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Maybe it's time Scripps brings back the Cleveland Press brand for another go.

Jarboe is a good reporter. She could find work in another city in a heartbeat. The slow bleed will continue until there is no money left to extract. The last step is shutting down the print side completely and selling the facility in Brooklyn. They have no interest in improving the product, as the goal isn't to turn around the company.

No prob. Just a couple more thoughts. The more I think about it, the less I'd trust those iron pipes with my life. You might want look around for hangers made for that kind of weight. If you google for spotter arms, you'll find some options you could bolt to a ledger. Another option could be heavy duty shelf brackets. Also I'd go up in size to 2x6 and 2 lag screws per stud. Make sure you give yourself enough room if you plan to rack the bar with plates still on it. For example, a standard 45 lb plate is 18" diameter. It'd be a tight fit with the 6" pipe in your initial plan.

Make sure you use lag screws (and pre-drill) when attaching the flanges, not any kind of construction screw which won't hold up over time. Dropping the weight on the supports creates a load that can shear the heads off cheap screws. Just to get some verbiage straight, the vertical beams are called studs. The 2x4 that spans the studs is called a ledger (edit: or stringer). With that said, what do you mean 6" screws? The studs themselves are probably 2x4, so screwing a a 2x4 on the flat side into the long edge of a stud gives you 1.5" + 3.5" = 5" total**, but that is overkill. You need about an inch and a half into the studs, so a 3.5" screw attaching the ledger to the studs is plenty. Either 1 heavy duty lag screw, or 2 regular screws, per stud. I assume the 4' ledger will span 3 studs, so that will be plenty strong. ** Dimensional lumber is given in nominal size. A 2x4 is actually 1.5x3.5 if you took a tape measure to it.

We're probably going to see a massive parking garage cover far too much of the site plan. If we get something other than a lifeless wall along 3rd or 6th, I'll be happy. Though I could do without the setbacks or corporate plazas.

Cleveland.com's website is such a mess. 4 columns of articles makes it impossible to scan for new articles. https://www.cleveland.com/business/2020/04/long-troubled-city-view-center-retail-property-in-garfield-heights-could-be-rebranded-as-business-park.html

The earliest pics I could find are from May 2015(!). http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/landmark/agenda/2015/05152015/index.php

Polensek needs to quit grandstanding. I said this earlier, this is a once in a lifetime development opportunity. Silver bullet economic development usually doesn't work (looking at you sports stadiums), but this has potential for real economic spinoff, not just bars and restaurants that are busy a handful of days a year.

People have posted conceptual pics before with the Shoreway converted to a boulevard. The amount of developable land that it would open up is tremendous. Converting it to an at-grade street would be totally worth it, even with the rail lines still there.

Developing these lots is a once in a lifetime opportunity. As long as they don't give up the farm, there is no reason to vote against the incentives. Regardless of the current economy.

People act like if there were no quarantine orders, things would just continue on like nothing was happening. It's a false choice. The economy was going to tank regardless.

And just because it makes the transaction feel official, from the county GIS:

That lot is owned by Stark and was part of the deal when they bought the nuCLEus site back in 2014-ish. Pretty sure he put it up for sale a couple years ago. No idea what's happened since.

Funny they decided to use that building for the main picture. There will be units to the north and east blocking the view of downtown and the valley. You already see the 6 or so units to the left (north) of this picture.

Not a whole lot was saved. The entire front facade and most of the second floor was rebuilt. IMO, at that point, they should have rebuilt everything above the foundation from scratch to get rid of the musty, moisture, and fire damaged wood. I don't think they expected to replace this much when the reno started.

Update on the rehab at the corner of West 5th and Jefferson.

5. That's the last one.

BZA routinely gives variances for all sorts of things. The overlay only goes as far as the City's ability to resist Sherwin Williams.

Those are awesome. Love that first one with massive overhang.

Uncoupling the house value from the property tax would go a long way in reducing wild tax swings that result from inflated housing costs. Tax abatements and LOOP legislation just mask the underlying issue.

Any kind of financial incentive for something as inelastic as housing just ends up distorting the pricing. The tax abatement might be a great incentive early on but over time will just increase the housing costs to where it's a wash. At that point, you can't get rid of it without cratering the market. Low interest rates have the same effect.

Cool. Good to hear that from multiple sources! Jarboe's article had a similar quote from NKF rep.

Hopefully yes. The parking operation here can't be a major money maker. The high asking price should limit the buyer pool to somebody with an intent to build. Unlike up the hill downtown, where parking lots print money. I bet even Stark makes enough from parking at the nuCLEus and warehouse district lots to pay down the $26 million he paid for them in 2014.

^ That is good news. There is little chance he builds anything there on his own. Hopefully it goes to a developer with deep pockets. Here is the site that Jacobs Entertainment put up for sale.

Is this one of those things where we aren't allowed to look a gift horse in the mouth? It's better than what is there now, but that looks like any plaza built since the 80's, just against the sidewalk. More like carleton moore...