MayDay

I agree but Klingaling87's comment about late summer - ah well, here's hoping. :-)

No, just some tech glitches from migrating files to the new site - should be fixed soon.

^Amen to that!

Is this a tower crane base?

I'm hearing good things about Urban Farmer at the Westin - just a few blocks north on East 6th.

I'm not usually one to 'toot my own horn' but I thought this was pretty neat - Cleveland Business Connects has an article about me and the site :-) http://cbcmagazine.com/2014/06/24/etrends-website-keeps-tabs-on-cleveland-skyscrapers/ Also, thanks again for the recommendations, I'm working on making some tweaks.

Folks, most of you have been around long enough to know when you're taking a thread off-topic and when it's time to take the discussion offline. We have a private messaging system, please use it.

I've been getting out and about taking photos but haven't had a chance to post them until now - enjoy: I love this view of our convention center - it's underground :-) And this will soon be the site of a 370+ ft. hotel: There are days when I look at at the forecasts and just know there are going to be some good shots - this was one of them :-) Lunchtime in the Arcade: Summertime temps = more pedestrian traffic :-) As much as I love downtown, there's so much more: This is from a bridge in my neighborhood - at 5:15pm we were walking to a great happy hour at one of the hotspots in the Tremont neighborhood. Meanwhile on the highway below... Speaking of the Tremont area: Back downtown: The ornate cornice of the United Church of Christ headquarters: Some elevated views: And back down to earth at East 9th and Euclid: Over toward Huron/Prospect: Over the bridge to the west side: And on the South Side in Tremont, demolition of the Innerbelt bridge A brief departure out of the city: I said it was brief - here's the first glimpse of downtown from the 480/271 ramps: And from the I480/Valley View bridge: And from I-77 northbound: Back downtown with Miss Liberty: And over to the east side en route to the Solstice Party at the Cleveland Museum of Art: At the museum in the Atrium which doubled as the headquarters for SHIELD in the 'Captain America: Winter Soldier" movie: The early hours are a little more formal: And the evening hours get a little crazy! Or sedate if you duck into the museum itself: Or back outside with the performance artists - it's all good! And after that, we closed the place - hope you enjoyed! :-)

Can you give us an expected delivery date for the tower crane? :-)

I definitely appreciate the scale of the smaller buildings formerly located on the site of the Terminal Tower complex, but I doubt they would have survived the urban renewal era of the 1960s/70s. Did they overbuild? Perhaps, but in hindsight I think Cleveland now has a good set of 'bones' to build up and infill, if that makes sense.

I'm not going to hold my breath but given all the activity downtown... I guess I'm not as pessimistic *this* time around.

The comments were deleted because they were more appropriate for a discussion via private messaging. I apologize I didn't post something until now but as I've said many times before, the Admins/Mods volunteer our time. If we see a thread starting to derail, it takes less time to nip something in the bud (or lock it entirely) than it does to clean up an already derailed thread and then explain to every individual involved why.

^^Nooo, I'm sure all that's needed are 25,000 people in the vicinity - who cares about things like household income, spending habits, etc. ;-)

The Macys (formerly Famous-Barr) in downtown St. Louis closed last year. And who is this "we"...? :roll:

Just a quick batch of photos including glitz (Playhouse Square and the world's largest outdoor chandelier), fog (views from Voinovich Park), chop (treacherous waves on Lake Erie) and a few from the West side near Edgewater Park but it's a pretty random set this time around. AT&T Huron Road - why not! A quick detour to the newly opened Westin hotel: I'll try not to be massively critical ... of this photo from Critical Mass: The former Board of Education building, being redeveloped into a Drury Plaza hotel - gotta love the sun filtering through the lower windows. Just two random pics from the Hope Memorial Bridge: And then off to the West - specifically Avon Lake for a party; en route, the larger homes along Lake Road: The view of downtown from our destination - note the rough chop on the Lake. The two-tone effect is sediment being churned up closer to the shore. While we were at the party we saw a Coast Guard helicopter circling - turns out someone drowned trying to rescue a young girl who was caught in a rip current. Folks, anytime you see Lake Erie looking like this, please be careful. The distance shots don't quite capture how rough the water can get - Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes aka the most volatile. Not a smudge on the lense, flocks of birds: Back to my neighborhood of Tremont, shots of the Innerbelt bridge being dismantled: How about that - part of the Innerbelt reconfiguration included an overlook park and people are actually using it! :-) Over to the West side again - this time just to the Edgewater/Clifton area: The beach at Edgewater Park - I'm hearing the place is vastly improved since the Metroparks took over: Normally I get upset when I forget to swap out the telephoto lense but these next few shots of the historic homes on Lake Avenue... I dunno, I kinda like how they turned out: But it's time to head home I'm all for 'placemaking', directional signage and highlighting neighborhood features but the subheads of "______ district" seem a bit much. The bad news - the bicycle lane is closed ahead. The good news - it will reopen after new market-rate apartments open in a spot that will help link those aforementioned "_____ districts" :) Hope you enjoyed!

