MayDay

Wait until tonight/tomorrow morning :-(

If they all sound like that, please keep them there. :-P

"^photo above dedicated to mayday" With Burning River front and center - how thoughtful! :-D

"I can't believe the same architect designed the "egg tower" (or penis, rocket, what have you) in London. I freaking love that building." It's not the same architect at all - Sir Norman Foster designed the Swiss Re tower in London. This is a team that's affiliated with Rem Koolhaas, who designed the Seattle Public Library.

"Hey, I just heard that Ponte Vecchio is closing." I wish I could say I'm surprised but everything I've heard was that the views were incredible, the food was okay, and the service was mediocre - especially if you didn't know the owner. I'd be surprised if the space stays empty for long.

True, and it would be good for the cardio! :-D

There's a crane working on the foundation and there is definitely steel coming out of the ground. Depending on the weather, I can try to get over that way this week, but keep in mind that unlike Stonebridge Towers, this project won't be very visible from the east bank until it gets some serious height. In order to get a good pic at lunch time, I'd have to haul arse from East 9th to over the Detroit-Superior bridge, back down the viaduct, and then reverse that AND grab a bite to eat. :|

^You might want to check it out, I believe it concerns your place of employment :wink:

Hi folks - in the next few days, there's hopefully going to be a major addition to the site. The addition concerns a major project slated for Cleveland that didn't materialize, and it will feature images that were never released to the general public. It's amazing what can happen when you ask nicely :-)

Knowledge is power - the more people know to be on the lookout for specific perps, the more likely the perp will be caught. As a gay male, I would absolutely want to know if someone was in my neighborhood targeting my community.

"this really has nothing to do with "Cleveland" but more to do with "common sense". I have to agree - don't get me wrong, it was an unfortunate incident but there are just some things that should come naturally if you venture in to any urban area, much less an area that's known for crime. When I was growing up near Youngstown, my parents told me: 1. Never drive in the curb lane unless you ABSOLUTELY have no choice. 2. NEVER stop if it's late at night and someone "taps" your bumper. Drive to a police station instead - if the people don't follow you, oh well... 3. If it's a matter of a speeding ticket, a failure to stop ticket, etc. or getting shot/mugged/pilfered, step on the fricking gas and get out of there. 4. Always, always, always know where you are - get a map, go online and learn your main route AND side streets in case you need an escape route. 5. And NEVER, EVER, EVER, let anyone within 10 feet of your car. In fact, make that 20. Leave before they have the chance, run a red light if you must. All of those should be common sense, especially if you know you'll be working/living in an area that's dicey. "I'm just wondering if maybe they were gang members and i was in their "turf" . Here's how it works in areas like that - you had the appearance of a potential customer. When they realized that you weren't, you were of no use to them other than what they could take by force. They could give a rat's @ss about some white kid cruising through their turf as far as "turf rights" go.

"people need space." To think that only a few decades ago, people managed to live without 4,000 square feet, bonus rooms, or formal living rooms (you know, the ones that have furniture that collects dust between the holidays).

Did you report the incident to the police?

"MGD, there's still a store in either the Galleria or Tower City, if memory serves." There was an Ann Taylor in both the Galleria and Tower City - operative word, was - as the Galleria store closed recently.

Honestly no - it's a lot of eyeballing, but I've found it helpful to keep an eye on things like cars or pedestrians in the pic. If they look too stretched (or too squat) you know you need to tweak a little more.

That's actually a store opening in Cedar Center in South Euclid.

"As for people being gay, I don't care. But just like telemarketers and religious fanatics, don't push your lifestyle on me. Whatever you do in your own life (within reason) is your business and not mine." You have your wires crossed. You're suggesting that I'm gay by birth, and on that - we're on the same page as far as I'm concerned. But then you compare my orientation to "telemarketers and religious fanatics", who are that way by choice. The term "lifestyle" suggests that I have a choice, which is why I find the term "alternative lifestyle" offensive. That term suggests that I have a choice in my orientation, which I can assure you, I don't. Asking for basic civil rights is not pushing a lifestyle, it's asking to be treated equally. Bullying you into decorating your home with recessed lighting and earth-tones, forcing you to eat artisan crafted foods from foo-foo bistros, and wearing clothes from Nordstrom and Banana Republic? Now THAT is pushing my lifestyle on you. See the difference? Having said that, I don't think you're well informed as to why us gay people are so cranky and demanding our rights. We aren't protesting because golly gosh our cities won't fly rainbow flags everywhere, or we can't deep-kiss our partners in public or wear harnesses and chaps down the middle of the street without fear of assault. We're pissed because our basic civil rights in the State of Ohio are being systematically stripped away - rights that you have as a heterosexual. Rights that you probably take for granted. As it stands, if I want to visit my significant other in the hospital, I have to have a signed power of attorney in hand to gain access as a "family member". Imagine having to have that with you EVERY time you leave the house. If my significant other wants to leave his assets to me in his will, well thanks to Issue 1, it's doubtful that I'd ever see anything because that resembles "marriage". There are over 1,000 other rights along those lines that I and others in the gay community are deprived of. I'll repeat what dfly posted - if the heteros in Ohio were doing their part, gay people wouldn't NEED to adopt. But since they can't get it right, I think a healthy environment of two loving parents, same-sex or otherwise is better than this: * A child in Ohio is abused or neglected every 10 minutes * A child in Ohio is born into poverty every 21 minutes * A child in Ohio dies before his or her first birthday every 8 hours * A child or teen in Ohio is killed by gunfire every 4 days * Number of poor children 475,207 * Percent of children who are poor 16.8% * Number of children who were victims of abuse and neglect 50,141 * Number of children in foster care 21,012 * Number of children without health insurance 270,000 * Percent of two-year-olds who are not fully immunized25.0%

