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I mostly agree. Who saw that one huh? My initial reaction was definitely negative, but I'm warming to the idea. Although, to say he did a decent job with Cam Newton also has to give him the blame for Newton's nose dive his sophomore year. But, I'm going to be optimistic about this one

Does anyone know when Indians home opener tickets go on sale? I tried searching online, but couldn't find anything. I remember they used to start selling tickets to the first series in November, but not sure that they do that anymore.

According to MGB, construction has started at the future Mitchell's site. Finally. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1627324&l=7590433e5d&id=135866259789625

As a guy also in my mid-20s, I echo this, I don't remember the opening of TC. But I will say that compared to other cities (with the exception of big ones like NYC, Chicago, etc) Tower City is much healthier than other downtown shopping malls. I did almost all of my Christmas shopping there and got nearly everything I needed. I have asked a lot of people over the years why they don't go down to Tower City to shop, and besides the convenience of going to their nearby suburban hell hole shopping center/mall, they often give me answers that shows the still present racist/segregationist attitudes of many people. They often say Tower City has become too 'ghetto' and that they don't feel safe there. Unfortunately, I think more people hold this view than I would like to believe.

PD article on the same subject: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/01/odot_wants_spruced_up_look_on_1.html I am at least glad that ODOT is thinking about this aspect of the new bridges.

Ok, one last set for the day. My first stop of travel season in September was in our state's capital. Unfortunately, I was only there for a day, but still covered quite a bit of ground. Always liked this intersection. It gets a bad rap, but I really like our Statehouse. God forbid it was built before the expansion of the US Capitol and doesn't have a copy cat dome. I feel like a bad Ohioan because it took me 24 years to make it inside our Statehouse, but I finally did it. Love this place. Too bad the one in Bethesda recently closed :-( Still have to get to a game here. Beautiful High Street There are many times that I wish I had gone to school here. I faintly heard Hang on Sloopy being played from an area south of the Shoe, so I went to investigate and to my delight found TBDBITL practicing. Typical Ohio State student house. Note table on the porch, red solo cups, and cans in the yard.

Very true. That's one of my favorite things about the Boston area, the suburbs are a lot less 'sprawly' than most cities around the country.

Yet another photo thread from me! Here are some pictures from one of my all time favorite cities, Boston, along with Cape Cod and Nantucket. These are from June 2012. The Common (note: not 'Commons') Old City Hall New City Hall, and in my opinion, one of the ugliest buildings in America The North End, one of my favorite parts of Boston Copley Square The ugly Prudential Tower that stole the Terminal Tower's status as 'tallest building in the US outside of NYC' My first trip to Fenway Park. I do hate the Red Sox (especially after '99 and '07), but I couldn't help but fall in love with this ballpark. Waiting for the T Green Line train Beach in West Falmouth, Cape Cod Downtown Nantucket Great sandwich shop that I learned about from a Nantucket Nectar juice cap My friends all wanted to hit up the beech, but I decided to go do some more exploring of the Island instead Observation tower on the Cape, I forget the town name. Chatham

Nothing really new or too exciting here, just some random Cleveland pictures from my trip there in the summer for my HS reunion and then from my work trip in September and October. Summer First time back at the Cod in years I've been to many museum submarines around the country, and the Cod is still my favorite because of this. You still have to go down and up through the hatches, all the others have stairs cut into the hull. Taken from the Velvet Dog rooftop. I hate this place, but was dragged there after my HS reunion. Sweet views though. View from the ledges at Chapin Forest in Lake Co. You can faintly see Cleveland's skyline in the distance. Sun about to set over Lake Erie My last day in town was the first day of Marine Week Cleveland September/October Beautiful sunset over Lake Erie taken from Dock 30 during Ingenuity Fest A picture I've been meaning to take for many years and finally did it Since I was here for work, I got to stay at a hotel downtown. I picked the Holiday Inn Express on Euclid, mainly for its price, but it was definitely the nicest HI Express I had ever stayed in. This is a view of the Arcade from the parking garage. I can never resist taking pictures of this beauty I had never actually been in the lobby of the Old Nat City Building before. Cleveland really has some amazing building interiors. Continuing with the amazing interiors theme... Fortunately I was in town for the WSM's Centennial Celebration. Unfortunately, the weather sucked. This was taken from the deck of the Cleveland Hostel. I would love to come back up here on a nice summer day. And finally, a few shots from the weekend I came up for the Browns-Skins game DC Browns Backers on the jumbotron!

