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UC will be densing up in the next few years which is nice to see. Does anyone know what is up with the building on Euclid owned by the catholic church that is for sale. Has anyone heard ideas floating around.

I drove past the the Tudor Arms building for the first time in a few weeks and it is noticeably nicer looking already. I can't wait to check out the inside when they are done.

sorry forgot the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/sports/baseball/28choo.html

Indians’ Choo Is Thriving, but Duty Calls in South Korea CLEVELAND — Imagine a high school where baseball is the only curriculum. How many boys would love that? No more pencils, no more books, only fastballs, changeups and hooks? Shin-Soo Choo, the star outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, had that experience in Pusan, South Korea. “I don’t think of school,” he said. “I just play baseball.” As Choo described it at Progressive Field this week, he started a five-hour practice every morning at 7. More practice followed after an hour break. At 5 o’clock, the player-students broke for showers and dinner, then lifted weights from 9 to 10 p.m. They slept on campus and visited their families on Sundays. The regimen worked for Choo, who was the best young player and pitcher in South Korea and signed with the Seattle Mariners, as an outfielder, for $1.35 million in 2000. But he said it left students with no career options except baseball and gave him a warped perspective on the game. This has got to be good exposure for Cleveland in South Korea.

Yeah Coventry is great to both live and hang out in but 327 is right about harder to get to. A lot of the Heights neighborhoods would probably require you to drive to school which you may or may not prefer.

Yes i am aware that african-americans do not feel comfortable in Little Italy and i can understand that but I don't think its anywhere as bad as it used to be and I don't think it is a "safety issue". A lot of the old timers are gone and I would bet that the neighborhood is 75% students anyway. I have heard some stories of "the ways things used to be" but there are always people of different races and ethnicities eating at the restaurants and living in the neighborhood these days so I don't think that it is a huge concern. I guess if this still concerns somebody Murray hill away from Mayfield has all the same benefits of the neighborhood without the reputation of Mayfield and its side streets.

Downtown is the safest in the city proper besides Little Italy. I have lived here for the past two years. I'm a guy but I know tons of female students living in the neighborhood that love it and always feel safe. It is a one block walk from the Health Line that takes you right to the law school and there are a lot of young people in the area since Case Western is very close. Rent is cheap and while you might have to search a bit to find a nicer place there are a range of options to choose from. I'm going to CSU Law next year too and I am living here so it will definitely work.

Looks like The Irishman is on track: http://www.movieset.com/theirishman/news/rwyt5f/Anchor-Bay-takes-U.S.-rights-to-%E2%80%98Irishman%E2%80%99

I agree that creating newer housing on the east side should be a priority but i agree with straphanger that there is just not enough desire to live in midtown. Even if Euclid was developed, if you go a block north or south you would still be in a rough neighborhood. I see the chester-105th area as more viable because of its proximity to university circle but the area between maybe e. 40ish and e. 80ish might be better served with this medical technology development.

Oh and the apartment floorplans include a lot of studios, 1 bedroom and some 2 bedroom so it looks like it will be affordable and not too crazy luxury oriented. This kind of housing option is really needed in this area. It is either too nice like at Park Lane Villa or too junky in Little Italy. Students have to go up into the heights for better quality affordable apartments.

I went into the UCI office at mayfield and euclid today because i noticed new uptown renderings set up. They had a bunch of large prints of renderings including some that were not posted online. They also had floorplans for the apartments. The girl setting it up said that groundbreaking will occur in July and that includes the demolition of the corner building where MOCA will go. It is looking good, I'm waiting to sign a lease in 2 years

This kind of grosses me out. I don't know how appropriate this is for a dining destination but whatever. As long as you can't see them from the street I think it will be fine. A dead body is probably the last thing I want to see before I go out for dinner. If it draws people downtown then I'll take it.

I looked at apartments on Hessler a year or two ago by I believe Janice Gogger but may have been someone else. I mentioned how cool the area will be after Uptown opens up and she laughed and said that they had failed over the past 20 years and that it won't happen. There were a few apartments that she said she would not rent at all because she needed to preserve their historic character and did not want anyone to live there. She just seemed a bit too protective of her little street complaining about CIA students across the street and just pissed in general about any kind of change. Whoever owns buildings on Hessler will probably see their property values rise because of the project and they need to get a grip that they live by a university, an art school, and a music school and can not block any kind of development that will dense up the area. I have dreamed that someday this project would become a reality and it seems like my wish will come true. My main question is what will they do to the triangle for their mini east 4th alley? It is pretty ugly right now and will need some work to look decent compared to the new building on the south side of Euclid. None of the images provide any hints but it looks pretty dreary right now.

I'm from Chagrin and not many students walk to school. It is impossible to walk to the elementary school and the number that walk to the others is very small. $500,000 for pavement markings seems a bit ridiculous for one of the wealthiest communities in Ohio. Congrats to them for getting it but it could have been used better somewhere else.

Does anybody know what is going on with the project between Chester and Payne with the dorms around the baseball field? There was an article last year saying that CSU was picking between 2 finalists and that construction could start the summer of 2010. Any more news on this?

http://clevelandmedicalmart.com/ I could be wrong but I don't remember the website having as much info on it before. It is advertising pretty heavily that there will be 90 foot column spacing making the suspended ceiling design seem unlikely. http://www.clevelandmedicalmart.com/event-planners/exhibit-halls/

I live on the last street off of Euclid before East Cleveland and I feel that there is currently an invisible barrier keeping people from living there. I know that the new mayor is working with UCI to create some new housing or renovate a lot of houses but As long as East Cleveland is its own municipality I don't think they will have much success. I don't see how it benefits from having its own government. I don't doubt that EC voters would be ok with being annexed by Cleveland but does Cleveland even want EC. I feel that EC would get a lot of benefits by gaining the extra muscle that Cleveland has but it would also bring along a lot of poverty that might stretch Cleveland's resources thin.

Yeah I don't really want to work in a law firm. I would rather work in government/public interest. Thank you for all of the replies, they have helped. So I guess the main question is: Is one extra year for a dual degree worth it to gain the extra experience and qualifications, or would it get in the way of being successful in Law school?

Hi everyone, I am graduating from Case this semester and have already been accepted to CSU's Law school and received a decent scholarship so I am looking at it seriously. I am also into Case (didn't give me enough money to make it worth it) and I am still waiting on a few other schools. I was wondering if anyone here has been in CSU's Master of Public Administration program because I am considering a joint degree. Tell me what you know. What would I do with this degree? Do you think a joint law degree would be worth it. Also if anybody can contrast/compare the MPA with the urban planning program that would be great because I might consider that too. Thanks

not quite West Quad but right next to it so maybe this will get the ball rolling on that. The Maltz Family Foundation donates $12 million to Case Western Reserve University to turn Temple Tifereth Israel into a performing arts center By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer March 19, 2010, 12:59PM Marvin Fong, The Plain Dealer Interior view of Temple Tifereth Israel, located in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Temple Tifereth Israel in Cleveland, a beloved but aging and underused icon, faced an uncertain future ever since its congregation built a new campus in suburban Beachwood in 1971. The uncertainty just ended. The Maltz Family Foundation announced today will donate $12 million to Case Western Reserve University to enable it to use the Temple's building for 99 years as a performing arts center. http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/03/the_maltz_family_foundation_do.html

Watch for an announcement from Case today regarding their West Campus

I think the corner of Murray Hill and Mayfield is going to be a restaurant but not totally sure on that one. I also passed by the old folk guitar center on the corner of Cornell and Random rd.. A guy was working on it and said they were opening up a restaurant (he did not seem 100% confident with his answer) but he also mentioned that the place was a mess and would need a lot of work. The folk guitar building is pretty ugly right now but is on a nice piece of real estate because everyone that lives in the heights and goes up Edgehill rd. has to pass it. It would be nice to see that improved. I was also wondering if anybody has info on the industrial building on Random rd. that they took the windows out of in the fall. What is this going to be? Are these plans still in the works? http://www.littleitalyredevelopment.org/masterplan.htm#singer

Does anyone know what is going into the corner of Murray Hill and Mayfield? There were people there today working on it.

Cleveland-rapid, BRT, Bus Cincinnati-Bus Chicago-L New York-Subway Long Island Railway New Jersey- Some commuter rail Washington D.C.-Subway Toronto-Subway and Streetcar Bay Area-Bart San Francisco-Bus San Fran to Palo Alto-commuter rail Krakow, Poland-Streetcar and Subway Rome-Subway Edinburgh-Bus Scotland-commuter rail and bus New Orleans-streetcar I think this is it. Not a bad list for only being 21.

Hi everyone I'm a student at Case just so you know and here would be a quick list of mine: 1: Make better magnet schools. I went to Cincinnati public schools while my parents never would have sent me to Cleveland Public Schools. This alone kept them in the city instead of moving out. Cinci's Walnut Hills High school and middle school is one of the best in America. City politics might not let this happen because it will be claimed that average students will be left behind while the smartest students are siphoned off but this needs to happen. 2: Fix the infrastructure. Cleveland streets are atrocious. I lived in the suburbs for a few years and my street was paved every couple of years even when it didn't need it. I understand money stands in the way of making this happen but newly paved streets would give the city a much nicer appearance. Suburbanites are scared of giant Cleveland Potholes swallowing their new BMW. 3: Make Euclid into nice shopping. This strip from Cleveland State to Public square could be Cleveland's version of Chicago's magnificent mile. Having upscale shopping here could make this area livelier and nicer and promote more people into the city. People could go shopping during the day and then go to east 4th at night for food and entertainment. 4: Keep University Circle developments going. The entire Uptown plan needs to happen along with the new RTA stops in Little Italy and Cedar. Keep building more stuff like 27 Coltman. Making UC nicer will lead to my next recommendation. 5: Draw students in. I want to see colossal growth of CSU to bring more young people into the city to spend money on entertainment and shopping and who's active lifestyles make the city more vibrant. They have a good start by building more dorms and hopefully once students live by CSU for a year they will create a need for more off campus housing downtown. Case also needs to improve its reputation a little bit. They had something like a 20% increase in applications this year so that is a start. 6: Attract more immigrants. A big push to attract immigrants could save the city. It would not only give the rest of the world a better perception of Cleveland but it might open up the minds of some of the locals who have no idea what the outside world is like. Immigrants could fill the foreclosed homes and bring some vibrancy to the city. Also why not run ads in other cities aimed at immigrants or anybody really saying something like "so you pay $1500 a month for your crappy apartment, you could buy this house in Cleveland for $500 a month" I don't know why we don't push how affordable this city is. I am spoiled because I pay $600 for a 2 bedroom in Little Italy 5 minutes from school that anything else in other cities now seems unreasonable. Even wealthy people could be drawn in by this. "Instead of your crappy 2 bedroom house in New Jersey you can buy a beautiful mansion in Cleveland Heights"