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Yes, I think the whole country has an anti-Kentucky bias. Very much so. Ask a southerner and he'll tell you it's a northern state. Growing up in Warren we even said Pennsyl-tucky.

There's a thread for what to do with the east side red line post-BRT? We're just now asking for preliminary figures on ridership changes, which is why I'm surprised there would be one. And how would you define the topic boundaries of this thread?

Have the red line instead veer up Cedar Glen and Cedar Rd, all the way out to Beachwood mall. With the health line done, there really is no sense in having it go past the UC station. Totally redundant, unless the red line will eventually meet up with the waterfront line in Collinwood. The greater east side could be served a whole lot better, despite Shaker having two lines of its own. Cedar and/or Mayfield lines will be necessary at some point.

Question? Is there something that would make you think that Red Line ridership is down? Just trying to understand why you would ask that? They asked because the Corridor has the same path as the red line after the UC stop heading east. If going west, it's virtually the same from Windermere to the Little Italy stop. I'm thinking it also draws people traveling from public square to UC who might have taken the Red Line before That was my initial concern about the project, it duplicates existing service when we need actual expansions. The sprucing up of main street was the only decent selling point. Still is.

I'm all for honesty in evaluating the problems we have. It's something we in Ohio need to do. Different story when outsiders print crap like that for everyone to see. Not OK.

I don't think strobe lights would be remotely acceptable to epileptics. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a regulation against it, though I don't know of any. I know people with this condition and they do not want strobe lights coming at them while they're driving. I've also noticed reduced turn signal usage, after the noise was attached to it.

Wow that article is terrible. Could they have made the event sound any more dismal?

Because it's hooked up through the turn signal, and they have to signal to pull over.

The PD's silence will probably expand soon. To everything. I don't like that our choice is between a no-good hostile local paper or none at all. I don't like that this could be their swan song. It would be nice to see the PD's character arc come around before the end of this.

It beeps every time the thing pulls over for a stop. It makes you want off the bus in a way you never felt before. Is there any precedent for this system? Has it been in effect for any length of time anywhere?

^ So, did they at least finish grading it? Any sewer work? Looks like the site is basically ready to go. So there's an asset, which could be driven up in a hurry by the medical mart.

Hypothetically let's say the city reams the county. It would be money flowing inward, a nice change. I don't know what other political price they could have to pay. If it gets strictly design reviewed, I'm all for that anyway.

Including lobbyists and contractors and thinktanks?

I feel a little better about it now. The last 2 posts make good points. But now that you mention it, how great would it be to move that Ronald McDonald house? All it gives pedestrians is a big fence, and Euclid Ave should be as open to the public as possible. 105th deserves something prominent at every corner of every intersection through there. It's one of the few serious N-S streets in the whole town. I was hoping for a catalyst instead of a placeholder, but improvement is improvement.

Perhaps the REIT's care, the ones Chris Kennedy noted have no interest in Cleveland, despite the prospect of doubling their returns over DC. Failing to combat defamation has cost this city billions and billions and billions. Investors are lemming-like, and they're susceptible to PR good and bad. All of ours is bad. We do nothing. That said, I can't find this darn article on MSNBC, so could someone post a link?

Now is as good a time as any... if this guy can do anything he wants with his little parcel, what the heck happened with the flats? If a developer showed similar interest in that part of Chester for a comparable mega-project, how much veto power would this guy retain? How could the former owners of the flats have had so much less power than him?

They moved to Bedford, they're not a Cleveland team anymore. Plus, it's soccer.. They deserved something more than CSU's bleachers, but dang, that location made it easy for me to see games. Bedford, not so much... same reason I've never seen the Fusion play, even though I bring it up every year around this time.

Don't forget the City Stars, just this past year! Did the city do anything at all to commemorate that championship? I know very few people who are even aware we have a soccer team, let alone a league champion.

I'd like to ask you a question and it's sincere. Are you on any Cleveland community board or neighborhood group? The reason I ask is you have some strong opinions, suggestion, comments. I wonder is you're putting any of this energy into improving area/neighborhoods that you say need help. I almost blew out academically because of excessive community involvement. I had to scale back a couple years ago. I'm researching the feasibility and popularity of different ideas right now, aren't I? The rest will have to wait. But this is about what's best for University Circle. For all we know, they might actually build "what's best" on this lot. If they don't... again... we need to get creative about how we'll address that. I would surmise the solution begins with a comprehensive zoning revision.

With respect, that's not even the case in my parents' subdivision. So why should it be more so in the region's preeminent cultural hub? The appearance of my parents' property is tightly controlled, by and for the community. If they wanted to move out and put a bank branch there, even a beautiful one, the answer would be a resounding no. In their particular case it's a deed restriction tied to a homeowners' association. Obviously this guy's deed is what it is, so that won't work here. But I don't believe solutions are as far outside our grasp as they're made out to be. That is a completely different legal situation. When a large swath of land is subdivided by one entity and deed restrictions are placed on the subdivided parcels, you can't get those removed unless all parties agree. My point is only that communities are not entirely without leverage against wayward property owners. And this is only one aspect. University Circle owes it to itself to find a way to get more aggressive about building standards.

With respect, that's not even the case in my parents' subdivision. So why should it be more so in the region's preeminent cultural hub? The appearance of my parents' property is tightly controlled, by and for the community. If they wanted to move out and put a bank branch there, even a beautiful one, the answer would be a resounding no. In their particular case it's a deed restriction tied to a homeowners' association. Obviously this guy's deed is what it is, so that won't work here. But I don't believe solutions are as far outside our grasp as they're made out to be. Yes, and only a portion of Euclid has form-based zoning. I thought the Midtown zoning overlay covered Payne to Carnegie west of 55th, Chester to Carnegie east of 55th. Each Avenue is zoned differently, but if I recall correctly "drive-up" type businesses were restricted to Carnegie only. Of course, this property falls well outside that zone anyway.

McCleveland, I don't doubt that it is that way, or this place wouldn't look like it does. But at some point we have to change the rules of the game or it will continue to look like it does. And then some. Would we be facing this problem in Manhattan? Boston? SF? London? Others will judge us, as a community, by the standards we set.

I think we just talked about why that is. Suburban dealers have nice houses, and their clients have nice cars to visit in. Also suburban dealers are just doing it as a hobby or a side-gig. Plus, they're usually dealing in lighter stuff. All this adds up to very little similarity between the two scenarios.

If a crappy structure goes on that site, it will for me be a microcosm of what's wrong with this town. We need people in charge who realize how inappropriate that kind of structure would be, and how damaging to our long term potential. A new crappy building on a choice lot is much worse than an old deserted one.

Possibly a 4-5 story building with a bank branch on the first floor...? Precisely. The standard suburban bank branch design should be disallowed within Cleveland city limits, along with the standard suburban drug stores that should never have been permitted on Euclid or Chester.