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Well put. Something else that allowed for this to happen is the fact that the Center St. swing bridge is closed for repairs, therefore in the 'open' postion. It's closed until next Sept, I think. I believe freighter (and large boat) traffic was suspended between Fri afternoon and Sunday ~ 5 PM. I don't remember seeing even the Goodtime or NQ but of course I was not viewing this the entire time.

For anyone who didn't get a chance to see last weekend's waterfall at the 2010 Ingenuity Festival... For the record the daytime shots were taken about 5:05 PM...the Ingenuity Fest was already closed for the weekend hence the sparse, remaining crowds on the subway level. The waterfall was actually shut off about 4 minutes after I was lucky enough to get the (daytime) shots. Opening Night...

So the student residences will line Euclid Ave at that point and have essentially zero setback. Great! I couldn't figure out how they were going to build on this land 'til now. I thought they were going to just extend the other side of Euclid Commons down to Euclid Ave. (how the Prospect side looks).

That's a former Woolworth Bldg, most recently known as the Haig Avedesian building for its last tenant -- a purveyor of Oriental rugs. I thought they had received Ohio Historic Tax Credits for this but when I looked it up it appears as it was rejected for those. I also remember some years back that the ground floor portion was supposed to become an Irish Pub. Anyway the bottom half of one of those plate glass windows shattered down to the sidewalk a couple weeks ago, and now it looks like the top half of that same window is about to go any minute. Whoever is responsible for this building should really do a better job of securing those broken windows.

^This is a great idea. I hope there is some focus of some sort on these "gardens of the World", it would seem like a given for an international event.

Here's MayDay's photo thread from this Summer. It looks like a bona fide clock. (Picture #8) http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,24345.0.html

Yeah, it should be getting close to the time of exterior signage...the building's not THAT historic, what could they possibly be deliberating over? To put it bluntly, Chinato is really ugly on the outside. (gorgeous interior though!!). Actually, the entire Sincere Bldg could use some brightening up/ splash of color.

Great shots, Fall is the best time of the year, imho. Are those hollyhocks near the top? (BTW I didn't know the name of those until you mentioned them last week)

Any news like this is good news. If not already in the works by the city itself, I'm hoping some of this money can help return the lights to the WSM Clock Tower.

For the record my comment was not out of line. A lousy attitude is Joe Carey's unilateral decree that the restaurant scene was over and done with...essentially telling restaurant owners 'don't bother'. In fact that could be considered the first salvo in Carey's ostensible little war with Hospitality Restaurants, Inc., Hyde Park Restaurant Group, Joe Santosuosso, Tom Culkar, etc. etc. (i.e. top-notch restaurant operators in the District) and then who knows who else. BTW these guys can hold their own with E. 4th/Lower Euclid. Nevertheless, as long as the WHD is considered a weekend party destination (as it has been now for a while), it's anybody's guess what it will be like in 3 or 4 years.

As pro-Clevleand as I am and as much as it pains me to say it, yes, it is a realistic thing to say. I can't see it being a winner idea financially. If this expansion is such a great idea then Crop Restaurant should also be pursued not to leave the District next month (obviuosly that's not going to happen). As Joe Carey said in one of the first stories featuring the problems of W. 6th, (I'm paraphrasing)... this area has changed from a restaurant venue to a nightclub venue... I don't necessarily agree with that. But enough people do, such that it affects the restaurants' bottom lines. Hopefully this mindset can be switched around again or else this "nightclub venue" will be unsustainable.

After reading just the first few sentences of this PD story i have 2 words of advice for Tom Culkar: Don't bother.

This is great. I dig the ancient Roman look of that viaduct.

Nice set! Akron is a fine city and one of the many great places of Northeast Ohio. And it's only getting better. I lived there in the mid-90s while I worked in Barberton and have thought about doing a thread on the 2 different areas of West Akron where I lived. Anyway, I couldn't ever say Akron is a suburb of Cleveland...but it is "suburban-style distance" from downtown Cleveland...at least where I still frequent. In 30 minutes or less I'm on West Market (rt. 18) in Fairlawn/Montrose and only a short distance fron Akron proper. I still go to West Point Mkt and the original Mustard Seed Mkt (although I do like the Solon Mustard Seed) and try to make it to a chinese food take-out place that I've never gotten over. My dentist is still in Akron and my chiropractor is still in Canton. I don't only love love love it. I live live live it!

That Eastown theater was a looker. If I could go back in time and pick one city to see, say in the early-mid 1940s, it would be Detroit.

^Yes that facade and cornice are beautiful. That building had very large windows at one time. The second floor bays would've been stunning. Now those replacements up there are sooo tiny. They almost look too small.

Yeah I like the some of the glassy towers. Especially the 5/3 Twr. What's going on with the undeveloped land?

This reminds me of the Columbus City Ctr but on a smaller scale. And they both met the same fate. I'm guessing they're from about the same era? (1980s?)

Corks is opening in soon in the Allen Theater building... Bites: New Winebar at Playhouse Square And more local food news by Douglas Trattner http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/bites/Content?category=1520384

Yeah, but since I was wagering I wanted to be conservative! :wink: The first quote here is referring to residentail and I think the second quote(s) are too. To clarify what is was trying to say, I wasn't talking about single family, duplex or even multi family dwellings on residential streets (I don't see many surface parking lots in residential areas. Apt bldg parking lots aren't even considered "surface parking lots" in that sense either). I had in mind a narrower scope of building stock...commercial buildings at commercial intersections or within commercial corridors. I said that that building at 25th & Clark "caught fire". It actually burned down, the whole front half was essentially missing except for some of the ground floor and that entranceway pole. I think they deserve some props for re-building that, especially since they tried to do it to look historically accurate. I stand by my assertion that this would definitely not be the case downtown (or definitely Midtown) and I can't think when this sort of thing occurred elsewhere in the city but I would love to know if it has. This re-building kept that intersection dense. In so may old Cleveland neighborhood intersections I've seen, very rarely do all 4 corners retain the original (pedestrian) scale.

Thanks Marky_mark. Welcome to the forum.

Wow! Some superb architecture.

Interesting point. My take on it is this... in Cleveland this is the kind of neighborhood where such rebuilding would occur. Something like that happens in Tremont, Ohio City, Univ Circle and especially downtown the owner is immediately salivating at the prospect of an instant surface parking lot for visitors of the latest gotta-go-to restaurant, etc. Heck... structures (that just need a little TLC) are torn down in the aforementioned places for a few extra parking spaces without a second thought. Please don't misinterpret...the latest and greatest restaurant scene is all good. But not when it means leveling the immediate area for parking (for example the surroundings of United Bank Bldg with the relocation of Crop Restaurant at 25th & Lorain). Yes, a lot of Clark-Fulton's urban fabric was torn up in the 60s/70s. But, generally speaking, there are not enough suburbanites or cross-town hipsters (or even locals) that drive to the intersection of W. 25th & Clark today to warrant more parking areas (at least not yet).

Great pictures as always. Mansfield looks good.

Yes. I pass through the neighborhood every once in a while and I took this on the weekend of the parade. The parade/festivel used to be on Clark Ave. but has since moved to downtown. This is a chain link neighborhood for better or worse. Even the historic St. Mary's cemetery on the left hand side of this pic has chain link. That could and should be changed, it's inappropriate, IMHO. For the residential, it's what the homeowner has chosen. But yes wrought iron or wood would look much better.