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"Phase one" will be going into the Higbee Building. They demolished the columbia building in order to build the "welcome center" aka parking garage... "Phase Two" which will be the new build will be built behind tower city here... http://maps.google.com/maps?q=41.496324,-81.693842&ll=41.4972,-81.693317&spn=0.004211,0.009645&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.875,57.630033&num=1&t=k&vpsrc=6&z=17 So... Higbee(Phase 1) Parking Garage... Welcome Center Phase 2

I dont agree with alot of the negative comments toward people who live in the suburbs, and its not like every college kid can just move away from home that easy. But you cant design downtown based on people who choose to live far away, many who wont frequent the city often. Look what it got us. A bunch of demolished buildings and tons of ugly parking lots. That really hurt the city, and continues to today. Its not like CSU has no parking spaces, its just that people dont want to walk from the south garage. And imagine a CSU with 15,000 residents and 15,000 commuters! Wont happen anytime soon but I think due to its location, CSU has the ability to always attract a large number of commuters, but also have a large residential base as well. The city would benefit greatly from it.

Just found out my brother and a few friends took the Healthline from University Circle to East 2nd last night to go to West 6th. It was there first time riding RTA. I asked my brother if he had trouble buying a ticket and he said that the machine wasnt working and that they all just bought tickets from inside the bus. They needed exact change which made it a little difficult. Luckily they are more laid back so it didnt bother them, but thats not what should be happening. RTA has to do something about those machines!

Cleveland State has the greatest ability to change downtown in my opinion. Personally I think there is enough parking for the schools demand. As they add more dorms and apartments, some of the students that do commute will no longer need parking space. Many will remain commuters for many reasons, and they will have plenty of parking available. More students will be living on campus, creating a more 24/7 campus/downtown. More students equals more business which ends up attracting more people. If CSU could have 10,000 students living on campus, you would see tons of benefits to downtown. Those 10,000 who now are currently going to Kent, Bowling Green, OU, OSU, would have much more a positive effect if they were living in Downtown Cleveland, from a Cleveland perspective. Also they would then be more exposed to living in an urban environment, and walking and taking public transportation, which would hopefully make them want to stay in the city, and not move out to Westlake or Mentor.

It can be a horrible first impression on the system and the city.

Hopefully the Casino has a positive effect on 2013 Ontario

This is a great read. CSU Community Ignorant about South Garage Recently, I had the privilege of listening to a member of the faculty senate lament for 10 minutes about her troubles finding a parking spot on campus. She informed meeting attendees—including President Ronald Berkman—that finding a location had been a 40-minute excursion, making her late for her own classes. The same woman requested an all-faculty parking facility and a shuttle to and from that facility. She argued that all campus lots were full whenever she tried to park. Problem is, she hardly knew the south garage (and probably anything north of Chester Avenue) existed. Here are some numbers, courtesy of Charles Wiersma, director of parking services. The south garage has 623 parking spaces. Approximately 300 of those spaces sit unfilled every day. Parking services has tried repeatedly to increase utilization of the south garage, but despite their efforts, parkers treat it like a condemned structure. Wiersma also says there are 5,248 total spaces on campus and only 5,852 pre-paid hang tags have been sold for fall 2010 as of Sept. 23. Yes, the second number is slightly higher than the first, but there is no time during the week when all 5,852 hang tag holders are on campus in unison. Simple logic tells you there have to be spots somewhere. http://www.csucauldron.com/csu-community-ignorant-about-south-garage-1.1649490

From their website... "Lot S3 will shrink by 265 parking spaces as Campus Village construction begins. We encourage those affected to park in South Garage (400 spaces), built to accommodate the loss of parking for Campus Village." http://www.csuohio.edu/services/parking/

Wouldnt want to park in that garage!!! Now thats a far walk HAHA Anyways, the EAST 17th street garage is easy to find a parking spot probably up until 10:30 or 11. Maybe a little later. Couldnt tell you about the others though. The new rec center does connect.

For people complaining about the weather issue, there is no relevance in that argument. All you need to do is get to the student center and once your there, you never have to go outside, with the help of the interlinks. You're right, except for the fact that that adds even more distance to the walk and innerlink does not connect with every single building, specifically those on the eastern part of the campus. Yeah, I'm nit-picking here, but just want to get every bit of information out there. :) What buildings? The new Education building is the only one I would assume doesnt connect

For people complaining about the weather issue, there is no relevance in that argument. All you need to do is get to the student center and once your there, you never have to go outside, with the help of the interlinks. EDIT: And I agree with you that for the time being, they should build a booth in the South Garage and have it manned for prepaid parkers

I believe I read that they will be taking some of their lots at turning them into prepaid parking only. So people who dont have passes will just have to find somewhere a little bit farther away to park. Also a few weeks ago I went down there to show one of my friends the campus. The West, Central, and East garages(not sure if those are the correct names) were all full. Again this was around noon so this was the busiest time. I decided to go to the south garage and the garage was less than half full. The entire upper deck of the garage was completely empty. And as others have stated, its really not that far of a walk. Go to other campuses, non-urban, and students have to walk a much further distance to get to their classes everyday, in the same weather conditions. Hell if you really dont feel like walking you can wait for the E line trolley at the garage and take it over to the student center. I find it impossible to find a negative in turning a parking lot on Chester, into apartments with retail, and getting one step closer to a more walkable Chester.

The south garage is huge and always seems to haven open spaces, people just dont want to walk. And most garages are easy to get in around 9:00 AM. If you go around noon they get filled up but still, the south garage is an option.

I love glenville picture threads! Wish there were more!

The lights look cool at night

Wow the university architect told me it was built in 1910.

If Cleveland State can get a developer to build " $850 to $1,550 per month" apartments on a parking lot over there, how the hell cant we get ANYTHING built on the lots in the Warehouse district.

Based on the plans, are the front 3 buildings getting built first? That would require immediate demolitions

http://media.cleveland.com/metro/photo/02cgvillagejpg-d14e94f44d1080f6.jpg Cant get find the design of the buildings yet

I doubt it but they did tell me this... "As we progress with the building we will continue to explore options including salvaging the building and/or facade." Idk, seems like a bullsh!t response if you read the whole email.

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Hahahahhaaha I noticed that too.

Dont believe so Also I always thought this would be a good idea. When I searched it on google to see if it had already been proposed I saw KJP thought of the same thing! Haha