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It's the same in Cleveland - Crain's Cleveland Business is really a pleasure to read compared to the PD, much more in depth and thought-out articles.

A lot of these privatization schemes (for parking, turnpikes, etc) get criticized for being bad deals for taxpayers, KJP - I haven't looked into the issue enough but does that concern you?

Technically speaking campus district runs from the lake all the way down to tri-c... But those developments probably don't have much in terms of CSU student housing.

I don't like it because it makes east coast people think that I grew up in cornfields when I say I'm from Ohio. But that's just my midwestern inferiority complex I suppose. Once I met a college kid from Boston in Madrid, Spain. After I told him where I was from he told me that he'd met a few people from Ohio on his trip, and he was surprised because he "didn't know people from the midwest left the midwest." Not even in a nasty way, he was nice otherwise and genuinely surprised, but the comment was ignorant and stuck with me. Maybe "Great Lakes" works better for us in the eastern part of the midwest as we are densely populated and mostly urban/suburban. In addition to this, Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest Ohio all take on characteristics of the regions they border. Central Ohio and everything to the North and West are the most "Midwestern" parts of the state. You are also certainly correct about St. Louis.

It's kind of interesting that they keep building on dead mall sites, seeing as online shopping had a large part in killing the malls in the first place.

^ Parma is dense, has some intact & walkable commercial corridors, and very easy to get downtown. They could build BRT-lite that alternates between Ridge-Pearl and State-Pearl before heading up 25th and into downtown.

So, is this thing going to have street level retail?

che bella!

I didn't realize Daffy Dan was still a thing. I remember one of his suburban stores near me growing up but it's no longer. He has been lax with his marketing of recent - he probably was ahead of his time now that you have Homage, CLE Clothing Company, etc.

I didn't read the article, but just based on this quote it sounds like a planted article from GOP propagandists. They have been running big with this storyline. Trump himself did it last fall with the "people in 'inner cities' have nothing to lose" schtick. In reality, blacks have a lot to show for it since they started voting Democrat back in the 1960's... She also acts like blacks have no power or influence over the party as in "we gave our loyalty to the Democrats" when in reality they are the Democrats, or at least a big piece, able to throw around their weight.

They have those barriers in lots of public spaces now unfortunately, though not ideal, they don't have to totally ruin a place as long as everything else is done well.

On first glance I thought it'd definitely go to the Northeast based on the talent that's there, but Ohio actually makes sense from a geographic standpoint.... central location between the midwest, south, and northeast. Unfortunately I think a lot of high skilled workers don't have a good association with Ohio and they will want to move to somewhere like Charlotte or Nashville over Ohio.

I was definitely on the "Dolanz R Cheep" bandwagon a few years ago during their post-2007 doldrums, but I was proven wrong, bigly. My brother thinks it was Shapiro who was the real cheapskate and that his departure was the best thing for the Tribe - who knows.

I flew on Wow to Milan from Pittsburgh in July. They coordinate all their landing times in Iceland so that layovers are generally kept short - the Wow terminal is very busy for a few hours twice a day, and then a dead zone for the rest of the time. Unfortunately the Pittsburgh and Milan flights did not line up properly, so we had to hang in the terminal for 12 hours each way. On the way back, we did get a chance to visit the Blue Lagoon. It was actually the perfect thing to do on a layover in the middle of a long journey - relax and even get to wash up and take a shower. I'd fly Wow again in a second, but I'd hope for a short layover instead of a long one. Those who want to spend time in Iceland are better off scheduling a night or two on their way across the Atlantic. Stay tuned for deals - I got the Pittsburgh flights booked very shortly after the first ones were sold and it was ridiculously, ridiculously cheap - $600 round trip.

That's the kind of stuff you see on every corner in Columbus but has been lacking here. Nothing fancy, just bringing people and density into the neighborhood. kudos.

I'm captivated by European and ancient Roman city planning, and many great and old cities of Europe have great monuments or structures which symbolize the city. Many were constructed for other purposes and then became symbols, such as the Roman Coliseum. Some, however, like Michelangelo's David in Florence, were built specifically to symbolize the city and succeeded beyond what they could have ever thought - it became a beloved symbol of the city when it was built at the peak of the Renaissance (originally it sat at the central square of the city), and it still is to this day. Paris - Eiffel Tower. London - Tower Bridge. Prague has an old clock. Many places have giant cathedrals. Most of these things were built during periods of extreme prosperity, including the Gateway Arch which was built in booming postwar America. (1960s St. Louis isn't the same thing as 2017 Cleveland.) The unfortunate thing is that modern American culture does not place much value on these things, just as it doesn't place much value on good urban design or community in the first place. So yeah, don't worry, I'm not suggesting Cleveland should spend $180 million on a monument... I don't think anybody is. I'm just saying that the Arch is a damn fine example of a monument or of public art (even if it was a bit extravagant), and that monuments, public art, and symbols do have their place.

Cleveland needs to focus on these types of developments before worrying about highrises IMO.

The interesting thing about it is that it is quite dense, with many apartments and hotels among the retail establishments. They are just so ridiculously inefficiently arranged that it's impossible to get around without a car. I stayed at a hotel on Lyra by Quaker Steak a couple of times and decided to walk to Kroger a few times, which was fine. Then I went to Chipotle and had to cross Polaris... That was... Interesting. Paths in some places but other places you had to walk over grass hills.

Cities are simply a natural habitat for humans. We have been living in them for thousands of years. Our country just happened to go through an incredible economic and population growth period at the exact time when cars became readily available to all. Add a dash of racial strife and voila... you get our wholly unnatural suburban landscape and lifestyle. All that's happening now is a return to normalcy. The people who say "bubble" don't realize that their own setting is the bizarre one, not the redevelopment of formerly "undesirable" areas.

OK, I guess I was thinking that routing it through Ohio City would substantially increase the travel time out to Edgewater and Lakewood (the bread and butter of that route), but I guess going to Detroit and 25th and then getting right on the Shoreway wouldn't be too bad.

Tearing down the Main Ave Bridge would also affect the CSU BRT line which has just received a good amount of investment and has good ridership. The Gateway Arch may be "non-utilitarian" but it an almost perfect example of what it is trying to be - A unique and instantly recognizable symbol of the city, with symbolism that almost everyone understands (the Gateway to the West). Not to mention architecturally/structurally interesting. It's an almost perfect example of what a monument is supposed to be.

You just inspired me to take a look at the area on 2006 google street view - wow!

I was going to post a message about how ridiculous the idea of Springer running is given his TV career, then I remembered who lives in the White House. Still, the guy just floats his name every few years because I presume he enjoys the hooplah. Doubtfull he'll run. (Then again that's what we said about the guy who lives in the White House.)

Those are perfect, thank you!!

I think it's settled down... My buddy is now living on W 9th, have gone there on the weekend nights a bunch of times, doesn't seem to bad. We don't really go down 6th that much though so it could be different there.