Glenville

We have seen large projects succeed and fail downtown. Projects with hotels and adequate transit accessibility: (Galleria, Tower City, The Flats) We have a vast amount of construction planned for these areas currently. Now let's think about how far 55th and Chester is from downtown. It is not far at all. Downtown Cleveland can literally expand down Euclid and Chester by way of the Convention Center. The Convention Center, Medical Mart, hotel, new restaurants should be built with a plan to link 40th to 55th. 36th to 40 is the next series of blocks, then you are already into the CSU area. The furthest extent should be 55th all other development going towards downtown. I love Atlanta's development along Peachtree; it links downtown ATL with with Midtown. Link One http://www.atlantamodels.net/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=actual&linkpath=http://www.atlantamodels.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/atlanta-ptree-triangle-fs.jpg&target=tlx_new Link one, notice how Atlanta is expanding into virtually another downtown. Cleveland is not ready for that, but must look to the futue with a plan to totally link University Circle(cultural uptown) and downtown along Euclid, our backbone. Link 2 http://www.atlantamodels.net/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=actual&linkpath=http://www.atlantamodels.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/glg-midtown-fs.jpg&target=tlx_new Link 2 to shows the plans for midtown!!! Go ATL, if they get half of it accomplished, great job!

CHESTER AND E. 55 th GREAT THINKING OK, you have thrown out all of the negative. I can definitely see that most of you never lived in major East Coast cities. (NYC, DC, Philadelphia, Boston) Each of these cities have tons of negatives, yet constantly think forward. They build in neighborhoods that are in reach of everything, yet expanding into neighborhoods that are abandoned and in need of major overhaul. In Washington DC, they built their stadium in desolate, SE. Now i see 16 cranes as i drive by. 16 cranes, the best vision for a urban renewal enthusiast. No, Cleveland is not DC, but this was the poorest, ugliest section of town! Look at Chicago, it build McCormick on the South side. Boston on the edge of a ghetto built it's new convention center. Pluses about 55 and Chester 1. Situated perfectly between Downtown and UC 2. Low density population center. No one lives around there!!!! So, there really isn't a population to seriously contend with. 3. It needs development to really make a true Midtown neighborhood. 4. It is a street away from Euclid. 5 It will trigger even more development of headquarters along both Chester and Euclid. 6. It will clean up the streetscape of Chester and make it a true expressway. 7. Future upscale housing and condo for blocks! 8 You can now see the expansion of Euclid and downtown, like in Atlanta, Dallas and St. Louis, all of which have thriving midtowns. 9. Hotels will come with Convention Center and so will restaurants. 10. With so much open land, how about dorms for CSU and a Professional League Soccer Stadium. Dreaming, but damn, people think that Cleveland is so dangerous and bad. Have you seen, NYC, Philadelphia, Houston, Chicago, and Detroit? They are all scarier than big bad Cleveland. E. 55th/Midtown Build it now, or be happy with a Cleveland 1sq mile in size, because that is the only development location you can see, downtown.

For those of you who have never driven thru the East blvd. corridor, it is incredibly beautiful. You have the Culture Gardens and nobel homes that have withstood the change in neighboorhood over the last 30 years. Instead of negative comments I wish i could here how this strip could branch off a bit and revitalize/gentrify. It would be wonderful to see markets and art vendors along mlk and east blvd on saturday and sundays. My mother has lived in the neighboorhood for many years. It is the neighborhood many great Clevelanders grew up in including:" Howard Mezzenbaum, Mike White, Steve Harvey, Ruby Dee, Terrence Howard, and many more. Just a thought. Please no negative comments (unfortunately many people are intimidated to post because their ideas are not respected.)