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Not quite sure where this is. I'll have to consult a map later.

^11.2 Black!? Wow, LI really has changed.

Personally, I think that there's a direct inverse correlation between the number of on-air callers on a talk show and the quality of same. Even many years ago, Jim Rome openly said "more me, less you is a good thing". But keep in mind that Trivisonno started out as a caller and that will impact the hiring practices of Cleveland stations. I'm not saying that's a good thing -- frankly nobody realized what a lowlife Mike Trivisonno was when he was merely "Mr. Know-it-all" the caller, and would have preferred it if he had remained just a cranky caller. My point is that Cleveland sports talk is so lily-white male that one station recruited a caller to be a host rather than extend opportunities to African Americans and others who not only are qualified, but are extremely passionate about Cleveland sports. Leaving aside the dismissal of Andre Knott because he doesn’t fit the “profile”, Trivasanno has to be considered one of the most successful talk show hosts in Cleveland history. Perceptions of him as a “lowlife” (my understanding is IRL he’s nothing of the sort) nonwithstanding. Gary Dee wasn’t exactly a role model either and those two probably top the list in Cleveland history. Trivisonno is scum; clearly lowbrow radio. And he's following the Cleveland time-worn tradition that racial/bigoted radio boosts ratings. Great for the bottom line; bad for the City.

Personally, I think that there's a direct inverse correlation between the number of on-air callers on a talk show and the quality of same. Even many years ago, Jim Rome openly said "more me, less you is a good thing". But keep in mind that Trivisonno started out as a caller and that will impact the hiring practices of Cleveland stations. I'm not saying that's a good thing -- frankly nobody realized what a lowlife Mike Trivisonno was when he was merely "Mr. Know-it-all" the caller, and would have preferred it if he had remained just a cranky caller. My point is that Cleveland sports talk is so lily-white male that one station recruited a caller to be a host rather than extend opportunities to African Americans and others who not only are qualified, but are extremely passionate about Cleveland sports.

But that mentality is problematic and leads to bigotry and factionalism. There's nothing wrong with ethnic pride, including having a neighborhood that showcases this ethnicity's culinary, arts and cultural quality and pride. But it's quite another thing to say this neighborhood is 'ours' to the exclusion of others or, in the case of obviously Asians, we as the primary ethnic group will pick and choose who we will allow to come in. Blacks, Hispanics, Arabs, Native Americans, etc., ... look elsewhere. Cleveland's Little Italy, unlike other little Italy's in other big cities, has a particularly ugly history of bigotry and even violence against 'outsiders', especially African Americans. But I know a number of Italians living there now eagerly want to move past that unfortunate past; relish welcoming all people into their shops and all the people and families crowding into the Feast of the Assumption every summer. It's morphed from a working-class Italian neighborhood to a middle-upper middle class enclave of professionals -- still largely Italian, but highly attractive for a wide swath of students and professionals who enjoy a diverse urban experience. Nothing in the latter implies usurping the area's Italian culture and traditions.

I would much prefer a location at/near Public Square for the reason of rapid transit convenience; I'd rather not build a significant office structure away from Public Square. 14th and Prospect has a lot of ugly surface lots, but it's too far away from the core for a significant office building, even though I love PHS for what it is: one of the nation's leading theater districts surrounded by a growing residential component -- and a significant grocery store a few blocks away... Did S&W say they wanted their R&D at the same site?

^I wouldn't be surprised. A project of this scale would be challenging for all but a few American cites -- NYC, Chicago, maybe -- but especially for a medium-sized, Rust Belt major city like Cleveland. Not to sound like I'm standing pat, but given our local profile as still declining (but with things slowly turning around) city, I've been amazed at the number and scale of projects Cleveland has been pulling off in the last decade up to this minute -- everything from FEB, to the Hilton (though taxpayer financed, I know ...), to One Univ. Circle, to Beacon and Uptown and, now, Centric (and this isn't exhaustive). And let's not even talk about the stunning adaptive reuse projects like The 9 and Heinen's and 668 ... to name a few. And most of these have been one-building-at-a-time developments; even FEB which did package E&Y and Aloft -- Phase 2 was a whole new financing package though coordinated. I do think Weston will happen in some form. But just like FEB and probably nuCLEus, it may take a while.

