PoshSteve

Regarding the Nimbys and Saucy - my understanding from talking with city officials is this all started when Saucy tried to have a huge night concert in the Vibe Garden. They were denied, since its a residential area, and then Zimmerman and the promoters started organizing people to contact the city and McCormack to pressure them to allow the concert. This seems to have backfired by organizing the immediate neighborhood against them. The variances for the vibe garden were also granted based on it being temporary during the pandemic lockdown. While I absolutely love Saucy (I'm eating and drinking there more than probably any other restaurant/brewery), I think it's unfair to knock the nimbys for being opposed to something that's been there two years. It was never supposed to be permanent. And I certainly sympathize with the opposition to large concerts at night. That being said, I love the vibe garden and hope it sticks around as a unique and lively experience.

Great to see! We have permanent curb bump outs in Shaker and they work great at forcing people to slow down. I pushed for these in South Euclid too (to no avail). The painted extensions are a great start, and should be much more effective on these residential side streets. The plastic bollards too - hope those are staying and not just for safety while they were painting.

That sounds more like what I'd expect from them

That's beautiful. Traffic calming and wider sidewalks too. This area has heavy pedestrian traffic as it is with the strong Jewish community in the neighborhood, and the public right of way should be serving more than just cars.

So glad to hear that. These buildings are so beautiful. I lived there for 2 years when I first moved back up to Cleveland before I went to Downtown. The buildings definitely needed some work even back then (8 or so years ago), but our unit wasn't too bad - especially considering the size and for how cheap the rent was. The location next to Cain Park was great too. Parking was awful though, since the lots directly behind were (are?) given to the other apartments behind. All the tenants had to jockey for spots on Superior Park, which is the only street that the city allows overnight parking on. So many times in the summer when there are concerts, etc, going on, I would risk getting a parking ticket by parking on Blanche overnight. I hope that as park of a redevelopment here the city opens up to allowing overnight parking on other streets in the area. Before anyone says anything about it - transit was and is functionally non-existent here.

I could see the timeframe of the program decreasing from the current 15 years, maybe to 12 or 10. Or perhaps a tiered system where certain zip codes are reduced to 10 while others remain at 15 to encourage new construction in those areas. Decreasing the percentage could happen too. Maybe 75% abatement for x years in Tremont while places like Glenville retain 100% abatement.

Yeah I always thought it was covid related. They've been short of employees ever since. There was a bit last year where a ton of employees on the east side got sick, so most of their shops closed. I was working for the city of South Euclid then, and they told us that was the reason the location was closed. The Chagrin/Green location also closed at that time, despite being constantly busy throughout the pandemic. That location still has not reopened. The Eton location still hasn't reopened except for the drivethru, and the reasoning on the door last time I was there was lack of staff.

^ and lawsuit-happy nimbys be damned

And then everyone complains and wonders why their summer electric bills are so high

The goal is to boost tree cover in urban areas, and areas with low/shrinking tree cover, right? Why (per the map "401-920)) is the largest group of trees going to Hunting Valley? Limited resources being spent on the richest and greenest municipality in the county (state?)... I sure hope there's a good reason behind it.

Absolutely love this photo. Great angle!

Seems like if no one wants a new jail located near their homes, this would be the best location. The closest residential properties have freeways, railroad tracks, a river, and numerous industrial properties in between...

I was right there probably just a few minutes after you! Looked outside, saw it sunny, put my sunglasses on, and came out to complete fog. Was still sunny south of Prospect though. I sure love this time of year. I'm looking forward to the future photos of the tops of the "big four" sticking out of the fog - like that 10 year old pic of Key Tower cle.com uses for every story they have about the bank.

I'm so glad to hear it closed. That location (Aurora Farms in general) was so dated/dumpy. I was about to question why they would locate an outlet store so close to the full line store, but then I remembered Nordstrom Rack is at Legacy too, so that could be a pretty cool dynamic going on between BWP and LV.

I enjoy reading about Columbus, but I don't really know as much about the demographics there as I do here in Cleveland. The main cause of population decline in cities of Cuyahoga County (outside of Cleveland) was families initially moving, having 2-3 kids, and then the kids growing up and moving out while the parents remain and age in place- decreasing household size basically. In the 2020 census we saw evidence of that trend being reversed, with inner ring suburbs like Shaker Hts having strong growth for the first time in decades as those homes finally turn over and are being filled by new families. My question is - is Columbus starting to enter that stage of its growth where it could start slowing from decreased household size? Obviously its not "landlocked" like Cuyahoga cities in that there are still greenfield areas that can be developed with new housing. There has to come a time though where areas built all around the same time start to naturally decrease in population, without any abandonment. School enrollment is a great harbinger for an area about to start decreasing in population.