Whipjacka

I walked through today and it felt pretty vibrant to me. Tons of people sitting around. laughing, yelling, full of life. I thought that was the point of public spaces like this Also, this feels like an offshoot of your 'how the terminal tower ruined public square' thread.

i wouldn't say they are diluting their brand, they are just opening in places that the people on here don't agree with. having a far east side location would probably dilute their brand less than having one right in between two places that are already only fifteen minutes apart. I'm not saying a downtown location would necessarily compete with the other locations or that it wouldn't work, but a mentor location seems, to me, to be a much less risky bet.

i dont think this was posted http://fox8.com/2012/05/09/photos-horseshoe-casino-sneak-peek/

There is a kinda good restaurant called under the clock downtown (state street). Their zoo is surprisingly good for a city of its size. Minor league baseball too with some sports bars around. I have never been to the bicentennial tower, but it is probably worth checking out. The problem with erie is all the retail is on peach street and is like a bigger version of mentor ave in mentor, meaning not walk-able at all.

You're correct. According to a Thomas Ott PD article this morning, Rock Ohio is appealing the loss of FCE's potential federal tax credit loss, due to the skyway's alteration of the historic Higbee's building facade. Wouldn't that mean that it is still an "if"...... if they are in the appeal process? What about the City? The federal tax credit loss is only one hurdle. Did the planning commission and any other necessary agency already approve the skywalk? I thought the issue was tabled last we heard. I was also wondering if the city had already agreed to the skywalk; I don't remember. if not, then i doubt it will happen. The casino will have no leverage. With the building open and hundreds of millions of dollars invested, horseshoe cant threaten to walk like they did in the Columbia meetings.

Michael Symon loves cleveland. "Flee to the Cleve" Celeb chef Michael Symon will show you why his hometown totally rocks" By NICOLE RUPERSBURG Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/travel/flee_to_the_cleve_VKto60FRnjwoSzXr0ZvaFL#ixzz1u0kAzq00 By now a familiar face to anyone watching the cable cooking shows — and now finding an even broader audience as the co-host of ABC's food-centric daytime talkshow, "The Chew," Michael Symon — or, rather, make that Iron Chef Michael Symon — began his career far out of the spotlight, in his hometown of Cleveland. There, he was one of the city's earliest and most vocal advocates for revival, opening a restaurant, Lola, in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood back in the 1990s, at a time when the area was still plagued by arson and the occasional car bombing. Since then, Symon has watched the city's urban core redevelop, one neighborhood at a time. Symon, who says his New York friends like to poke fun at him for selecting struggling Rust Belt cities like Cleveland and Detroit for his restaurants, shrugs it off, proud of what the city's become. “There are the obvious things — the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum, the Great Lakes Science Center, the Cleveland Botanical Garden — that are unbelievable. But for a mid-market city we have tons of stuff," he says. "We have one of the best symphonies in the country, an incredible number of restaurants from casual to upscale that have been driven by farmers markets for 15 years, way before it was cool to be farm-to-table, cocktail places long before Milk & Honey opened, and a market — West Side — that doesn’t exist anywhere else in the country.”

there need to be about three more bars on the square. The new restaurants there seem to be pretty successful. I don't think people knew what they were missing until some good eats got there.

final product aside, it is the most recent academic building at kent and it shows they are down to try designs that aren't the mid 60's brick which we see all over campus.

it is visible from phase II casino.

they tried with the math and computer science building

there is a horseshoe gift shop for sure. there is a pic on their facebook. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=348764768506254&set=a.313194578729940.66482.268283773221021&type=3&theater

i guess, at kent, of the 34 arrested, only four were ksu students.

it's picture perfect and you offer no picture? Don't worry, I gotchu. https://twitter.com/#!/SamMcNultyCLE/status/194232530067652609/photo/1

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unique. ive never seen the skyline from the east over the water. It is definitely worth checking out.

i'll try to take some picks of downtown this week, when its warmer and less windy. brick is going up on the new construction on water street

I find it difficult to blame gilbert for this. They do have to protect their investment. Hotels have a bar and restaurant and malls have a food court. At some point, Horseshoe needs amenities that are expected from an establishment like this. At least they are hooked up with local food places so they get to wet their beaks.

My gal and I went to edgewater and dike 14 on earf day and she snapped this on her iphone. No pic from the preservation, sorry. 398288_3811015681715_1467180051_33427018_619231529_n by mmurph46, on Flickr

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are we underestimating the patrons? my mother likes to gamble. When she goes to presque isle, she might eat at the buffet; when she goes to niagra falls, she eats at places in town. I think we are painting these 50 year old white women with a broad brush. Also, i am in college and people who go to kent are excited about the Cleveland casino. These are people who wouldn't dream of going to racinos, so i agree with MTS' statement that "The idea that only old white 50 something women will visit is BS to me."

that was the house of the first women kent state faculty member, i think

The Zoo's biggest celebrity dies and nobody bothers to tell me? I am very upset. 400-pound Aldabra tortoise dies at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Jen Steer, newsnet5.com. 04/11/2012 CLEVELAND - Tim the tortoise, one of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo’s oldest residents, passed away on Tuesday. The male Aldabra tortoise was more than 100 years old when an animal-keeper found him unresponsive in his winter quarters, the zoo said in a news release on Wednesday. The zoo’s staff will conduct an animal autopsy, or necropsy, to determine Tim’s cause of death. Read more: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/400-pound-aldabra-tortoise-dies-at-cleveland-metroparks-zoo#ixzz1sXNzHGrA

I seem to remember litt's article saying the buildings were meant to look generic in order to showcase MOCA. Like a curator at a museum using basic wall colors and spacing to better show the art. I look at uptown as an example on how new development is supposed to communicate with the street. The actual architecture of the building, for me, was secondary. This might be a better fit, aesthetically, once we see what the second phase and lot 45 look like.

acoustics mean something and basketball arenas are rarely good for sound.

i appreciate the festiveness of this, but i would hate it if i were a driver