sizzlinbeef

July 2020:

You'd be hard pressed to find a "functional" original 1950's bathroom today. They have a lifespan. It has passed. Waterproofing didn't exist back then. My house (1952) had those same bathrooms. Everyone used those same tiles and fixtures in different combos in the 50's. The downstairs tub/shower was tile directly over plaster veneer over rocklathe. We used it sparingly. When we tore it out, there was moisture permeating all the way to the studs through the cracks in the veneer and the porous rocklathe. Mildew in the stud cavities. The string grid they used as tile spacers worked nicely as wicks of moisture. But you wouldn't know it looking at that gleaming 50's porcelain. The upstairs standup shower was a fat mud job, took two weekends to demo with a sledge. At some point the lead shower pan was replaced/augmented with a pvc liner. It still leaked and rotted the bottom quarter of most of the studs and even water damaged the hardwood floors of the master bedroom. Fun stuff.

Reminds me of Forest City Brewery's back yard.

Or run a new "O Line" trolley between the two points. "Sponsored by the Outlet Shoppes of Cleveland. Give us your O face and ride free!"

I will preface this by saying that I also grew up watching Mr. Rogers and felt he had a very positive influence on my childhood/life. Shortly after Mr. Rogers filmed the segment about the Nabisco plant that made graham crackers, my dad accepted a management position at that same plant (Roosevelt Blvd in Philly). One of the supervisors told him that Mr. Rogers was just a snobby, stuck up a*hole the entire time he was there filming. Wouldn't let anyone touch him, talked down to people, etc. So either he was having a bad day in the neighborhood or really wasn't always as nice as he portrayed in his shows. https://www.misterrogers.org/episode-playlist/batch-24-1516-1517-1518-1519-1520/

Facebook now giving contractors driving white work vans a bad name. https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/04/tech/facebook-white-vans/index.html

Usual urbanohio criticism of Allard aside, I think he could have written a majority of this article based on Quinn's fluff piece on the event before it happened. It just had a weird forced vibe about it from the onset. If you read CWRU's official description of AI, it doesn't really fit the nature of the summit at all. "Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is an approach that focuses on what’s working well, analyzing why it is working well and how to do more of it." The premise of the summit, and the Quinn piece was that Cleveland isn't doing well, or Cleveland is at a tipping point of failure, and how do we fix it.

Clearly Cedar Fair is relocating to Cleveland, building a supertall on the nucleus site, and constructing the world's largest indoor amusement park on the lakefront which will simultaneously enclose FirstEnergy Stadium under a massive roof.

Did Ram23 just win the thread?

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2019/10/cleveland-rising-concludes-aspires-to-greatness-needs-a-way-forward.html The results are as vague as the premise.

Yeah...I got left behind after living downtown for stints in 2008-2009 and 2010-2012. For a two bedroom to support what had then become my family, it was just not possible at my income level at the time, unless I didn't care about saving any money for the future. I'm not sure why people are bitter though. You can't always get what you want? I ended up buying a house within walking distance of a rapid station. Monthly mortgage, property tax, utilities, etc is lower than a 1 BR downtown. Maybe when we strike it big we can move back.

So what we learned is that Somera Road really has a thing for buildings that were built for the Ohio Bell Telephone Company.

Walking by yesterday, and sorry I did not snap a picture, but the circular LED panel inside the "O" was illuminated as a basketball, so yes they do/will change based on what event is going on.

The Higbee Buildling, now taking one in both ends.

Right. Surely there was more feedback than a red rubber stamped REJECTED on the cover page.

Isn't that exactly what he's doing with the May Co building?

As a daily green line rider I can assure you that even if you rang the bell and stood dutifully at the door, there would still be about a 50% chance the operator would be in autopilot mode and just blows by the stop anyway. I feel bad for the individuals that have to use the stops between Warrensville and Shaker Square.

Medical Mutual will be in the entire 4 story office building but none of the attached warehouse space. Yes, the company is still growing and recently acquired a smaller Dayton area insurance company.

Supposedly, and I'm loosely quoting the CEO here, "We considered building a 'Taj Mahal' but the board shot it down". I guess that comes with the territory being a mutual company. But yes, the Rose building and the annex on Prospect is still very much the HQ. Brooklyn is going to be IT/OPS. It got completely gutted down to the concrete floors/pillars and is being refitted. Currently drywalling/cabling/etc. If Mov2Ohio was on the roof I've got a handful of companies I could guess he works for.

Looks like Juliet balconies like they used on The Langston apartments, so they'll at least be functional.

Apply for historic preservation tax credits. That's what they're there for.

This whole 310 Prospect thing is reminiscent of the Stanley Block/Dice Park fiasco.

Since Burke has the highest operational capacity, we should consolidate Akron-Canton and/or Cuyahoga County into Burke.

"At only half the height of the neighboring apartment building, design-review committee member Krysta Pesarchick questioned whether the condo building’s scale was appropriate. Kline responded that project financing would not support a taller structure." We're going to self-finance, but only to the extent that we wouldn't incur any real risk.

Pretty dang close: