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First new thread here, so hopefully this is the most fitting place for this post. I figured the historical aspect might make it suitable for this section instead of the transportation board. I live near West Boulevard and have always admired the street. In doing some light research, I saw this excerpt on the planning commission's website: "West Boulevard is named after the north-south thoroughfare designed to connect Edgewater Park, on the north, with Brookside Park, on the south, as part of parkway system envisioned to encircle the City." (http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/cwp/districts.php?dt=dist1&dn=west) My initial assumption was that much of this system was likely not realized, and it would have most likely been intended to connect with MLK or East Boulevard on the East side. However, there does appear to be a fair number of streets that fit the same design criteria as West Boulevard (houses with uniform large, anomalous setbacks and streets that don't conform to the grid in a rather noticeable fashion). On the West Side I identified these streets: West Boulevard, I would think, was the first segment built, both because of the relative age of the neighborhoods it serves as well as the housing stock. It would also appear that the original intention was for the street to pass through the pre-71 version of Brookside Park. Note how the street is unlike any of the others: Then if we jump south of 71, there is a small, disconnected segment of West Blvd that connects to Brookside Drive, which in turn experiences a sudden dead end. I think Brookside looks like it was intended to connect to Park Dr. Following Park Dr, we get to Fulton Pkway which carries the same general street design south, but the setbacks and general street composition cease at Memphis. At this point, I'm not really sure what the intended plan would have been for the southern connection to the East Side. Archmere Ave seems to fit the same design criteria and it even has an odd park jammed into it, breaking up the street, but it just seems too far west to have been part of this planned ring (It's almost parallel to Brookside, just farther south). For the East side, it seems the string of roads is larger but equally splintered. Martin Luther King Jr Dr is long and continuous, for the most part. There is this segment, where it seems that a connection was never established between two sectons of MLK. The road then ends unceremoniously with a cul-de-sac. However, just a bit south, we get this random strip of Claremont Blvd that fits the bill. After this point I find myself at a loss. I have no idea how the East and West sections would have connected and I can't really find any traces of fitting streets running in the East-West direction. If anyone can contribute information to this discussion, I'd be very interested! Below is an overview of all of the identified roads (Archmere is in yellow).

I personally like Clinton Ave in Detroit-Shoreway, should a suitable rental pop up there. It's similar in atmosphere to Franklin but lacks the through traffic. Seems like it could be a good intermediate between initially relocating and purchasing in Lakewood.

Lovely. Might want to try that again, making allowances for use as well as form. So because this development contains residents that aren't as "desirable" they have to be placed in some of the lower income "less desirable" neighborhoods? Due to this being an online forum your opinion is your opinion. EDIT: Meant to add I saw your comments after the initial so you may not have meant any harm by the comments but on the surface they can be taken various ways. Sent from my SM-N920T using Tapatalk I'd like to add some perspective to this topic as someone who lives in the area (in the townhouses directly next to the new EDEN building, actually). I'm actually not opposed to this construction at all. I've only been living on W 81 for a year, but when I moved in my house looked directly onto the then-vacant lot that the new construction has replaced. Previous to the lot being vacant, there was a lower-density structure that, I believe, served some type of medical or social service purpose. Regardless, the vacant lot presented a lot of opportunity for fireworks and other somewhat aggravating things aside from looking blighted. I really appreciate the density that this new structure brings to the area and, ultimately, I think the design is inoffensive enough and has adequate massing for the street. I know there was some friction with some of the property owners in my strip of townhouses since all of their property lines meet with the new EDEN lot. One nice benefit from the construction for owners in my row is that the five units closest to Detroit are actually being given additional land from EDEN. Not sure what we'll do with it, but it's a nice enough feature to give a bit of a buffer between the properties.

This type of idea sits really well with me. Speaking from a sentimental, or I guess aesthetic standpoint, that area of EC - the residential streets between Euclid and Forest Hill Ave to the south and Terrace Rd to the north - could be huge architectural assets. The housing stock, while rough right now, has the potential to still act as a core for a desirable, functioning community should the significant negative factors facing EC somehow be addressed. It kills me to see streets like Rosemont Rd in such rough spots.

Cudell here, relocating from about a mile away in Detroit-Shoreway. It seems like this neighborhood is pretty under-the-radar for the West side, but I think that makes sense since it's largely residential (Madison Ave is pretty gutted as far as how the old commercial stock is being used). There is really only the West Tech lofts and a bit of surrounding infill.