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This may have been covered in this rather long forum but why is there a traffic light east of E. 69th Street (not even at the intersection) and crosswalk there? Related to some planned project that didn't materialize? I noticed it this a.m. when I was forced to stop at a red light.... Second, I notice there are still long stretches of Euclid East of E. 85th with no tall streetlights on the walks.... At this point I'm wondering if none are to be installed there, though that seems awfully strange that section of Euclid would not have the regularly placed sidewalk lights like the other streches (even if it does have some tall central lights as well as those low pole light thingies.... If more are to be installed they're awfully late. Third, I've noticed these very unattractive low white-colored cylinders in various-sized clumps in many spots along the Avenue. No, I can't easily supply digitals, but there are, for example, a clump in front of the Stockbridge Apts. and a large clump in front of Morse Graphics. I noticed these some months back and always hoped they were temporary. They're sort of shabby looking and almost all tilted - look like they've been knocked over and they're just left there like that indefinitely.

In the crooked & outmoded lighting discussion someone shared the decorative, dark green fixtures along the Huron Road Mall include a component that cannot be replaced - thus warranting replacement of the entire streetlights "within a week." That was over a month ago and thus far "nothing goes." Whoever shared that: can you offer an update as to these lighting fixtures, please? They're really among the most attractive around Cleveland and I'd like to see them remain, of course.

I suppose you mean east of the E. 115th Street bridge, but I can't wait for the first shovel of dirt east of Mayfield for the "arts triangle." Of course, some major demolition is needed first!

Thanks. Just haven't noticed 'em.

That warehouse building with the mural - what's the story there? Demolition on that complex began several years ago and then stopped. Why? For what? Who's behind it? What's the story with them picnic tables in the photo???

Thanks. You can see here, in two photos, some of the stretches in the CC area where there still are - as of today - stretches missing sidewalk light poles. Are they still to be installed?

Not in the least off the subject! The storage lockers and streetscaping are very much a part of the HealthLine/Euclid Corridor project! You may be less interested in them than other topics, but surely that's no excuse to blow them off or try to stifle them. :?

If these storage lockers were or are so common, how come so many cities have main commercial districts with regularly placed trees? Other than a few particularly European-influenced cities, such as Washington, U.S. cities started adding in-ground trees (or trees in pots) in the late '60s. Within a few decades the tree-lined "Main Streets" have become almost universal.

A bar under the sidewalk??? Who ran it or went there? Too bad these lockers influenced where trees were planted! But the lockers weren't all down Euclid, were they? There's a very uneven pattern or lack there-of all the way down Euclid.

New downtown maps on display around downtown show NOACA and the Title Bureau in reverse, though these are the maps different places around Downtown and I assume you're referring to the maps only on the Corridor?

I don't believe it's real stucco. Any more than they put stucco on brand new buildings today. What are they doing with the torches and consequent sparks on the Euclid side? Does anyone know what material they will use to "restore" and terra cotta ornament on Euclid? What is the Prospect side to look like. Nice to see those mini-history signs on some of the lightpoles. I'm amazed I haven't seen out-and-out errors in the text yet! :wtf:

For as long as I remember, and I came in 1973, Euclid was a pretty fast street - even downtown much of the time! Chester has been reasonably fast in its "parkway" formation but always attracted far more drivers, it seems. Carnegie, too, always seemed to attract many. They all have along had timed lights, but they still always got the traffic jams - particularly near the highways and Univ. Circle.

Regarding the comment about the uneven landscaping, I see no rhyme or reason as to where there are trees on the sidewalks and where not, and the vast differences in overall landscaping from one block to another. Is there actually a pattern? I recall way back in the early '70s when Syracuse, NY re-did its main street, Salina Street, with the concept there would be groupings of trees on the walks, in contrast to the usual pattern in city after city of single trees or other planters at regular intervals. Nice idea. But with the great length of what has been rebuilt of Euclid Avenue, there are vast differences. And yes, I too wonder how some of these stretches will look in the winter - particularly with the snow. Wonder if when the 32's and 7's start traveling in the bus lanes if they will be quicker - obviously due to their being subject to fewer signals than the general traffic lanes. Still not seeing more traffic on Euclid than, say, two years ago, which I like. But I'm waiting for it to catch on how speedy the street is and then - presto! - it won't be so speedy any more for cars. Also, new developments along the avenue, obviously, will increase traffic. However, there will be those who avoid it specifically because of the new no-left-turns.

