lmcshane

Cleveland is squandering the potential for hotel development at the vacant YMCA building on West 25th St. - just got back from a trail conference in Pittsburgh - Have you seen this video?? <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C0WfZXrrjRU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Old-Brooklyn Centre is a node that should attract folks as a tourist destination, too - Courtyard Marriott design is young and hip - with lots of amenities that would encourage families to spend more than one night in CLE - visit the zoo, a baseball game, ride the towpath, Rock Hall, Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad and more (vacant YMCA - is on a 24/7 serviced transit route #51 )

Normally, I would try to sell someone on my neighborhood--consider it, too--It is very convenient to everywhere. See http://www.brooklyncentre.org Unfortunately, the website has not been updated :(

Country Mouse--Give me a call at work at 216-623-6920. The Detroit Shoreway neighborhood has affordable housing and you could probably get good housing referals from any one at Mt. Carmel church. The councilman Matt Zone is a member of this church if I remember correctly. The school is also one of the best parochial schools. Don't write off or believe the scare tactics about Cleveland schools. http://www.dscdo.org/about/abt_c.html There are lots of affordable options. http://www.olmc-cleveland.org/about.html You would also have dining and entertainment options--nearby art and the lakefront is within walking distance.

For those who have posted here with fond recollections of the neighborhood--it's still here. Come back and make it better. Honey Hut is still here, the Zoo, the Metroparks, Loew Park, William Cullen Bryant School, St. Leo's Festival, Gentiles, Michael's, Sausage Shoppe...and the the Brooklyn Centre neighborhood--although largely treated as second class by our city planners--is just as nice, if not friendlier--offering the convenience of shopping at ALDIs, Steelyard, and recreating at WC Reed Field and Riverside Cemetery (which like the Zoo is a great unofficial jogging/walking course). Both neighborhoods are also served by great libraries.

I stopped by the Fulton Rd. Bridge this past Monday a.m. and spoke with one of the engineers. It won't be complete until March 2010 earliest...but it is looking more like May 2010. There will be no auto access from Denison and Fulton, which pretty much sucks for Brooklyn Centre residents, although the engineer promised a beautiful wide bike trail connecting residents to Brookside Park. I went down to look at the site, because I am impatient for access as are many residents who go down just to watch the baseball games there. I also stopped by the YMCA building and was surprised to find a gardening operation going on there. No visible exterior improvements to the building and it is surrounded by construction fencing. I can't believe that this whole piece of real estate was picked up for $125,000 as reported in an earlier post on this thread.