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Or UH and Case

Id love for the casino to expand to the upper floors of the Higbee, and add retail options onto the first floor where stores would front Ontario.

See Turkey Ridge development plans (slideshow) CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio –- Get your first look at design plans for the controversial $8 million Turkey Ridge housing development project here. The city will unveil the plans to the public during a community meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the College Club of Cleveland, 2348 Overlook Road. The project includes 10 housing units -- built in five duplexes -- on part of a 1.7-acre wooded lot on Edgehill Road, north of Cedar-Fairmount, in an area known as Turkey Ridge. http://www.cleveland.com/cleveland-heights/index.ssf/2014/04/see_turkey_ridge_development_p.html

Man found dead with trauma inside West Side apartment, Cleveland police investigate as homicide CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Homicide detectives are investigating the Sunday death of a 45-year-old man on the city's West Side. A resident in the Taris Square apartment complex at 3511 Bosworth Rd. called police about 3 p.m., after finding a neighbor dead inside his fourth-floor apartment, police said. Paramedics found the man unresponsive and pronounced him dead at the scene, police said. They also noticed evidence of trauma on his body and called Cleveland police's homicide unit, who have launched an investigation. The victim was identified as 45-year-old Michael A. Robinson, according to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's office website. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/05/man_found_dead_with_trauma_ins.html

The city owns FirstEnergy Stadium and is responsible for the maintenance costs. The Q and Progressive Field are owned by the Gateway Economic Development Corporation. So if the Sin Tax failed, Gateway Economic Development Corporation would be responsible for finding the funds correct? Are they funded at the county level? If so, all of the burden wouldn't directly go to Cleveland.

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Of all options studied, your number 2 seems like the only one to make sense IMO. Besides the do nothing option. Id rather have the commuter train though! There are a lot of industrial jobs along the rail line in mentor, eastlake, and willoughby. You could have a stop serving a massive industrial park and the mentor mall shopping area.

Nice! But a few things to note. The Food Co-op is no longer around and I know a lot of people do not like to compare the West Side Market to a farmers market. Other than that it looks good! Actually you should throw Little Italy in there somewhere!

The building is iconic but would be terrible in any urban setting.

The plan looks alright. The four lane Superior is a killer though. If they have to keep it can they at least cut it down to two lanes? Four lanes is not necessary. Also how will that middle crosswalk work? Will pedestrians always have right of way? Or will there be lights? Seems too large to control with crosswalk signals.

Very interesting. I looked like a week or so ago and they still had the old plans up. They also removed the "tech ribbon"

I think either new $300,000 single family homes, townhouses, and/or a mix of apartments and condos would do amazing there. Not only would it pump money into both cities, it would add a new life to Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland and would increase activity in Coventry and along Mayfield. Both cities could use new construction housing projects and this is the perfect location.

I feel like tower city would make sense.

^^ Its a shame because this building was one of the best looking from that era IMO. The new encasement is going to make it one of the ugliest at this rate. Hopefully when it is all done it will look better but at this point it looks terrible.

Exactly. Its even kind of fun. How often do you get "new" historic buildings!

Advertising is fine if the owner paid for it. Or if the city got the revenue. But the city paying for the team to increase advertising revenue makes no sense to me.

The center of the square needs to be the focal point. Even if superior is transit only, the center would be reserved for road space. The center should have some sort of iconic monument or fountain. It should be a gathering space. Having a road run through not only removes this possibility, it also creates a divided park which will always feel like two separate spaces rather than one.

I can't get excited about this project if Superior remains open. Will be a huge mistake.

The biggest issue is the economics of new construction in Cleveland.

^ I just don't want to get excited over nothing!! I hope I'm wrong!

Could it possibly just be additional parking for the hotel?

Got a source of info for that? Just old maps. I'll try to post one tomorrow.

Yeah, I don't have a problem with this. Part of me would like to see the old name, Bulkley Boulevard brought back. But Edgewater Parkway works for me. Edgewater Parkway is actually the original name.

Now we just need people

I would argue that the automobile is the cause. Even though cars saw their rise in the 20s, sprawl didn't really happen until the 50s because it was delayed by the Great Depression of the 30s and WWII of the 40s. All the thousands of years before required people to live within walking distance of most institutions (the market, the well, etc.) and in close proximity for protection. Prior to the car being affordable it was mostly the rich who lived outside the city on their large estates away from the hustle and bustle. You can go far back enough to say the invention of the wheel invented sprawl. The densest areas are those that are very old and built for the pedestrian. Not a lot of those exist in the United States. Anything that allowed for people to live further apart contributed, and not just transportation technology. Horse carriages, streetcars, rail, and the automobile all contributed greatly. In fact, people lived sprawled out for millions of years before cities formed.