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I was down there this afternoon too. So many folks taking pictures of the Long Live Rock sign. It was a fun vibe.

All the red is owned by Playhouse Square Foundation. Combine the Grayhound station with the large Cleveland owned lot to the west and you have a massive development opportunity. They already own the parking lot and garage to the south. Hopefully this was a "final piece" before they start the development process. This area has been underutilized for far too long.

That looks awful. Aside from Councilman Slife, the lack of pushback on the location is just sad. Watching these meetings it gets more and more obvious how inconsistently the CPC treats projects.

Will we see any overhead shots of the stadium if it's by the airport due to airspace restrictions? Probably just aerials of downtown like there is now.

Apartments will wrap around the garage.

From this past December:

Man that was bleak. Reminds me of Bourdain's visit nearly 10 years earlier. People have an odd attraction to the desolate. I bet the OP and Bourdain (if he were alive) would complain about how it's so sterile now.

There's also no benefit to Bibb saying anything if they are in active negotiation.

Wishful thinking probably. It'd be nice to see that corner get redeveloped, but a bunch of money was just put into rehabbing that garage.

Here are all the pics together. It's a beaut.

What's the market like in downtown Austin and Denver for $15 million condos?

Yeah I'm sure higher interest rates have nothing to do with it.

The weather today pretty much covered the gamut.

I think this technically is part of Battery Park. Updated plan for the Shoreway Tower on the docket for Landmark this week. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/4174btxa8us6rln0gcwvu/h/1200 West 76th/Shoreway Tower Addition Landmarks Commission Design %26 Massing Confirmation 03.07.24.pdf?rlkey=11s1co7t63v1eo20943d6gxoi&dl=0

Didn't we have Flats South/Stone's Levee thread at some point? Seems Cleveland Whiskey is ready to move into their new production facility at 601 Stones Levee Road. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/03/cleveland-whiskey-moving-to-open-flats-tasting-room.html

Nothing but net. Unreal

Man, wouldn't that be nice. Does that Solon right of way exist any more? I remember them trying to give it up for a multipurpose trail a couple years ago. Maybe it was a different line.

Bummer. That asphalt plant (and the other asphalt plant and the concrete plant) is a quality of life issue for parts of the neighborhood.

I agree anything ODOT is involved with is pretty bad. But the early renderings of the Cleveland lakeshore plan resembles the Erie project -- wide lanes, grassy median, dedicated turning lanes, no sidewalks, a shared multipurpose path, etc. I prefer something that resembles a typical urban street with sidewalks and protected bike lanes. The Erie design dedicates far too much space to the traffic circle and pedestrian bridge, making much of the land adjacent to the road unbuildable. It doesn't appear you can even cross the street on foot.

Whatever we get, I naively hope it's more pedestrian friendly than that Erie project.

Interesting. Definitely not as much as I'd have guessed. That site south of downtown could benefit from people leaving in both directions. Unless they're all just going back downtown to transfer to the Blue/Green lines. Yeah that's too bad. All the more reason football stadiums aren't economic drivers.

Any site adjacent to a rapid line could easily accommodate thousands of riders without the local parking space. I wonder what the real parking requirement is now. Though the idea of getting the stadium and all that parking demand the hell out of downtown is intriguing.

Anybody know the extent of the building renovation? I'd love see the exterior restored, but these kind of projects usually don't usually have the budget.

The process is starting with streaming services as well. They've all introduced ad supported tiers which will eventually replace the entry tier while the others increase in price.