Urbanophile

^ I don't think jmicha is wrong, but I also don't think that I expected anything more from this building (and more specifically, this architectural firm).

^ It was a huge year for Republicans so I don't think it's surprising at all that he lost. It was still a pretty close race.

The neighborhood apparently wouldn't accept a solution like Heinen's though, since they proved that they didn't want a commercial tenant in the building. I don't know what they expected to happen. They wanted the church to be preserved, but it didn't seem like they wanted anything to occupy the building. They wanted a nice pretty building to look at, but that's about it. It makes no sense to me. Why live in a city if a commercial business in your neighborhood is too disruptive?

^ True. I'm no expert on this matter, and I have no idea how large the largest Northeast Ohio native evergreens are. Still, they could use more native plants for everything else. I never knew until I did some research, but there are some very pretty plants native to this region. Unfortunately, though, they are rarely used in urban landscaping. It would be nice to get some legislation requiring that a certain percentage of plants are native to the region in projects that utilize any funding from the City. Regardless, the landscape/streetscape is going to look great on this project. I just wish they gave the local ecosystem more consideration.

There are also evergreens that are native to Northeast Ohio, but they seem to be opting for the ones that are native to the west coast. I know it's nitpicky, but it's usually better for the ecosystem if native plants are used.

This probably seems really nitpicky, but I wish they'd use more plants native to Northeast Ohio.

^ Thanks for the updates! I grew up in the Youngstown area, but in just the past year my parents moved to Chagrin Falls and many of my friends got jobs in other regions, so I hardly have any connections back in Y-town. It's amazing to see how much downtown has changed in the past decade.

^ I don't really like what they did to the building, but it will be nice to have another bar there.

Great news! Also, I noticed the other day that there is finally a little more progress on that building across from Gypsy Bean (it was covered with plywood for the longest time). Does anyone know what is going in there?

^ As a history buff, I'm usually a traditionalist when it comes to dropping neighborhood names, but I agree that Gordon Square sounds a lot better than Detroit-Shoreway. I'd be okay with that change.

^^ Hello fellow redditor. Anyway, if it's true they better not be demolishing the Greyhound Station. It would be perfect for a lobby for a movie theatre complex.

^ Nice guess, based on the info I provided :)

^ And you didn't take pics???

^ Wait, so it's actually not frosted on the east facing side? MidwestChamp just said that he saw it in person and that the glass was frosted on that side.

It's really strange that the glass on the east-facing side isn't frosted like all the other glass. It really doesn't look good. Did the renderings show it like that?

Wow, did they do anything right with this design?

There are plenty of growing medium sized companies in the region. Particularly technology companies who are looking to attract young employees. I'm looking at you, Park Place Technologies in Mayfield... (among many others)

I sat in on a meeting with these guys a few months back, when they were looking at a different building. I recall them mentioning that they were considering using the name "Cleveland's Home of Chicken & Waffles" for the Cleveland location, but that they hadn't made up their minds yet. So, take that for what it's worth.

^ I see you are full of the April Fools spirit today

Bravo, Equillibrius. All the time I've spent dreaming up ways of developing the lakefront, I never thought of simply moving the Shoreway in that particular spot. That actually seems feasible! Well, compared to most Lakefront plans, that is.

Wow, I had no idea they would transform the building that much. What an improvement! Now someone just needs to develop the parking lot next to it

They plan to add more jobs over the next few years, and their payroll is pretty large for a firm of their size. It's a small firm, but it's certainly a good sign for the city. I helped a little bit on the incentive project to get them downtown, and the CEO seemed genuinely excited about working downtown and about being a part of Cleveland's revival. The decision wasn't just because of his commute. I agree, though. Hopefully we can start getting more 1,300-employee firms as the momentum keeps picking up :)

^ This is their first store outside of Chicago, so who knows, they may choose to call the Cleveland location Cleveland's Home of Chicken and Waffles.

^ If New Tech West decides to build a school at the Max Hayes site, it would be stupid to not do that. The student body is smaller than Max Hayes, and that site on Detroit is already larger than it needs to be for an urban high school.

Yeah, I've always thought it was funny that people think Burke is the main thing blocking lakefront development, when we still haven't been able to develop any of the currently available lakefront land. On a semi-related note, what is the feasibility of the Port moving? Currently the Port sits on the most valuable (and convenient) lakefront land, not Burke. I know it's been proposed before in Cleveland, but what is the actual feasibility of that happening? I'd imagine it would be possible to create more land off of the Port land on Whiskey Island, and just move all the Port operations there. I've heard the northeast corner of Burke suggested, but I'd imagine it would be more difficult to establish a rail connection there.