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I loved that MC Rove clip. Hilarious.

I think that City Council makes the ultimate call. I'll bet that they will ignore the planning commission on this one (unfortunately). City Council tends to respect the decision of the individual councilperson. Given that JC, Zone and Westbrook are all for the ramp option, I don't see council going against them.

Westbrook's quote about Ronayne is low. The guy lives two blocks from the park, he's allowed to comment on the plan.

Terrible shots. ;)

I had one of those moments in NYC a few years back. I ran into a friend from college in Brooklyn that I hadn't seen in five years. Later in the day, I ran into her again on the subway.

DCA's new website will go on line April 2.

The United Church of Christ? Maybe, but I think that they are a bit classier than that. Its nice that we have probably the most liberal christian church in the country HQ'ed right here in Cleveland.

Its probably some independent protestant sect. No way the catholic church would do this.

I couldn't care any less about Case alumni ;)

Here's my take: they keep them low for two reasons. 1. they can use cheaper construction materials if they cap the height. 2. they don't feel that they could sell enough. I'd like to see taller buildings in the later phases. We need to fill in the gaps with mid-rises and create more of a neighborhood. The west bank has too many surface lots. I'd rather see two 9-story buildings before I see one 18-story building.

Here's a meeting TONIGHT where you can actually learn something and make a difference with your opinion: What: Public Meeting: MLK/East 105th Traffic Circle and Roadway Reconfiguration When: Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 6 PM Details: University Circle Inc. invites you to a Public Meeting MLK/East 105th Traffic Circle and Roadway Reconfiguration Thursday, March 29, 2007 Judson Manor 1890 East 107th Street Cleveland, OH 44106 Doors open at 6 p.m. Presentation begins at 6:30 p.m. Parking is available at Judson Manor (corner of E. 107th and Chester on the south side of the building). Judson is also accessible via RTA routes 48, 10, 50, 6, 7, and 9. For study comments and questions, contact University Circle Inc. at 216-791-3900 or email [email protected]

Anyone see the article in the PD about a new montessori high school for University Circle?

After countless forums at Levin, I've found that developers never really say anything that we don't already know on UO. Glad I missed it. Sounds odd. I wish that Stark would say something new. His bravado gets kind of old. I know that it really should take a while to get his project off the ground, but he needs to temper his words to adequately reflect a realistic timeline or else he'll start to lose credibility. By the way, I keep on hearing 455 total residential units on the East Bank.

The commissioners are going to design review on Thursday afternoon to ask to demolish two other buildings (I believe they are the one immediately east of the rotunda and the ungly shorter gray building on Prospect).

Evergrey, Nobody is saying that this is a silver bullet or some sort of saviour. I know it serves your agenda to think superficially and then diss the city, but how does that help anyone?? Do you really think that the folks behind this campaign believe that this will turn Cleveland into Paris? C'mon, you're better than that. Everything that you mentioned is necessary to help improve a city. Image is greatly linked to all your suggestions. Cleveland, however, has long suffered from unfair reputation. It has a lot more to offer than the region's citizens give it credit for. Of course new jobs, etc will greatly help the city. But if a well-crafted marketing campaign brings more patrons to downtown venues and entices more suburbanites to relocate to core neighborhoods, then the 'regional branding' effort can be part of the overall solution.

It would be great if this Clinic could permanently set up shop in the old Painter's building on Detroit and help kick start A Place for Us.

I think that the entire package is for sale.

^Offer those units to some nice-looking nudists at a discounted rate and then collect an entrance fee for the viaduct ;)

How many total units in this building? How many are they selling as condos? (I believe that they wanted to rent out some). Peabody, what's it like when there is a concert at the PD pavilion (or is it the Scene Pavilion or Nautica Stage??)

trust me with these birds you never whats up. Corna told me it was nearly all leased, Price something different. I had heard from both Corna and a restaurateur that there was a gourmet carry- away shop/cafe going in. I am glad to hear "independent" coffee shop. Lets hope that is true. The dark giant (starbucks) is lying dormat in the older building on the viaduct where Lipstick and Razor Blades is located...just waiting for the little guy to open a shop. Where is this? Is this phase IV? I've never seen this Lipstick place.

Great to hear the momentum that this festival is gaining. Two record setting years in a row! AFTERNOON BUZZ: A record year for Cleveland film fest Posted by Michael Norman March 26, 2007 13:37PM Categories: Afternoon Buzz, Movies Multiplex moments fade quickly, but the film festival tends to stay with you. Plain Dealer Film Critic Clint O'Connor reports that the Cleveland International Film Festival, the annual 11-day film-a-thon at Tower City Cinemas, ended in record-setting fashion Sunday night. The festival had its best total attendance ever -- 52,753 -- and its best-single-day attendance, more than 7,900 folks turned out Saturday for a slate of films that included "The Ten," from homegrown director David Wain, "Cofee Date," and "The Hip Hop Project." But the most popular, most talked about film by far was a documentary: "Darius Goes West: The Roll of his Life," which won the festival's top prize for best film. Read Clint's full festival report here.

I like the position of the sculpture. It helps make a bland turnabout into something interesting. You wouldn't expect it to be there while you would it expect it to be in Lincoln Park. Therefore, you get more bang for you art buck.

Maybe we ought to send them a collective letter??

^Oh well. I was hoping that it would be in a building that was all shuttered up.

Parties work to devise new plan for troubled Ashbury Towers By STAN BULLARD Lenders, lawyers, the Jackson administration and a nonprofit group are trying to stitch together a new plan to redo the one-time Joseph & Feiss Co. garment factory in Cleveland as housing in light of the unraveling of the $20 million Ashbury Towers project. Three years after Ameri-Con Homes and city officials broke ground for the 150-unit project, six townhouses look nearly finished from the outside but six others are boarded up. Two hulking buildings 1920s-era remnants of the former factory and the bulk of the 12-acre site between Fenwick Avenue and West 53rd Street south of Interstate 90 sit empty.