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I think it might have made a difference to have a Mac fifteen years ago, but any difference between Macs and PCs now is pretty negligible. A PC may crash a bit more often than an Apple, but the versatility you gain with a PC outweighs any problems with the OS. In my opinion. Oh, and a comparable PC will cost about $1k less.

Agreed. The area seems to have lost momentum. I thought RS was just moving to a bigger location in the GS neighborhood. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's the case. If I recall correctly the owner of Room Service posted something to that effect on the E. 4th thread. From "Danzirelli" : "I can say quite definitively that ROOM SERVICE has zero intentions of either CLOSING or MOVING locations at this time. RS LOVES GORDON SQUARE ARTS DISTRICT and has worked very passionately in promoting it." Well, the staying in Gordon Square part seems true, anyways.

I could be wrong but I believe that is the Chester side of the CSU campus and it already has been done.

Chains are DEFINITELY more profitable on Case's campus. I can tell you fo sho from being here for 8 years, that going to Qdoba or Quiznos (before it closed) at 12:00 for lunch is much, much more difficult than going to Falafel, Indian Flame, or Luchita's Express in terms of the number of customers you have to deal with. Most college kids are from suburbia - and we all know how that goes. And honestly, we do need more fast food-esque restaurants around here. There are thousands of students and employees all trying to cram into like 5 quick lunch places. It's very crowded and not that pleasant. Definitely agree with Doc. I think these kind of chains, whether everyone here likes to patronize them or not, make the retail mix of the area healthier (not biologically) in the long run. It leads to a wider variety and volume of people using the neighborhood and ultimately makes it a more dynamic place.

Exactly. It's amazing how arbitrary political boundaries; whether it be state, county, or municipal play such a huge role in population. That line on the Toledo map is the Ohio/Michigan state line. If you look at the Detroit map, you can clearly see that the blue and red follows the exact borders of the Detroit. It truly is amazing that someone's often arbitrarily drawn straight lines on a map centuries ago still defines how people live today. And some people called me nuts (either on here or C-D) when I pointed out, as an argument against regionalism, that these arbitrary lines prevent the spread of blight. :) Man, I hope that blight comment is just some advanced form of sarcasm that I can't detect.

It's all in the game.

I vote unnecessary park renovation!

Zombie Viktor Schreckengost?

D It will be demolished and rebuilt.

Except that that doesn't happen. People with moderate incomes and children leave the city and aren't replaced by enough wealthy people to offset the lost tax revenues. Meanwhile the city is left with the pensions and infrastructure to support of a much larger city. Losing half of your population is indicative of troubling systemic maladies.

No it's not, but there is talk of trying to organize some streets into a historic district to prevent more craptastic home from being built. You're probably thinking of Ingleside off of E. 75th.

Yeah, you can go to the East Side market with Mayor Jane Campbell and Zombie Fannie Lewis. (I think that link is incorrect)

The Winner! The Win-ner! The worlds's largest.....off-price-fashion-store! Remember?

Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.

Interesting point. My take on it is this... in Cleveland this is the kind of neighborhood where such rebuilding would occur. Something like that happens in Tremont, Ohio City, Univ Circle and especially downtown the owner is immediately salivating at the prospect of an instant surface parking lot for visitors of the latest gotta-go-to restaurant, etc. Heck... structures (that just need a little TLC) are torn down in the aforementioned places for a few extra parking spaces without a second thought. Please don't misinterpret...the latest and greatest restaurant scene is all good. But not when it means leveling the immediate area for parking (for example the surroundings of United Bank Bldg with the relocation of Crop Restaurant at 25th & Lorain). Yes, a lot of Clark-Fulton's urban fabric was torn up in the 60s/70s. But, generally speaking, there are not enough suburbanites or cross-town hipsters (or even locals) that drive to the intersection of W. 25th & Clark today to warrant more parking areas (at least not yet). I have to disagree here. Anecdotally it may seem that gentrification in certain neighborhoods is endangering building stock, but if you compare the fate of building stock in Tremont or Ohio City to non-gentrifying neighborhoods, it becomes obvious quite quickly that the latter is a much more precarious position for a historic structure. I'd wager that for every structure removed for parking in a "hip" neighborhood, 3 are demolished in declining neighborhoods because of neglect. They become a vacant lot. This neighborhood is in very immediate danger of becoming "over-demoed". A lot of the stimulus money that was received by the city has gone to ramping up demolition efforts in neighborhoods like Clark-Fulton and Slavic Village. The residents here generally prefer that an abandoned house be torn down as quickly as possible, because these vacant structures tend to become magnets for illicit uses. This is exacerbated by the fact that most of the houses have garage access off of alleyways which become conveniently hidden "marketplaces". I used to work at the CDC in Stockyard/Clark-Fulton and a large volume of resident complaints related to these vacant home problems.

Where's The Academy of Court Reporting on that list? Seems like the bar was set pretty low.

Man that looks awesome. I wouldn't change a thing about it.

That building used to serve the Czech community, now it serves the "Millionaire Gentlemen's" community.

Grammar and spelling don't usually bother me that much, but the word isn't spelled "definately".

I used to rent a place at 36th and St. Clair. It could be a little desolate at night, but pretty active and friendly during the day. I would say anywhere in the "box" of St. Clair, E. 40th, Payne, and the freeway would be acceptable for someone looking for a "pleasantly gritty" urban experience.

That same article showed Cleveland near the lead in overall job creation too. Also, Gottaplan, why would you wanna come in to a thread and start mixing sh!t up calling Lakewood a joke. Oh well, have fun at your downtown Marc's. Oh wait, your city doesn't have a downtown Marc's!

Looks like it's being developed by MMPI's parent company (same people who are doing the Cleveland MedMart).

From my calculations, those fireworks would be shot from west of Cleveland, like Edgewater. They haven't launched them from there for quite some time....correct? They shoot them off near the old Coast Guard station.

My wife and I occasionally go to Savannah/SC Low Country and absolutely love it. I think SC can be expensive but get the impression that some parts of GA may be cheaper.

I was worried how the building would look at night, but if the end of the video is any indication my fears are allayed.