Clevelander17

That second picture seems like a pipe dream. I can't imagine there being enough demand to fill all of that retail, office, and residential development. I hope I'm wrong though.

It will probably be built almost entirely on stilts like the other building. Seems very expensive to do, but it is a good sign that they find it worth it. Yeah, but I think it's going to require an even more "daring" use of stilts.

WMMS was consistently touted through fan polls as the best radio station in the country in the 1980s, though I've read that they (or someone) used to stuff the ballot box.

I agree with the rest of your post, but I would say that this part also historically applied to East Cleveland, which clearly suffered a much different fate than the Heights communities You know, it's funny, as I've been developing this "hypothesis," East Cleveland is indeed the one outlier that I cannot entirely explain. My suspicion is that while East Cleveland had several incredibly wealthy "big name" residents call the suburb home in the late 1800s/early 1900s, it seems to never have had the widespread, vast swaths of upscale wealth and associated residences that ended up being built in CH and SH later on in the early 1900s. EC did have its stretch of "Millionaire's Row," but because little evidence of these structures survive to this day, my reading on this topic leads me to believe that this was a very isolated and limited stretch of housing that was developed and then demolished during a time that the Heights 'burbs were peaking.

It's hard to explain exactly where this is in part because if you know that area a bit it doesn't look like it could possibly be developed. Walk or ride by and it literally looks like no land exists to develop.

I think a city's willingness to accept or encourage integration is only loosely connected to the level blight it faces today. I think a bigger factor is more straight-forward: Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights remain relatively stable as compared to the other suburbs in question because CH and SH were built for the wealthy (and have the existing attractive housing stock as a result) and are in close proximity to some of the region's biggest assets (particularly in University Circle). The inherent advantages that have shielded CH and SH from blight in the past few decades will likely do so for the foreseeable future, though I do expect both to continue to deteriorate around the "edges" if current trends continue.

There are valid concerns and criticisms to be made. Then there are comments like these (right on cue) that are a bit ridiculous:

Cleveland Heights is a lightning rod for a number of reasons. Many of the conservative Cleveland.bomb posters love to revel in any negative attention the city receives that they believe can be attributed to the city's policies. Then you have your run-of-the-mill exurbanite that has been pulled over by the CHPD while commuting through the city (some even admit to breaking traffic laws but are still bitter). While the comments on Cleveland.bomb are definitely extreme, I do worry that all of this attention is worsening perception of Cleveland Heights, which is unfortunate, because the city of is still one of Greater Cleveland's true gems and if it is allowed to decline significantly more than it has in the past 15-20 years it will be a real loss for the region. I say that not only because I grew up in the area, but also because I truly believe that and feel the same way about other similar neighborhoods/cities like Shaker Heights, Shaker Square, Lakewood, etc.

I don't think the local Columbus media did Ohio State any favors with the tattoo "scandal." At least not on par with may have happened with the media in other college football towns.

I think that Ohio State transcends Columbus, but I'm a fan of the school living here in Cleveland. However based on that belief, if one can justify placing a Browns, Cavaliers, or Indians story "above the fold," then as I mentioned previously I think that an argument could be made for giving the same treatment to the Buckeyes. In regards to your concern for objectivity, I guess that could be a concern, but I'm apathetic (again, speaking as a Buckeye fan) about it because I suspect that very little media objectivity exists in Tuscaloosa, Tallahassee, Austin, Baton Rouge, College Station, Norman, Knoxville, Athens, etc.

Can you see any justification in putting a story about any of the three Cleveland professional sports teams participating in the postseason "above the fold"? If yes, then I think there's a good argument to be made for giving the same treatment to a story about Ohio State football competing in postseason play.

A few years back there was a gelato shop next to the Apple Store. Is that space having work done as well?

Maybe the folks running CSU woke up and remembered that it's still a commuter school.

That can probably be said about any big city police force in America. http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/ Yeah, I was thinking the same thing as I posted that. Certainly not an issue unique to Cleveland.

I have to believe that most cops that join the CPD start off idealistic and eager to help. I'm not sure that there is anything inherently wrong with the hiring process that leads to a selection of "lazy" or disinterested police officers. Being a member of the CPD cannot be easy and I'm guessing that a lot of the unbecoming behaviors that people see veteran CPD officers engaging in are the result of years of frustration. All of that said, if you were an inner-ring suburb, would you want to merge with your larger neighbor that had a police force that was jaded and stretched too thin? Even if you're a resident of EC, where your public safety responses are less than ideal.

The only time this "selection" really happens is for BCS games, which is partially why the B1G has made more BCS bowl game appearances than any other conferences. The B1G has negotiated bowl tie-ins with the Capital One Bowl, the Outback Bowl, the BWW Bowl, and the Gator Bowl, so no matter what the B1G MUST send a team to each of those bowls. This was a down year for the B1G by any measure, so no matter who went those bowls the matchup was bound to "look" bad on paper. That said, while Iowa is decent, they don't have the same name recognition that an 8-4 Michigan or Penn State squad would have heading into that bowl. I bet though that if the Wolverines or Nittany Lions were headed for a matchup with LSU, even with four losses, B1G fans would "feel" better about that game.

He'll be getting on the express right after he wins in November. He has to make sure he fools as many moderates as possible into voting for him before he joins up with the nutjobs in the statehouse in pushing their Tea Party agenda.

I'll plug my nose to vote for FitzGerald to place a counterweight on the ultraconservative and batshit insane statehouse, but he's going to lose and it's really a shame that the Democrats couldn't find anyone better.

I have a hard time believing that crime is spiraling out of control in Cleveland Heights, but there certainly does seem to be a number of high profile incidents in recent weeks/months really making the city look bad in the local press. Anyone have any insight or thoughts?

Does MVH own the land now?

Okay, assuming these long wait times for police response to non-violent (yet still serious) crimes are true, these are anecdotes and I can't believe that things are really that much better in East Cleveland.

This region is built on charity. Many Cuyahoga County residents are forced to subsidize prosperity in their city of employment while their own city of residence crumbles due budget troubles. And FYI, we don't really have "joint" school districts because school districts are independent of municipalities. We have school districts that cover certain geographic areas with names that reflect, but do not mirror, the portions of the cities they serve.

It became pretty clear to me a few games into the season that this team wasn't a true national title contender. The offense has been electric all season, but the defense was, well, terrible and embarrassing at times. Michigan State is a more complete team and wears the crown of Big Ten Champions well. I hope that they knock off Stanford in the Rose Bowl. It's just too bad they couldn't beat Notre Dame or maybe Sparty would be in Pasadena playing for a national title. From all prognostications I've seen, the Buckeyes will head to Miami to play Clemson in the Orange Bowl. They're going to need to put up a ton of points to win, because the Tigers are going to light up the Ohio State secondary like a Christmas tree.

It has something to do with block grants that require a minimum number of residents. However I had always heard that the cutoffs were 500,000 and 50,000. But I agree with ClevelandOhio in that this will only be temporary. Cleveland needs to find a more reliable way of growing its population.

Anyone care to answer this?