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they manage to have sand volleyball right next to it and the 20-30 cars that brings....it might become more of a problem as Battery Park gets built out. I don't remember a parking lot...think it is just parking on the street

Living in the hood I don't feel any saturation at this point. The only place that isn't real busy is RoseAngle, but I don't think the food is all that good. Stone Mad seems to have really picked up the pace. We shall see with XYZ tavern and YOLO coming on line (and possibly this other restaurant in the Power house). The Cleveland Public Theater and the Capitol do bring traffic. We moved from Tremont...art walk was only once a month and they support twice the number of restaurants while being harder to get to with not much to draw people down there but the restaurants/bars I would worry more about dilution....taking away for OC or Tremont or the Warhouse district. Add 3 more places to what is there now and you now have a destination neighborhood with places at all levels....from Parkview to Luxe. Hopefully you get people from Lakewood/rocky river/westlake instead of taking away from the other hoods. It is an easy bus ride (26) from Lakewood straight down detroit.

http://www.pluggedincleveland.com/ has a pretty good calendar of events. I wont be in town that weekend, but I was interested in Trombone Shorty at the house of Blues on the 12th. The Cavs play Indiana Sat, and the browns play the Jets on Sun.

ah...that 'splains it then. it isn't a far walk, but it is a pretty lonely walk across the abbey rd bridge. Visit the Velvet Tango room if you haven't already.

MTS from shaker SQ? 1) Get on 490 at 55th...then get off at W. 7th. Turn right and then left on either College, Literary, or Jefferson depending on where you want to end up. 2) Get on the east shoreway at MLK. go around Dead mans curve (stay on 71S/90W and not 77) and the first exit over the river bear left onto W. 14th st. for Tremont or right onto Abbey for Ohio City. FYI Abbey Rd Pretty much dead ends where the West side market is...when the street ends turn right and you are directly across from the parking lot across Lorain Rd. The ultra swanky Velvet Tango room is at Abbey and Columbus.

Go across the Detroit superior bridge turn left on 25th st (or go up 2 side streets to 28th st) then Right on Franklin (as bike friendly as a city street without a dedicated bike lane can be) Franklin castle is at 44th. turn right on 65th. At 65th and detroit you will find Happy Dog, at 65th and Herman is Stone Mad if you need a break. take that all the way until it ends and you will find a tunnel under the tracks to edgewater park. go left and up the hill check out Edgewater and Cliff Drive. From the end of the bridge until you get to Cliff and Edgewater is 3.7 miles on your way back if you take the first left (breakwater) as you come out of the tunnel you will run right into the Parkview Tavern at 58th.

6. I wouldn't consider Tremont to be better than OC. just has different strengths and weaknesses. OC has a grocery the WS market and much better public transport access. Tremont has art galleries and a less transients. What you have in the OC 2 sets of Projects, hospital, grocery store/WS market, and 2 major bus transfer points Lorain and Detroit at 25th st. and a rapid station. so you have no barriers to entry and many reasons for lots of people to be passing through and moving about within the area often on foot, often congregating on street corners. In Tremont, if you don't live there there aren't a lot of reasons to be "passing through". AND if you don't know how to get there, it can be difficult to get in. Abbey Rd and Clark are the only "normal" streets to get in...you can get off the highway or come up through the industrial valley but those aren't easy. It was always fun having to give cab drivers and Avonites directions to Lolita or Fahrenheit. 7. Steelyard is convenient to Tremont, but at least to me, never felt like it was part of Tremont. It really felt no different than driving out to Ridge Rd in parma and shopping there. It really isn't within comfortable walking distance of the neighborhood, especially if you are carrying anything. It does save you 20 minutes to 1/2 an hour from having to drive further so it helps pretty much any/everyone that it is closer to such as downtown, ohio city and asiatown.

