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Ever walk around the OC on trash day? You'll always see a handful of TJ bags being re-used as trash bags.

Are you crazy? The highest foreclosure rates are in Slavic Village and on the East. Have YOU actually driven down any of the side streets in Ohio City and Tremont?? I live in OC (and not on Jay and Whitman) and you see more homes being renovated than you see foreclosed on.

Shaker Heights a ghost town??

This idea was written about in a PD article about two or so years ago. The City and County are well aware of the strategy.

Totally agree. Why doesn't he just change his name to McCleveland.com already?! ;)

Successful charter schools giving families reason to stay in Cleveland Academic success gives families a reason to stay in Cleveland Monday, January 28, 2008 Scott Stephens Plain Dealer Reporter If not for Old Brooklyn Community School, Kerrin Shafer would be an ex-Clevelander. "It was a savior for us," said Shafer, who has two children in the State Road charter school. "We were ready to leave the city because of the schools. We stayed because of this school." More at cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com

And you live in Columbus. ;)

Whoa, c'mon. The sky is not falling. The FEB is not going to be some corporate campus. No one is saying that. The area will have more streets and more intersections than the area currently has. I see what you are saying about how the buildings down there won't affect the skyline. That is valid. But I think we need to remove our urban planner caps and put on our economic development caps for one second (but not really). The FEB is going to be one very interesting and dynamic neighborhood. A supermarket, health club, movie theater, restaurants, neighborhood retail, a bookstore, a friggin light rail line running through the heart of the area, a boardwalk and small park along the river (an area that we could never access before unles we were seated on the back deck of some chain restaurant). Businesses are signing leases down there because they know that the FEB will be a place where young bright minds will want to be. This is the way to attract talent and grow business. Once businesses grow, then the city will grow. I know that we are not happy that things don't appear rosy for Stark's project, but let's not unnecessary bash and inaccurately portray Wolstein's project.

^I agree. When I took the bar exam in Columbus, I walked by it everyday on the way to the testing site. It felt weird, ugly. The Nationwide campus kind of looks and feels like the indoor atrium of a large Embassy Suites Hotel.

Its a mega block with some uninspiring architecture. I've walked past it a number of times. Very boring. I'd love to have those jobs though.

^the project has grown because: -construction costs have soared in the past couple of years. They need greater density to break even. -Wolstein bought out Shaia and his Lighthouse Tower project -the office market has taken an unexpected turn for the better

^but the FEB is not sacrificing residential so that it can add more office space. I wonder if the WFL loop will have its own rapid station.

It does??? Where?

^I'm a little skeptical of the term "Eaton Campus". I think that may have been a phrase that the reporter accidentally used. If it is a campus, then it would probably spill into the rest of the project (think mixed use).

How could you not include 'plain'?? All the other yogurt tastes too candied up for me.

In a way, I would not suggest Melt. The wait is highly annoying and the crowd tends to linger at their tables. However, they are expanding into some adjacent space.

The vendors like their hours. They don't want to be forced to stay open later.

^Punch, That rendering is old. The street layout has changed and so have the massings. The new layout has not been released to the public.

^The only thing that I've heard about those apartment buildings is that they give Lakewood police headaches.

This really screams of desperation. I hope this doesn't mean that Pesht is unlikely to go forward.

Nothing is up that I know of.

they've changed the playoff system this year. If we have a better record than one of division winners, then we'd be seeded above them. So, we would have a shot at the third seed if we can't overtake Detroit.

I agree about Cleveland Heights. If anyone is looking for a walkable neighborhood in Cleveland, you have to take a look at the Coventry, Cedar-Lee and Cedar-Fairmount neighborhoods of Cleveland Heights. Shaker Square would be a must-see as well.

Bringing zing to West Side Market's Old World nature West Side Market gets jolt of cool when these vendors man their stands Wednesday, January 23, 2008 Debbi Snook Plain Dealer Reporter In a mere four years, the West Side Market building will turn 100. That's 15 years older than Terminal Tower, 18 more than Severance Hall. The idea of a public market might seem antiquated if cities across the country -- New York, Philadelphia, Columbus, among them -- weren't busy reviving theirs. Public markets do more than sell food: They preserve and blend cultures, provide jobs and shape our identity and pride. I've been to a public market conference; other cities look at Cleveland with market envy. Our tower of vaulted ceilings, white ceramic tiles and windowed coolers may no longer be the center of food commerce in the city, but it still offers competitive prices, ethnic rarities and an increasing number of specialty foods. more at: http://www.cleveland.com

^East 30th to East 40th.