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I believe that is a host/hostess stand near a doorway at the upcoming restaurant "Accent".

Thanks all. I am having a little bit of difficulty though with the worry about the Mitchell's ice cream cups/spoons. Just to allay any concerns, the trash problem was very benign. The pictured trash was very isolated. It looked like it was the result of a filled receptacle and some of the cups and bowls made it to the ground. That's the facts actually. Now for the interpretation...I found the photo interesting and thought I could convey a sense of after-party fun and frivolity. Lol, I'm guessing there aren't many forumers who interpreted it that way. Anyway, the trash was cleaned up. I'll just re-iterate once more...The Muny Lot this was not. You can see just how clean Toby's Plaza and the "alley" are mere hours after lots of people were here.

On Toby's Plaza after the Blue Block Party, and some Uptown at night Bonus shot of new CWRU signage on Euclid Ave

Hanna Bldg apartments What will be the parking lot across the street

^Just happen to have this

Victory Bldg renovation

That red metal fence on the sidewalk portion of the old BarFly has been taken down and is seemingly being replaced with something else. Those fences are nice at skateboard parks but looked out of place on W. 6th, imo. I remember when this was Sixth Street Under jazz club and that is actually a neat open-air lower level (under the makeshift wooden patio).

So glad to hear something from Mitchell's Ice Cream on their planned move to OC (other than facebook). Although I dont think they'll be open in the Spring...so many announced openings are happening months later.

Frost Bldg Upate

Yeah, that's what I always thought. Wanted to mention that the "for rent" sign is no longer on the lawn of the PNC Smart Home (on Wade Pk).

^^Thanks much! Also, here is info on the official opening night party -- Hex -- for MOCA. http://www.mocacleveland.org/programs/hex

After an early morning trip to Whole Foods yesterday (Thursday), I thought it was a good time to snap some pics of Cedar Center north

Tinkham Veale II, industrialist, horseman and philanthropist: news obituary Gates Mills -- Tinkham Veale liked to say, "Business is business; isn't it fun?" Veale, a leading industrialist, horseman and benefactor, died Tuesday at Fair Elm Farm, his long-time estate in Gates Mills. He was 97. http://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2012/09/tinkham_veale_ii_industrialist.html#incart_river_default

^Probably the two most impressive historic homes in Ohio City. Bridge re-construction updates: Im putting these pics in the OC thread because OC would be the neighborhood that is most closely asssociated with the Lorain-Carnegie bridge. If they need moved, that's fine with me W. 20th and Lorain, and moving over to the CBD A look to the south and the new Innerbelt bridge A look to the north and approaching the CBD The changes at Carnegie & Ontario Back over at the OC side W. 20th St (which will be revamped to accomodate bicycles...and a connection to Tremont)

Heard Jonathon Sawyer doingf a radio interview yesterday morning. He was mostly talking about West Side Mkt events but also spoke on his time in Trentino, Italy and alluded to his new (Italian) restaurant. He said that after his chef-partner returns from Italy (in October?) that they will write a menu and "finalize a location." That last part got my attention. I wonder if this means that it may not be going in Uptown??

Behold the green spine (sorry, couldnt resist). Kind of underwhelming...unless there's more coming?

I'm not very fond of the rendering of the "Winks" sign either. Guess I'll hold off on evaluating until I see the final product, but I dont think Im going to be changing my mind. Here's one that's done (has been for several weeks now).

Great to see this old facade+ on Euclid saved, they could've easily leveled it. Erie Square

In a word: organic. And all the different things that can add up to certifying meat, dairy, grains and vegetables as organic: grass-fed, free-range, no pesticides, no antibiotics, no growth hormones, no GMOs or cloning, no synthetics, etc. Chipotle used to have a billboard (i personally havent seen it around the Cleve area for a while), it said "Chicken from farms, not big Pharm". Kind of sums it up. Not everything there is organic-friendly, but there is definitely a lot for a fast-casual concept. I try to buy and eat as much organic as possible. Back to EG... El Guero can be sparsely populated at times. I think they turned a lot of people off their first week or so, but people really should give 'em another look. I dont know what it's like at lunch since Im in UC mostly. I would think it has a decent lunch crowd. ANd, as far as I know, their late night hours (open til 3:30 AM on Fri and Sat nights) have not varied since opening last winter. The after-bar crowd must go? I dont know since I dont do WHD late night, anymore. One more thing, it's too bad that more people don't go after their work day, or win the evening when they're back home in their WHD apartment. The sidewalk patio is probably the nicest in town right now, imo.

K&D Group closes Hanna Building Annex deal, will start construction on PlayhouseSquare apartments By Michelle Jarboe McFee, The Plain Dealer The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Construction will start within weeks on 102 apartments in an empty PlayhouseSquare office building, now that a complex real estate deal has closed. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/09/kd_group_closes_hanna_building.html

Some notes from the WHD: El Guero on W. 9th has become the good burritto place that I had hoped for, imo. Im satisfied with the changes they've mae since first opening and I will continue go there even when CHipotle sets up downtown. I will go to both because the non-pharmed food at CHipotle always pulls me back. Hopefully, EG will be around for a while... and they will... as long as they get the support to remain open. Per Barroco's FB page, they are getting real close to opening. Although openings in Cleveland are taking forever lately so Im not holding my breath. Sounds like it's gonna be worth the wait. It'll be a welcome addition for w. 6th, specifically for what I refer to as the 'goofy' side of W. 6th (b/t W. St Clair and Lakeside). Tomo has had a lot of activity inside and out the last couple days. I feel like the removal of that shady place in FEB has let the owner of Tomo focus on getting [Tomo] open. As I commented in the FEB thread. Fortress has closed. Sayonara! It never did contribute anything to the WHD. It was nice to see BarFly closed, but it has quietly become "Rumor". Probably close to opening. Was hoping for a non-nightclub at this space. That scene is very fickle right now in the WHD anyway. Sushi Rock just sort of sat there...doors locked with the inside completely visible, but nothing resembling a remodeling for the last several weeks... until just recently when the windows got papered. Will be interesting(?) to see what happens here.

^Awesome sky. Downed power lines, live and hot as hell, on Saturday morning during a rainstorm...

CIA has a new website and contains this statement on the Phase II on the Campus UNification page... "Phase II—the construction of a new 91,000-square-foot building immediately west of and fully interconnected to the McCullough building on Euclid Avenue—will begin by the end of 2012. " http://www.cia.edu/student-life/our-campus/campus-unification

Speaking of new restaurant...although nothing not already known here...the coming soon sign is up at 226 Euclid confiming the space will be J Gumbo's. It will be nice to have a productive storefront instead of a mini-dead zone.

I havent been in this particular JJ yet, but the front door is to the right of this wall and then it appears that you walk back a bit where the store then opens up. I'll have to make it in soon. As for the faux brick wall...I would say it's probably part of the branding.