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I think I first heard about it in second half of 2003. First posts probably soon there after. Oldest thread of mine still active is little Italy from 2005. First heard about urbanohio on skyscraperpage. MayDay has done a great job in providing this forum for us.

But the Lumen is completed?

Wow. Having grown up in Shaker and always wanted to see that area redeveloped with density… looks great.

Update on the video compilation I made celebrating our tradespeople and commending SW on investing in Cleveland. Apparently SW freaked out and asked me to take down the video. What is wrong with these people? First they treat the whole tower design and planning process like the Manhattan Project and now that it’s literally out there for everyone to see they don’t want people applauding it? Seriously, some of the most downer/loser uptight wankers I’ve ever witnessed. I’ve been on this forum since 2003, lurked for a year or so before joining, and have been on skyscraperpage/city since 2001. Never seen this behavior.

My buddy from high school, and a fellow Army infantryman I might add, is in the Local 17 Iron Workers union… and I have bugged him for months to send me his videos from up on the new tower. He finally did, so I crudely stitched them together for your viewing pleasure. Edit: the quality is much better on YouTube.

If I wasn’t in the Philippines I would take you up on that! Please do feel free to post photos if you are willing and able to.

I’m excited to see the inside/rent prices of the Lamont Apartments and Townhomes just up the street.

Looking towards a bright future..

I'm just grateful it has some decent size and it's erasing the shameful fact that some of the frontage on our prime downtown civic space was surface parking lots for years. That will no longer be the case, and I am happy.

That is a great idea. Interestingly I was put in touch with the folks with Mike Rowe because of his obvious interest in this space and he is in the bay area close to me. Thank you!

Don't worry everyone, I'm fixing to solve our transparency and design problems... who wants a board seat? That's how stonks work, right?

Hey everyone, my name is Holden and as many of you know I served in the Army for awhile before going back to school. At age 33 I am preparing to graduate and am working on a senior thesis that investigates hiring practices in construction and the trades. I am working on ways to increase participation in the trades and increase productivity and retention through concepts such as mentorship. I would be most grateful for introductions to any construction company employees including managers, owners, workers, and really anyone involved with the blue collar world. I am a neuroscience and psych major at Stanford and would be happy to explain a bit more. Most times the interviews last roughly 15 mins. Thanks in advance for your help! Excited to interview any folks you guys might be able to connect me with.

I have to head back to California for a bit so I decided to stop in OKC and get some quick shots of SW HQ spirit animal aka BOK/Devon Energy. Especially how they relate at the street level and the Devon Auditorium thing. I wanted to see how that all meshed and I have to say, if we're going to get a boring glass box, let it be by these guys. Stuff looks very good up close which is rare with glass boxes. Given our top 3 are not 'glassy', and really none of ours are outside of the black glass of Erieview, I can live with it. It's not the tower we want but its the utilization of those lots we deserve. Reporting livish from Route 66. -holden

I was a fan of the dark and dreary 'bookish' feel of the old buildings but I don't mind this attempt to rehab.

KJP, was Gates Mills Blvd originally supposed to be a light rail ROW?