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What the h*ll happened to that arch?! Was that made of stone? Why didn't it last? Would love to have it there today.

Think this goes here... Here's a new website called "Legacy City Design" which appears to be committed to sharing urban planning practices and ideas across America's Legacy Cities. To my knowledge, the Legacy City moniker came about somewhat recently as a softer way to say "Rust Belt", which I don't mind that much. Under projects, Cleveland has the Opportunity Corridor and Velodrome listed. Not sure why they choose those but fortunately you can submit new projects for consideration on the page. Cinci doesn't have any projects listed yet. Columbus is not considered a legacy city. Here is the link: http://www.legacycitydesign.org/

Your move Jacobs.

As a rule, I consider all conspiracy theories nonsense. But if I wanted people to dislike rail transit, I would make it as unreliable as RTA has been this winter. Just sayin'. Quick story: Last week my Mom had a conference downtown. She didn't want to worry about parking and driving in the snow so she decided to take the Green line. The trains were already delayed so she waited 30 mins at the Green Road station. By then there were easily over 2 trains worth of commuters crammed onto the train into what amounted to standing room only, if that. Some problem didn't allow the train to enter TC so they had to stop on the tracks for 30 mins before they decided to reverse, only to have the train die. At this point, some woman had a full blown panic attack on the train and freaked out. Another lady started screaming profanities. They then had to wait for another Green/Blue Line train to come and push them into the TC station! The push strategy overshot the train through the TC station, of course. At that point, the driver just opened the doors and people were climbing up the walls onto the station. My Mom's an urbanist at heart and no priss...but she had my sister driver her back home at the end of the day. 3rd world countries have more reliable systems than this. And probably more funding too!

So a giant warehouse growing hops n' stuff?

Alright, so check this out.... On Feb, 6th 2015, PPN: 007-18-002 transferred from JC LAND HOLDINGS, LLC to OHIO CITY BREW FARM LLC. You're probably wondering what property this is...if you've ever driven on I-90 W, you've probably noticed it as the hulking vacant structure to the north. The incorporation documents for OHIO CITY BREW FARM, LLC were filed on 03/10/2014. O yeah, this is kind of a weird area but I choose Ohio City because it's north of I-90. Also, it looks like the last arms length sale was August 20, 2014 from 3506 VEGA AVENUE, LLC to JC LAND HOLDINGS, LLC for $125,000. JC Holdings transferred via a quitclaim deed for $0 to Ohio City Brew Farm, LLC, making me think both LLCs are held by the same people. Both are incorporated with the same attorney too.

Kyrie's had me stressed out all day.

Live stream of Jackson's address regarding history of police reforms under his admin. Dictation of his speech is in the comment section. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson to address reduction in police use of force cases (LIVE coverage) http://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/index.ssf/2015/02/cleveland_mayor_frank_jackson_47.html#incart_river

I know it's been said before, but there really should be an Ohio "League of Cities" type group to represent urban interests in the legislature.

^ I thought the same thing. I rode the Blue Line this morning and the train came within 3 minutes of its scheduled time...so maybe it was the train that was scheduled before?

^ You're hired. When can you start?

^ The booze selection is incredible.

I know everyone has made more less the same post but....wow. I just got back from buying some stuff (yes, I survived it without a car) and I had to pinch myself at times. I've never really seen anything like it before. This really holds it own with any urban retail venue I've ever seen, in the United States and Europe.

Is the City citing them for the blatant code violations?

... I think people need to work on their reading comprehension levels. Comin' out swinging with the first post!

How does a brown facemask do any of that?

KJP[/member] Is the $83 million more, less, or on par with the amounts we have been spending on rail in recent years past?

Odd claim, I'd have to disagree.

I remember hearing UC was the 4th largest in Ohio behind (in descending order) 1. DT Cleveland 2. DT Cincinnati 3. DT Columbus 4. UC

From Wikipedia: Minneapolis City - 2010 Census (382,578) White: 63.8% Black or African American: 18.6% American Indian: 2.0% Asian: 5.6% (1.9% Hmong, 0.9% Chinese, 0.7% Indian, 0.6% Korean, 0.4% Vietnamese, 0.3% Thai, 0.3% Laotian, 0.2% Filipino, 0.1% Japanese, 0.2% Other Asian) Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1% Other: 5.6% Multiracial: 4.4% Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 10.5%[52] (7.0% Mexican, 1.3% Ecuadorian, 0.4% Puerto Rican, 0.3% Guatemalan, 0.2% Salvadoran, 1.3% Other Latino) St. Paul City - 2010 Census (285,068) 60.1% white 15.7% African American 1.1% Native American 15.0% Asian 0.1% Pacific Islander 3.9% from other races 4.2% from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.6% of the population. From http://www.s4.brown.edu/us2010/segregation2010/msa.aspx?metroid=33460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA - 2010 Census (3,279,833) 78.6% White 8.4% Non-hispanic Black 5.4% Hispanic 6.4% Asian 1.2% Other races From Wikipedia Detroit City - 2010 Census (713,777) 82.7% Black or African American; 10.6% White (7.8% non-Hispanic whites, 2.8% Hispanic whites); 3% from other races; 1.1% Asian; 2.2% from two or more races; 0.4% American Indian; 0.02% Pacific Islander. Detroit MSA - 2010 Census (4,296,250) 70.1% White 22.8% African American 0.3% Native American 3.3% Asian 0.02% Pacific Islander 1.2% from other races 2.2% from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.2% of the population Arab Americans were at least 4.7% of the region's population (considered white in the US Census).