I agree. It shouldn't be as hard as the Dolans (and the Jacobses before them) and Cleveland fans are making it. It's so damn emotional where it shouldn't be. Why are these fans acting like it's their God-given right to crap on the dignity of a whole race of people, regardless of their small numbers and limited political power in this country at the moment? Nobody can say with a straight face that Chief Wahoo isn't racially degrading, and yet a whole lot of local sports fans, and sadly a bunch of talk show hosts, are trying to do just that... I fear this could get even uglier with many conservative fans and media feeling even more emboldened in this current bigoted, backwards era of Trump.

We definitely need more African Americans on sports talk in Cleveland... I don't get it because sports craziness, whether you're Black, White, Latino, gay, straight, etc., is infectious in this town. Everywhere I go around town, people of all races are always talking Cleveland sports.... And there are tons of knowledgeable Black sports guys who we only scratch the surface of -- consider Andre Knott over who's on TV and does some time at right-wing radio, WTAM... in Cleveland it's so extreme, we've even had Hiram who is just a caller, but one who was so knowledgeable and interesting (opinionated), that one of the stations brought him in to co-host some shows. Hiram is controversial, but knowledgeable. And just like Kendall, whether you loved or hated him, he has a strong personality. These kids that they keep grooming at 92.3 -- all of them are White -- just seem milquetoast and cookie cutter -- hard to tell one from the next (Chris Fedor, who's now over 30 is a bit different and I like him). Back in the earlier days of WKNR when when Lewis was coming up you had guys like Kenny Roda, Bruce Drennan, Michael Reghi, Greg Brinda and the late Geoff Sindelar, just to name a few -- all strong personalities. Cleveland sports talk today is boring by comparison; we're all the lesser in losing Kendall Lewis.

This from President Infrastructure. ... What a phony. What a fraud.

RIP Kendall Lewis, the "BSK" Remembering 'The BSK' Kendall Lewis: A force of Cleveland sports talk Dave "Dino" DeNatale , WKYC 7:35 PM. EDT April 12, 2017 his is one story that is EXTREMELY difficult to write. But it's a tribute that's worth telling. On Tuesday, while many of us in the Cleveland sports journalism business were watching the Indians battle the White Sox on Opening Day at Progressive Field, we found out that Kendall Lewis had passed away. His nephew Benjamin confirmed the news on social media. http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/cleveland/remembering-the-bsk-kendall-lewis-a-force-of-cleveland-sports-talk/430576844

When I was growing up, it was Liberty Boulevard.

No question, LI is one of Cleveland's hottest and most desirable areas for millenials was well as for those who like the urban lifestyle of a dense, exciting, walkable neighborhood with lots of restaurants, shops, grocery, the arts and convenient mass transit -- one could comfortably live car free in Little Italy... Despite all this, there appear to be some older residents, like restauranter Terry Tarantino who want to put a moat around the neighborhood and raise the drawbridge, metaphorically speaking. Mayfield Station is hardly a huge project but would be an attractive addition -- in many ways -- to an already great neighborhood. Opposition to it is befuddling an antithetical.

^In fact, doesn't LI have the highest rental-to-RE ratio of any neighborhood in Cleveland? That said, some of the sexiest modern single family home architecture has arisen in LI in the last 10-20 years. And the townhouses aren't too shabby either.

^But I don't see how one 6-story, 45-unit apt building at the edge of LI next to heavy-rail rapid transit station counts as too much density. This project while great here, would be considered small potatoes for a Chicago, D.C., Boston or ... name the city...If we're talking a 10-12 story tower in this location, perhaps, but the current rants against this project seem podunkish as if Cleveland weren't ready for prime time.

Unfortunately this article reflects the "old guard" small town, clan-ish nature of some Little Italy residents who, for years, fought CTS'/RTA's relocating the Red Line Rapid station to Mayfield Rd and to keep LI just as it's always been (meaning no outsiders -- especially Blacks). This mentality is reflected in the comments of Terry Tarantino who is fighting this worthwhile project and, ridiculously, claims to somehow know that future residents of this building will not rely on public transit -- despite literally having a Red Line train stop at their front door.... ... it is, indeed, laughable that folks like Tarantino are fighting the building's density when density is one of the largest parts of LI's charm.

^^^Function over form. I love the high-density residences this building brings -- this area needs them -- and the way the building crowds the sidewalks on Euclid and E. 116th. Not every project is going to be perfect.