These red vehicles look great (what city is this?) but their overall design is sleek and handsome. The Shaker Rapid has had bright colors over the years - they all get filthy and are never cleaned or repainted often enough for this to not be the overall image. As for the suggesting of something with CC or UH on the buses, I think those two instituations are overwhelmingly prominant enough regarding the new transit as is.

:clap: :clap: That would be just great. Thanks and Yay!

:wink: Ah, so that's what you meant....

Broccoli??? When I first saw those concrete beds, I thought they were entirely composed of a sandy gravel and noticed immediately this gray powdery stuff was blowing off regularly, and footprints were embedded in each every day. I too thought this must be some temporary thing - e.g. simply awaiting standard soil and grass or groundcover - and inquired about it of several shop people, such as at Bonfoey's or Gems; workers of shops along these walks either hadn't even noticed the newly created entities or had no clue regarding them. Then someone said they were some sort of art form. That sort of made me feel better, but I couldn't imagine these things around the trees lasting long in their present state, and the "gray" tonality didn't seem too attractive. Later I read these are basically concrete, with a sandy layer on top. Finally I read here about CSU's offering to maintain more traditional beds instead. It's all rather odd.... Also, I agree - the intermising of soil/grass beds intermixed with the concrete ones. is a bit odd.

Thanks, Mr. Macek, but would you please answer my one question here: will the 32s go down Euclid from E. 107th to E. 17th? That's what I've been told and that's what I've been looking forward to for two years. Euclid's significantly more interesting than Carnegie (though they're all quite interesting0 and I'll also really want to follow all new construction whenever I take the bus, which is most working days! Thanks.

Uh oh - never thought of problems with what side doors are on, etc. Well that's what I've been told several times by GCRTA spokespeople - that the 32 would run on Euclid between Univ. Circle and downtown (again, turning off around E. 17th). I did picture the regular buses though never gave it a thought as to which lane.... Actually, when I had first been told this the lanes weren't built yet and I hadn't studied the plans in that much detail. Help! Want a definitive answer!

Thanks, but what do you mean the 32 "will return to....the new Euclid Corridor?" I'm waiting for the 32 to not only get onto Euclid Avenue from E. 22nd Street, as it did for many years, but to be on Euclid Avenue all the way from MLK to E. 17th - for the first time. That's what someone at GCRTA said would be the new route - several years ago - and, although one line on your website had implied otherwise, when questioning it I was assured last year this would probably still be the plan.

Is GCRTA supposed to come through and actually convert entirely to the new buses along the Corridor on the Oct. 25th weekend? Hope so! How about the proposal for the 32 bus to change its route from Carnegie to Euclid? I was told several years ago this would be the case and I've been looking forward to it! The idea is the 32 would stop at the Cedar rapid station and then go to Euclid along MLK - remaining on Euclid all the way to E. 17th, where it will turn north and assumably follow the route it does now. I was told originally this would be the plan "to take advantage of the new technology"; it had better still be the plan! And would this begin the same weekend? If the 6 buses will be replaced with the new vehicles at that time I can't imagine why there would be a delay in the 32 buses changing their route. But of course the public would have to be educated in advance, and I've seen nothing announcing the change, which would be less than a month away.... 8-)

Is that new "mini-park" going through to Prospect? From the current building configuration it looks like it will not. As that marquee in the illustration new or the current one dressed up (the way they're stripping the current one from the '60s it looks like it's going - perhaps to be replaced by a more traditional one). What material is the new facade to be made of? I can hardly imagine authentic terracotta.

Come to think of it, however, most of the tilted lightpoles are not in the Cleveland Clinic area.... :roll:

Thanks. :clap:

Thanks, Jerry, for responding to some of these.