grapevine guy" asks, I always say "not today but thank you for asking". Even I've had an encounter with rebar guy - same story - truck backed into rebar - gas tank punctured, needs $10 to fix it. I said, have you called the fire department? Of course the fire department didn't want to hear it - I mean, a construction truck's gas tank is no big whoop. :wtf: Other notables: The guy who used to hang out under the clock at the Huntington Building - every few minutes he'd yell "Hey'all spare any change for the homeless - god bless y'all and thank you if you gave before". Every few minutes, same exact intonations, every single time. The mousy little gal who always had a bag slung over her shoulder Santa-style, and would eloquently ask for change. The hunched-over woman who would ask in front of Tomaydo Tomahhdo on East 9th, saying "god bless you". I always said "thanks but I didn't sneeze". And for whatever reason, a smattering of the African-American male panhandlers have told me things like "shake it, don't break it, baby" and "yeah, look at ya, ya sexy-@ssed n_____" :-o Mind you, I enjoy flattery as much as the next person but catcalls from panhandlers?!?

^I've heard of mixed-use, but a mixed-faiths building?

A photo for sh!ts and giggles:

^Oh come on, a wackjob cultchurch headed by Bette Davis?!? Sign me up!!!