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this one will be much larger, but I don't know if that makes any difference in the crane size/type

There were three of the smaller cranes on site in recent weeks, but shoot, this must be brand new!

I ran through Battery Park around 7:00 last night and found a) volleyball courts full of players, b) people walking the sidewalks, c) Alley Townhomes foundations are in and contractors still hard at work nearing sunset!

Great list of festivities and partners, but wasn't there going to be a concert in University Circle as well? Will there be "ambassadors" on board the vehicles to announce projects along the corridor, as well as features of the vehicle and line and to answer questions from first-time riders?

the development features a pretty diverse array of rentals and condos. The condos have different price points and have (I believe) the attractive lease-own option that other projects around town have been promoting. Someone with more knowledge please correct me if I'm wrong!

Twin Cities bridge debuts 30-foot tall pollution-sucking sculptures Posted Oct 7th 2008 7:55PM by Jeremy Korzeniewski http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/07/twin-cities-bridge-debuts-30-foot-tall-pollution-sucking-sculptu/ Two statues have debuted on Minnesota's new Interstate 35W Bridge that are shaped to look like the international cartographic symbol for water. Why? Besides mimicking the look of the Mississippi River as it passes through Minneapolis, the new sculptures are made from a type of concrete that is photocatalytic, meaning they will be able to convert gases like carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides and sulfur dioxide to higher oxidized states, making them less damaging to the environment. Another benefit of the new concrete mixture is that it never looks old as it maintains a white oxidized color on its outer skin. The opening of the new I-35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge also has a deeper meaning, since it replaces the one that tragically collapsed about a year ago from a structural failure. The new one was erected so fast because the original was used by over 140,000 cars per day. Despite how quickly it was built, the new bridge has a 100-year life span, supports ten lanes of traffic thanks to an extra 76 feet of width, and has shoulders on both sides where the old one didn't – not to mention it cleans the air with art.

Funny, when I came to Cleveland 3.5 years ago to check out the Levin College, there was a forum on this very same topic. How'd it go this time around?

2 days until the big opening! dust off your chaps and 10 gallon hat!

That makes at least TWO Urban Ohioans who are seriously considering Uptown... It's hard to argue with the allure of this location and that incentive package!

great article... I've got high hopes for this squad, but that can be dangerous! BTW, ESPN puts the Cavs at #6 heading into the pre-season: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/powerranking?season=2009&week=-1 We're #2 in the East. Let's hope that's not the way it ends up!

It is too bad about the timing, but come on... Dennis is demanding that the Federal Government launch a no doubt costly investigation of this situation when he could actually make a real difference by lobbying real support for our regional transit infrastructure? Does he not see the hypocrisy in this?

I agree MTS. There's opportunity down the line for the bus. I'm referring more to the concrete, stations, etc.

seriously, with the exception of a few well done planters, the HealthLine is gray gray gray! and I'm seeing before pics, but where are the after pics???

too bad neither one of them would pick me up! I had to wait for a lowly #6 on the side of the road... :cry:

and even more exciting that the potential for what we can install here in NEO is what we can PRODUCE in NEO for export to the rest of the Lake Erie states (and beyond).

An exciting moment earlier this week:

Do you mean to say that they'd prefer to be located somewhere other than on top of a rowdy Winking Lizard? :wink:

Not sure where else to put this... From UCI's inner Circle monthly email: University Circle Inc. To Open Ice Rink An exciting new addition is coming to Wade Oval this winter as University Circle Inc. opens an outdoor ice rink. Best of all, admission is FREE. Bring your own skates, or rent them when you get here, and spend some time enjoying the tranquil beauty of Wade Oval in the winter. When you're finished skating, be sure to stop by the museums to warm up. Opening on Sunday, December 7, hours will vary. Look for more information coming soon to the UCI website. www.universitycircle.org.

Are you referring to the CUDC item? If this fits there expansion needs, great, and good for Playhouse Square. But I'm not going to get excited about shuffling around downtown tenants. I'm waiting to hear the first announcement of a NEW tenant!

being that this is just a conceptual site plan and that they were using it to entice large office and tech tenants, I'm assuming that the visual of ample space for cheap parking was part of their marketing effort. Still, the model fits within the Midtown Mixed-Use zoning overlay and it could certainly be built-out with more greenspace or other built spaces on the interior.

While my round trip from Cleveland to Chicago was uneventful (and even pleasant) last weekend, I heard a few unsettling stories from my neighbors on the bus. I left Friday early AM with wife and 11 month old. There were several other families and a broad array of other passengers. The bus was full, but not to capacity. We watched two animated films on the way out and two more movies on the way back. The issues I heard of included a Friday evening bus (an Urban Ohioan was on it) that ran out of gas 30 minutes from Chicago (WTF???) and a bus leaving a rest stop with 5 passengers running after it and refusing to stop (not sure when this happened exactly). It sounds like you can get lucky with your driver or get really UN-lucky. I was lucky (whew!).

