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What I found amazing about this build was that it went up like a lego kit (save for the concrete deck pours); all of the prefabricated peices basically snapped together to give you what you see now. That elevator tower went from ground level to the height it's at now in about a day and a half.

Yeah, if you type in 44114 in the zip code locator, it pulls up '515 Euclid Ave coming soon'.

Also, Nexus Cafe was giving out coffee samples this morning in the old Caddyshack patio; they said the grand opening is Monday.

I noticed that the garage for the Calfee building has been scaled back significantly from what was originally in the rendering. From this (the structure attached at the rear): http://media.cleveland.com/business_impact/photo/calfee-exterior-renderingjpg-939b64c3c54c9cf3.jpg To this: http://www.clevelandconstruction.com/ProjectImages/777 Rockwell Garage.png

I think they just applied a some sort of blur/watercolor filter to the existing photo. The PD probably asked them for a rendering and someone whipped that up in 10 seconds.

http://lhonline.com/topstory/kimpton_chief_talks_adaptive_reuse_0309/ Kimpton Chief Talks Adaptive Reuse

This. I simply get tired of driving (at least around here). I had a 240sx that I fixed up and had fun with while I lived in Athens, but driving down there is a completely different experience than driving up here. When I drive in Cleveland I constantly find myself saying "you've gotta be kidding", mostly due to other drivers and the density of the street grid. Taking the bus or rapid is just so much less stressful, makes a huge impact on how I perceive the enjoyment of my day.

^^ Presto at Euclid and 4th? Pretty sure it's still there.

Pretty sure that's going to be Josh Kabat's Cleveland Pickle sandwich shop. http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/order-up/Content?oid=2784650

Quite a bit of activity (relatively speaking) at the JHB buildings lately. Lights have been turned on, ventilated plywood on a number of windows, boxes of supplies set up inside and workers doing some sort of demo.

Now watch them come back and sue over lost revenue because they weren't given the same treatment as the casino garage.

I would be all for it, except my biggest beef with the current location is their basketball court. You can't shoot a baseline 3 point jumper without nailing the underside of the overhead track. I don't see how they would accomodate a full size bball court in the Galleria (Or a track for that matter).

Ok, after reading that article and the comments from the developer, I take back what I said about this being some response to the parking needs for students at Tri-C. It has nothing to do with Tri-C. And won't be done tastefully. And will destroy the Prospect storefronts. They may as well remove the sidewalks from prospect on both sides of the street on that block.

So this is the same idea floated for the 515 garage, correct? http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,3198.180.html

Looks from the shading that floors 2-5 will have the glass removed.

Hah, KJP, when they start the rennovations, you can get shots on one side of the building, i'll cover the Rose side. Admittedly, from my vantage point, it's nothing but bare brick and concrete left.

I doubt it. I don't think the parking will involve the ground floor aside from pedestrian entrances/exits. I believe the blame should be placed on tri-c, who was having trouble attracting students to the culinary campus because of parking issues. Also, it can always be converted back into a department store in the future. This isn't the end of the building's usefulness. Just a way to make use of it since there is apparently no demand for using it for any other reason.

I submitted 'other' since I'm multimodal. In the mornings I'm dropped off by car at the Clinic by the new research lab. I walk down 105th to the Healthline station and take that to the E. 9th station which is essentially at the front door of where I work. In the evenings I either take the Red Line Rapid or Healthline, depending on whether I have class, to University Circle station. If the 32 eastbound is there and close to it's departure time, I'll hop on that, but mostly I'll walk up to Cedar and on to a little bit past Coventry. It's a nice 20 minute walk to end my day and reflect.

You mean you think you'll see something like this in a couple weeks? It may alleviate the parking crisis of 2012.

The second floor, at least, is going to be Dwellworks' new office.

At least in my mind, it's not that these people are "part of the problem", but are instead "not part of the solution". Which is fine, no one should be obligated to be that person. But I would praise anyone who would test the "can you raise a child successfully in Cleveland" question.

When did the idea of moving to the suburbs to raise children start happening in Cleveland, and did it follow the trend of other cities? Did the availability of cars to the common family expedite this process? Is this attitude prevalent today in other cities like NYC or Boston? What happens to your children when you raise them in downtown Cleveland? Do they turn into black youths that look at women like they are fresh meat? I guess I don't understand the flee first ask later mentality. Isn't how your children turn out dependent on how you raise them as parents, and not where you raise them? Is there a map at the hospital when your kids are born that shows an ever growing salary that your child will earn in successive concentric rings surrounding the city core? Or a percentage chance that your child will be murdered/drug-addicted rising in the reverse direction? I understand not wanting to raise your child in a high crime or drug-infested area of town, but there are plenty of stable areas in the city (with houses with yards and neighbors). I think many people believe that the IQ and character of their children is at stake when choosing city life vs inner ring vs outer ring life. Perhaps they are right; it'd be interesting to do a longitudinal study on children raised in Cleveland, inner ring neighborhoods, and suburbs over the course of 25 years.

The lack of live coral is disappointing. I can think of reasons why they didn't implement it (insufficient lighting, lighting costs, nutrient/fert costs, new tank syndrome) and can only hope that they will at some point put some in. It hardly takes an 'aquarium snob' to build and maintain a marine tank with coral. But you would think this is one of the most important and visible parts of an aquarium that features marine fish. I would have expected a post from the rainbow darter aficionado by now.

No longer the case here. They just finished 'unnaming' the old Huntington building.

This is my take: