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Got down to E. 4th at 8:45. As noted earlier in the thread, E.4th wasn't crowded [to the point where you couldn't stretch both arms out and not hit someone] until about 11:30am. It was only my 3rd or 4th time out downtown for SPD. I saw the parade for just a few minutes just east of e.3rd and Superior [south side]... The crowds were the most that I had ever seen in Cleveland. As I walked on superior to/from the arcade, the entire sidewalk was filled with people, literally shoulder to shoulder....And I had passed through the Arcade to Superior, I've never seen so many people in there ever (I imagined that's how it was during its heyday, without the drunks, of course :drunk:). I also then realized that the second level walkways are a bit small, maybe 5 or 6 people could walk past each other at a time?). Even though it's an Irish holiday, I was a little surprised how white the entire crowd was (I'd guess about 90%). There were quite a bit of tweens and high school kids there, though it was a Saturday... A friend from Richmond,VA, who was in CLE for the first time and we spent SPD at E. 4th, remarked that E.4th reminded him of a college town (Friends and I spent most of the time at the chinato patio or a friend's apt. on 4th.... Left around 4pm (had DDs drop us off and pick us up with no traffic problems.... Funniest happening: apt. dwellers 4-5 floors above city tap sprinkled a box or 2 of lucky charms upon guests on the city tap sidewalk patio... +1 ctownrocks1, it had taken me 20+ minutes from e.3rd and superior to 4th and Prospect and that was being myself [crowds 101: if more than 1 person at a time is trying to move together, it will take longer].

I think there is information about that in the rta thread.. here's e4th at the moment...

Good topic. One reason (as I write this, I'm convincing myself this is a big reason): CSU didn't become fully established as a public university until 1964, relatively is very late. Even its creation, they've tended to focus on commuting students and didn't create that dense college town feel because most students didn't stick around after classes. A shift to a residential campus is finally occurring and although I'm very excited to see it, it's decades behind other schools (in terms of developing a residential culture and college town feel) and I don't know what advantages they by starting now instead of in 1960. In line with that, other state schools (esp. Akron, Cin, and OSU) were started earlier and had a chance to develop earlier (and developing an alumni base and raising $ from alumni, one of the biggest sources of revenue for schools...). I would be surprised if state funding for CSU since 1980, say, is more than OSU, AKR, or UC. Not that money is everything, but CSU's endowment is only $43 million, which is peanuts... (The median for all american universities and community college is $73 million.) http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2010NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values_Final.pdf

A lot of time has passed since the last post. We're past the half way point (2011) and only 4 more years left. :lol: The US Census was updated... http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map Looking back on this, the economy and the foreclosure crisis slowed residential growth, or accelerated its decrease, in most Cleveland neighborhoods. Detroit-Shoreway's population as a whole isn't growing: each of the census tracts' 2000 population there had decreased by 10% in 2010, including Battery Park's (Tract #1012). UC: Increased from 2000, [although I wonder how much of it is from CWRU's growing enrollment) and will continue to do so. [side note: Could a Spartan check out what the enrollment for Spring 2010 is ? http://www.case.edu/registrar/stats.html requires a university log-in :( Although depending on the economy recovers, some neighborhoods [slavic village] could be be booming [experiencing an increase in residents] compared to 2007/2008. Interestingly, Downtown wasn't even included in this poll and that would get my vote. :wink2:

#65. I've had this one in mind for months... http://i.imgur.com/nYSjp.png. Hint: This location is historically significant.

Buckeye Ave. Just west of van Aken

62 is somewhere on case's or CWRU's campus, can't remember the exact location right now..

Not to thread de-rail, but the UH garages that I've parked in (on Cornell and Circle Drive) are open to the public and don't require any verification [of where you're going], at least during the weekdays, daytime hours.

Just how I remembered it ! The trip from Poughkipsie to NYC on the rail is lovely and your photos show it !

Maron has submitted plans to the city of cleveland for several floors of the national city building to be converted into residential.

They expect 6 buses a day [so they said at the May 20th planning commission meeting] and the buses will be lined up on Prospect :/ [south side of street, next to welcome center]. Not sure if the buses will remain there the entire time or just drop off . Anecdotally, I see advertisements for day trips to windsor and erie all the time in PeeDee.

It's still open, friends ate and drank there on Thursday night.