Also found it in 2004, also from Clevelandskyscrapers.com. I think I got there by doing a Google Image search for Cleveland

Veering off topic a bit, but since we're talking about changes, why don't we use our fight song more? Living in DC, I'm constantly being inundated by Hail to the Redskins, and I think it's really cool how the whole stadium sings it at Fed Ex after a touchdown.

Quite simply, Princeton is beautiful. I'd say that Princeton is one of my favorite small cities in the country (neck and neck with Charlottesville). I made a short stop here on my drive from Connecticut to DC in the fall. The city and the university were made to be photographed. This is the University Chapel. Beautiful building. And to end it, a cool shot of the sun setting over Center City Philadelphia.

Just finished the interview, was seven hours long. Evidently he is now interviewing with the Bills, but Cleveland is apparent front runner. -According to Chris Mortensen

To be honest, I'm not super knowledgeable about the whole story regarding the Cincy streetcar, but it is fascinating to watch this whole streetcar process unfold, and I can't help but notice many parallels to the many fights over the years regarding the subway.

God, please no! I've been looking at Twitter, and there have been a lot of digs at the Browns uniforms. Am I in the minority that I don't want to see them changed much? Besides removing the AL on the sleeve and wearing brown pants instead of white on the road. I love the traditional look

:x :shoot: Haha, just making a point. Although past history doesn't look good for Chip Kelly's chances, past history also doesn't look good for us as Browns fans. I'm willing to take the risk with him and see what happens.

Random thought. I know the Indians don't have an organized fan club like the Browns Backers, but are there any instances in which Tribe fans that live in other cities organize groups to see them when they come to their town? For example, I'd love to somehow organize Indians fans in the Balt/Wash region to go to the games when the Tribe plays at Camden Yards. Last summer I went to all four games by myself and met a ton of Indians fans, but I think it would be cool to get a group to get together and maybe all sit in the same section or something. Ok, random thought done.

Does anyone know how many Browns coaches lead their team to a Superbowl?

From what I've seen/read, I think a more accurate estimate would be $100-150 million. But I still think it's in the long term interests of the owner to make the investment, considering they get probably around 95%+ of the revenue from the stadium year round.

So the area that Cleveland offered Art before the move is still there? Well, that's a debatable premise, unless you believe Tim Hagan and George Forbes...which I do not. Councilman Rybka was a big proponent of using this site, but Mayor White wouldn't have it. It would have cost more money and taken more time to build as the infrastructure wasn't there. But I suppose it's still feasible for the future.

Had some good discussion on that here: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,28165.0.html

Here We Go Again!

Haha. He actually left Cleveland shortly after surveying it in 1796, never to return again.

