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www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/10/starwood_announcement_signals.html As usual Michelle has more information than the other articles which are just rehashes of the press release. There were questions about an interior atrium and the large floor plates.

Traditional Guinness is room temperature. Somebody needs to tell Guinness that, because they suggest serving it at 42 degrees F, and the labeling on their bottles say to serve "extra cold". Most English ales were served at cellar temperature, not room temperature. Besides that, Guinness isn't English. :P

^ The woman and I stopped there for a drink a month ago before a show. Bartender was nice. Proper Guinness pour but could have been colder. We'd go back if they served more than just snacks.

Not the only one. The color commentator was horrible.

That underground parking garage looks nearly street level. The common complaint about most projects in Cleveland is the sketchy site plan. In this case the raised first floor and brick wall along the sidewalk. Oh well. Great location and project overall. I remember walking by there this summer. There was no progress for a couple months after demolition. Was getting worried it would sit a while. Thanks for the photos. :)

musky, clearly KJP was referring to people boating in from the west side to the new marina at the Rock Hall.

Why would the county need to actively subsidize a residential or retail portion of the tower? You are essentially giving a development company free air rights and access to a crane and crew already on site. They pay the engineering and buildout over the hotel costs. Am I oversimplyfing? That has to be cheaper for someone like Geis than having to secure your own site and handle the architect/engineering from scratch.

Yep. Site plan and architect renderings from a couple years ago: http://www.clevelandrestoration.org/assets/pdf_files/news/CSA%20moody%20nolan.pdf

Don't worry, plenty of IT companies in the region are hiring immigrants on H1-B VISA's. Then they complain there aren't enough qualified people to hire. Create a culture that discourages hiring local talent, then act surprised when local talent leaves or chooses other industries.

Where's the tree? :-o

You basically went from point A to Q with a lot of assumptions in between. I'm not going to support a project of this magnitude based on hearsay and flimsy reasoning. KJP said the rumors were centered around light industrial property sales. And you spun that into this: If you don't support the Opportunity Corridor, you don't support new housing in the city and want FCE to go bankrupt! :roll:

I'll remember that next time I'm stuck in traffic for an hour because some idiot got into an accident or because ODOT has lanes blocked for construction.

Freaking Cabrerra, man. Strands Raeburn on second in the 2nd inning. Then leaves the based loaded in the 4th with a double play. You just can't count on this guy. Has no heart. Then Kipnis leaves two on in the 5th. :x

I didn't see the original argument, so just taking these last couple posts at surface value, I would think a moderator shouldn't be "moderating" a discussion between himself and another user. It seems prone for abuse.

Which is ironic considering the like-minded nature of those on UO. I hate group think... unless it's my group think. Megachurces require a ridiculous amount of parking. The church along I-77 in North Canton has a sea of parking around their building. My fear would be, 1 month in, the congregation would be begging for easy parking. Then what building gets demolished for surface lots? The idea sounds great in theory. The reality is the demographic that these churches attract would probably rather stay in the burbs. I can fix CSU's issue with the Wolstein Center. Field a basketball team that doesn't suck.

Those parcels on Abbey and West 19th are already on Zillow. The crude renderings leave something to be desired. Want me to plunk down 300 grand based on that crappy drawing? Sure! Link to map: www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Ohio-City-.dash.-West-Side-Cleveland-OH/pmf,pf_pt/274874_rid/41.484642,-81.696289,41.482729,-81.698914_rect/18_zm/ Direct link to one of the properties: http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6-S-l-6-W-19th-St-Cleveland-OH-44113/2110887103_zpid/

Tampa lost and Texas won today. A Cleveland win today clinches a share of the play-in game if the season ends in a tie. They are up 4-1 in the 5th. Sorry should be 3-1, Aviles was out at the plate but we got lucky. It's the season of dreams.

Do me a favor and count on your fingers the number of superstars the Browns have had since '99. Building a team around Gordon might be a gamble, but giving up a potential pro-bowl wide receiver for a third round draft pick is an even bigger gamble. It's a no brainer. Odds are that draft pick is gonna suck.

I agree. The media likes to stir up shit over nothing. These guys are young and have a bunch of money. They are going to party. Ideally you won't them putting themselves in a bad situation, but that's not going to happen.

Could that sign be one of the old street displays from the State Theater? I can't imagine they bought that display brand new. I doubt they even still make displays with that crappy of quality.

Yep. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/05/cleveland_to_raze_long-term_ga.html

They might be inspecting the facade to get a better handle on the restoration work, important if they are applying for restoration tax credits. Pre-sale inspection still puts this in the maybe stage. But any progress is good news in my book.

You can't just ignore utility reconstruction and streetscaping when comparing the Healthline costs to others. The Pittsburgh West Busway was listed at $55 million/mile in the comparison table. That is the entire cost of the project, including reconstructing a tunnel that was converted for use by HOV vehicles only. How is that a fair comparison? http://www.lightrailnow.org/news/n_pit-bus-westbway-photoessay_2005-01.htm http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp90v1_cs/Pittsburgh.pdf The PD article is not comparing apples-to-apples. If you are going to compare return on investment between transit projects, you have to include all of the associated costs. The concrete construction, medians, and sidewalk work was extremely expensive. It's disingenuous to ignore the non-BRT related costs when Calabrese himself said the streetcaping helped lure companies to the corridor:

Anybody see the cost per mile graphic linked in the article? http://media.cleveland.com/plain_dealer_metro/other/costspermile.pdf The article totally ignores the cost of reconstructing Euclid with new streetscape and median, claiming just $50 million was for the BRT. Purposefully misleading.

What, seriously? That's how every building from that era was built. This your first time in Cleveland? You should walk around. There are about a hundred buildings around the area with adjoining walls.