What parking lots do they own !? On the auditor's site, Maloof is listed as the owner of 2 properties in Cleveland: the auto parts store at 1240 Carnegie [Parcel 122-02-001], and a house on harborview [in edgewater].

Late to post, but don't forget: Defend Music Night (against the 8% admissions tax) https://www.facebook.com/events/345198075497163/ PechKucha, VOL. 14 https://www.facebook.com/events/268210953232669/

I'm no expert either, but it looks it has some elements of American Foursquare - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Foursquare too along with the craftsman. Those types of homes can be found throughout Cleveland including parts of Old Brooklyn, Miles, Brooklyn Centre, West Park. Looks like a lot of the original wood is still there, great ! :clap: My house is similar, but some of the wooden features had been already removed (for example, near the stairway and the archway between the living and dining rooms).

KJP, There's really not much of one: the easement was granted because the new RTA bus shelters (one on w. 25th, and one on lorain), will be located on a portion of the sidewalk.

It was the city of cleveland [bob Brown with the introduction][Ricky D. Smith, the head of the Port Control] and the one of the main architects from K&E whose name escapes me. http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,3638.msg587124.html#msg587124 ^ was correct on all accounts. As I understood, any development in this area will be limited to 4-5 stories, because of FAA regulations and to maintain a view of the lake from the mall. X, Too bad I didn't run into you, I would have loved to run into you or another UOer ! In other news, I was pleasantly surprised that most of the audience's questions were actually very intelligent, knowledgeable, and in some cases, critical. A bit tired at the moment, I'll add some more later.

Bingo. In the case of Marshall, the cost of renovation was cheaper than New construction; however, the state would pay for a portion of the new construction and not the renovation. As a result, the city of Cleveland would pay less to build a new school than it would to renovate it.

Voting record for Marshall demolition... Yea: Bob brown, Phyllis Cleveland, John Torres, brancatelli, bauccas? The city architect. Nay: Lauren balla, Tom coffeey, rattsteader, mason. . Phyllis was filling in for Allan Dreyer.

We do already have at 2 suburban parks comprised solely of light industrial and business uses that you describe: Hinckley Parkway http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/16806035/Hinckley-Industrial-Parkway-Schaaf-Road-Cleveland-OH/ and Johnson Parkway (http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/16281538/Johnston-Parkway-Garfield-Heights-OH/ - although that building is in garfield heights, north of NEO parkway in the map is Cleveland). I live near the Hinckley Parkway, and anecdotally, there's several existing properties there for sale with that vacant land in the link [FWIW, that land has been for sale for 15+ years, next to a hillside]. (I'll concede that unfortunately, developers and prospective tenants may or may not want the new construction that Euclid Ave provides.) Regardless of that, the BRT was designed to compliment Euclid Ave's density with multiple mixed-use areas. Straphanger, there's at least one new devel there on Euclid that has surface parking (behind the building) I recall; although I have to run now to the city planning commish meeting.

At the Dec. 19th City planning commission meeting: Pending demolition for 3 adjacent buildings on Broadway. One of the buildings, former Goodman's Furniture, has some nice architectural elements on the outside. The Design Review Committee tabled this demolition because they wanted to save some of the ornamental features. Its owner, the city of Cleveland, is going to find out how much it will cost to salvage those elements (and find someone to take them, because they do not have the storage space for them). One hasty quote [for removing them] that the city received was $10k; But they're going to get firmer quotes, and this will come back [as far as I remember] to the Commish at the next meeting. My guess is that if it's anything over $10k or if they don't have anyone interested in the elements, they'll demolish it. The overall time frame on this building is relatively fast, city hopes to have this demo'd in 6-8 weeks. These buildings are right next to Holy Family Church, near the intersection of Harvard and Broadway]. Addresses: 8414, 8418, 8358 Broadway. The buildings' internal structure is nearly all wood. - There's no redevelopment plan yet for the land.

not to thread spam, but it's updated ! Some updates: - Added University Circle, Glenville, Buckeye, Union-Miles Neighborhoods - Renamed Larchmere to Shaker Square thanks to mytwosense http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,25700.msg583668.html#msg583668 (Larchmere will be readded as a sub-neighborhood)

A long overdue update is finally coming within the next 72 hours =)

#60 !

They were all temporarily withdrawn by the applicant at today's meeting and Coyne mentioned aloud that the applicant (didn't say specifically who) will be back in January. No leads on who is behind it.