kwells54

I know this is an old post, but I just wanted to say that I live in Solo on Chatham and used to live North of Lorain on Whitman, one of the best streets in the neighborhood. Solo has the perception of being more dangerous because there are more people of color and more poor people in Solo, however, it's statistically safer and I feel safer there. Whereas in "Nolo," there are lots of burglaries and this recent crisis of kids terrorizing pedestrians and cyclists. I love Solo!

Yes, several. Trying to make it work in the limited space.

Public meeting tonight showed a LOT of resistance from residents who are against this - a number of homeowners who have been in the neighborhood for several decades spoke. Real concerns about traffic, safety for pedestrian and school-age children who use the bus stops on the corner, litter, quality of life...Also, for the person who thinks having a vacant movie store is the same as having a McD's double drive-thru outside your bedroom window: the Hollywood Video is next door to this house. It's a brick wall. Absolutely no noise or light. So yeah, I'd imagine they prefer that over "Do you want fries with that?" come from two loud speakers outside their bedroom windows. Cimperman is very much against this. Zone is not taking a side. Zone did say a number of residents near the current McD's on Detroit would be sad to see it go. That comment raised one of the best questions of the night from an older gentleman who simply said, "Why are you leaving a location where people are sad to see you leave to build in a location where no one wants you?" http://www.change.org/petitions/mcdonald-s-corporation-stop-plans-to-build-a-new-mcdonald-s-in-cleveland-s-ohio-city-neighborhood

There are a number of issues with a McDonald's at that location. If you want to look at it from a purely practical "does this work?" situation, it clearly does not (I, of course, look at it from the "is this a degradation to my neighborhood and does it harm the quality of life in my community?" in which there are very clear answers). McD's developers have changed the design of the space a number of times trying to figure out how it can work in that space. It just doesn't. It's not a large enough space for what they desire. They aren't planning to build a fancy, urbanist-satisfying, sidewalk-fronting building like the one someone posted above. They plan to build your typical crappy double drive-thru McD's. Wherever it's located on the lot, the traffic in the drive-thru line will line the street in no-time. Also, as for the jobs argument, they're going to shut the one down on Detroit if this is built, so we'll have the same number of low-paying, demeaning jobs AND an empty building on Detroit. I was very much in support of the permanent supportive housing project and I'm sad that we're fighting this fight now.

I'm an OC resident. Everyone and their mother wants to move into this neighborhood, and it's no surprise why. It's a great place to live. It's super hard to find rental housing right now. If you find something good on Craigslist, be prepared to hop. A unit down the street for me had 20 visitors in one day. Prices are going up. I moved here two years ago and had no trouble finding housing. People who want to rent OR buy are having a heckuva time. Detroit Shoreway is nice option which likely has more availability right now.

I love the Ohio City neighborhood, but if I were working at the Clinic, I'd definitely opt to live in University Circle. There is a lot of great development going on over there, beautiful architecture and parks, a few good restaurants, a decent coffee shop...Easy bike trip from home to the clinic (or bus, or a little bit of a longer walk depending on where you choose).