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How many are season ticket holders?

Would the convention center be ready in time?

Just a quick question, for buildings that are half apartments/condos, half hotel, is the hotel typically on the top half or the bottom half? I would assume the hotel would be on the bottom with residencies up top.

KJP, I beleve both of us are talking about the White building on the south side of Euclid next to Rascal House. You can see it in this old rendering Here is the old college town plan

It would be nice to see more of this take place

I really dont want to see that building go. Any one know the year it was built. Does it have a name? Anyways the only way I can somewhat be okay with the decision to demolish it is if they planed on demolishing the whole lot, so that includes peobodys and rascal house to give them a full lot to work with. It sucks because in old designs you see them integrating the building quite nicely and thats what I was hoping for.

The nest isnt outside the large hall though. Its outside of this room.

highways... :x yeah there are many reasons why the population dropped. If you look, almost every east coast/midwest city had a drop in population after the 1950s census. Including chicago and new york.

3... 2... 1... :shoot:

More like clearly a New Amsterdam Hotel couldnt be converted into a holiday inn. It had too much character and historical content. The only option was to knock it down and build an ugly characterless building for a hotel that would go out of business that then a college(like CSU) could buy up and renovate into dorms for the time being and then eventually close. It was clearly the only option and im glad the planners/developers where smart enough at the time to realize it. God bless their souls! :roll:

^Hahahah. "Hey black boy, you ain't going to throw on us today. This is ridiculous, why are you letting a WR throw a football!"

^ Thanks. It clearly shows that viking hall out does this building any day, what great vision :roll: Should we thank Holiday Inn for the beutiful gift?

Well it appears that the new design will eat up that whole lot in between st clair and "Hamilton" avenue. And it also will have nice street presence with no set back http://media.cleveland.com/countyincrisis/photo/medical-mart-designjpg-73605da22bc3fb69.jpg

Does MRN plan on trying to gain control of the prospect side of the colonial arcade? What would that mean for the building?

<b>Hillis takes a different kind of trash talk</b> In an interview with Dan Patrick, Hillis dropped a whopper on us after being asked if he understood the whole "novelty of being a white running back." Unfortunately, it harkens back to a week ago with all of the trash talk going on between the Patriots and New York Jets. One wonders whether there is a fine line about what is and isn't acceptable. I'm going to assume that everybody believes the following is unacceptable. http://www.boston.com/sports/blogs/thebuzz/2011/01/peyton_hillis_t.html

If I was a developer and had the money I would love to recreate some of Cleveland's lost great architecture. Even if not im the original location it would be cool to bring back some of the dead. Imagine seeing some of these great old buildings we see in this thread being recreated and brought back to life. And if I REALLY had ALOT money I would wipe out everything between superior and lakeside, east of e 13th, and west of the freeway, that lacked any significance. Then I would build block after block of buildings from our past. That would be amazing

^ I gave fair warning! :lol: :(

What did you get out of this article? <b>Developer shells out $9M for prime real estate</b> Seizing a downtown Cleveland real estate opportunity that the advent of casino gambling promises to enrich, developer and parking lot proprietor Louis Frangos is the new owner of most of a key block near Quicken Loans Arena and Progressive Field. It's the first appearance of big-league bucks — $9 million — trying to stake out ground near the potential temporary casino at the Higbee Building and the planned casino to be built on Huron Road south of Tower City Center... http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20110110/SUB1/110109876/1053/TOC&Profile=1053 And if the link doesnt work for you... http://tinyurl.com/6e53jr6

Here are some interesting pictures, mostly from the 60s and 70s here they are! WARNING: Be ready to feel sick! :( http://www.flickr.com/photos/27484989@N08/sets/72157611381993522/

This is what used to be where Viking Hall stands now The building on the right looks familiar :lol: Hopefully it stays alive

You have any program that runs powerpoint?

MTS, do you see a large student population presence in shaker square? Do they have an affect on the neighborhood?

Apparently you can tour the Doan Electric Building if you call and set up an appointment. It would be interesting to get pictures of the inside. Here are the numbers 216-687-5423 or 216-687-5121

If anywhere it would probably have to be on the CSU campus

I came across a report from december 2009(so its a little old) and it had the Occupancy rates of several buildings. 1900 Euclid Lofts: 80 Units, 97% WT Grant Lofts: 73 Units, 92% Statler Arms: 295 Units, 84% Reserve Square: 762 Units, 92% The Chesterfield: 415 Units, 94% The Osborn Building: 120 Units, 98% University Commons: 100 Units, 97% Heritage Suites: 148 Units, 89% There are several other apartments on the list that are not downtown. Shaker Square seems like a popular spot for students with a few buildings being around 75% occupied by students. The ones listed above all seem to be at least 10% occupied with students. With Statler at 20% and then University Commons being at 99% students and the rest being staff or faculty. It shows how big of an impact CSU students have on downtown residency rates. http://www.csuohio.edu/offices/architect/projects/northcampus/marketingcsu.pdf