Was on an intercity bus over the weekend and heard a delighted 20-something couple talking about Cadillac Ranch. They were very excited for it and for a new use in the May Co. Building. I walked by yesterday morning and must admit that while the entryway and Caddy are certainly tacky as all hell, the patio and windows and overall impact of activity on this corner that joins lower Euclid and Public Square are very welcome. Yes, the patio is extra-large, but it isn't as bad in reality as I had assumed from some of the pictures I saw. And they used a nice fence/rail and not that cheap plastic garbage!

Too bad the plan is 4 years old. I think they had problems with Empowerment Zone requirements. Sounds kinda backwards, no?

the clay/gravel beds, which also have the openings in their surrounding "anti-ankle lips," have a tendency to empty sediment into the sidewalk after the rain. not sure who dreamed this one up, but it's pretty lame. I agree that there are a number of points along the route where the planter beds would've been better left out. on this note, I'm curious about the choice of plantings at different points. While some of the medians have great mixtures of what looks to be low-maintenance growth, there are other parts that have grass that will be hell to mow...

Ok, I'll post it. Clinic plans next major project 100,000-square-foot laboratory for novel medical tests could result in hundreds of well-paying jobs By STAN BULLARD (Crain's) 4:30 am, September 29, 2008 The Cleveland Clinic is preparing to spend millions at its main campus to ramp up to national status its reference laboratory, which performs novel medical tests that most hospitals normally don’t perform in-house on their patients. Following the Clinic’s recently completed Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Pavilion and Glickman Tower, its next big project will be construction of a 100,000-square-foot “national reference laboratory and patient laboratory infrastructure,” according to Peter Volas, the Clinic’s real estate director. “There are two other national reference laboratories like this across the country — at the Mayo Clinic and another in Salt Lake City. We’re looking to compete with them,” Mr. Volas told an audience Sept. 17 at the Land Development Conference in Independence. The conference is a seminar for real estate professionals. If the lab takes off, it could provide hundreds of well-paying jobs, which would meet a Clinic objective of leveraging its medical expertise for economic development in the region. However, Clinic spokeswoman Heather Phillips said it’s premature to discuss the project. “Things are not very well defined yet,” she said. Mr. Volas said at the conference that Clinic officials have decided to construct the lab at its campus after considering sites for it on the city’s East Side. However, a specific location is not yet set. Delos “Toby” Cosgrove, Cleveland Clinic’s CEO, referred briefly to the project in his “State of the Clinic” address last February, Mr. Volas said. The Clinic declined to provide Crain’s a copy of the annual briefing. If the Clinic proceeds with transforming its existing 200-person reference laboratory into a larger entity, it potentially would produce significant job growth at the globally known health care institution. A person familiar with the situation who asked not to be identified told Crain’s Clinic officials have indicated the plan would add 800 jobs to the laboratory. If the other reference labs Mr. Volas identified are any guide, 800 jobs is a modest estimate for the new venture. The Mayo Medical Laboratories in Rochester, Minn., employ 2,200 people as they perform 3,000 types of tests, many for more than 4,000 other hospitals nationwide. The ARUP Laboratories, part of the University of Utah in Salt Lake, employ 2,300 and perform more than 2,000 types of tests at a 150,000-square-foot building, the ARUP web site states. Both out-of-town labs perform so-called “esoteric tests” that other hospitals do not perform internally in the course of normal patient testing. Moreover, the Mayo and ARUP labs offer consulting services to help hospitals operate their normal lab programs efficiently and to compete with commercial testing labs. While the Clinic’s reference laboratory is small relative to those competitors, it is part of a 700-person Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Clinic — an indication of how much weight the Clinic can bring to bear in the effort. The possibility of housing such an undertaking tantalized Cleveland-area property owners and developers who vied for the assignment before the Clinic decided to put it on its main campus. Jim Haviland, executive director of the MidTown Cleveland neighborhood development group, said his group submitted its MidTown Technology Center — a joint venture with the Ferchill Group development firm of Cleveland — to the Clinic for the reference lab. “This is exactly what we’ve been after for MidTown Technology Center,” Mr. Haviland said. “These are technology-oriented jobs.” However, the Clinic preferred a site with more capability to expand than MidTown Technology Center, Mr. Haviland said. [end article] How could they want more room to expand than MTTC has? It's 144,000 square-feet and could easily expand to double that: http://www.midtowntechnologycenter.com/plans.asp# If the answer was that it isn't contiguous, that'd be a different story.