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Why is that even a goal?? I want to see what they're going to with the West 25th Street corridor and its current lack of street presence. Are they making an implication here?? "The work is kicking off with construction of an 85-room critical care pavilion that will house the sickest patients and serve as the primary intake valve in a mass disaster event."

MetroHealth formally kicks off $1.2 billion transformation By Casey Ross, The Plain Dealer on August 17, 2015 at 12:13 PM, updated August 17, 2015 at 12:26 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- MetroHealth celebrated the start of its $1.2 billion campus transformation on Monday, a multi-year project that hospital executives said will better align the organization with patients' needs. The work is kicking off with construction of an 85-room critical care pavilion that will house the sickest patients and serve as the primary intake valve in a mass disaster event. Although construction began weeks ago, MetroHealth held a beam signing for the facility with county officials on Monday morning. "We hope that we'll never need those 85 rooms to respond to a tragedy," said Dr. Akram Boutros, chief executive of MetroHealth. "Instead, we want this 75,000-square-foot expansion to serve as a glimpse into our collective future." http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2015/08/metrohealth_formall_kicks_off.html "...The $85 million critical care pavilion is scheduled for completion next July, in time for the Republican National Convention...." Why is this a necessary statement?

When I was young (~2-5 years old), I loved when we would drive down I-490 to get to my grandma's house because we got to pass by the spot where the "rapids went night night." I had especially always wanted to go inside maintenance facility, but for decades I could only use my imagination to see what happened there. I had a boyhood dream come true this weekend, thanks to AAO (at risk of sounding like too much of a nerd...) We even got to ride out of the facility on a LRT car back to the E 55th platform.

So as I was riding the WFL this weekend with the AAO tour (first time I've actually ridden it in years), I had a thought cross my mind about the fare structure for the line. Forgive me if this has been discussed here before, but has there ever been thought of making the Waterfront Line a "fare free zone?" I've experienced this in Pittsburgh as there is no fare to ride the T between the various downtown stations. If someone is at FEB and wants to get to North Coast Harbor, the easiest way to do that is to hop on the Waterfront Line and go to the West 3rd or North Coast stations. However, that seems like a much less attractive idea if you have to pay $2.25 (or $4.50 if you want to go back) to get there--not to mention that the fare collection system on the light rail is confusing as hell, as we all know. Thoughts?

Unless you have arachnophobia. The shadows from the railing lighting make it look like the boardwalk is infested with mutant giant spiders

Phoenix 'peer' cities guide Prop.104 light-rail expansion Brenna Goth, The Republic | azcentral.com 11:52 a.m. MST August 14, 2015 Navigate San Diego without a car and a $2.50 trolley ride will take you from downtown to a Chargers game, Old Town or the U.S.-Mexico border. A few more dollars in Dallas buys a day pass for 90 miles of rail with stations in eight cities. A ticket in Houston gets you to the Museum District while a Sacramento line runs to the California State Capitol. Robust light-rail systems in these car-dependent cities all started with a vision and a vote — and have since required more of each. Taxpayers took a chance funding infrastructure sold by region leaders as a way to redefine transit in sprawling metro areas and have for years supported systems that still are expanding. http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2015/08/13/phoenix-peer-cities-guide-prop-light-rail-expansion/31639307/

How much longer until the City of Detroit sells off naming rights to the city itself to Gilbert?

^ Sounds like that's the same one that was mentioned above

Charles Brush was one in particular who wanted his house torn down after he died because he didn't want it turned into a boarding house.

^ 14,200 ft² is huge. I wonder what the size is of the actual scoreboard structure is. Also, it might be a good idea to post that article and move the discussion to here: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,29502.msg768102.html

I hope so

^ Right, but I think it's also important to distinguish between the HealthLine and the CSU Line. The map basically indicates that they are the same, but that is far from accurate. The HealthLine is much closer to being a fully integrated part of the "Rapid Transit System" than the CSU line, which functions more like a regular bus, just with some nice extra additions.

West 25th?

They were. Starting at 6:00pm they stopped at both LI-UC and E 120th.

I was also hoping for a mention of fixing the monstrosity that is the right field upper deck... I love the idea of opening up the concourse to the field though. That will be a great change and really raise Progressive Field to a higher class of ballparks.

I don't know if it's the tallest, but I rode Griffon last summer at Bush Gardens Williamsburg and it was a lot of fun. It is 205 feet tall. The first drop is pretty intense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffon_(roller_coaster)

Indians unveil latest Progressive renovations By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com | @MLBastian | August 11th, 2015 CLEVELAND -- The Indians spent last offseason giving Progressive Field a facelift, dramatically changing the center-field entrance and creating the popular Right Field District. The response to the ballpark upgrades from fans has been overwhelmingly positive this season. Even more enhancements are coming, too. On Wednesday, the Indians revealed details of the second phase of their multi-phase renovations for the ballpark. Cleveland plans on extending the changes made in center and right field throughout the main concourse, and will be working this winter to add new concessions, constructing a new club located behind home plate and adding more elements to celebrate the team's history. http://m.indians.mlb.com/news/article/142539346/indians-announce-progressive-field-renovations

^ You hit the nail on the head, StrapHanger[/member]. Also, I'm not opposed to including the HealthLine and CSU Line in theory, but they should at the very least indicate that those lines are BUS rapid transit. Not to mention the continuation of including "transfer" stations on the map between the light rail and heavy rail, yet having a totally antiquated fare collection system that makes transferring between lines less than seamless (had to throw that rant in there again). Unfortunately, it sounds like this is the map that will be going up system wide (eventually).

Yup, I'm planning on going

Sorry for the lack of quality in these pictures, but here are a few pics from the ribbon cutting this evening. There was a long list of speakers including the mayor, Chris Ronayne, Armond Budish, Mamie Mitchell, Kevin Conwell, Ronn Richard, Father Joe Previte (pastor of Holy Rosary), Joe Calabrese, and a few others. It was nice to see an opening of a rail station garner such an assembly of people as well as such a large media presence. It wouldn't be a true Little Italy station without an official Catholic blessing Okay, I really don't get this. Why does this sign say Mayfield Road? That's not the official name of the station. The system is already confusing enough when it comes to using official vs. unofficial names for stations. Overall, I thought it looked great. I can't wait to use the station this weekend to get to the Feast (and also for the AAO rail tour!). Also, work will be starting early spring '16 on rehabbing the area under the CSX/NS tracks. So, we'll have to live with the status quo for a little bit longer, but there is temporary lighting under there, and it was cleaned up substantially, so it's not too too terrible at the moment. Great stuff though.

I'll post some pictures from the ribbon cutting in the RTA construction thread, but I thought I'd put this picture here:

As an almost exclusive flyer of Southwest, I'd much rather be in concourse C than in B.

^ I wonder how long it will take them to update the maps, timetables (both online and paper), and NextConnect...

Here's Freshwater's write up on the new station. Is anyone else going to the ribbon cutting this evening? http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/littleitalyrapid081115.aspx