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One can always look to Kobenhavn for any type of cycle inspiration. If its at all possible, that city is doing it. http://www.copenhagenize.com/2011/01/cycling-in-winter-in-copenhagen.html?m=1 It comes down to how many and how much people in a particular area care about it. Copenhagen takes it to a new level. I will say though Cleveland is quite a unique City in the world for the frequency of our snow (total accumulations aside) Its quite possible up here for it to snow 4+ separate times a day, every day for weeks on end. Its a snow removal, maintenance nightmare as we all know quite well.

Finally some retail. They have touted battery park as an urban neighborhood since day one, it's about time it stared acting as one.

Balconies over the courtyard at Worthington Yards :)

Anything to do with this project?

Nice to see Amtrust Financial break into the list this year. While their official headquarters is in NYC, their operational headquarters is in Cleveland. https://amtrustfinancial.com/

I really like that building. Shame :cry:

A concrete serpent monster has risen from the abyss of W25th and Detroit.

I appreciate all the financing/developer concerns and market aspects to these projects.But Is it possible that there is in fact higher demand for more mixed use, multifamily and these demands are not being met in our city? These will be townhouses along Superior because of a decade old master plan, or because that is what the developer is comfortable with? I'm not saying these townhouses wont sell, I think they will (although I would never buy a townhouse on superior) but who decided this area cant bare denser development. I'm really not trying to be a pain, just trying to understand the dynamics to this better. Most people on here seem to be at the understanding this is all the market can handle and i'm inquisitive as to how that was determined.

^Agree. Build the townhouses along Lindazzo but leave Superior frontage to multifamily, mixed use. Its a no-brainer, we cant be so short sighted. Superior does need to be redone as well.

The last rendering of this project I saw, it had a an open courtyard to the north of the existing building. This is 100% better.

^ Building binge... now there's a bender I can willingly commit to at my age :drunk:

Dave, you're in Cleveland right? .Net VB/C#?? Message me.

Last I heard there was to be an African goods (import?) store going in there. Sudanese, maybe? My memory is crap.

I think building out 119th with higher density stuff would not mess with the character. A public garage/mixed-use could be built along here which could alleviate parking concerns. Building on the western side of 119, along the tracks could add a lot to the neighborhood, creating another corridor without changing the feel of the LI core. Train noise could be an issue here but that didn't stop the new stuff going up in Battery Park.

^That location would make sense for them. A large part of moving HQ locations is retaining current employees and drastic changes always seem to upset a portion of employees. This move would change very little to employee's present routine. Just a random thought but if SW was to use this location as a new HQ I could see the feasibility of them keeping Breen tech center more of a possibility then if they were to move further away, even to Public Square lot. Test samples and other documents are run up to Skylight daily (at least they were, maybe that has become digitized). In addition people will come down from corporate and use the outdoor facilities at Breen, as well as a company-wide annual summer fair held at Breen every summer. Skylight, as is this possible new HQ location is just close enough to make this trek possible. Any further and I could see consolidation more of an issue. Note this is total speculation. I would love to see the Breen site open up for other uses but I could see the company wanting to hold on to its Breen asset.

^ Exactly. In this particular case we made the major city decision to finally put this rail station in and now we want to let that investment go to possible waste for some tiny town ideas. I say the city should step up and push this through (can they do that?). Sorry, fellow paesanos but you are wrong here. You will see though, that the neighborhood will be better off in the end if we embrace the density.

I think you misunderstood me. The 4 or 5 or 6 story would front the wider streets: Euclid, Chester. I am not formally educated in urban design by any means, just someone who travels alot and through observation formulated what feels right, at least to my preference. But yes that kind of widespread development would need a much more attractive market in that area. What I am more concerned with though is the other asspect of my post with those huge blocks being broken up with with a network of much narrower streets and 3-4 story residental with mixed-use worked in to the fabric. Buildings abutting each other, no set backs, no tree lawn. Something much more intimate as you put it. That is what I meant when I mentioned traditional design. Cleveland has an overabundance of single family detached wood frame neighborhoods. It would be nice to have something in contarst to that to tap into a population pool that have different tastes. I know exactly which development you are talking about just west of the clinic and agree 100% To add to it I despise those horrible marginal streets (or whatever you call them) on the north and south sides.

Glad they decided to stay and I congratulate them on the new digs, it looks very nice inside. Still hate that massive, lifeless garage. They mentioned in the article that they hope to see a coffee shop and other amenities spring up around them. Maybe they could have tired to team up with another developer to squeeze a coffee shop and a cafe into that huge garage infrastructure investment? Great news overall though. This gave me a chuckle as well. I guess that sums things up pretty well. http://realestate.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2017/03/dealer_tire_revs_up_long-vacan.html#incart_river_mobileshort_home

Yes. Innova would be the start of such a neighborhood. You need height like that maybe even a little more on such a wide street like Chester. Behind Innova would the heart though. the 3-4 story residential with mixed in stores, retail, resturant/ bar on narrow streets. Just about like the look and feel of existing multi family apartments on Newton But, if my memory serves me correctly there is already a structure being planned right to the west of Innova that breaks the urban code.

Agree with all your points, but I think the best way to do this is to put the Health Tech along the Opportunity Corridor, allowing the area around Euclid Ave to be developed into walkable mixed use. Euclid already connects two desirable areas so why not continue that theme? Health tech installations aren't particularly walkable. While neighborhoods containing industry can be perfectly viable, there's no reason to make our Main Street into one. That's not what cities usually do, instead they usually make Main Street their premier neighborhood. Kinda like Cleveland did in the first place... we don't need to reinvent it! Cleveland needs a true urban neighborhood. Dense 3-5 (maybe 6) story residential with mixed-use interlaced. You know just typical, traditional city design stuff. Cleveland is missing out on population (of all ages) that want to live in these places. I can't think of a better place than along the Euclid,Healthline/Chester corridor. Break up those huge blocks with 20 ft or less wide streets, no setbacks or tree lawns. Weave together an interesting place to live, work and explore. At the very least, personal design preference aside, there is absolutely no reason the Heathline corridor is not mixed use/ residential (including bio tech industries) the whole stretch. We don't get nice new transit things very often in this city, why are we set on making this stretch a suburban office park. I think there is a huge opportunity to gain a lot of smart population growth here.

Thanks for the link. What a experience it would be to witness that with your naked eye. Al Worden gave an account of his view from the dark far side of the moon during his Apollo 15 moon orbit. https://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/13651-apollo-15-al-worden-astronaut-moon-space

Ran across this article about constructing parking structure​s to be convertible to other uses in the (near) future. What a great idea that I haven't really heard of. Seems smart. I'm unaware of anything like this in Cleveland. Maybe Ohio should get on board. Apparently Downtown Denver already requires the ground floor of stand alone parking garages to be convertible to active uses today. http://www.denverpost.com/2016/10/15/denver-developers-future-parking-self-driving-cars/

I'm really into those carriage homes. Cleveland could definitely take a few hints from this development overall.

I don't think it is a demographic or racial or economic thing at all. You have to remember in cities these places are people's back and front yards.

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