I hate what I call the "meth house" on 11th at about castle...on the way down to Clark fields. Drive by it 98% of the time the front door is wide open, even in January, and there are 4-6 cars parked in their side yard. this is right next to pretty nice $200,000 town houses on the park and near where the towpath trail is supposed to go. You have the projects in the corner by the highway...the area south of 490 is borderline (literally), the alley I mentioned. Part of the problem is a lot of the housing stock isn't very good, makes little sense to spend $100,000 doing a gut job on a "workers cottage" built in the 30's or 40's with no basement on an alley. And you would need the land under 6 of them to have any sort of scale to tear down and start over. Not all of the housing is the Victorians you see around the park, a lot of it just needs to be torn down.

1) I am fond of the area around Lemko Hall. 11th and Kennilworth, anything around Lincoln park really...then right along the bluff. 2) I really hate the alley Thurman...between Professor and 7th, crappily built houses on a way too narrow alley. 3) way to expensive for a view of some oil tanks and a rail road yard.. The couple that have a north facing view are gone. You can buy along the bluff or any of the other recently built townhouses for around the same price. 4) I think so. In my opinion it isn't re-gressing. 5) I don't think it is going up...mostly people breaking car windows and taking whatever they see.

2,400 sq feet $209,000 asking price =$87/sq ft. below my contractor buddy's benchmark price of $100 a sq ft.

http://www.howardhanna.com/property/property.asp detroit shoreway, right above edgewater park. West side Italian neighborhood. under $100/sq foot. 2 car attached garage, expansive lake views. a block away is battery park. http://www.batteryparkcleveland.com/

In general the Hop on Hop off buses are a pretty good idea/deal IF the weather is going to be co-operative. No one wants to sit up top in an open bus in sleet. Or like my sister did, in August when it is 94 with 90% humidity. They get you around to most of the touristy things you are looking to do. http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/serendipity-3/ I have 1 word for you-----Frozen Hot Chocolate.

You can just load the MTA card with money. It will be deducted each time you use it. Similar to how Chicago works. Unless you get some other benefit by buying a 7 day pass such as discount museum fees OR you plan on riding so much the cost difference is negligible. I think the fare is $2.50 per ride...MTS can probably give you the current rates. If he wanted to be a hero, you could send/give him money and he could pre-buy them for you since I don't see how you can buy them online. ONE place the RTA has it all over the MTA. Start with the Frommer's they have NYC in 1-3 days...with what to do each day, adjust accordingly for stuff you don't want to do and insert stuff you do. They do a pretty decent job of grouping/ordering the stuff coherently. They also have corresponding maps, which makes it easier to figure out what a good substitute might be.

I always make sure I bring back on of these for my mother http://www.juniorscheesecake.com/juniors_cheesecake/Juniors_Cheesecake_Home/Our_Restaurants.php As a bonus they have a location in Grand Central Station which you should put on your list of things to see.

There is so much to do in Manhattan that unless you know of something compelling you have to do in Jersey I would stick to Manhattan..that goes for Brooklyn, the Bronx or Queens for that matter. Ground 0 is a construction site, so unless you have a desire to see heavy equipment and iron workers I don't think it will be worth the trip. I did go when it was a smoking hole in the ground, but that was because I was in the city with a buddy of mine who is a fireman. I found Ellis island more compelling than the Statue of Liberty (and you kind of go past it on the boat on the way) especially if any of your ancestors came through there, you can literally spend a whole day there. I think you can combine the 2, but plan for a whole day for these 2 things. I put in your dates on Sidestep.com and there were a bunch of "decent" hotels at 125-150 a night. The Waldorf is $429. This is the place we had for our wedding guests $275 a night. It was near to where we got married, it might not be a good location for you. http://www.thirtythirty-nyc.com/location-map I would figure out what you are doing before picking a hotel...It wont help you to end up way uptown if your activites are going to be centered around time square or being in the financial district if you are spending all your time at the museums. go here http://www.mcsorleysnewyork.com/home.html You order light or dark and get em 2 at a time. Always loved eating here http://www.bltsteak.com/ And hanging out here http://www.pjclarkes.com/