"Is anyone from the forum contemplating buying one of these units?" Quite frankly the only downtown condos I could even begin to consider would be one of the lower-priced units at the Pointe at Gateway (around $85K).

Action Scripts These are some of the most helpful tools that I'ved used in my design career. They're great for quickly processing a bunch of pics, and have a bunch of other uses. Here is the basic premise behind Action Scripts - you can record each step that you make while editing a photo. Let's say you tweak the contrast by 10, add a sharpen filter, and then hike the saturation by 10. Action scripts make it possible to record those three steps and bundle it into an "action" which you can then "play" on whatever image you'd like. 1. Go to the Action palette. 2. Using the drop-down menu, select "New Action". 3. The pop-up menu will ask you to name your new action (aka set of steps). You can also make it usable via the function keys (including shift or command if you'd like). Hit "Record". At this point - ANYTHING you do will be recorded as a step in the action. If you do mess up, you can go into the action later and edit out the steps you screwed up. Once you're finished, hit the stop button (looks just like the stop button on a stereo). As you can see, I simply hiked the contrast by 10. That's now an action that I can use on any image I load. I'm pretty sure there's no limit to the steps you can include in one action. Just hit the play button (or the function key you selected from step 3) and you're good to go. But it doesn't stop there. Adobe bought out a service called Action Xchange and renamed it Adobe Studio Exchange. This basically serves as a treasure trove of actions developed by users. Some are nifty image filters, some are helpful for production, and some are just lame but it's amazing what you can find. I mean, people have uploaded actions that involve hundreds of steps - steps that you don't have to recreate :-) Go to http://share.studio.adobe.com/Default.asp Go to download and select "actions": As you can see, they've separated the actions into various categories: Here is a sample of the Image Effects: If you find something you like - go to "download" and select "Download link to disk". The action script will be saved on your drive as an ".atn" file. In Photoshop, go to the Action palette and select "Load Action". From there, locate the ".atn" file and it will be added to your list of actions. Want to use it? Select it and hit the play button. Enjoy!

"an article from the Cincinnati post...what do they have to say about it?" Pretty much the same thing that the Business Journal said. It's hardly an endorsement. :roll: "Most people on this forum prefer buildings that were preserved or restored from the civil war era." How do you suppose that? I think Koolhaas' design for the campus at IIT is brilliant. I think the Calatrava design for 80 South Street in NYC is absolutely breathtaking as are the proposals from Renzo Piano for the London Bridge Tower and Richard Rogers for the Leadenhall Building in London. I can appreciate the "haphazard" approach that Ian Simpson applied to the Beetham Tower in Manchester, UK. Do any those remotely resemble any kind of historicist aesthetic?

The problem with this concept is that the proportions are awkward, the facade looks dated and in cases mishmashed together. The homage to Louisville's bridge trusses looks like a bizarre afterthought that reminds me of the art college in Toronto that has similar support features. The base is basically the proposed OMA tower for Beijing, and they plunked an overhanging cube and two typical towers on top of that. What do artists turn to when they've run out of truly inspired ideas? They go to innovation for innovations sake - and if that is the only thing going for a project that will involve 703 feet, and $380 million in costs, I hardly think that qualifies as a successful design. "anything that has this many people discussing it is an automatic sign of extended interest, making it a success." Riiiiight. If that's true, I present:

"MayDay, it's time to update your OS." Tell me about it - the sad thing is, that's from WORK. At home, I'm happily on OS X :-)

You can always zoom in at 1600% and edit things pixel by pixel (and yes, I've done that before).

I would rather see two or three of these, than one of the OMA monstrosities:

"Of course we would not be seeing all these negative comments if something this radical was going up in an Ohio city." You'd hear it from me - I'd cringe if they announced something like this for Cleveland (or any other city in Ohio). It looks like Frankenstein, no matter where it is.