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deep, musky... real deep

In the words of my significant other, "What is WRONG with people?!" You can get a video and cat food at stores that clock in at under 140,000 square feet! And probably do it a lot more conveniently... I'll bet Rebecca pushes around one of those big ass shopping carts too, just because she likes the feel of it.

Yikes! Odors force Wal-Mart on landfill to close Garfield Heights store evacuated after methane leak; company seeking source Thursday, December 07, 2006 Henry J. Gomez Plain Dealer Reporter Garfield Heights -- In the midst of the crucial holiday shopping season, a Wal-Mart has closed its doors at City View Center. Not because of bad sales, but because of bad smells. On Tuesday evening, store officials evacuated customers after detecting the presence of methane gas. The store remained closed Wednesday as crews worked to identify the problem. It is unknown when the store will reopen, but the Wal-Mart incident is the latest in a string of environmental concerns to beset City View, which sits atop an old landfill.... To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [email protected], 216-999-5405 www.cleveland.com

Pretty please? With outdoor seating on top?

I take that to mean that the fences will be wrapped in project renderings...rather than just some translucent tarp like at Battery Park.

Is the spot directly east of Jimmy Johns going to be the pizza shop from the E. 4th thread? Once the ECTP is finished and we have nice new sidewalks and streetscape in place, we've got to get these restaurants from E. 4th to Ontario to open sidewalk seating. This will make such a huge difference for that quadrant of the Square! And back on topic...moving towards Pesht, the blocks directly NW of the square have to push for the same thing...

Real estate prices are getting too high for a Subway and GNC on Public Square... Or not.

mmmm...yes, the red and the awnings. I presume there's a signage package on the way as well? I remember reading this somewhere. So far, so good!

^Amen to all that, and Ryan McKenzie can step in with some City Wheels to add to the other transportation options that are already available. I'm basically just asking that they test the market before gutting another building near Public Square for parking. Maybe he can sell 20 units without parking in house. If he can only sell 2, then I'll shut my yap!

Daaaag, that's a shweet camera phone! And the signage ain't bad either!

good point, Wim. I guess we aren't allowed to "unwrap" these presents just yet...

multiples of each, in fact... I'd say our work is done here!

Hmmm...I go by there a few times each week and I hadn't noticed. When did it change? What changed?

Right, and that's your opinion, as you stated. I'm just disappointed that this location...which is THE most transit friendly of all Cleveland locations...is perhaps a no-go without attached parking. I'd hope that the draw and amenities (transit and otherwise) to this location would elicit enough unique demand that people would be willing to walk around the block to fetch their ride.

Right! Aren't they twins or something? Either way, go Perkowski! And either one can take over Mueller, as far as I'm concerned... Dave has more projects in the works on Superior and in North Broadway, so we'll have to keep an eye/ear out for those as well!

Good news and great topic, Wim. On the subject, there is a thread on GCBL that begins to discuss this: http://www.gcbl.org/node/1437/

I know they'd better have a designated parking space for me when I drive the two blocks from my house to have dinner there...

Wow, our zoning code is so messed up... between this and the post in the Ohio City thread, I swear we just need to start all over! Go Perkowski! (he did Tower Press and Hyacinth) Maybe he can take over the Mueller Lofts project if it is, in fact, dead.

In today's NY Times! http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/06/us/06cleveland.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Well, I hope it passed because that's the Monastery space, which appears ready to open!

New showing posted: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=11292

You'd think that there would be more of a neighborhood-based context to these regulations. Obviously (to us), the demand for parking will be different in one neighborhood versus another. Also, the target market will make a difference. Arbor Park, just southeast of Downtown, has on-street parking ONLY because the vast majority of its residents don't own cars. If they had to follow this parking statute, they'd have a wasteful mess of empty garages in that neighborhood! Same goes for Downtown. I've gotta think that if a developer says, "Guys, you're killing me with this parking requirement...40% of my project costs are for acquisition and development of a parking structure. I could be spending that money to develop another 40 units. Do you want more people Downtown or more cars?" From what I can tell, people spend more money and pay more taxes than their cars do. Just an observation...

^Funny, all this time I thought you were male! On the topic of snow plowing, I'm sure they did something noticeable, but what about clearing out the major bus stop areas? I don't know who's responsibility this is these days, but I nearly bit it getting off the bus on Superior this morning and I'm a pretty agile guy. There were two older ladies with shopping carts and canes on the same bus and they probably didn't have such an easy time disembarking into a pile of slush... There's only so much you can do, but this would help...

I heard 2 weeks on Gypsy Beans & Baking today, which is what the article indicated. Also, they're already doing some baking in there...I thought I smelled something good!

^Does that apply to building conversions or just new construction?