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That's fine to think about but in comparison they are very different... Toronto is the cultural/economic center for a whole country(even 50 years ago); 50 years ago Cleveland was arguably the 3rd or 4th most important in its region(Chicago, Detroit & Pittsburgh). I love Cleveland and I love Ohio, but step back for a minute and look at reality.

When is the old Shriners lot going to finally be used? They shut that thing down when gateway was built and still haven’t heard anything about its future. If there was news it’s been so long that I’ve forgotten all about it.

Not when you take into consideration that the NIMBYism in Worthington are > German Village which are > Clintonville

I don't 100% disagree, but there is still plenty of space for those opportunities. When I moved to Columbus in 2006 downtown in a way looked bombed out with all the flat parking lots. There have been 40 of those lots since then from campus to Nationwide that have been infilled along High. There have been 10 of those infilled along High in downtown proper. I would argue that we've added several big developments from a sqft standpoint despite there being a lack of overall height.

Arguably downtown has the most open urban land to develop.

Mehhh, honestly one of my least favorite cities and I love country music.

That strip has always intrigued me as well, businesses seem to struggle at that bar. I think it needs a complete overhaul, a lot of brownfield closer into the interstate though. That again could easily be bumped to the other side as there is a ton of industrial in that corridor. I would think hotels and a mixed use development would be successful here due to it's proximity to the Villages on the southside. I would think a re-imagined version of Lennox would be appropriate and successful here.

The comment section on CU's facebook page is what drew me to finally comment on here, because those people are out in full force(despite some of them living in far exurbs). The best comment in my opinion was someone pointing out the river renovations that added a ton more greenspace to the inner city. This is in retrospect taking a VERY small sliver of our greenspace away. Mentioning restaurants makes me think that they will make the park even more popular and this development a win-win for all.

I should've tamed my language just a little, but I was speaking of the core neighborhoods in Columbus both now and into the future. It is a safe bet that at minimum the households living in Short North, German Village and Downtown for the most part are all six figure earners, whether it's individuals or couples. While not the super rich it does mean more tax dollars for the city, even more so than true high net worth individuals. But in context even they bring in more dollars for the city via property taxes, restaurants, services, etc. This is a very unique situation but I think the core of the park is not going to be at risk was my main point. The dog park for example could easily be relocated.

Agreed, Columbus knows what it has and it's something very unique, no way that the city would break up their "greenbelt" along the river for apartments, they've invested too much and I think they understand what it means for quality of life in the city. And a good quality of life means more residents to collect taxes on moving forward and high net worth ones at that!

West Virginia is your best bet, Mad River is good but not great.

Could be a great location for an Amtrak station.

It would've been even better had Schottenstein gone through with their plan to connect the White Castle site and the stadium. Despite the Crew getting what they wanted Schottenstein still could've completed about 75% of what they wanted to do though, but that's to be expected out of them! I've edited this twice to fix my percentage and add the picture. Why the hell did they cancel this!? It could've been 100% completed even with the stadium, really disappointing!

They clearly have never crossed 3rd on their own street.

That little stretch from Ackerman to Broadway will look pretty tall with the Kroger redevelopment done. All of the hotels, the Caterbury, Riverside and Ohio Health’s HQ. Really makes me wish that OSU had built Covelli closer to the highway. It would’ve made Broadway to downtown feel like one continuous stretch of urban development. My guess is we see Kohl’s gone/redeveloped within the next 2-3 years. I would hate to lose that store though, so hopefully they’re part of the plan!

I might have missed it but what’s everyone’s issue with the Luxe Bell building outside of the name?

I think it would be awesome for them to slap a 10-12 story building right in the middle of all this(the lot directly to the east by BBR) with more of the same. However I think it’ll end up being parking.

One of the few remaining lots, big news on a Friday!

What does age have to do with you not understanding that I was in no way complaining in my original post? A post that you were responding to and what got this started. As as far as weather is concerned, yes it is a problem in most all cities as a matter of fact. However like others had posted this was a “pie in the sky” idea. Which is undeniably true, no matter how much it would’ve “made sense” in the land usage argument. Carry on “thumbs downing” people’s post and reacting with “poison” if that makes you feel better! I’ll be the one still here calling those actions and your repetitive response childish because you were upset that I didn’t agree with you.

GREAT come back considering you put words in my mouth. Give your explanation on why I’m wrong, rather than a childish response. I’ll go first: Why not put the airport in Richfield where it’s centralized to both Cleveland and Akron/Canton?(or why was it at least not considered at the same time as this original plan) Plenty of cheap land, out of the risk of weather from the lake, still could’ve created a transit hub via a rail line to all three metros. Ok, now you go...

Does someone want to give me odds that the Browns end up having training camp here within the decade?

Check yourself; I’m not complaining about any of the above. Also Cleveland could’ve done the same in numerous areas. As someone that’s worked in the industry while living in NEO, the above plan was a horrible idea mainly because of weather.

I’ve actually seen that before in Cbus; awkward but it gets the job done.

Does this really need an explanation on why this would've been a HORRIBLE idea!?

While I agree, I think it could be a safety barrier of sorts. I could also see where they develop them in the future because they are going to be completely landlocked when this master plan is finished.