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^ I just don't feel safe walking the streets around Key Tower anymore... one of these crooked execs is liable to lift my wallet!

There's a great florist just around the corner on E. 12th anyway. That's the one I always go to...

It's pretty impressive to me that we have two (that I am aware of) Asian villages in Cleveland. It seems that the one along Detroit is primarily Vietnamese, though, whereas the one in the east 20s-40s is more diverse. Anyone know more about this? Blinker? Thanks for the news Guv!

Incredible first half... so-so second half. Great defense throughout. It's weird to see a game like this go our way, though. We usually give them just enough to pull it out in the end!

I believe that Design Review, an to a large extent - the Landmarks Commission, has a lot to do with signage in Downtown Cleveland and other historic neighborhoods. I'd presume they've approved lots of "temporary" signage (banners, etc) over the years that just never gets upgraded. By the way, keep an eye out for big blank walls like the one posted above to have major advertising/art pieces installed in the near future. There's legislation in City Hall/Council to allow Clearchannel and others to do a number of these above and beyond what is currently permissible. Could be cool... or extremely crappy!

It's a tough set of directions to give! Funny, I've got Tremont pretty down-pat, but I still get confused in Ohio City, where I live! When Bridge and Fulton cross, I get all mixed up. You've got John, Whitman, Woodbine, all the courts and numbered streets like W. 38th & W. 32nd that almost intersect. It's like the friggin West Village over here sometimes!

I'm not sure why they went this way with Digiknow (although, they brought in their own architect), but my tour guide did indicate that they wanted to refurbish the existing windows elsewhere.

That's why Tremont wasn't on my list when I moved back to Cleveland. I needed a grocery store within walking distance and Tremont just doesn't have one. With Walmart moving in down the street, it's that much more unlikely. Perhaps there's still a chance for a little health food or Constantino's-type market that wouldn't overlap with Dave's or Walmart...

There seem to be promising signs from Cosgrove as to his understanding of how important it is for the Clinic to lead with good design, but when are we going to start to see them manifest? For example, do you build a $170 million garage that is just a garage? Or do you incorporate more office space into it and front it with convenience retail space? I know they're collaborating on the Upper Chester project, but when does the clinic start working on housing in earnest? Much like the case of University Circle, with the amount of institutional and job growth projected for the next 10 years, if we can't get more people living near where they work, we're going to have to keep building these garages! Case is working on this with plans to build hundreds of units at the Triangle. Will the Clinic move this direction as a developer or will they appropriate funds as a development partner towards residential and neighborhood development? The Cedar Avenue biomedical startup center is promising, but it needs to go beyond that. I hope we get more than just a little conversation going with the Clinic about this.

Oops! I guess I forgot that you worked there! Here are some shots that you may not have seen already (sorry for the poor quality): The bi-level bridge from the original office building to the 1st rehab building in phase 1: Future retail fronts (they're looking for cafe/restaurant tenants) on Superior: The inside of those spaces: The lower-level of the bi-level bridge...waiting for refurbishment! (there used to be a staircase going from this level to the upper level, can you spot where it was?) On level two, half of this space is being rehabbed for Cuyahoga County (I think): One of the massive elevators in the building, capable of carrying automobiles! The shaft... Fun times at Digiknow HQ! Interiors nearing completion: The front entrance & lobby: Some views from the 3rd floor: Some of the buildings that will be rehabbed in later phases (they're currently around 65% leased in over 1 million sq. ft.): Southwesterly, towards CSU: More Southwest: Directly south, see the future commuter rail connection? Looking east: Hello Cleveland!

No bones about it, Sue's a huge hit Sunday, November 12, 2006 Olivera Perkins Plain Dealer Reporter Sue made her Cleveland debut Saturday, and she didn't disappoint. There she regally stood, a 42-foot-long, 13-foot-tall skeleton with prehistoric roots, causing a modern-day stir. Sue is a Tyrannosaurus rex that lived more than 65 million years ago. A full-size cast of her skeleton is the centerpiece of the exhibit "A T. rex Named Sue" that opened Saturday at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in University Circle and runs through April 15. About 1,300 visitors came to see her the first day. www.cleveland.com For information about the exhibit, call the museum at 216-231-4600 or visit its Web site at www.cmnh.org.