Long story short - the original span had a similar design to I-35 in Minneapolis and was already well beyond its planned use.

Folks, there's a place for this discussion - this thread isn't it. Thanks!

^'Criminal Activities' starring John Travolta. I was walking around Perk Park around noon (cutting through, not just the perimeter) and wasn't stopped by anyone; maybe it was just a temporary closure?

That's the point ;). I'll pass on Comfest but put me and my S.O. as tentative.

Alright, noon at Market Cafe - I'll grab a table by East 9th Street - look for the logo.

July 12th is out for me; June 28th could be do-able.

I know some have suggested the food trucks for Walnut Wednesdays but having a birds eye view of it, I can tell you the lines are heavy by noon and they're forecasting rain this Wednesday. Would everyone be okay with Market Cafe (East 9th/Chester)?

This Wednesday would work for me.

Great photos - are these from the Pinnacle?

I spent a good amount of time checking out the 'Rooms to Let' event in Slavic Village. Several of the abandoned homes were reimagined by area artists - I don't know that Slavic Village will become an arts 'destination' but it was interesting to see the area in a light *other* than the 'epicenter of the subprime mortgage crisis'. http://slavicvillage.org/roomstolet With that, just some quick shots before we get over to Slavic Village: A little glitz before we get gritty: All four buildings in this shot are under renovation... my how things have changed: Okay, finally over to Slavic Village to check out the 'Rooms to Let' event where several abandoned homes were transformed by area artists. En route, the Bohemian National Hall and while I like a lot of the public art and placemaking LAND Studio has done... not so sure about this piece. Thank god they didn't call it a welcome center because it certainly isn't very welcoming: Interesting tidbit (maybe only interesting to me) - going north, Broadway Avenue becomes East Ninth Street and ends at Lake Erie; going south, it's Route 14 which I take to my hometown of Salem, Ohio. Anyhoo, here's Broadway Avenue: At the intersection of East 67th and Sebert in Slavic Village - you can definitely get a sense of how vibrant this area used to be, but there's no doubt the foreclosure crisis beat the sh!t out of it :-( Even so, the 'Rooms to Let' event gave people the opportunity to see the neighborhood in a different light. Failing that, there's always the to.die.for. empanadas from the Fired Up Taco Truck: The first of the homes - a certain person is welcome to disclose their participation in this if they'd like but that's up to them. The title of this was "Existing to Remain" - the doormat read something to the effect of "We Had Big Plans" - apropos for the history of the area. Each room was a 'vignette' of sorts - I personally like the 'ghost' effect of the silhouette here: Just down the street is the Cleveland Central Catholic complex and St. Stanislaus Shrine Church: If you're not interested in St. Stan's, you may want to scroll ahead a long ways - I could have spent hours in here: A good friend of mine has done a lot of the newer woodwork and restoration: A work in progress: This relic was presented by Pope John Paul II: Thanks for letting me indulge, but let's go back outside: There's quite a bit of quirky architecture... and a lot of consonants :-D This art installation was set up on a vacant lot: This home stood out to me - it reminds me of many of the homes on the side streets of places like Cleveland Heights. Across the street, another art installation - this incorporated several artists as well as descendants of the family who used to live here. Some of the work was more of a tribute to the family - other pieces... well I'm not sure what they were going for but hey, who am I to judge? Hard to tell, but they were projecting kids doing the old-school ethnic dancing: The church in the photo on the left is St. Stanislaus, showing the original spires which were 232 feet high, destroyed in a 1909 tornado. Had they not been destroyed, St. Stan's would be tied with St. Michael the Archangel for the tallest church in Cleveland: What's that saying about white picket fences? :-( Over to the next art installation: Siding has been picked off by scrappers: If I heard correctly, one area was given over to neighborhood kids for their creative outlet: I'm always in favor of getting a great shot - putting myself in harm's way on a street where drivers are likely texting? Not so much. :wtf: Back on Broadway, heading out of Slavic Village: Love this view of downtown, hate the chainlink fence - hope you enjoyed: