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Excellent work by Michelle, as usual... ... I guess I have some mixed feelings about the apartments not being built at this location, but ultimately am more happy that these historic and beautiful buildings are being preserved and adaptive-ly reused. I'm doubly glad that a restaurant is going back into the fine old Watermark space-- even if it'll be yet-another beer joint. A win-win situation would be if, ultimately, a residential (apt) building could be built on that small-ish surface parking lot between the Hausheer and Upson-Walton buildings. But that could be down the road and I'll take what's happening now, any day. It'll be great to breathe new life into historic ORR south of FEB. Keep the party going!

I've long said that each heavy rail (Red Line) station should be a mini-hub of sorts. I'm thinking that a lot of the transfers could, and maybe should, happen at E. 55th and W. 25th. I agree completely, E Rocc. I've said for some time that RTA sends far to many buses past under-utilized full Rapid Transit rail-heads (mostly heavy rail ones at that) and into Public Square thus wasting gazillion in fuel and bus-operator time each day. I would add West Boulevard/Cudell to the list. I've long wondered why do all those heavily-traveled No. 55/CSU BRT lite buses pass a mere 2 blocks north of this station after which, a few blocks later, they zoom into town over the West Shoreway without serving anyone between Edgewater Park and downtown? Sure folks will say the speed, but hopefully that will be diminished by the Boulevard-ization of West Shoreway. Many, if not most, 55/CSU buses could/should terminate at West Blvd/Cudell station. Also (once again), why can't LRT's at least be extended from Tower City through the Detroit-Superior Bridge subway to W. 25/Detroit? Even if trains terminated there for a major bus-rapid transfer station it would be a major plus... The full right-of-way exists all the way from Tower City and the western end of the bridge where, I understand, the old W. 25/Detroit streetcar-subway station (complete with stair/exits to the surface) still exists and could be used. Thanks to the current temporary Tower City station being used by all trains (LRT and HRT) WE KNOW the old Shaker Heights 2-track, center-platform station in Tower City already exists and is usable (and is being used!!!!). It appears the biggest ROW expense for a proposed new line would be demolishing that concrete ramp from that small TC/hotel parking lot up to the street level. This extension-improvement could be built for relative peanuts and Blue and/or Green Line trains could be easily routed over Detroit-Superior through the subway in a year or 2 and be utilized, along with the existing W. 25/Ohio City Red Line station to literally take HUNDREDS of buses per-day out of downtown and off of Public Square where, btw, current bus passengers would have the luxury of an indoor, temp-controlled downtown (TC) station as opposed to the current outdoor bus shelters be they on the Square, Ontario south of PS or wherever... In fact, while the rail-haters would scream at the capital expense of this line (like they still scream about the WFL), this line would actually SAVE MILLIONS in the long run with all the re-routed buses... All to which I merely say... ... DUH!

Wow, stainless steel kitchens with granite counter tops!? These kids'll be Living the Life.

President Obama pushed for infrastructure improvements, including strengthening passenger rail and building HSR. The Elephants rejected this as wasteful spending even though much of the program was to create thousands of new jobs... Now Trump may be pushing the same thing... Now what will the Elephants say?

Amen. Be careful, you're starting to sound a lot like me. Cleveland is clueless and backwards about mass transit; seemingly blissfully so...if leaders here don't wake the hell up soon, much of the City's progress will be undermined.

^I agree with a lot of what you're saying (btw, I take WFL/RTA down to FEB all the time (during those times it's operational which is becoming less and less) and the Rapid is a breeze, but I'm optimistic. With new joints going in, like the still-hush-hush beer joint going into the old Watermark restaurant on Old River Rd and FEB Phase III on the way -- hopefully soon, along with new Settler's Point offices in the old Sammy's building, the area is hot ... and growing. Punch Bowl and other spots are packed on weekends even now that the weather is getting colder... It's all coming along, we just have to be patient.

That's a shame about Willeyville. They were the FEB pioneer. But it's a volatile biz with, I'm sure, extremely high rents. I'm sure, just as with their neighbor, Ken Stewart's, the space will be snapped up with a new restaurant. FEB is extremely hot property; and with new joints coming in along ORR over on the next block, Willeyville's space won't be vacant for long.

I'm with MTS on this one; I have no problem with the name: Chicago is the home base of this franchise... It looks like a nice place in an up 'n coming part of downtown. I plan to check it out...

To me this just shows the by-the-seat-of-their-pants way RTA, notably the rail division, is run.

Trump ironically has been calling for infrastructure improvements, which is why several on the Right don't trust him. ... Not sure know how that will shake out for Cleveland -- I doubt any of it will be good for RTA. Trump is such a disaster on practically everything else it doesn't even matter... ... and to think John Kasich & the Boyz have been starving and killing (3-Cs Amtrak) transit, and yet Kasich is (supposedly) the moderate Republican... Just goes to show how dire the sh*t we're now in.

I didn't know that... I always thought Cleveland missed a bet by not having a single-pillar, modern type el -Rapid line between CSU and U.Circle along Chester... outer Chester, from around CSU to E.107 is a newer street, extension highway-ish street (think the OC of it's day) with, even today being an unattractive, spare ped-unfriendly span having a relatively few number of buldings actually facing it... It's just a block north of Euclid and, based on the above, there would likely have been little griping about the noise and unattactiveness of a heavy rail el. And had it been built in the 50s in tandem with the subway lool before you-know-who got busy, well, crowded Hough may jave been saved and the 1966 riots would have never happened and, and .... ...back to the Health Line!

Nice video; cool music.

Very close, but the subway portion was to be limited to Tower City-Playhouse Square. East of Playhouse Square, the rail line would have operated at-grade in the median of Euclid Avenue, similar to how the HealthLine operates today. Each older versions of the plan had more of the rail line in subway, with the oldest plans in the 1920s being all-subway. Some of the 1970s and 1980s plans had roughly a third of the rail line in subway, another third at-grade, and the other third elevated. BTW, today is the eighth anniversary of the HealthLine opening. New buses are needed. The original ones are getting a little raggedy. Yep, and as most transit planners would likely agree, even an at-surface LRT line from PHS to Stokes-Windermere would attract considerably more riders than the current HL as well as encourage higher-density development along the cooridor... As I've said before, someday Cleveland may bite the bullet and convert the HL to LRT... someday.

^^It's a bit over-the-top to my preferences.

Joe Calabrese and Chicago RTA's CEO Leanne Redden made a bet that if their city's team won the World Series, the other would wear their opponent's gear while riding a bus or train in their home city. Since the Indians lost, here's Joe C making good on his bet yesterday.... I'm sure having to where a Cubs uni and ride around on buses is a lot easier and much less a headache for Joe than having to deal with his rail network swamped, and his LRT crushed, by the Indians' championship parade multitudes.

3 regional transit systems Metro Detroit can learn from (hint: Cleveland's, notably with its BRT, is one of them) http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/transportation-solutions-journalism-101316.aspx

Let's play Jeopardy THE ANSWER: The only person living in Greater Cleveland on their knees giving 'Thanks' that the Indians didn't win Game 7. THE QUESTION: Who is Joe Calabrese?

Chief Wahoo is the one real negative to me for the team. I root for the guys and the team as representing Cleveland, but I can't forget this is a very racist symbol that offends a significant group of people (just is that horrible name the Washington NFL team is called). This is friggin' 2016!!! and I wish the Dolans, supported by (most of) the fans, would man up and finally ditch the Chief. Unfortunately I'm not hopeful in this dingy Era of Trump where over bigotry and misogyny seem fashionable once again.

With our great manager; our strong pitching staff -- hopefully a full rotation plus bullpen (which overall is considerably stronger than the Cubs'), we can be right back there next year... Remember 2 years ago Kansas City got to the brink and lost in Game 7, then, last year, came back and won it all. Hopefully that will be our course as well; no reason to doubt this can happen. Imagine what we can have in a 7 game series fielding Kluber, Carrasco, Salazar and Tomlin each with 4-days rest which necessarily will lead to a well rested bullpen. As they were saying on 92.3 after the game, when we didn't close it out in Game 5 we were in trouble because the longer the series wore on the more it favored the Cubs because it allowed Chicago's strong bats began to figure out and wear down our overworked pitching staff... but EVEN WITH that, we still nearly won because we finally figured out/got to previously un-hittable Aroldis Chapman. My only disappointment was that our defense crumbled but, hell, Chicago's did too (as in the 1st World Series 2-run wild pitch since 1911...)

Fix to Ohio's Medicaid managed-care sales tax must hold counties, transit systems harmless: editorial A federally required fix in the way Medicaid managed-care companies are taxed could hit Ohio and Greater Cleveland particularly hard if state law isn't adjusted wisely to accord with the new federal mandate. The mandate requires affected states either to broaden or eliminate the Medicaid managed-care sales tax. http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/10/fix_to_medicaid_managed-care_s.html

I never would have guessed we would come back from a 4-run deficit to send the game into extra innings. Hats off to the amazing Tribe; congrats to the Cubs... Obviously we in Cleveland know of the joy of finally defeating a curse.

Corey Kluber is only human. Our decimated rotation has finally caught up to us (actually it already has with Bauer who wouldn't have been out there with a healthy Salazar and Carrasco).... 2 3-days rest starts in one series would be too much for the greatest of pitchers.... It's been a fantastic run by a mega-manager and a super over-achieving team. Hopefully we have one last gasp but it's starting to look bleak. Either way, we still have our glorious 2016 Championship and the Cavs, early on, are looking good for a repeat. Makes tonight much easier to take if things don't change. We're all playing with emotional house money.

I'm not attuned to LA politics or specific demographics, or even Measure M, which sounds very aggressive, but these 2 councilmen (well, the older guy is an LA councilman) are arguing that they supported expanded rail but that now, under Measure M, their communities (African American, no doubt), are now getting shafted with vague commitments and a more aggressive timetable for wealthier, non-African American communities. If true, their opposition is understandable.

Tribe imploded tonight. Tomlin wasn't sharp but, obviously, if Naquin does what he's supposed to do and call of Lonnie, its a 1-0 deficit as opposed to a 3-0 one... Young Tyler obviously looks like, tonight, the stage is too big for him for a near collision, drop with Lonnie nearly happened 2 innings later (I'd be surprised if Tito has him out there tomorrow, esp given Tyler's totally inability to hit fast balls). Otero comes in and gives up the Slam... Bad night for everybody. So now it's a 1-game World Series. We'll have Kluber, a rested, dangerous pen and, again, home field which we hope the Cubs won't steal away as they did so effectively early tonight.

While we're waiting (hopefully not forever) for some kind of TOD to built on the Municipal parking lot along the Shoreway (aka: "Muny Lot"), I wonder how come the City and RTA don't coordinate with a plan to utilize the advantage of a large parking lot adjacent to a Rapid Transit terminal. Why can't people parking, and paying, at Muny lot get their RTA fare comped? Seems like that would be a win-win situation: get more cars off downtown streets and into the lot; get more riders onto the WLF circulating to places like the Flats and Public Square/Gateway (and with the flexibility to hop over to Ohio City if they want). It just doesn't seem we like we have good coordination with, or appreciation of, transit here. I remember in the late 1990s RTA coordinated with the old Holy Moses river taxi to provide $1 taxi rides (as opposed to $4 or $5) upon presentation of an RTA fare card. Of course, RTA operated til 2a on weekends during the summer back then. Those days, with that kind of transit coordination, seem a distant past with today's leadership.