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Yeah, it looks just like the tower that Calatrava did in Sweden.

Punch, You really dug this one up. Assuming all the projects go forward and sell well, we will approach a critical mass. Still, most of these projects are somewhat isolated from each other. I view Stark's as the one that has the greatest catalytic effect (West Bank as well, but that one seems more long term) because it will be located close to all of the housing units in the WHD.

good news for downtown..this will bring in a lot of money as the OSU football-crazed fans travel into Cleveland. OSU football to play in Cleveland in '09 11:21 a.m. From staff reports Ohio State and Toledo have signed an agreement to play a football game at Cleveland Browns Stadium in 2009. OSU athletic director Gene Smith said today that the Buckeyes and Toledo are locked in on a two-game series. The second game will be held in Columbus in 2011, Smith said. The last time Ohio State played a game in Cleveland was 1991, when the Buckeyes stopped Northwestern, 34-3, at Municipal Stadium. More at www.cleveland.com

Re-opening the brook opens a huge can of worms. It won't happen in the Cedar rapid to Chester/MLK section.

Big Italy was destroyed by the bigger inner belt.

Its kind of hard to blame developers who price and target their product to sell to the most viable market niche. Of course I wish that downtown living was more accessible to all, but its just not realistic. As downtown becomes less of a risk, I think that you will see some other options come available.

looking forward to seeing the entire article! I particularly like this one because it aims to fill out the entire West Bank and create a self-sustaining neighborhood.

^ParkWorks is looking into doing a master plan that would make some significant changes to Public Square. In the short term, the county is providing funding to re-landscape portions of the Square to improve sightlines, etc.

^the picture isn't, but they do have one. Go to the City's Water department webpage to find it.

I came across this photo taken from the 5-mile crib (water intake station). As you can see, a certain May/June visitor was on the lense.

i think he's talking about replacing the surface lot with a park. That area could be a great plaza where people could gather before and after ballgames. I'd like to see some restaurant space with residential or office above that faced the plaza on the eastern and western sides of the surface lot. The restaurants could spill out onto the plaza with cafe seating. As for the park at E.9th and Huron/Prospect. Its a nice little park that improves the patch of concrete. Unfortunately, the County is going to disassemble the park when they begin their project and use the space as a staging area. It should return to its current state after construction, but one never knows.

While I love what skyscrapers do for the skyline, I would rather have a few midsize buildings that filled in the gaps and dispersed the streetlife a bit. Oftentimes the large skyscrapers build indoor retail spaces that eliminate the need for workers to venture outside for lunch and other misc errands.

An old hospital in Memphis were Elvis died was just imploded this year. I am not sure how tall it was, but I believe it took the crown as the largest building to be imploded. Cleveland... I think that the old Western Reserve Building (if that is the correct name) was imploded to make way for the Sohio Building/BP Building.

The feel good story of the day! Great news!

How nice would a combined Gordon Park and Dike 14 be if the shoreway did not dissect the two?? Cleveland needs a Big Dig!

My alma mater did me proud.

Harvey Pekar My Chicago sister told me that he will be signing books in Chi-own tomorrow. He lives exactly next door to my Cleveland Heights sister and cuts his grass about every 4 weeks during the summer. One time, he cut his grass sometime between midnight and 6 am.

how is Shooters doing these days? I worked there in the summer of 94, but it seems so 80s now.

Paul, Thanks for posting this. I don't know anything off the bat, but its good to get this stuff out.

In the end, it IS all about money. Quality construction is more important that saving a few bucks. It sells more cars.

Lake View Cemetery--one of Cleveland's most under-appreciated living history books. Has any one been inside Wade Chapel--all glass and all built by Tiffany?

Can you imagine a Cleveland with a densely populated East and West Bank? Wow!

ROFLMAO!!!!! On the real though...can we get some congressional eye candy from Ohio??? Can we get a (sexy) Barack Obama, a (yummy) Harold Ford, a (tight bodied) Luis Fortuno or (cutie) Jesse Jackson Jr.?? Harold Ford was my Rep while in Tennesse. As an unbiased?? straight guy, I'd take Barack 1000 times before Harold Ford.

Nope. He chose these clothes. If he was arrested and booked, then he wouldn't be wearing these clothes.

Is that considered the west bank of the flats or Ohio City? Its up for grabs. I wouldn't consider it the Flats because its up on the bluff. I wouldn't consider it Ohio City because it its separated by the Shoreway.