Some tips no matter what you end up doing. IF you are driving, plan on parking your car when you get there....or even parking somewhere in Jersey and taking a train into the city. You will not want to drive in NYC. If you are flying try to get the earliest flight in the day you can. I dated my wife long distance to/from NYC for 2 years before she moved here....out of the 50 flights we took back and forth 2 of them were on time. The earlier the flight the more likely it is to be on time (or even close) the best airports for going to Manhattan are LGA and JFK, (these are fairly close to the same, uptown LGA, downtown JFK) then EWR, unless you want to spring for the helicopter ride to midtown. If you want minimum time/minimum hassle take a cab or a town car from the airport. If you are on a budget (and don't have a ton of luggage) I can tell you how to get there using the Bus/Train. The "shuttle" buses are the worst of all worlds if you ask me. There is no way you can do close to all the stuff you are going to want to do in 3 days. Sunday should be a light traffic day in getting to the airport, which means Cleveland at rush hour....Traffic on Thursday will make you happy you live in Cleveland Don't try to do too much. Have COMFORTABLE shoes, you will walk/stand a ton. You will NOT be happy if your feet hurt. Get a subway map print this out or order one from the MTA http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/submap.htm For the most part the number of people walking on the street will rival what you see entering/leaving a major sporting event in Cleveland. Do NOT stop in the middle of the sidewalk to look at a map, look up at the buildings, text on your phone, or after you figure out you need to be going the other way. Frommer's is a decent place to start with what to do. http://www.frommers.com/destinations/newyorkcity/0021020791.html Pick 1 "major" thing to do per day....and have a bunch of little stuff to fill in with IF you have the time. Ellis Island/Statue of liberty. Top of the empire state building Broadway Play Rockefeller center MOMA Canal St Little Italy ANY kind of food you could possible think of...the only food NYC does not do well in my opinion is Bar-B-que, something to do with pollution laws if I remember correctly...cant run smokers. Please for the love of god do NOT eat at the Hard Rock or TGIF. Rangers/Knicks game. Live music.....too bad CBGB is gone. but there will be almost every flavor of live music somewhere in that town. The possibilities are literally endless. If you try to do "too much" you wont be happy doing it and will need 4 days to recover from it.

As long as you are incognito, go to the Muni lot for maximum mayhem. The "Pit" is also pretty strong for pre-game shenanigans , a notch or 2 below Muni Lot. It is also close to W. 6th st. From E. 4th or anywhere else downtown either are a pretty easy walk. Especially in August/September. If you live anywhere else you will want to take public transportation.

Please enjoy the browns game. I would strongly suggest for your first visit at a minimum, do not wear any gear that can identify you as anything other than a browns fan. Anything other than Brown, Orange or White will make you a suspect. Indians or Ohio State gear will get you a pass (not that you have any)...Notre Dame might... Observe how browns fans interact with those outwardly identifying with other teams before you decide you want to go that route, and yes even in the pre-season and even if it isn't the team we are playing that day. Think of the reception you would get in Philly wearing the star.......That is about what you can expect. Dallas wont get you the same reaction that Pittsburgh does, but close. I would rather you not have beer dumped on you, or heckled...or worse. It isn't necessarily right, but it is what it is.

I would strongly suggest that you... rent for a year while you research neighborhoods. There are plenty of good options. Some are much more Pioneery than others. Where will you be working? How old are you? Kids, now or near future? Want to try to live without a car? or 1 for 2 people? Do you want a house, townhouse, or condo? It would really suck for you to buy in Shaker Square and have to commute to Westlake or Independence. Or Buy in Edgewater and have to commute to Solon. And if you plan on having children, sadly you will want to buy in a suburb or plan on forking over the $ for a private education.

