MayDay

Honey, if they had touched the garden (back), I would have gutted them like a fish :evil:

Oh no, this wasn't the garden - just a big shrub and a few small posts. One never puts the good stuff out front ;-)

Just posting a kudos for the CPD for doing their job - someone jumped the curb and ended up in our front lawn this morning (took out a shrub, otherwise no serious damage or injuries); placed a call, a lady (last name Foster) took the call (courteous and never put me on hold); squad car arrived about 10-15 minutes later. Having heard horror stories about the cops not responding and the dispatchers being difficult, I thought I'd post this example of them doing a good job.

Sorry folks, photos aren't an option - ever try printing one in one ink color on a shirt?

Sorry folks - had to clean up the thread a bit, but a glitch caused some posts to be lost. Let's just be patient (and lay off the off-topic posts) and see what happens.

^Because the region's existing infrastructure needs funding more than 77 needs additional lanes. Ask Minneapolis if they'd rather have an additional lane on a highway.

Postal Service Grateful Dead (if that's a skeleton on the grate behind the Queen's butt)

"you're going to have to make them feel like a part of the region." They're part of it whether they like it or not. They've been catered to already with the highways that exist. The onus is NOT on the city to demolish itself further and widen streets just so people from Chagrin (and whatnot) who stop in for a meal in Tremont once every six months have an easier trip than they already do. Sorry, but anyone who thinks Clevelanders have a hard time driving from A to B needs to talk to people in Chicago, DC, and NYC. Again, this region is pathetically easy to navigate by car (even the areas like the Heights where there's a little hassle) and any suggestion otherwise is downright disingenuous. If you think better highway access is the answer, you really need to develop an understanding of what auto-centric planning does to neighborhoods. And I repeat, you either have thriving/vibrant neighborhoods or you have easy access and parking for cars. You can not have them both. In no way am I suggesting you're ignorant as your posts are well-worded, but quite frankly you just don't get it.

"The very reason you state is why I always, always, always ask for a name when making a call." And if it's really atrocious, complain to their higher-ups all the way up the chain. urbanlife, don't worry about someone losing their job, worry that your tax dollars are being wasted because one of YOUR public servants are inept. I have the absolute highest respect for our safety forces but they work for ME and every resident and taxpayer of the city - most of them do a good job, but those who are so inept that they're unable to fulfill basic requests deserve the same fate they'd face in the private sector.

It's alright, but the moderation is a little lax and from time to time, they get some oddballs ranting incoherently. Then again, I guess UO isn't immune to the latter :lol:

^Yello? (The group that did "Oh Yeah" from Ferris Bueller). Lemonheads

I agree - since the fence/rails need to be movable, even some plant boxes hooked on to the railings would help.

"East 4th isn't going for a trailer park trash look or customer." So you're saying I'm not in their target demographic? I would have thought so, but I spent my first three years on Earth being raised in a trailer park. :roll:

I believe the design is pen-like to conform to state liquor laws. Not that it's a good excuse, but I imagine if they could do something different, they would.

"More/Wider Roads is never a solution. Mayfield Planned themselves into that mess, so why should ODOT bail them out with a crazy six lane solution? (insert reference to study that mentions for every one lane you add, congestion also rises 9%)" I forget who said it, but it reminds me of the quote "adding lanes to highways to ease congestion is like loosening your belt to fight obesity". Sorry folks, getting around Greater Cleveland is shamefully easy compared to other cities our size (and laughable when you compare us to larger areas). shs, they once proposed making access to Shaker Heights/Cleveland Heights easier - they would have blown highways right through areas like the Shaker Lakes, Coventry, etc. So you could get there faster via highway, but if the only thing there is a six-lane swath of asphalt, why would you want to go? Again, it's like I've said - you have ample parking and easy highway access or you have the healthy vibrant neighborhoods - those are mutually exclusive, you cannot have both. "I think you should be able to keep your receipts for the bus and get a tax break for using it." A lot of companies offer some kind of flexible spending account for doing just that. I believe RTA has a matching program as well.

More isolationist provinicial myopia from a fourth-rate fishwrap of a newspaper - and for once I don't mean the PD ;-)

"That forumer was me. And I stand by what I said" And we're waiting for you to put up or shut up :-)

Stick this in your cud and chew it.

musky, is this along the lines of what you were thinking?

I love how the "parking" link leads to a 404 error - it should stay that way :-)

"Is there a specific look/feel you're going for, MayDay? What is it about the old one you don't like anymore? I'm just trying to figure out what direction you want the identity of this site to go in." A forumer (who shall go unnamed) suggested that it was "uninspired", so rather than tell them to stick it, I thought it would be a good opportunity for people to participate. Other than the guidelines I posted, I don't have much to say other than it should be forward-looking (aka, please nothing as an homage to our agri/industrial past).

There's a tunnel between AmTrust Plaza (Ohio Savings) and the Huntington Building. I *want* to say I've seen signs for a tunnel/connector from the Galleria parking garage to One Cleveland Center, but I'm not 100% on that.

How much is it worth to you? ;-)

A "Movie club" trumps urbanohio.com and beer? She'd better owe you!