ryanfrazier

KJP, is this a graphic by you or from a governmental source? This path for Amtrak would require using a different ROW than the current tracks, correct?

I'm glad this building is getting attention. I always thought it was a shame how many buildings around the cemetery got demolished for Indians parking.

The setback of the new medical school is so unnecessary and anti-pedestrian. I fear this whole area could be an example of how to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the middle of an existing city in the most un-urban way possible. Hope I’m wrong.

Thanks for the answer and the pics. Seems like a bad design choice to me. Half of the corner units are going to have their view blocked in one direction. I don't see what it adds aesthetically.

It seems like this question has not been answered and I'm curious about it too (presuming I'm reading Shack's question right). Are the "flaps" on the corners which alternate with each level going to be sawed off?

More density here would be great, but it’s not all the developer‘s fault. There were issues of being in the flight path for Burke and complications with building on fill.

I believe the company has a lot of debt to service, this could be related to that.

Local Forum Does Good (UrbanOhio mentioned in this Crains article) https://www.crainscleveland.com/stan-bullard-blog/shorter-nucleus-may-go-clevelands-gateway-district

As a pragmatist, I think its better to get these mid-rise buildings in than keep waiting for a hard-to-finance skyscraper. One important thing in the brochure on the website that wasn't captured in the pics posted above is the street level retail this proposal is still committed to. The plans in the brochure show most of the frontage at street level dedicated to retail. This will continue the activity of E 4th and hopefully liven up Prospect.

Now do this to the Shoreway in Cleveland!

All architecture derives from something before it. Did you expect some sort of building form that has never been imagined before? This project is a great boost to density in this growing neighborhood and adds useful public space. I'm not saying there's no room for criticism, but this comment didn't seem to actually address the merits of the project.

That photo of NIKE missile base was actually from 1959, IIRC and it was taken just east of Burke Lakefront Airport and/or Gordon Park. There were NIKE missile sites at both locations -- two of eight such bases that encircled the city. Cleveland was one of the most heavily defended cities in the nation because of its massive industrial base of critical military-related industries (oil refining, airplane parts, tanks, and the NACA/NASA facility, etc) as well as being a northern city that would be among the first attacked by Soviet bombers coming over the Arctic Circle. The missiles and the command centers were often not right next to each other. Some of the buildings for this base at Burke/Bratenahl still stand. There are some very interesting posts about the missile defense system that existed prior to the advent of ICBMs (especially those on Soviet subs just off the coasts) that made them irrelevant..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nike_missile_sites The Defense Department still owns land east of Gordon Park. Here it is on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/gibq6AXbLqv Are the structures in the parking lot the former missile sites?

Regarding the Detroit-Shoreway Apartments above, am I reading the schematics correctly that there's no ground-level retail? That seems like a bigger missed opportunity than the parking garage.

I'd bet the E9th pier isn't dredged enough. Victory II draws about 17 feet when fully loaded. Edit: the north and east faces of the E9th pier are dredged to 16-17 feet according to http://www.charts.noaa.gov/BookletChart/14839_BookletChart.pdf That Booklet Chart map is a weird combination of updated nautical features and out-of-date land features. (No Key Tower, Steelyard Commons, old street grid at Gateway). Obviously its for nautical purposes, but its an interesting mish-mash.

Could this right of way be used to bring the CVSR downtown?

Those pics are fascinating. Do you have years for them?

Is it Shake Shack? (sarcasm and reference to the Pinecrest thread)

I think this is after 1962. If you go to historicaerials.com you can see (blurry) aerial photos of University Circle, along with the rest of Cleveland, from 1962. In that image there appear to still be buildings on Euclid Avenue on the "Triangle" property. In your photo those have been demolished and the whole lot is a parking lot. Your photo also clearly shows the parking garage on Ford and Hessler, which does not yet seem to be constructed in the 1962 aerial photo. The next aerial photo is from 1970, which shows everything in your photo as far as I can tell.

Not sure if this is the best place for this, but has anyone else noticed that the Google Maps 3D view of Cleveland seems to have been updated recently? Last time I looked at it the 3D view seemed to be a couple years old. For example the old version showed the Hilton as just a construction site. If you turned off 3D view before it showed you an flat aerial photo that appeared more recent. The current 3D view can be dated by the progress on some projects: for example the Snavely construction on W. 25th shows about 3 floors, the exterior of the med school at the Clinic looks done, and Centric in University Circle reaches 4 floors. I don't know exactly what they do to update these 3D scans, but I think it involves flying planes with scanners over town - it can't be cheap. For that reason I've been curious how often these scans would be updated.

JD Power lists Hopkins in last place for satisfaction among airports its size: http://www.jdpower.com/press-releases/2016-north-america-airport-satisfaction-study

Cleveland's got a fighting chance, but Detroit's airport would likely be one advantage over Cleveland.

The NYTimes' Upshot blog does its analysis of what city Amazon's HQ2 should go to: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/09/upshot/where-should-amazon-new-headquarters-be.html Cleveland gets cut for not having a growing workforce.

Tastybunns, there's been some more discussion of the possibility of Amazon coming to Cleveland in this thread: https://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,15104.msg873354/topicseen.html

The PD's initial surface-level analysis of Cleveland's suitability for the Amazon HQ2: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/09/could_cleveland_land_amazons_s.html

The RFP calls for up to 8,000,000 square feet of office space. For reference, Key Tower is 1.6 mil, so you're looking at up to 5 new Key Towers. If Cleveland submits a bid, one potential site not previously listed would be the Muni Lots south of Burke.