In addition to Ohio and New York, my job takes me to the great Constitution State. I had never spent much time in Connecticut, other than driving through on I-95 to get to Boston. It's a very interesting place, to say the least. There is immense wealth, but also stark poverty. I've never seen a place with so much disparity between the rich (small towns/suburbs) and poor (urban areas). I really enjoyed exploring both the big cities and small towns of Connecticut...with the exception of Bridgeport. I can confidently say that Bridgeport is the worst city I've ever been to (but they do have a superb Holiday Inn). My favorite city in the state is definitely New Haven, the presence of Yale having a lot to do with that. First, here are a few pictures from a pilgrimage I made. As many of you know, Cleveland was originally part of the Connecticut Western Reserve and its founder, Moses Cleaveland, hailed from the small town of Canterbury, CT. This was no where near any of the places I went for work, but I decided to make the hour long trek from Hartford to pay my respects to our great city's founder. The town is basically an intersection with a few old buildings and houses dotting the road. There wasn't any town green or square that you would expect to see. It took me a little while to find the cemetery as it was a small burial ground on the side of the road encircled by a short stone wall. There was an old gate that looked like it hadn't been opened in a century, so I took the risk of getting in trouble for trespassing and jumped the stone wall. I had to do some searching but eventually found his grave site. His actual head stone. Head stone of his father (I think) Remnants of his home. Waterbury. This is an interesting city that has seen better times. Waterbury was a big center for brass making and not surprisingly is nicknamed the "Brass City." The city has some cool architecture downtown, two beautiful Catholic Churches, and of course their notable clock tower. The Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Town Green Downtown with a view of the Shrine of St. Ann Government building. I think city hall? Can't remember for sure. Old train station with the iconic clock tower. Statue of the Venerable Servant of God Fr. Michael J. McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus. He was born in Waterbury. Episcopalian Church on the Green. The Shrine of St. Ann New London. This was a neat city located in a beautiful part of the state. It sits at the mouth of the Thames River (rhymes with 'James' unlike its UK namesake) at the Long Island Sound. New London was notable as a big whaling center and it is home to the US Coast Guard Academy. Across the river in Groton is Naval Submarine Base New London, the US's primary submarine base. As with Waterbury, New London has seen better days. It reminded me of Annapolis, except a more depressed, run down version of Annapolis. New London's train station. An Acela Express train came through about 30 seconds after taking this picture. The city's waterfront. As with so many cities, the waterfront is cut off from downtown, but at least it's by train tracks and not a freeway. One of the main streets downtown. Mystic Although not a city (not even a village, just a CDP), the picturesque Mystic is just a few miles east of New London. Cute town. Mystic's claim to fame. I was told by a local that the food isn't that great, so I just settled with taking a picture of it. Stongington Half of Mystic actually lies in the neighboring town of Stonington. Here are a few pictures of the downtown, known as Stonington Borough. This is actually where most of the Mystic Pizza movie was filmed. Norwalk. Only a few pictures here. These are of South Norwalk, or SoNo. Had lots of bars and restaurants and I though the architecture was pretty neat. New Haven. And last, but certainly not least, the Elm City. I love New Haven. It has a reputation for being poor and dangerous, which I'm not denying, but there are definitely a lot of good things happening here. The city is centered around the Green which contains a couple of churches, but otherwise is just open green space. To the west of the Green lies Yale, which really defines that section of the city with its imposing Gothic architecture. One of my favorite things about New Haven is the food. I think their pizza is the best in the country (especially Pepe's white clam). New Haven is also the accepted birthplace of the hamburger, specifically Louis' Lunch. The city has its problems, but it has some beautiful buildings and I think is definitely heading in the right direction. We'll start with my journey to the top of East Rock. This is what they call a 'fault block ridge,' basically a large block of rock on the east side of the city. Of course when I got there I found out that the road to the top closes to cars after October 31st, so guess what day I was there--November 1st. Halfway to the top looking northwest. Finally at the top, looking at downtown New Haven. Monument at the top of the rock. Downtown New Haven again. These next few are of the Yale campus. The buildings look like they are hundreds of years old, but all of the Gothic buildings were actually built in the 20s. They were designed to make them look like they are from the middle ages. Some parts of the stone walls were intentionally burned or had acid poured on them to give them an older look. And finally a few shots from the Green. Absent from this thread are Hartford, Bridgeport, and Stamford. I regret not getting any pictures of Hartford, but trust me when I say Bridgeport isn't worth the photos. Stamford is a fun city, but its architecture is rather bland. Overall, I love Connecticut and am excited to go back there in the fall.

The sun sets in the nation's capital yesterday on the first day of the 113th Congress.