I've probably been UO's biggest OC opponent ... but there is truly an "opportunity" to create a new neighborhood between Kinsman and Woodland in/around E. 75 & 79th streets on the skeleton of a neighborhood long gone-- forgotten. If done right, new residents can/should be oriented to the 2 Rapid stations at E. 79th, for the Red Line and the Blue & Green Lines-- ironically because of this, this area is one of the best served by transit in the entire region -- the entire State, for that matter. Let's hold these OC proponent's feet to the fire. They claimed they were going to develop TOD along this roadway. Now is the time in the planning process to make sure they follow through; to make sure this is more than just an urban commuter highway for West Sider's working at the Clinic and in University Circle... Planners will have nearly an empty canvas upon which to paint. Fix up these crumbling streets that in some cases are so weed choked the City has blocked them off to traffic (like E. 92nd under the Blue/Green Rapid viaduct near Holton Rd. Miceli's Dairy Products Co., and Orlando Bakery have not only decided to make this area their corporate home, they have recently been expanding their facilities there. Now its time to bring back residents and literally remake this long forgotten area of the City. Too bad it took a highway to get to this point, but it is what it is... Let's hold these OC boosters with their lofty neighborhood-saving talk accountable.

Totally disgraceful on United's part. Horrible pr both for United and the airline industry in general... Somebody's going to lose their job(s) for this, mark my words.

^^Yesterday was so weird and awful. We're hard-pressed to say the starters didn't try... I mean, LeBron and Kyrie combined for, what? some 72-odd points (too lazy to look it up). I know Kyrie had 45 and LeBron, yet another triple-double before being fouled out by awful officiating... And even though Love didn't score much, he grabbed 15 rebounds... (they tried to foul him out, too, until reviewing the video which showed an obvious blocking foul inside the protected area -- of course, Kevin didn't help matters when he went into Full Brain Lock on that botched in-bounds pass and then choking on that OT one free throw whose miss turned out to be the difference in the final score.) ... it's that damned bench that has killed us time and time again... The starters handed the bench a 26-point lead going into the 4th. Why shouldn't those guys get a chance to rest especially going into the playoffs. Frankly if NBA players can't protect such a lead with less than a quarter to go, then I question their viability in being in the League -- and this includes the rightfully-praised Richard Jefferson who had a goose egg in 18 minutes of play; and also inconsistent Iman Shumpert and generally terrible Deron Williams. Obviously their firepower was hampered by the fact that normal benchie Channing Frye was starting for TT. But yesterday was inexcusable especially given the ramifications with first place in the East on the line. ... and you're right Hts, all of us who deeply care about this team, especially those of us on the road using NBA League Pass (and paying a pretty $$ for it) should feel especially punked by the team when they pull what they have for the last several months and especially these last 2 Atlanta games.

Makes sense. If they don't seem to care, why should we? ... But if this in/out effort adversely affects the team in the playoffs, especially to the extent it results in their early exit, then there will be trouble.

That's all we need in EC, potentially more abandoned property, this time GE's beautiful, classic and historic campus... A Cleveland-E. Cleveland merger is the only hope for this town.

Too much reliance on the 3, not enough attempts to score in the paint the way teams are scoring on us. Also, once again, we're getting no push from our bench. The Cavs had a 26-point lead going into the 4th and should have been on cruise control, but it all unraveled when that Deron Williams'-led bench entered the game. Only Korver added any punch off the bench. Shumpert had only 2 points and was -23 for the game. Our miserable bench has been a ball-and-chain to this team all season long.

^Yes. And as I've said before, Francona's gift is that he is a master psychologist which we've seen time and again in sports -- no matter the particular sport -- usually trumps (now hate that word) the mastery of Xs and Os, of which Francona is also better than most. He understands people and is clearly a pitcher whisperer.

^No argument with you at all, E Rocc; and one of Francona's earliest and greatest feats with the Indians was straightening out and turning around a totally messed up Ubaldo Jimenez, who has reverted back to hair-yanking, mechanical-nightmare inconsistency now that he's in Baltimore and no longer with Francona. ... Overall, Tito has been the best pitcher's manager I've ever seen. Taking our beat up, 1-man rotation to within an eyelash of the title last year, against a powerhouse Cubs team, is all you need to know.