DM4

I think the current plan is to just return it to nature. Plant grass and some trees. This leaves the ability for development in the future as it wont be an actual park.

^Probably due to their poor condition

Who runs Rockefeller Park? It took FOREVER for the grass to finally be cut.

Just saw some numbers and rail ridership is down this year probably due to many factors. Red Line -3.04% in January -10.16% in February -0.63% in March. Green/Blue Lines -10.38% in January -13.06% in February -1.74% in March.

This BRT will destroy RTA's belief that BRT drives so much development ($6 billion).

If not for this site I would have never heard of it and have never heard it being used outside of this website. Im not surprised MTS's family havent heard of it.

Pittsburgh is denser in the core and has a far more interesting topography which creates different neighborhoods. Further away from the core you see larger neighborhoods like in Cleveland. Cleveland is relatively flat and neighborhoods blend together. A large chunk of the middle ring westside neighborhoods could basically be one larger neighborhood just as most of southeast Cleveland could essentially be one larger neighborhood.

^ I definitely understand your point, but to me official neighborhood borders (new or old) are meaningless. When you are standing in League Park, you are IN Hough. When you are standing in Wade Lagoon, you are IN University Circle, and when you are standing in Beacon Place you are IN Midtown(And/or Cleveland Clinic neighborhood). Technically Duck Island is in Tremont, but it doesn't feel like Tremont, its a separate neighborhood. Same with Little Italy and University. Upper Chester is interesting to me since it is at the corner of three different neighborhoods. But since the development is solely taking place due to the development of University Circle and the Cleveland Clinic, AND is located right on the border, Id consider it as either an early extension of the University Circle neighborhood or the Cleveland Clinic neighborhood. Especially after the new CWRU building is built.

The townhouses and single family homes between Euclid and Chester are 100% located in Fairfax. Upper Chester is located in the extreme bottom right corner of Hough right on the border of both University and Fairfax. Although this project is technically located on land within the meaningless political borders of Hough, this project has everything to do with University Circle and the Cleveland Clinic and nothing to do with Hough. Im not putting Hough down as they have several nice projects such as League Park. This is just not one of them. SPA's and actual neighborhoods are two very different things.

Actually, I like that a lot. Edit: or that could be our MLS team if we ever get one!

I agree completely. They even have Midtown signs in the medians on Chester. If anything the Cleveland Clinic is its own subneighborhood extending from Carnegie up to Chester.

How about the Cleveland Indians?

Yeah I'm not really a fan of Hingetown either

They want them to match the neighborhoods :-P

We also seem to forget that up to about 1910 cars had top speeds of around 8 mph. Horse carriages and streetcars traveled at similar or lower speeds. The four quadrant square worked. Today cars and buses fly through the square at 30mph, turning without looking, and creating an unsafe/unpleasant environment for pedestrians. Just because four quadrants worked in the past doesn't mean it works today.

You answered your own question! The older buildings were pedestrian scaled and housed ground floor uses that interacted with the sidewalks. Complete opposite of today. Also I bet women were able to walk through the square without being catcalled and with children without hearing profanity. While the square itself does have some issues, the main issue with the square is its function as a transit hub. The most popular quadrants with downtown workers happen to be those with the least amount of bus stops. The two quadrants will a lot of bus stops tend to be avoided. This holds true for both men and women.

How about or just stick with the original "C"

Maybe in the architecture, but not in the huge scale of it, the density or it being placed up to the sidewalks on almost all fronts. Many newer suburban apartment projects are large scale and have similar density. Look at those in cities like Westlake, Willoughby, etc. Also like its suburban counterparts, this project has large parking lots and on street right angle parking. Honestly this project would fit into any newer suburb.

http://www.korkedbats.com/2013/10/11/new-less-offensive-redskins-mascot-ideas/

Has a suburban vibe to it

The 44 minute time is still off. It can easily take 40 minutes from University Circle to Playhouse Square.

That driveway isn't anything new. Its the location of East 119th street which already exists and will still exist even after the new station is completed.

It's part of the Greater University Circle area

That rendering is extremely old so I wouldn't get too excited/worked up over it

Quietly renovated this building shows exactly how a renovated space can bring in much higher rents! I hope other building owners along mayfield take note! This building is located directly right of Prestis. Look at googlemaps streetview for a before of the exterior. http://cleveland.craigslist.org/apa/4496784609.html