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No. thats like saying someone lives in Shaker when there home is in Cleveland. God forbid that ever happen

^ Right on

Our best hope for continual, long-term and effective maintenance of Public Square is the DCA. In the short-term, maybe it is the residents.

I think even Ohio City has (predominantly) German roots

New efficient lighting is now possible. From The Plain Dealer's "A New Office Building In A Cleveland Landmark" (graphic by William Neff) : These spotlights have now been replaced with cool, efficient, long-lasting LED lights. They’re brighter, more colorful, and can be changed with a few keystrokes on a remote computer. The downside? They’re not hot. So building engineers have to remember to sweep the snow off them. More at : http://blog.cleveland.com/pdgraphics_impact/2009/07/terminal-tower-graphic-opt.pdf Cleveland is FAR from being a "light polluter" Ever seen Tokyo or Times Square? They're alive and bright

DCA-- I know that most of your activities are in the daylight hours, but a major pet peeve of mine are the amount of burned-out lights, the kind that illuminate the outside of downtown buildings. I'm talking about the ones that are usually for aesthetic reasons to highlight architectural details, etc. One that immediately comes to mind is the Euclid Ave. side of the Arcade. When the Arcade was renovated for the Hyatt hotel, the outside of both the Superior Ave. and Euclid Ave. entrances were illuminated for aesthetic reasons. The Superior side still contains many functioning, high-wattage bulbs (except for a few areas) and that side generally looks great at night. On the other hand, the Euclid side is just plain dismal. Large swaths are no longer lit. Those that are lit were replaced with much dimmer lights, so much so that you have to strain to see them. The Euclid side really needs some light bulb TLC. There are many other buildings mostly on Euclid Ave. that are lacking too --- like the Marriott Residences Inn in the old Colonial Arcade and surprisingly some of the buildings of the Euclid Block apartments on Euclid / E.4th area (although the Marons still may have additional exterior renovation to do before worrying about lighting). Some may think this is minor but it really can make a difference on the visual experience of a city, especially the impression that visitors get. Needless to say, lighting adds to the liveliness and safety of an area.

I am sorry to take this back to Cleveland... To my fellow Clevelanders-- this is a carbon copy of Cleveland Heights (with some East Blvd / Wade Park district thrown in). And I must add, I think Detroit is awesome, despite its current state. I visited there since the late 80s/early 90s well before its present-day "Casino renaissance" and there were even more urban gems then (since knocked down). It is too bad that so much is being lost to demolition. Detroit is going through (on a much larger scale) what Cleveland went through in the 1960s/70s with its massive urban renewal, just leveling acres and acres (for example, the Erieview area downtown). Unfortunately, there is no turning back.

That brown-and-yellow 1960s abomination of a facade has needed to go for years. We should all be thankful it's getting done, regardless of the way it looks underneath now. You've got to break a few eggs to make an omelet.

^NO MORE DEMOLITIONS OF ARCHITECTURALLY-SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS!!

There seemed to be a lot of activity today around the Gateway District's former Diamondback Brewery space. That is a prime location , now that The 668 Residences will soon be opening their Prospect side.

Yes, it is part of the Upper Prospect rowhouses (beautiful 1874 Victorians) Not many of those around these parts

No pics. But try http://www.brownstoneinndowntown.com

The best kept secret?...The Brownstone Inn. It's at 3649 Prospect Ave. in the Upper Prospect area. Certainly a unique destination in Cleveland.

A great drive that I've taken people on: Start at Beachland / Waterloo area, get on Lakeshore Blvd and head into Bratenahl until LSB becomes MLK Drive...drive through Rockefeller Park into U.Circle and then find your way onto Fairmount Blvd Historic District in Cleve Hts. It's great and it's all connected. And a lot of fantastic architecture. A friend of mine from NY was blown away. Future: complete restoration of Euclid Ave from Pub Sq to E. 17 Sadly,though, the jewel of Euclid--The Hippodrome--will not be a part of it

Does anyone know when the Soldiers and Sailors monument is supposed to be completed? Could it possibly be that they are trying to synchronize the re-opening of the monument with the "unveiling" of the Schofield Bldg, since they are both borne of the same architect--Levi Schofield. Or is it just very coincidental?

As I left my building this morning at 6:00AM they were working on the streetscape. In fact, it was clear that they had been working overnight...or at least EXTREMELY early. There were huge floodlights illuminating the St Clair to Frankfort block. All who are excited about this will be pretty amazed at how much is already done.

Thanks for the info. I guess it does (did) sit there like an island unto itself. I too wish it could have been transported to a parking lot further down Euclid.

I'm new to this site and I've read through a lot of the threads, but I haven't seen anything on the imminent demolition of the Corlett Building on Euclid Ave. It's within the CSU campus and fronts directly on Euclid. It is a beautiful old building (probably of 1920-vintage?). I'm surprised that there was not more indignation towards CSU for this decision. I think I remember seeing something here in the Detroit Demolitions discussion on how they were demolishing a building yet retaining its historic facade for future use. Too bad something like that was not planned for this. This building is being completely razed, correct?