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wasn't there a separate thread for all this bridge removal discussion? The Flats East Bank thread should be for the Wohlstein developments

Someone please chime in if they know for sure, but I think salary for Cleveland Council is around $75-$80k a year and might even include a car, plus OPERS pension & benefits. Hard to believe folks like Zach Reed are the only option to represent

Zach Reed found guilty of drunk driving. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/08/jury_in_councilman_zack_reeds.html#incart_m-rpt-2 Looking forward to see how this affects his political career. What tools does Sweeney have at his disposal to show his disapproval of Reed's behavior? Will a real alternative run against him in the future? Will voters even care?

some movie featuring Katie Holmes. Saw her doing yoga this morning... Hey now!

some test samples laid out along the base of the existing 1200 building at 76th indicating which brick cleaning product was most effective... brick on new townhome construction is looking really good. 6 units supposed to be closing end of September. Also had a long drawn out BOZA hearing this morning for the Reddstone patio/entertainment variance. Basically a rehashing of old items when this was brought up 2 years ago, and some existing neighbors along 76th trying to block this type of use. End result is they are allowed to continue operating as they were, with same restrictions in place regarding music, outside bar hours, etc

^It's all the same. The tower is for elderly, the estates are family units. Some are 3-4 bedroom units, lots of teenagers, which is where the trouble begins. That complex was built back in the 1930's... the tower was added in the 70's I think

That's the 4th or 5th similar type of thing I've heard of occurring at 28th & Detroit in the last year. It's gang/thugs/punks coming out of Lakeview Terrace. The City better get control of that area soon before someone really gets hurt. Now we're assuming where the people live? Do you have any proof the people mentioned lived here. Come on folks. Come on folks is right. Are you living in another county? Ask anyone who lives or owns a business in this area. The troublemakers come from Lakeview Terrace, up 28th, then they scurry back in there. I live nearby and drive through here everyday. Like I said, this is the 4th or 5th incident like this in the last year. Call it speculation, but it's pretty clear speculation. The crime, drugs, & violence surrounding that site is off the chart

That's the 4th or 5th similar type of thing I've heard of occurring at 28th & Detroit in the last year. It's gang/thugs/punks coming out of Lakeview Terrace. The City better get control of that area soon before someone really gets hurt.

The E&Y office tower is now 90% leased and about 70% occupied. Disappointed that CPP never started/finished the lighting project that was supposed to improve the aesthetics under the bridge where Lakeside & E. 9th connect. It's dark down there even in the middle of day.

^what? This is like midnight on friday/saturday night... kids under 18 showing up on bicycles... hanging out on the sidewalk of nightclubs

Spoke to one of the bar managers down there on Sunday. He said the bars are totally frustrated with the amount of underage kids that show up down there on the weekends to just hang out & start trouble. The police are right there but they aren't doing anything to enforce curfews, loitering, etc and this is part of what's driving off customers. He said the bars are putting a formal complaint together to the Warehouse District Board and the Downtown Cleveland Alliance. Stay tuned

I've seen the Amtrak train race by. It was discussed in the kickoff meeting and it will definitely have to slow down... W. 70th is Zone's baby because the school is there. Barely any use on that street, barely any residential, yet it was repaved? Go figure. Meanwhile 73rd near Detroit is like driving on the moon. Ditto for most of 65th between Detroit & Caruso, much more traffic.

In that photo, they are digging the new railroad bed. The tracks are going to be re-layed to the vacant area to the south. The trains will run on this new, temporary track location while the existing tracks are cut off, and a bridge headwall gets installed. Wait till the sheet pile driving starts. 10-12 hrs a day, 10 months straight. There are a couple options for connecting BP to the eastern neighborhoods 1. Do nothing and leave the plans as is. You can walk or bike directly from 73rd back to the eastern section of Caruso via a new sidewalk that will go along the RR tracks. Cars would still have to go back up to Detroit & around 2. Add the car bridge over the lowered 73rd. I don't see this happening. It's too late in the game and too expensive. The project will have plenty of cost overruns to eat up whatever is currently available 3. Punch Frascati through from 73rd over to 70th once that tan shipping & receiving building is done. This is most logical, but it bisects that parcel, now owned by Vintage Development, in a way that makes a little sliver on the south totally unusable and makes the overall parcel even smaller. Developing this parcel will already be a challenge. They will have to create access somehow for this parcel from 70th I think, even though any development will face the west & north primarily