Coworking craze hits Cleveland's Midtown, as Beauty Shoppe inks deal at Victory Center (photos) CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An empty building in Cleveland's Health-Tech Corridor could become a home away from home for the office-less, as part of a national trend that emphasizes creative, freewheeling workspaces. The Beauty Shoppe, a Pittsburgh-based coworking operator, has signed a deal to run Midtown's first such space in 18,000 square feet at the Victory Center on Euclid Avenue. Set to open in June, the Cleveland facility will offer flexible digs - from unassigned desks to private offices - starting around $150 a month. Proponents of the project, a public-private investment, believe a coworking facility will enliven that stretch of the Midtown neighborhood, making it easier to attract businesses and investors. They're also betting that the Beauty Shoppe, as the first tenant at Victory, will lure other companies to ink deals at the restored historic building at 7012 Euclid Ave. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2015/02/coworking_craze_hits_cleveland.html

I had almost the same criticisms the follow up piece made while reading the original piece. Minneapolis's cultural and migratory history closer follows a Canadian city of similar size closer than it does any other American city. I've long made the general claim that much larger cultural, location-based, and macroeconomic forces have exponentially more culpability regarding the outcome of any city than local public policy does. Local policy may smooth or coarsen some edges but its affect can rarely contend with larger trends.

^ Yeah I noticed that too. I wanted badly to sign the petition because I was attracted to the general thesis but found the information presented to be less than forthright. Particularly that they used the stately Victorian home in a prominent photo - yet that house isn't at risk here. The 2 houses to be torn down are really rough, small, abandoned homes. I support the idea but was sketched out by the execution.

I would be bummed if the new logo was just an updated helmet. I think we would be well served to have something different. This is still my all time favorite:

*I started writing this earlier but had to go do something. Apologies if the topic has run cold by now. That's a good point but we are often dealing with a slightly different inquiry when a police shooting happens, right? I don't have any statistics on it but I would assume the vast majority of shootings between civilians happen absent a valid purpose of self defense - they are offensive shootings. So justification and reflexive defense for the shooter would be the exception, not the rule. Conversely, I would then assume the vast majority of shootings by police are done with the valid purpose of self defense (or within the slightly higher self defense standard police officers are afforded). This presumption in favor of the police officer's action can be and is abused as is the presumption against the civilian shooter. That said, I can understand, along broad lines, why these presumptions exist given the different position of the parties. Morris and Philpot each do a good job attacking from both ends but both makes some missteps. Here are the ones that jumped out at me: I think Philpot makes a routine but elementary mistake when discussing the prevalence of black on black crime. She states: According to data collected from 1980 to 2008 by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 93 percent of black victims were killed by black offenders; however, 84 percent of white victims were killed by other whites. Why is this? Most crime is committed by people who live in the same communities, which even in 2015 remain quite racially segregated. This statistic is mirrored amongst Latinos and Asians as well. So why aren't we also being rallied by Mr. Morris to march against the evils of white-on-white crime in America? While the facts behind her claim are correct she misses the point that the volume of black on black crime is largely disproportionate to black people's proportion of the population. I think that stat is black Americans comprise 13% of the population but 51% of the murders. There is an article with an interesting graph that I've posted in the past in an article here: http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21617019-who-gets-murdered The causes for black on black crime can be argued at length, and often are. But her implication that murder touches all segments of the population equally is just not true. Next, I think Morris makes a classic mistake by assuming "the black community" exists as a monolith and that this monolith lacks the responsibility to voice their contempt. It would be hard to argue that the black community is a single group with similar opinions. Eugene Robinson, makes the point that what may have once been the "black community" has long since splintered into many divergent groups. I read his book a couple years back and he makes the case well: http://www.amazon.com/Disintegration-The-Splintering-Black-America/dp/0767929969 Would we require an upper middle class black person in Beachwood to express indignation about a murder on St. Clair and E. 90th when they have no ties to the neighborhood? That would make as much sense as requiring a white person in Beachwood to denounce and protest a murder in the trailer park in Euclid. Sharing skin color is not a nexus that can serve as a proxy for "community." And I agree that some neighborhood groups do aim to impact violence but there is very little media incentive to cover it. Here is an article about a group aiming to help find the suspect in Cleveland quintuple homicide: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/12/new_years_day_march_will_focus_1.html But I think the ire Morris aims to capture is the frustration that countless national and local "activist" groups find endless time, money, resources, and energy to expend when there is even the slightest indication of white aggression against a black victim but these same groups are virtually invisible when faced with "third world level" body counts as long as the trigger-man is black. Notice that the fine students of Oberlin expended 0 time or resources to bring attention to our recent triple and quintuple homicides. People protest to bring attention to certain issues. While the protesters may not have an immediate solution to the problem at hand, there is an understanding that exposure brings about discussion which brings about the discussion of solutions which can bring about change. Why does this logic/tactic apply to police violence but not neighborhood violence? So while the outrage over unjustified killing at the hands of police is called for to bring about more accountability - why is there no hint of national outrage over the routine slaughter of young black men by other young black men? The attention does not have to be mutually exclusive but for some reason, it is. *I'm getting altitude sickness up here on this soapbox.