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Prospect Place has been such an eyesore. That renovation will really help that part of downtown. Its amazing how one or two buildings can change the feel of the area.

^Drive it up to the Lake Erie Islands on the weekends. Its a boating mecca.

The f'ed up traffic circle may be leaving us as well in the next few years.

Does anyone know if the "A site for more eyes" billboard is still up on I-75 in Detroit? The River Rouge plant is in the immediate background of the billboard (which has a three-eyed Teddy Bear on it).

that reminds me of a thought I had about Playhouse Square. If the screens are large enough, I would love to see Playhouse Square televise Cleveland playoff games from the screens on the Windham and the Hanna buildings. Close off the street to traffic and let the crowds gather. If we had a good chance of going far into the playoffs, I think that you would see a lot of people show up.

Honor system? Does that mean that the driver trusts that you have already paid??

Straphanger, From everything that I have heard, the surface parking on East Blvd is no more. I remember reading a year or two ago that they would hide it behind a berm. Between asking around and seeing semi-vague construction drawings, I don't think the surface parking will re-appear.

^good use of "interstitial." If UrbanOhio is going to zap our productivity, at least our employers will be compensated with higher worker vocabulary levels.

Sometimes I think we are a little too harsh on NOACA. The organization is set up to fail. The voting members represent so many different interests and they are all trying to get a piece of the pie. I am not insinuating that we should not push to get a lot more out of NOACA, but how much can you expect when the board president is the commissioner of Medina county.

Is there any mention of RTA in the grant request? Would RTA even listen to Old Brooklyn if the study shows that light rail could be a success?

The Christian Science space and the old Oberlin Space need tenants. I guess that I would rather fill the Oberlin Space--it has so many large windows that would allow the energy from inside to spill out onto the street. As it is situated across from the hotel, it would reduce blight and draw some visitors out of their hotel rooms.

^you should send a short note to RTA to let them know.

-didn't the RTA get rid of transfers a while ago? -I have never heard of paying when you get off the train.

You also have to consider that they are building underground parking which won't show up too well on those pretty models that they give us.

^I would doubt that they have cameras. I was a bit nervous that the PD would make this a front page story. I have visitors in town who are moving up from Tennessee and I didn't want that to be their introduction to the city and the PD.

I absolutely agree. Litt, what the hell are you doing?? What's next?? KJP supporting highway expansion in Lorain County?? Blinker12's new-found love for the wrecking ball?? Douglass Hagan and his Wilson-Phillips marathon??

some comments.. -Rub sounds like a good guy. Hopefully he'll be a great leader. -I get a little sick of Litt's redundant commentary about Cleveland being a shrinking city. Yes the city is losing people, but the region is steady and its the region that supports the museum. Overall, its an inaccurate reminder that feeds the area's inferiority complex. Secondly, I love the overall design for the museum. However, I am a little nervous about the indoor plaza. I hope that it is sparingly used during the warm weather months because we don't need to hide our energy. I also believe that there is a fancy restaurant that will go inside the museum. While I like the idea of an upscale restaurant near Wade Oval, I would rather see it front on a street (maybe as a first floor tenant to a new residential building at the CIA site). Construction: The cement stairway and elevator towers can easily be seen around the Circle. They also painted the construction fences and lined them with slogans and pictures of the expansion designs. It is amazing that this project will actually take so long to complete...

Let us know when you make your decision. ;)

Great pics! Tremont is an area that I don't know well enough.

Sorry KJP, but I am going to have to spill the beans.. Tony George is going to build a huge crystal cathedral on the site of Fagan's and go into evangelical ministry. :evil: :-D

you tease

^Cleveland also have a Rhodes Tower (CSU's main administration building). Who operates out of Columbus' Rhodes Tower?

MCPC? Who is that?

Some random thoughts about Stonebridge: Who owns the actual bridge? State, city, county or the developer?? I would doubt that Price owns it. Did he get an easement so that he could use the top of it? Does he have a long-term lease? I am very curious as to the next steps that Stonebridge will take. Its long-term vitality depends upon it becoming its own community. While it appears to be selling well, I think the key will be to move towards Main Avenue with more housing and limited retail. It would do a lot for the area if Washington and Winslow Avenues could be lined on both sides with midrises and townhomes. Currently, the appeal is the view. After you put in so many apartment towers, the views will become obstructed to a degree. They need to add some retail once the density is sufficient so that there is something else to entice new homeowners to buy into Stonebridge. I know that they are renovating the old Cantina del Rio building, but I'm afraid that will suck people in and not create streetlife.

What an incredible stat that is! Our 90s run was such a fun time. Its really too bad that we didn't get a championship out of it. While 95 was our best team, we should have had that 97 crown. I was living in Peru at the time and did anything I could to catch the games. I listened to a few on short wave radio--I had to walk out into the desert to get reception. The games were broadcast on Radio Marti--the US-funded spanish language channel that pumps out pro-democracy propaganda to Cuba. I watched another game at the home of one of my students. I caught a few others standing outside the storefront window of an appliance and electronics store. I watched game seven at the home of a new-found friend who had a satellite hook-up. There are a lot of people in Tacna, Peru that know about the Cleveland Indians from the lengths I'd go to catch a game. Considering the previous 40-50 years of futility, it was really exciting to be an Indians fan back then. With our youth and the large supply of talent that we have in the minors, its hard not to be optimistic about the next few seasons. Go Tribe!