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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?

They should do it up like Jurassic Park where you can see behind the scenes of some of the neat industrial/research processes. 'Spared no expense'.

I've been waiting for SP to be developed since I was a kid! I always envisioned Venice-like mini canals crisscrossing through the area, maybe some canals flanked by green area like Common Wealth Ave/Rose Kennedy Parkway in Boston but smaller and with a shallow canal in the middle. Anyhow, glad to see some action on this part of Cleveland.

I think it's a bad look to get a good deal from a CDC and then try to flip the properties. Saw a nicer property on the market a month or so back that was a part of that transfer as well. CDCs in Cleveland are sketchy as hell. http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/5605-Broadway-Ave-Newburgh-Heights-OH/7729711/

That Random Road development looks like a US embassy in a ME nation aka a fortress.

Does anyone on here live in Hough?

gottaplan[/member] , Thank you, I really appreciate all that information! That is extremely helpful. I will keep you guys abreast of developments. (pun intended! :) )

Gosh this is so amazing.

Hey all! I am interested in potentially building a home in the city and wondering if anyone here has bought a vacant city landbank property to develop? I understand that it is wise to work with the relevant CDC and Councilperson and that the site plan should be in accordance with the citywide plan and local zoning etc. I understand and have read a good chunk of the regulations and bylaws, so at this juncture, I would love to know if anyone has done this in actuality or knows someone who has done so themselves. It has been a dream of mine to own single family in the city (I have been living in Slavic Village duplex off Warner Road the past few summers) and could use some pointers. Specifically looking at Hough, so if anyone knows anyone there, let me know! It seems the only information I can find on the CDC there are some articles from 2015 complaining about its lack of transparency under TJ Dow who has since been voted out of office. Maybe the new councilman, Basheer Jones, will be better. He certainly seems motivated and has a positive attitude. Thanks! -holden

I mean is there anything specific he did/project he botched? Can't really blame him for white flight and our industries being undercut by cheap labor elsewhere.

Thats exactly why we do it. Utilize vets who want to be used. Reduce municipal budget spent on maintaining these lots. Teach kids/community about soil/environment/nutrition/sustainability. As we get better we will find a way to monetize parts of it to self sustain but first we are learning to work with our soil. City of Euclid aka Paul Beno have been very helpful obtaining leases/permissions etc. This is a great re-use of this land. What if all of the unused/underused land in Euclid became urban farm? Sure, it wouldn't generate a whole lot of tax revenue, but neither is unused land! Plus, think of all the good an urban farm does; environmental, humanistic, aesthetic.