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Really captures the scale of this project.

Absolutely horrific injury. The crowd gasp was something else.

Agreed. Those angles are just beautiful. I gotta bring some cigars and whiskey and sit on those steps along the lake before it gets too cold.

Does anyone watch Doctor Mike? How does he have time to be an influencer and work full time as a PCP? The guy has a ton of content for someone who works a conventional job 60+ hours a week.

It's impressive how much that area is growing, almost like a modernized Shaker Square. The "On the Rise" needs a little work though; it doesn't come close to the Taylor branch, at least from my experience.

There's a lot going on in that photo. And look how tiny the two people are to all the industrial movement and grandeur around them.

That glass sure uplifts the grey skies.

How can anyone say with a straight face that suburban cops are overpaid? Maple Heights and East Cleveland cops start in the late $30s, Parma, Lakewood and Shaker Heights cops in the early $40s, Westlake mid $40s, Beachwood early $50s. Obviously they make more money the longer they're there - as EVERYONE should in any role - and they have pretty solid benefits - again, as EVERYONE should - but to say they're overpaid is silly. Ideally the higher the compensation, the better quality candidates we'd get. Guarantee the inverse is true.

Had some wonderful memories there. Damn.

That is one sexy building

The garage podium is at the back facing west. It's ugly, but what can you do. Speaking of podiums, I'm shocked the nearby Reed's podium (along the river's south branch) doesn't look as horrible as the renderings. Sure it's a bummer there's an unnecessary garage along the river, but the color, shape and angle aren't too shabby, all things considering, and it somewhat blends into the building.

I literally live behind that building on the Wabash side. It's disappointing the units aren't condos and the original Helmut vision looked a lot cooler, but South Loop has not nearly seen the appreciations of the more vibrant neighborhoods. The area is a bit of an anomaly considering the location so I can't blame financiers for being scared off. Some of the earlier renderings made it look like 1000 S. Michigan would fit in Singapore or Dubai. But this project was, to my understanding, supposed to be complete in 2008, so I'm not complaining the big hole in the ground is finally filled.

Horrible year for wrestler deaths. Terry Funk and Bray Wyatt this week alone.

Nothing new to add and there are a number of places I've never been to or heard of before. Chagrin Falls Willoughby Hudson Honorable mention to downtown Elyria from how many happy memories I had there visiting cousins as a kid, though I suspect things are quite a bit different today.

And the Saudis are building a 105-mile-long vertical city that will be open for residents in 6 years. Just give us something, anything, in our lifetimes. Please city/county/leadership/developer gods.

Hey, I can't argue with KJP on those projects.

I'm just shocked that the area isn't exploding with coffee shops, a thriving arts scene, mixed-use housing, small businesses, parks, and a wealth of diverse people moving in to enhance the community. SHOCKED I say. $330 million down the toliet, and, let's be honest, we all knew on some level this project would be a dud.

Season 3, Episode 3 of Reservation Dogs. Oooo boy. Talk about a change in tone. Hell of an episode and show. It's a shame the series is ending this season.

RTA trustees boosted general manager’s pay, now they must demonstrate it was a good investment: Editorial Spoiler: They sure as s-hit won't.

The whole system is odd. The red line is essentially free unless you're getting off/on at Tower City. For years I've been taking that train and never seen a fair collector. What the hell am I paying for exactly?

Same with a certain reality star sexual predator. Oh wait...

I hate to pile on, but that comment is crap. White people calling Black people the n-r or c-n words is wrong, dehumanizing, vile. Black people calling Asian people hateful words is equally wrong and should never be protected. And so on and so forth. Hate speech often transforms into hate conduct and needs to be nipped in the bud EARLY. The free flow of ideas is what allowed dangerous Q'anon individuals like Gaetz, Greene, and Boebert become Congressional leaders and be privy to national security and sabotage. Look at DeSantis' behaviors in Florida. His hateful rhetoric and beliefs have gained a lot of traction and codified into state law. This evil goes far beyond harmless speech and benign "ideas".

Or we'll give them a stadium in exchange for a percentage of all sponsorship deals, concessions, ticket sales, and especially television contracts in perpetuity. If Jimmy and Dee make a dollar, we get a big nibble. If they sell we get a far larger one. Then the con man and his wife can have their multi-billion bdollar entertainment complex on the house.

A lot of people seem to prefer the "race to the bottom" mentality rather than using common sense behavioral screenings and new approaches for preserving if not incentivizing public transportation use. I can only imagine European or Asian tourist reactions when they see all the chaos on these trains with normal people distracting themselves from the loons who seemingly have carte blanche to smoke, inject, harass, menace, assault, sleep, panhandle, assault some more, change cars looking for victims, repeat and rinse. That s**t sure doesn't happen in Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, UK, Japan, Spain, Bahrain, hell, even Russia, China and North Korea. But MTA, CTA, RTA, Metro, SEPTA, BART, etc, anything goes. Consequence free. Sixty years of public transportation standards plummeting with the buh buh buh wacism idiots aiding its demise.

‘I’m not wanted’: Florida universities hit by brain drain as academics flee | Florida | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/30/florida-universities-colleges-faculty-leaving-desantis Maybe... a lot of these states with oppressive policies still tend to draw in a lot of population growth. Educated populations. Even/especially to Florida despite the evil behavior of its governor and much of its population. So I wonder if this "brain drain" has any real teeth.