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Wasn't sure where to post this so if there is a more appropriate place, please move it. Please no Trayvon Martin discussions here. All posts going in that direction will be deleted(hopefully). A block club leader in Cleveland who runs a tight ship CLEVELAND, Ohio — The furor over the Trayvon Martin killing, at the hands of a neighborhood watch captain, makes me think about the purpose that such watch groups serve. It especially makes me think of Cleveland's Mount Pleasant neighborhood, home of the most no-nonsense street club leader I've ever met, Sam Smith. Smith is a human fence around his block on East 151st Street. Every day he stands watch over his street, ready to keep out the bad element and protect his neighbors.

Cleveland residents back Mayor Frank Jackson's plan for city schools, poll shows CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland residents aware of Mayor Frank Jackson's plan to improve schools in the city support it by a 2-to-1 ratio, according to a poll sought by Jackson and the Greater Cleveland Partnership. Sixty percent of those people said they have a positive opinion of the plan. The poll by the Triad Research Group in Rocky River also shows support for Jackson's plan rising to 75 percent after respondents were questioned about issues the Cleveland School District faces and about parts of the mayor's plan. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/04/poll_shows_overwhelming_number.html

Found this cool picture of Ohio City. Not sure when it was taken.

I saw this on facebook just now. Posted by David Ellison Each project that CHN and EDEN have proposed in their Housing First Initiative has escalated in price, providing greater tax credit benefits each time to the bankers and money-shufflers involved while providing no commensurate escalation in homeless benefits. OCI happens to be a neighborhood Community Development Corporation whose board is elected by its neighborhood membership. The board members and their voting records are our business. The physical form of the building proposed has nothing to do with the opposition, and despite its proposed AZEK brackets and cantilevered overhangs, is not much better design than the Hollywood Video building it will replace. Each efficiency apartment will cost $170,000 to create, at 100% public expense, and the financing allows the developer to own the building free and clear, with no investment on their own part, at the moment the doors open. The project has been promised tax abatement for 15 years with a likely 15 year extension. It will remove a property that produces $26,000/year in property taxes from the tax rolls. If anyone on this list can justify the councilman asking the police and the United States Attorney to keep an eye on me and my neighbors for speaking out against this plan, please do. If anyone can justify tortious interference against my ability to practice architecture in my neighborhood for not supporting this use of our tax dollars at this location, please do. We can do a lot better job helping people who are mentally disabled and chronically homeless than this. This particular project was rotten at its inception - it compromised the integrity of the KSU Urban Design Collaborative, it has never made good financial sense, and it has been as corrosive to our community as anything I have ever seen in Ohio City.

Thanks guys. I think he might go check out The Pointe at Gateway soon. I showed him it online and it looks nice. Is there any reason there are a lot available at the Grand Arcade? Should that be a red flag? He did tour those. He had mix feelings on the different ones they showed him.

My brother is planning on buying downtown at around $150,000 and would like to be near the bars. I know he is interested in the warehouse district but would probably fine with gateway as well. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on certain buildings. Thanks!

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Wasnt sure where to put this. Kind of funny and stupid. There is a video. City Hall sexcapades EASTLAKE, Ohio (WKYC) - An Eastlake,Ohio city employee admits that he exposed himself and sent photos of his genitals to a co-worker as part of a "private parts contest." Building Inspector Rich Vild dropped his pants in front of two female co-workers in September while they were standing in the parking lot of a Wickliffe night club. Vild also sent a photo of his penis to a different female colleague's cell phone. http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/city-hall-sexcapades

That had to some sort of major safety/fire hazard at Tower city.

Good to hear! Thanks!

^ Thank JMasek! He posted the report where I found the picture. And I did use the Waterfront line to avoid Tower City. They didnt run many trains over there and there were about 20 other people at the station.

Its all because of everyone trying to get on at one location (tower city). I think our system could easily handle 100,000 if it was regular traffic. Photo from the report. And this is not even the public square entrance floor.

Thanks. That actually doesn't look terrible. Still wish the Columbia would have survived but its time to move on.

Thanks Murray Hill! Your lists are awesome. Thanks for taking the time to put them together.

I dont think it had been mentioned so thanks for sharing. Those are good hours in my opinion. Also I know the space is larger than the CSU one, but does it have more regular books than the CSU one? I think I remember the one in CSU having a decent amount, nothing amazing or course, but decent.

Awesome! That adds to the list of apartments coming on board.

Does anyone know if any 2010 numbers have been released?

In case you missed it, I posted a link to where I originally posted these numbers. I was aware of the west bank. Oddly enough I reference you in the post lol. http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,26665.msg592170.html#msg592170

South of the lake?

^ I went generous and did everything East of the Cuyahoga, and West and North of I90

Exactly. I researched and found the true population of downtown because I kept on hearing 10,000 or 12,000. I was sad to learn we were not even at 8,000. I got a grand total of 9,471 Remove the prisoners/homeless and you get 6,817 Add about 400 for 668 Euclid avenue and you get to about 7,217 Remove the 800 or so Section 8 and you get 6,417 So there you have it. You can choose what number you like best, and what you think major retailers will care about. Im just kind of sick of Cleveland going around mentioning the 10,000 to 12,000 downtown population figure because its just not true and is misleading.

What hydrant? Its even present in google streetview. I believe its been like that almost every time ive gone there. http://g.co/maps/jucmx

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You mean more than just the total which includes County Jail inmates?? :-P Yeah I knew I did the math before and came up with a more true downtown population stat. I got 6,817. 668 was not included in the census, so you can add another 400 to that getting you at 7,217. But that number still includes section 8, and public housing, which aren't the usual numbers people want to brag about, and not the population critical in gaining retail downtown. This is my original post describing where the number came from and why we often hear 10,000 and 12,000. http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,26665.msg592170.html#msg592170 While I agree that including the county jail population is a bit misleading, what is with the tendency to not consider Section 8 renters as "real" downtown residents?! These individuals have chosen to use their vouchers to live downtown, they contribute to the downtown economy, pay their taxes, and often care very much for their community. I've been in the buildings and spoken to the residents. At the very least, a building that's primarily Section 8 is one less that's market rate, which only creates more demand for new apartment/condo construction or conversion in this market, which is a good problem to have. But please, perpetuating an image that the only downtown residents worth counting are yuppies or hipsters living in lofts is unfortunate. The context of that post was in relation to retail numbers. When someone says you need so many residents to start bringing retail downtown, those retailers aren't looking at homeless shelters or section 8 renters as their key market. That's why you don't see anything opening up in central. So yes I would count them, but not in regards to retail.