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Thanks for sharing this @KJP! Huge news for this part of the East Side.

The vacant Buckeye Woodland School, on Buckeye Road near where Shaker Boulevard starts and across from the Woodhill Rapid Station, will be the site of Phase I of the Woodhill Homes redevelopment plan. It'll have two apartment buildings, mixed-income. Councilman Blaine Griffin talks funding; plus an early rendering. https://www.ideastream.org/news/councilman-woodhill-must-be-redeveloped-with-or-without-hud-funding

Thanks so much for helping spread the word about the event urbanetics_! I was really happy with the turnout and apparent interest. What are your thoughts on the plan?

Hey everyone, long time no post! Here's a recent article/radio piece I produced for ideastream about the plan to rebuild Woodhill Homes and the surrounding neighborhood. This has the potential to be one of the more pivotal developments on the city's east side, IMO. Proposed site plan posted as well. Parks, Housing And 'A Smooth Transition' As Woodhill Seeks HUD Funding Mixed-income housing, new streets and sidewalks, parks, a preschool and on-site social services are all part of the initial phases of the plan to completely rebuild the Woodhill Homes public housing neighborhood, starting in late 2020 or early 2021. Details of the first five phases of the plan were outlined in a joint application for a $35 million federal grant, submitted this week by the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) and the City of Cleveland. "We're not just talking about putting a Band-Aid on it," said Jeffery K. Patterson, CEO of CMHA. "We actually are talking about going in and really working hard over a number of years to redevelop that community."

Anyone know what's going on with the building just east of Minh Anh? Scaffolding out front and signs of exterior renovation.

Anyone know what the rates are for adults? I see a join fee of $25 on the website but unclear what the monthlies are. Thanks!

Emerging after a long absence -- hi everyone! Anyone know what's going on with the renovation project at Lorain and W. 29th, on the south side of the street? It's a small one-story building that looks to be getting quite an overhaul.

I live near Battery Park on West Clinton. It's a great neighborhood for running because you've got the W. 65th Street connection to Edgewater Park and (in the other direction) Whiskey Island. And there's a new connection coming (this spring?) to W. 76th Street. :)

Thanks everyone. Yeah, I'm pretty excited about it! Cleveland,Ohio - message box now clear. Looking forward to hearing from you. Hope to see you all tomorrow night at the Happy Dog!

Hi everyone! Some of the veteran posters here may recall that I ran the Emerging Cleveland tours for ex-pats returning to Cleveland at the holidays. I'm excited to say I've turned the idea of those tours into a book, called 'New to Cleveland: A Guide to (re)Discovering the City.' I wrote it as an introduction to urban living in Cleveland, with an eye to newcomers but also in the hope that it would be useful/interesting to folks who've lived in the area for a long time. The book includes neighborhood guides, overviews, walking tours and maps. Most excitingly, though, it features 50+ illustrations by local artist Julia Kuo (100 Days in Cleveland). I'm so excited to have Julia's work featured -- it's fresh & creative. The book is 240 pages, full-color throughout, and designed by local designer Lee Zelenak -- so I think the book is as beautiful as it is functional. Julia and I collaborated to self-publish the book and used a local printer, so it's a 100% local product. You can find out more here! http://www.newtoclevelandbook.com Also, I'd like to invite everyone from UO to our launch party for the book, which is Wednesday, Dec. 14 from 7-9 p.m. at the Happy Dog. Stop by and say hello! Take care everyone, and thanks to this board for giving me a place to learn about the latest developments in the City and an outlet to gush about my passion for the City over the years!

Thanks everyone! We find out who wins this Sunday... Keeping my fingers crossed.

Believeland, yes, I am planning on going.

^^ St. Pat's -- haha! Yeah, there's just too much to cover in one short video... :angel: ... And by the way, THANK YOU everyone for watching and voting!

Hi everyone, Cleveland City Living is sponsoring a contest about why it's great to live in the city proper. The entries (video and written) are here: http://bit.ly/oILgPg I and my partner made a video entry that I'm proud of. It features footage of Downtown, the Gordon Square Arts District, Tremont and some of our great friends & neighbors. You can vote for us by clicking "Justin Glanville" in the pull-down menu at the bottom of the page. Thanks!!! :clap:

When I first moved back to Cleveland I lived in a fourplex at 2908 Jay Ave. that had most of what you're wanting -- though off-street parking instead of garage. Not sure who owns the place currently, as it was sold a couple years back. Maybe try Googling. You can't beat the location.

A positive story from Cleveland Scene -- in itself a shocker! "The number of college-educated young professionals who moved into the city rose by 49 percent since 2000, according to a recent crunch of the numbers. This means we beat out such allegedly desirable locales as Boston, Chicago, Columbus, and Cincinnati." http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2011/04/12/young-people-love-clevelands-grit-and-funk-or-something

One of my all-time favorite threads.

That would be highly upsetting. It's a Walker Weeks-designed building. Here's some history on it that I dug up while a student at CSU: Built 1927; Originally the home of the Wolfe Music Company 1940 - Accounting office for Henry M. Groves. 1951 - National Cash Register Company 1965 - Cooper School of Art 1996 - Kinkos Copy Center 1998 - Building became vacant A significant enough example of the work of Walker and Weeks that it was featured in "The Architectural Revue of the Mississippi Basin" (Summer issue, 1930, vol 1, No. 1). At least one previous proposal to tear the building down was rejected by the Planning Commission.

Gypsy Beans at 65th & Detroit has awesome scones and bear claws and muffins, not sure if they have conventional donuts though.

I don't know that anyone has given Aperture in Tremont proper love yet. This is a store at Scranton & Kenilworth, caddy corner from the Tap House, that sells vintage cameras and film. I was in there over the weekend - it's great. They have old Polaroids (and newly produced film), fisheye cameras, all kinds of great stuff. The owner also has his photography studio in an adjacent space. I feel like Cleveland is starting to turn a corner retail-wise, with all of new, indie stores opening up particularly on the near West Side and on Coventry... http://www.cleveland.com/goingout/index.ssf/2010/10/aperture_photography_in_clevel.html

Congrats on the decision to live in Tremont. It's a fun area. Some places to check out: Visible Voice Books, best bookstore in the City; also a wine bar --> http://visiblevoice.com/ Loop, my favorite of the neighborhood coffee shops, and also a record store --> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cleveland-OH/LOOP-in-Tremont-Ohio/151337760450 Studio 11, a yoga/pilates studio --> http://www.studio11tremont.com/ Lilly's Handmade Chocolates (and craft beer/wine) --> http://lillytremont.com/ And of course one of the first things you should do upon moving here is to check out the West Side Market, in nearby Ohio City --> www.westsidemarket.org Welcome to Cleveland!

KJP, is there any real hope left for 3C given the election results?

Beautiful write-ups.

It's hard to get excited about the reshuffling of businesses away from other neighborhoods to this one (Crop, Room Service, Salty Not Sweet). The only net gain to the city is Penzey's...

That really sucks that Room Service is leaving Gordon Square. Ugh.