without wading into all the previous posts, I think Cleveland's problem in general is that they all keep looking for the big ticket project, the magic bullet, that will revitalize this area or that. A new streetscape, a new residential development, a new piece of infrastructure....I think this is the mindset which drives demolition. They think whatever new development occur will easily replace whatever was torn down. This is often not the case.

Very very early in the process to worry about any sound walls. Typically, these are the first thing eliminated when the project comes in over budget I didn't put them into the plans. They're already in there. If they don't make sense, remove them now. Here, let me find my wand, so I can wave it and make it so... Seriously, haven't you seen enough of these plans to realize how much they change by the time the work is built? Take the new Innerbelt bridges, the West Shoreway plan, etc

Very very early in the process to worry about any sound walls. Typically, these are the first thing eliminated when the project comes in over budget

I think the Warehouse District will always have some nightclub scene but it will definitely evolve into something other than what it is now. The increase in Flats East Bank residential will create demand but subsequent phases will have more entertainment venues also.

Can't they rehab from the top-down? Absolutely they could. Clean the exterior brick, install new roofing & windows, then work inside... but the financing isn't done till they finish the proforma. I'm hearing there's more interest in the ground floor space for a higher end restaurant then what had initially been expected.

Possibly, but those bars' business has been way down on the weekends for some time now. Like less than half what they used to bring in. Velvet Dog used to pull $100k on a summer weekend night. Now they don't get $40k for the weekend. The same crowd is at W.25th now. Quite a few vacancies on W. 9th too.

Digging this thread back up since the server crash... The 6 new units are getting brick facade installed this week. All 6 are sold. Next phase is close to starting right beside it, I understand they only need 1 more unit to sell before starting construction. The Catan warehouse renovation on 76th/78th is still delayed. Every month I hear "it's starting next month...." Apparently still shuffling the deck on what sort of space to offer on the first floor for retail or apartments.

Warehouse district is looking much better with the fresh pavement & sidewalk renovations on W. 6th & W 9th, but there is a lot of vacancy creeping in. I think W. 25th is kicking their ass in terms of attracting the nightclub crowd. Sushi Rock is closed, I heard a rumor that "Rumor" is closing, and Pannini's won't be far behind. Seems like some of the building owners need to lower their rents or the vacancies will continue to climb.

I don't believe it's been made official yet, but DSCDO did a marketing/branding study a year ago and they are ditching the "Detroit Shoreway" brand and going with "Gordon Square" for all marketing/branding efforts.

Are you f*cking kidding me? You're more educated than that on what is happening not just in University Circle but in downtown, Ohio City, Tremont, Asiatown and Detroit-Shoreway. And this is spreading outward from the core. I would have expected to see that kind of comment on cleveland.com. I am aware of all that's going on in those areas & others, but what's the threshold of subscribers needed to produce & circulate a paper? The PD couldn't do it with subscribers all across NE Ohio. How do you propose doing it with something less than 100k people (assuming 25% of the city population is the educated engaged type who want to pay for local news)?

A newspaper needs advertisers to be a successful, profitable business. Who's advertising to a bunch of jobless people in the urban core? The exurbs are where the people with money are, and those are who the advertisers are trying to reach. Seems pretty logical

Attendance matters, didn't you learn that in school? Seriously, I wonder also how long Cleveland will have a team. We have a city of 400k people and how many of those are below the poverty level? Suburbanites fill the stadium but we now have to compete with Lake Co Captains & whatever goes on at Avon. TV coverage is so good it's hard to beat watching it at home unless you have really good seats. Add in a lot of weird weather this summer between cool & cloudy and hot & muggy. I think attendance numbers of 30k may not happen even IF we get closer to the playoffs. Everyone gripes about the owners not putting together a competitive team but won't shell out to watch them at the stadium. Cleveland has cheap-ass fans.