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Also just for anyone who is not familiar, these two chicks are taking the Metra commuter locomotives...which are really clean and comfortable. They are hardly slumming it. I'd like to see that fat ass try and bring her 3 layer cake onto an 'L' or cta bus. Someone get her a tissue...Oh wait, they are probably in the back set of her car. When will her persecution end. Hmmm, 10 years of taking the 'L' and no one has ever sat on top of me. Might be kind of fun. OR.... if if it bothers you on the train you can report it to cta, they have laws against soliciting. It's called being part of society. It's really frightening how socially inept these people are.

^That is a classic

I never know what or when to pay on RTA, it is really confusing. Once I got on the WFL after a weekend stay at a National Terminals Bldg(you can rent corp apartments like a hotel room on Orbitz). Got on at the station behind that building and the train driver asked us for tickets??? Where the hell were we supposed to get tickets...the driver couldn't explain and finally just let us on. We had all of our luggage and were on the way to the airport. It made the system look really stupid and rinky dink. Was I supposed to buy a ticket at Tower City 4 days prior on my way in from the airport??

Interesting take on dealing with population decline in Youngstown Ohio, from Metropolis Magazine http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=1907 The Incredible Shrinking City Facing steep population decline, Youngstown, Ohio, is repositioning itself. By Belinda Lanks Posted April 17, 2006

^That's one of the coolest spontaneous events I have ever heard

Headlines for the PD..."Ridership on the Waterfront Line Doubles!" "Ridership up 100% on the Waterfront Line!"

Those ships are amazing at navigating that river, esp back in the day when the flats bars had pleasure boats docked so many deep and one of the barges would come through.

Couldn't agree more. High street before was one of the best most lively urban strips in Ohio. I love how it got so crowded that they had to put those wires along the edge of the sidewalk to keep people from spilling into the street. And also liked how the storefronts were below the sidewalk and above...it was so haphazard and unorganized. That new thing is horribly bland. Huge blunder for Colubus and OSU as far as I'm concerned.

Does OSU ban cars for Freshman/Sophmore that live in dorms? That could be the demographic that is appealing to Wal Mart since OSU is so big, and college students tend to not have a huge expendable income. Could be a reason to locate downtown. I love how Wal Mart is putting this spin on it that they are doing this urban market move out of the goodness of their hearts. Please...it's just that the cow pasture market is pretty much saturated and they need to continue expanding. BTW...don't expect friendly greeters, nice food and clean stores in these urban markets...Wal Mart will understaff them and squeeze them for as much money as they can. Don't be surprised to see food almost out of date....like it has been trucked in from the suburban stores to unload. They will be dumps for a captive market that lack mobility to vote with their feet.

In the letter from Federated.

Does anyone on this board shop at the Sak's store that is already Downtown? Here in Chicago, Sak's is definitely nicer and has a better selection (at least in the men's dept) than Bloomingdales. If Sak's is struggling, why would Bloomingdales do any better?

She said 'Bloomies', man that is so late '80's Yuppie speak....like back in the day when there was a 'Bloomie's Express' at Hopkins. I would be interested to know if they thought any Ohio market was a possibilty at all.

In your opinion it is 2 different things because you value those areas, as well as OTR . The residents of the neighborhoods where this is happening value the feel and scale of the neighborhood they live in and are passionate about it just like you are about the aformentioned areas...so at the root it is the same thing. Someone with lots of money comes in and thinks they can do whatever they want with no regard to the neighbors or community. I also find it interesting that people are assuming that because these people live in a 1,200 sq foot home they are obviously poor and don't have the means to live in a larger house. A higher profile case, but noteworthy for this discussion: House of famed columnist Mike Royko to be torn down The Associated Press November 12, 2004 - The house where legendary newspaper columnist Mike Royko once penned his takes on Chicago life is being torn down by its current owners despite the pleas of preservationists who believe it has historic value. Chicago Tribune, died in 1997. His wife, Judy, sold the house earlier this year to neighbors for $1.8 million. (Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=News&id=2379018

I understand that rationale...however 99.9% of the press that I see on the "tear-down phenomenon" involves perfectly good homes in generally nicer or affluent neighborhoods that are 'built out' and don't have available land. The residents believe that the value of the neighborhood will be compromised if the quaintness or scale is lost. I don't think the response on the thread would be the same if say....Walgreen's wanted to build an oversized store with a parking lot in the Mariemont or Shaker Square business district and tear down an older structure that is in the scale/architecture period of the rest of the district. Isn't that kind of the same thing? It begins to erode the exact reason why the area is valuable.

I think some of you are missing the point, this probably isn't an area of run down homes. I am guessing it is a nice upscale neighborhood in a prime location...that's why people want to build a new huge house there. In this situation you usually aren't talking about someone wanting to build a big mansion in a run down poor neighborhood on a brownfield. The residents in the article are talking about character and scale of the neighborhood....the developer quoted is the one that puts the gentrification spin on it. I imagine that this is already a pretty affluent neighborhood of modest homes. To put it into context...I think this would be similar to people buying up the 'modest' mansions along Lakewood's lakefront and tearing them down to build a house double the size that looks like it belongs in Strongsville. If sprawl suburbs can require a minimum square footage, why can't an older established community limit it?

Lunch

^ Haha...I know it's kind of Beavis and Butthead humor, but when I saw it I had to stop and get a pic taken.

I thought the same thing, esp after seeing the logo on the sign:

The best has to be that "Private Desires" is near "Luck Ave"

Cleveland Vibrator Company - Ohio City

^Yikes, my first Mayday cyber bitch slap! Since part of my college career was spent there...I guess it holds true.

Kent reed, Kent rite, kent desine

Rolling Acres is the largest mall in Akron, built in 1976 by Forest City. It is now a really rundown area with vacant stores all around. I believe the mall itself is pretty abandoned as well. The t-shirt is a joke by the makers because I don't think anyone really cares about the place.

Rubber City Clothing Company for Akron-centric designs http://www.rubbercityclothing.com/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=16 My personal favorite is the Ghost town t-shirt

Haha. I'll be watching out...luckily my 80's glass office building probably would not be a prime kodak moment. Just don't be in the way of the door at Shuba's...I'll be making a beeline to the bar :drunk: