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Norma Lerner donates $5M to orchestra Related Links The Cleveland Orchestra ..........

I get the feeling that it wouldn't really matter to RTA if the buildings were 1-story tin foil warehouses or were 10-story architecturally significant brick structures.

^I know what you're saying. I'll be sending out an email to all my relatives to explain the difference. My family members would all vote 'the correct way', but I'm afraid that this one may confuse them.

Did any thought go into this? It is so ridiculous to be tearing down all these buildings.

Interesting results so far. I wonder if some people don't understand Issue 4 and how Big Tobacco is behind it. I mailed in my absentee today.

^no stake. Its pretty informal. Its really just a group of pro-Clevelanders who want to give out cash to help someone do something good for Cleveland. I know that the new mural on the shoreway wall at W.25th was funded by the Colectivo.

do you love it?

I really like the new Latvian garden. Its totally different from the others and we never really knew that it was going to be installed. Ghandi--you just can't go wrong with him.

Thanks for the info. These are the type of articles that I would never find.

My dad was from a small town in Illinois. My mom is from Lakewood. My mom's dad came over to the US from Slovakia when he was 4. My grandpa had an interesting life. He pumped gas at a standard oil station during the day and went to law school at night. He was a DJ for WERE's Slovak hour. He went on to become Lakewood's Law Director, then he became a state senator, then was chairman of the board for Home Federal Bank (now Charter One), and he always had his own law firm housed in the Terminal Tower. The Birdtown area of Lakewood holds a place in my heart. On Madison Ave within two blocks are the following places near to my heart and family: -my grandpa's night law office (for the slovak men and women who couldn't make it downtown or who didn't speak english) -Sts. Cyril and Methodius (site of many family marriages and my mom's elementary school) -funeral home for many family deaths (my dad died when I was 3--way before I ever got to know him. so, this place has always represented the man that i never was able to know) -Fedor Manor (an 11-story building named for my grandfather). -After that is a Dollar General Store--unfortunately, they torn down the original Home Federal bank to put in some ugly retail.

i saw a guy on rollerblades with two dogs on the bridge. i wasn't sure if he was bum or not.

Carthon has been fired. I fully expect the offense to become the best unit in the league now. ;) The PD said something about the good ol' Ignatius boy LeCharles Bentley coming down with a staph infection. Sure hope he's ok.

I'm much closer to downtown than Lakewood. Hey, I've got a kid and wife who loves to garden. I'm doing the best I can :)

*new* stadium....you are just a little behind the times. ?? In comparison to the old lady on the lake (built in 1936), CBS is new.

I went to my first game at the new stadium. Its pretty nice. The Browns suck, but the stadium is nice.

Downtown. There is no other choice.

^After having lived in three other cities around the country, it really puts the PD into perspective. Its a much better paper than people here give it credit for.

Its pretty easy to see as you drive west over the D-S bridge.

LMAO!!! Envious? or is it just that hideous?! At best, it adds some diversity to building.

I want to know who has that neon palm tree in their window.

I've heard that Zagara's will be looking at a possible spot in Lakewood.

Soviet Heights. heh Hey, it would fit right in with the Revolution Books store on Mayfield. :) This project reminded me of a larger version of Lakewood's ill-fated West End project. Granted, the apartment blocks and single homes they wanted to get rid of are nothing close to Coventry Village, it's sad how civic attitudes toward percieved blight hasn't really changed in 37 years. The issue in Lakewood was much different.

very interesting. glad it never happened.

Actually, I ended up going with the snowthrower-tipped boots.

It was supposed to open by Christmas, but they had to remove more contamination than they had previously estimated. Imagine that. ;)