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I was there last Spring. That outlet center is in an extremely busy part of New Orleans - right in the French Quarter's Jackson Square, the huge French Market, and many other extremely popular attractions. A lot of tours start right by those outlsets too.

Wrong location! This might be good for the out-of-town developer, the corporations that own the outlet chains, and the public who want to buy this merchandise, but it's not good for downtown Cleveland in general. With prospects for the downtown population building up to 20,000 people with good income this year and then beyond, I've been waiting and waiting for good new retail to come back - envisioning stores like Apple, Barnes & Noble, and OfficeMax, but also more quality clothing, respectable jewelers, pharmacies, opticians, etc. Will the downtown residents, many who speak of rarely needing a car, walk or drive to this outlet mall? Yes, others will come, but I can't envision them patronizing the rest of downtown very much. Meanwhile, we have the vacant storefronts and many new storefronts planned for all the renovated or restored old office buildings and new office and apartment buildings. Almost all include storefronts in their designs. Somehow I'd like to see these filled in with good retail such as mentioned above. I'd like to see those buildings' owners get the commercial tenants - including outlets if there's the demand. I also don't want to see the existing good retail trying to get by downtown - stores like Brooks Brothers or Geiger's - lose business to these outlet newcomers by the Lake. I'm in favor of most construction downtown but this is too peripheral a location for what it is. There's still a fair amount of underused land around East. 12th or 13th or in the Warehouse District, in the Flats west of Huron Road, or around Prospect in case the NuCleus project actually dies altogether, for example. Those would be preferable locations

Thanks!

Yes, I see it is. Did the new construction depend on the hot dog place?

Isn't that where the bldg. was to ve replaced by a new one and the hot dog place would resurface? If do, a shame!

How many floors is it to be? Anxious to see one across East 28th start - behind Church and State. That will make the difference for this to be considered primarily a small apartment district, and that's fine with me.

I don't think anyone is considering East 47th as within AsiaTown, but "near AsiaTown." I do like it when "Old Chinatown," west of East 24th and along Rockwell, is considered part of AsiaTown, however, and wish those decorative multi-language appendages would be added to the street signs there too, as well as along St. Clair between East 30th and East 40th, etc.

That's certainly a prime location. It had better be good!

I've found construction sites in Chicago and Toronto - and there were plenty - were more pedestrian friendly than here!

I'll bet it was an East Sider who wrote Euclid Avenue will be closed "between East 18th and East 14th....".

Magnifique!

Unless one is on that "open" floor....

Was that one floor of dormitory? If so, unheard of!

If the would only at least matched the height of the bldg. next door....

Too bad. I believe the bldg. has bern vacant quite a while. Speaking of gaps in uptown....

Yes. Does anyone know what's going on with the project to convert (to ?) the former dialysis center bldg. on Euclid?

Looks like it's replacing the parking lot. That's where they people who put on the films always suggest parking. That's probably the only free parking lot for some distance when one wants to see a film in that bldg. on the quad, and in the dark. However, I wouldn't want any more houses demolished for this. I'm always worried about the two houses on Wade Park Avenue just n.e. of East 115th.

It would look serious if all the structures that are supposed to be demolished get demolished! They add nothing positive to the streetscape....

Once the stabilization Is underway, as far as I'm concerned, the park project HAS begun.

I like to relate the "big changes" on Larchmere or Shaker Square to Buckeye, or others (look at East 105th into Bratenahl!) As a big city thing. Think NY or Chicago. Tremendous change within a few blocks.

Yes I know. So it sounds like for "most cosmopolitan" you're referring only to in the city of Cleveland. Still more so than in Tremont or downtown? Even East Fourth alone, plus a few places around the corner on Prospect, Are very international mixes.

This year it could use a TON of sprucing up....

How are you defining "city?" Looks like you're referring to Greater Cleveland because Loganberry is in Shaker Heights. In that case, I'd have to disagree about the restaurants being the "most cosmopolitan" array. My first choice would be Lee Road in Cleveland Heights - more restaurants than Larchmere, more nationalities and cultures, and certainly many outstanding ones.

Looks enormous but that's okay by me, in this case.

I assume the finished product will have more muted tones.