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Coming home for Mother's Day?

I like Gehry's stuff a lot, but I don't want any more. Too much of a unique thing takes away from the effect.

Did anyone see that "Disbelieve in Cleveland" ad with Roldo front and center? ;)

The PD is a couple of weeks behind Crains (and months behind the Sun :) )

^Urban Design Associates is a first-class outfit.

??????????? The only way that downtown retail will have any staying power is if there is a built-in market close by and there are residents to add street life to the area.

Progressive to create 'new' jobs By SHAWN A. TURNER The 1,000 jobs Progressive Corp. is planning to add as part of a $161 million expansion of its headquarters will be new positions, and not transfers from other locations, as neighboring town officials had feared, a state spokeswoman confirmed. There had been concern that the auto insurer would siphon jobs from other places, such as the 2,700 workers at Progressive sites in Highland Heights and Mayfield Heights, when the company earlier this month announced its expansion plans. But Progressive, which is in the process of applying for a 15-year, 75% job creation tax credit for the project, recently informed the state that all the jobs would be new, said Melissa Ament, a state public information officer. www.cleveland.com

Any word on last night's announcement?

^I think I misread your reaction. I am not that surprised by the lack of interest in the townhomes. I think that CH should have chosen a few homes that were closer to Lee Rd. North of Cedar, many people aren't as interested in the available housing stock.

^I was talking about the double home conversion in Cleveland Heights near Taylor Rd. The Heritage Lane doubles are near $300,000.

^the price used to be $175,000.

^there are a lot of what ifs in that surround the story. Who really knows? I am sure that most landowners would give you an identical story.

According to Rubin, its all about rooftop decks that capture views of Lake Erie and downtown. (and he also mentioned the importance of cutting edge toliets!)

Some of those Heritage Lane conversions are incredible. They are absolutley beautiful. If they were not surrounded by so much blight, they would have sold out by now.

From the mouth of Peter Rubin...this project is dead. Also, the additional phases of the Ohio City Townhomes are dead. Big blow to Ohio City??? Nope. The Coral Company is going to build 30 townhomes on the land where the two previously mentioned projects were supposed to be built. Look for an announcement soon.

Its good to see that they are beginning to tear out a lot of the old junk that is inside the Park Lane Villas.

MGD, I echo your comments.

If Lakewood's mayor supports the concept, why would Kucinich be so against it?

Doesn't sound like MidTown will be too happy about this.

Nice pics. Austin is one of the most over-rated cities in the country.

Ladies and gentlemen, Logic has left the building.

While I much prefer rail to bus, I have difficulty justifying the cost of a rail line in the street when it would not provide much of an upgrade in service over a bus. Am I overlooking anything?

^It was there in 99-00.

When leaving Columbus, do you drive thru Dayton before heading north to the big lake?

I read this article and then I read that almost all metro areas are experiencing similar trends (except for the suburban south). While I am not saying that we don't have a problem, I am a little sick of how the PD paints it as if this problem only pertains to Ohio and Cleveland. The PD needs to provide a proper perspective in its reporting.