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This is great news. :clap: To tell the truth, I was not feeling good about this project earlier in the week.

WOW! That tower looks awesome. I just have a few questions for you Columbus people. Is Nationwide realty associated with the insurance company? How will that fit in with the surrounding skyline?

I don't like this idea. I did not hear what was proposed yesterday, but a cap on the field would not solve the problem. People forget that the entire Ford Field complex is indoors.

I was just on Cleveland.com and someone in the economic development forum said that Case is not moving these offices downtown due to money problems. I went on WKYC.com to watch the video, but I was unable to get it to play. Can someone please fill me in as to what is going on?

^ I just checked out PURE, and the photos of the Arthur townhouses are beautiful (except for the balcony). This really does look like a tremendous development.

^ Thanks for posting that. I remember hearing that a rule of thumb when buying a house is 2.5 times your annual salary. If the starting prices are say $450K, that would mean that people would have to have a annual household income of $180K. Thats a lot of money.

That furniture is absolutely disgusting. What the hell is with that nasty artwork on the wall? How about some photo's of the exterior?

I don't even know where to begin. :whip: Byrd-Bennett to step down with parties, payout Thursday, February 09, 2006 Janet Okoben Plain Dealer Reporter Barbara Byrd-Bennett's goodbye as Cleveland schools chief executive won't be quiet or cheap. Tonight she'll be lavished with gifts from the school board and saluted by luminaries. Mayor Frank Jackson, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Cleveland Foundation President and CEO Ronn Richard are among the invited guests. More at cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com

I wouldn't read to much into any talk about a recession. At any given time there are people who think the economy is going down the tubes, and then there are people who think the economy is doing just fine.

Those two buildings are beautiful! I can't wait to see the final renderings. I would imagine with the completion of the ECP only a few years away, that we will start to hear stuff like this in '06. This should be a nice area once these buildings are completed, and the county offices are finished. Hopefully the UHHS deal pulls through and 668 euclid ave. gets a rehab.

This was one of the first things that popped into my head. It would be great for the ECP. I would imagine that the UH move will(hopefully) take place the same time the ECP is finished. Another positive is that the number of jobs at UH is only going to grow. Who knows maybe 10 years down the line they will build something on that surface lot.

The part of the article that really made me worry is when Procter said "He is not sure what type of bridge we were going to get", and that a bland steel truss bridge is an option. Our elected officials better not let this happen. :whip:

Imagine how beautiful that shot would be if this building is rehabbed and the surrounding area is cleaned up.

I have absolutely no skills when it comes to making posters, so I will leave that up to you creative types. I like the idea of this poster/brochure, but what about making one for each of our districts? We could have one made for U.C, O.C. Tremont, WHD, Flats East/West Bank, Slavic Village,Little Italy, and all of the other wonderful areas in our city.

I was just on properties website (www.propertiesmag.com) and they had an article saying that construction on the sewer lines may begin in the first quarter of this year, and that financing is in its final stages. They also said that the first tenants in an office building will hopefully be able to move in sometime next year, and that the whole project should be completed in 2008 or 2009. Anyways, check out the above website and you can view the entire magazine for free!

I have a feeling that Progressive Urban said this since they were the one's marketing the place. Hopefully I am wrong. I am sure if the city nixed the project we will be hearing an explanation soon.

I just saw this on Cleveland.com. I guess this is good news, I just don't know how a city that graduates 50% of its high school students can be considered one of the smartest cities in the world. Smarter than the average city 12:07 pm Cleveland may be one of the nation's poorest cites, but it's also the most intelligent, according to a New York think tank. The Intelligent Community Forum, which bases its rankings on broadband Internet deployment, has announced its annual list of finalists for its Intelligent Community of the Year award. Cleveland is the only U.S. city on the list of seven, which will be narrowed to a winner during a conference June 9. Also in the running: Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea Ichikawa, Japan Manchester, United Kingdom Taipei, Taiwan Tianjin, China Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

I know buildings that are built on the street create sidewalk traffic, but I don't know if those have a place in a hospital setting. If I have cancer and am staying in a hospital, I think I rather see a nice manicured lawn, then asphalt. I know some of you might not agree, but there has to be some method to their madness.

From The Courier: City to seek soil cleanup grants By JOHN GRABER STAFF WRITER City leaders will start the new year looking for grants they can use to clean the soil at the former Brandman tire dump. But first they want to get another estimate on just how much it will cost to remove the contaminants in the dirt at the 28-acre site near downtown that was once home to around 1 million scrap tires. MORE: http://www.thecourier.com

Well, I know the whole union thing and the parking garage fiasco were in the paper. Also, I am sure that some of the people who bought their units in July 2004, are a little pissed that it is now January 2006, and they still have not moved into to their $300K+ condo. However, if the building is a wonderful as it sounds I am sure that as soon as more people tour the building that the remaining condo's will sell out quickly. I just can't wait to see whats next for the WHD.

I know 3-4% growth does not sound like a lot but when you start with 468,000 we would have to add 14,000-18,000 people a year for 10 years. I am all for believing in Cleveland, but that is asking a little too much.

Once these units are finished I think that they will sell quickly. The only reason that sales have been lagging is probably because of the amount of negative publicity that this development has received. brtshrcegr, welcome to that board, thanks for the update, and I can't wait for your pictures!

I just hope that everything that has been proposed in the past year gets built. Imagine what Cleveland will be like when ECP, Flats East Bank, Avenue District, Battery Park, Stonebridge, Cuyahoga County Offices get built. In 10 years I hope that University Circle is totally different. I hope that there are numerous well thought of residential/retail developments that make it Cleveland's premiere neighborhood. As KJP noted above, it is going to be very important to keep our home grown companies within city limits. Hopefully some of the spin-offs from Case, UH and the Clinic can hit the big time. I hope that our schools continue on their up-ward swing, and that residents continue to move back to the city. I hope that in 10 years that our population has stopped declining, even if we don't make big gains in population, it would just be heart warming to see that we did not lose any residents.

I thought that this was interesting. I give him a lot of credit for trying to make a difference in our neighborhoods. Jackson takes part in prostitution sting Friday, January 13, 2006 Joe Guillen Plain Dealer Reporter Mayor Frank Jackson joined Cleveland police Thursday night on an undercover prostitution sting. Female officers posed as prostitutes on Lorain Avenue near West 65th Street. Other 2nd District officers waited in a nearby parking lot for the signal to make arrests. More at cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com

I know Zaremba's Avenue District is a wonderful development, but on their website, they mention that buying a condo/townhouse from them will allow people to live a "sophisticated lifestyle" :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o. A