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Who sits on a grassy slope downtown? Those who are already living and working downtown. We all need parks in our neighborhoods to eat lunch, walk the dog, sketch the skyline on a notepad, throw snowballs at each other, etc That sounds nice but doest happen. Its almost completely dead at all times. Between Mall A, B, and C, Huntington Park, Willard Park, Federal Building Park, Public Square, plus several plazas, that area is over saturated with public open space. None of it is surrounded by good uses/ground floor storefronts or any residential making things worse.

Unfortunatelty the way the west side developed, they don't have many of the these streets. Except for Clark Fulton (which is in terrible shape) what major commercial street exists south of Lorain? Lorain has some decent sections but they are located in low density blah housing areas, farther away from any employment center or good transportation. Even breakages can cause massive damage. Look how hard it had been to extend Ohio city west on Lorain!

Cool! I'd prefer the central parking lot and the apartment building switch places. The apartments should be along West 20th. Would make it more urban/walkable

^ How does their food work?. Im not familiar that concept.

Cleveland really hurt itself with all of these demolitions over the years. When neighborhoods rebound, its usually off of a commercial/mixed use neighborhood "main street". Cleveland has practically demolished all of these or just enough to ruin any flow. The problem is, new build construction to fill the gaps, or build completely new will probably never be viable, especially because without the main street, its hard for the residential streets to rebound on their own. Also we are no longer in a time period where small buildings on one parcel get built on at a time. For anything to happen, it requires several dozen parcels. Add this to the fact that our neighborhoods are low density and I think we really screwed ourselves over.

If they pay for it and not the city then perfect. The only thing that matters is a good team. A crap team in Cowboy stadium isn't fun fan experience. I'm not watching the browns lose and think "this would be so much better if only I had a larger scoreboard and wienerdog races at halftime!"

I agree. And wasn't the "big" announcement already made like a month or two ago?

It sucks that Waterloo is at the southern end of the neighborhood, completely cut off by the highway and railroads. Makes it tough for it to become a neighborhood center.

I just hope that the already somewhat slow/often delayed healthline isn't extended. I'd rather see a new BRT route, as an extension would probably cause even more delays. I didn't know a separate route was a possibility.

^ how long would it take on the healthline to get from the eastern end of route to public square? Has to be far too long to be a viable option.

The Burnham plan in my opinion was a failure from the start. I don't mind varying from it, as we already have.

^ why not have both? If someone wants to make a skylift from downtown to the lakefront that's fine. If you want your connection, make the effort the skylift people did and get your idea out there and start raising funds/attention for it.

So the building is going to be ruined?

The 300 space underground garage costs $60,000 per space and takes up first floor space and takes up Hamilton Avenue. They said they are looking into removing the garage from the plan and making a connection to the Huntington Courthouse Garage and do something different with Hamilton Avenue. Also a lady on the council asked if they they looked into whether or not this building will block lake views from other buildings and that that should be addressed (which I see as ridiculous) and they say that is why they rotated the building. Someone else asked about the skylift and they said theyd be open to the idea if funding was available but they arent funding it or building a port without funding, but the idea could be done on top of the podium.

I couldn't tell but will there be retail spaces on the side facing Mall B?

When does the little Italy station actually break ground?

Either crime is on the rise in the city and inner ring suburbs, or the new Plain Dealer loves reporting every crime to increase website views. Could be a little bit of both.

Constantino's is nice and all but they are ridiculously expensive. I don't know why everyone is such big fans. I personally would never do my big shopping there. I wouldnt shop Giant Eagle either but they are still better price wise than Constantino's

Agreed. Walking is the best way to find properties. Also sometimes the restaurants have for rent signs up in the window or in the restaurant for the apartments above.

^blaming the victim?!!! ;) In all seriousness this is not good. We can't rip on people for not living in the city if this keeps on happening. Crime isn't just a "perceived" issue as people like to say. It's a real issue. That being said I still feel safe in Gordon Square, but I've only been there during the day. As for being responsible for your own behaviors I agree. The piece of sh!t THUG is responsible for HIS behaviors.

Emma Stone dude. I'm going to find her and keep her. I never understood the hype with her. Fairly average (for Hollywood) IMO. THANK YOU! And you are being kind.

I dont think these have been posted before.

I'm a huge rail advocate, but the problem with rail is that it requires massive right of ways and has a high cost. Our ridership/density unfortunately doesn't really justify the cost of rail. Additionally our system doesn't really need to be extended as much as it needs to be completely rerouted.

Not to sound rude, but what is the problem that the skylift is a solution to? These things aren't really fast and efficient people movers. The bridge is a solution, this seems like just a gimmick. My fear as well. Has a study on it even been done? Seems a little late to include it in a the CC hotel design It's an attraction and would make the city a bigger attraction. In addition it would offer some great views of our city as a more active and unique "observation deck". Cheaper too. IMO the skylift is much cooler than the hampster tube to the lakefront. I don't see speed as a concern as it is faster than the average bus, and offers a more direct route in this situation. The skylift is a business and can possibly make money. Bridge lights, although cool, don't. RTA seems to have trouble keeping there stations maintained. Should we shut them down?

Are any of the tenants new to downtown? The city? County? Or state?