Most people have a hard time figuring out if 1 or 5 is the best or the worst. Fund, Advocate, Connect and the 6 other things I can remember because the whole exercise gave me a headach????? with paragraphs defining what the terms mean? Anyone pointing to this survey as to why anything is being done should be run out of town on a rail. If the RTA or the county spent a nickle on that they should get 1) a refund 2) somebody should lose their job. They don't have any money for anything, they better not have spent money on that unreadable, unusable mess. You want to go into nuance and 2nd or 3rd derivative detail about questions run a focus group.

Yes I am familiar with that process, you can usually spot it a mile away. Our support team developed the survey our customers rate them with....who could imagine that they would score 4.5 out of 5 every survey period. That survey is a "dog's breakfast" http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dog%27s%20breakfast The definitions of what the answers mean is longer than the survey. Who ever put this together should be on permanent pick up trash around RTA stops with their bare hands duty for 35-life. This was survey pre-mediated murder. This survey rivals the "decision" for poor planning/decision making.

took the survey. who ever dreamed up the questions/answers should have to refund their fee.

MTS you are worthy of being ignored but I will answer your question. What the hell do the people in the Projects have to do with this? The "perception" and the whole purpose of the meeting between Forbes and Jackson is that Young Black men are being targeted by police for law enforcement action. So 1) are they being "enforced" 2) is this occurring solely because they are African American. What happens when you close off the easiest route between young black men who are at loose ends and the area in question? This meeting and the subsequent Law enforcement changes will skew the results but it would have been interesting to see what kind of law enforcement actions and subsequent police misconduct complaints before/after closing an easy path between the projects and the area in question. The problem isn't young black men. It is the disenfranchisement and ghettoization. The same sets of problems occur in the slums and ghettos of Europe, except there it is Muslims (currently) Netherlands, France, Germany. Or Eastern Europeans in Portugal, Ireland, England. People of color or certain different religions are not inheritlenly bad. People who are excluded from society with no hope and nothing to do are the problem. Unemployment goes over 10% and OHHHH the wailing and gnashing of teeth, which is absolutely appropriate....except. Young black men have, and have had for a long time, a 50% unemployment rate. What do you think is going to happen? I reiterate my point. If you don't give people who have nothing to do, something to do. They will find something to do and you won't like it. It is the Projects/Slums/Ghettos that are the problem..the people those environments produce, not the color of the people inhabiting them. Warehousing people so you don't have to teach/employ/engage them in society produces anti-social people......Imagine that. Based on your interaction between myself and others, You will now be in my permanent ignore mode. You make me cringe knowing we are on the same side. Your mind is as open as Sarah Palin's.

It will be interesting to see how this situation changes with the closing of the Swing Bridge down in the flats for repairs. That is a direct link between the projects at the end of 25 st and w. 6th. Of course you can always walk across the Detroit/Superior Bridge. And just about every bus/train in the RTA system will deposit you within a 1/4 mile of the area. This comes down to a very simple premise. If you don't give people who have nothing to do, something to do. They will find something to do and you won't like it. notice that statement can apply to any and all racial groups? I could never ever ever understand the right wing animosity towards midnight basketball leagues. Well actually I do... racial biases overcoming basic common sense.

Please you can have this anywhere you decide to. The developer who owns the land wants it here. 1) is it a good idea...the current WSM is only open 4 days a week...is this necessary until/unless the WSM is at/over capacity. The WSM is not that far away and is accessible via rapid at the E 55th st station, a one seat trip on a heated/air conditioned train that runs frequently and aside from rush hour is not overly crowded. Personally I think an ESM is a decent idea but until the WSM goes to 6/7 day a week operation AND all the vendor stands are occupied the idea should remain on the shelf. 2) is this a good location..I mean for anybody other than the developer that owns the land I have suggested in Slavic Village is a better location while still being close to the original location. Others have suggested nearer the clinic, the heights or On the Healthline route, Good lord knows there are plenty of vacant lots with 500 feet of the healthline. I believe that Putting an ESM here and now is much akin to the Ameritrust bldg boondoggle. The only people who will benefit in any appreciable way are the people who currently own the property.