There was a feature in Metropolis Magazine a couple months back that asked "How Green is Your City?" http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=2286 There was a map (I'll post later) that showed concentrations of green roofs. We are lagging a little, but there is definitely lots of momentum building up behind sustainable building and design here (see all above posts!), including the recent talk of designing green bulkheads (there's a thread on that...). Green roofs should follow, especially as examples are set throughout the city and country that show the economic benefits of going green!

I saw that too...Very nice! Despite the potential for Kouz to have a great career, I think this could be a good trade for us in the short-term. We're a little stacked at 3B prospects anyway!

A) That's a very cool pic of the city... a perspective I don't think I've seen yet. B) I really like the idea that we can build our economy with this project in a multitude of ways. Good foresight from the folks behind this effort. Let's hope we can see it through!

Oh yeah, beautiful shot MayDay! It's too bad that view is such a fleeting one... so high up over the flats and moving so quickly!

I took my parents down by here last night (they requested) and they were very impressed by actually seeing, up close, the amount of new construction on the West Bank. They've seen it from the bridges, but it's a whole different thing seeing it in person. My mom was a little surprised that people are paying over a million bucks for condos... not just in Cleveland, but anywhere!

Fruit Avenue... weird looking homes. Why the "neo-industrial" look? Do people actually like that? I suppose some do, as Lake Point (Fr. Caruso & W. 65th) sold well, but what about some nice ones that don't try so hard to look modern and have a little brick or nice finished woodwork? I know, it's a matter of taste...

They've already moved in!

Way to go Penton Media Building! From Cleveland.com: 5 businesses moving into Penton Media Building 10:15 a.m. KBS Realty Advisors, owner of downtown Cleveland's Penton Media Building at 1300 East 9th St., has signed leases with five new tenants. The deals involve about 95,000 square feet at the 20-story office tower. As previously announced, PR Newswire will base a huge operations base on the building's seventh floor -- about 29,000 square feet. Other recruits: More at cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com

Hey matches, how did you get your hands on my camera?! Yes, it's true. I got a tour of the building on Monday and will be posting pics soon. I've been having a busy time these days, though, and haven't been home long enough to do so. Keep your shirt on Shades! In other news, I was able to bring Graystone's display boards for Tyler Village, featuring some of the City Architecture renderings posted here, to the Levin College's World Town Planning Day, which was again put on by the CSU-APA (the student chapter of the American Planning Association). I don't know if any of you made it down to Levin on Wednesday, but there were 5 or 6 boards up there from Tyler Village, plus many more from other organizations/firms.

One way streets make for far better biking. Cincinnati (and Columbus?) has a much tighter Downtown grid, smaller blocks and narrower streets as a result. Cleveland, by contrast, has all those massive avenues that are scary to cyclists like myself!

If you're on W. 14th, it's gonna feel really close. Though, it'll probably still not be "walkable."

Great shots! Thanks for posting. I still haven't seen the article in person. This raises a question I had earlier... do the non-NYC editions of the NYT have different content from the NYC edition? I know the advertising is different. Is it possible that they'd have Lisa Chamberlain writing for the Midwest edition and not have her content in the NYC print edition? Just curious...

I'm not doubting that negligence had something to do with this... I'm just saying that will all the checks and balances this had to get through, that someone on the public side must've wanted him to get his money.

From yesterday's CoolCleveland...a very informative and thought provoking article written by Lee Chilcote: [Half of the article makes me want to gag, but there's still some of it that makes me hopeful. SYC will impact things in Cleveland and only time will tell whether that impact is largely good or bad.] Cool Cleveland Comment A Steelyard Paradox: New Shopping Center to Open Early Next Year On a mile-long stretch of the Cuyahoga Valley, a place in the Flats with a hulking steel mill on one side and crisscrossing highways on the other, there’s a Target going in. And a Wal-Mart, and a Home Depot. Between the mill and the highway, they’re laying the cinderblock and brick, and painting the asphalt with bright, yellow stripes. This was once home to a two million square foot finishing mill for LTV, one of the largest steel makers in the world. When it opens early next year, the new retail development going in here, Steelyard Commons, will offer a million square feet of new shops. It’s the first new shopping center to be built in the city of Cleveland since Tower City in the 80s, and the largest open air mall in the county. Read More...