gold42

Hilarious! Especially the "Cleveland is Polka-Rific" sign!

Honestly my perceptions come from seeing the quantity of vacancies along the main drags, the dilapidated state of many of the buildings, the massive abandoned factories littering the area, and from the stories my friends from Cleveland tell me about the shootings/gang activity in the area.

So where is the Ascent being built? I thought it was in the area this shot covers... By the way, these photos are fantastic! It's good to see FS with people actually using it :)

So what exactly is COTA budgeting this money towards? It sounds like they are getting a lot of money...

Excellent, another UrbanOhioer on the West Coast! Nice set of photos :)

Photos?

All I know is that I have friends who live in University Heights and Cleveland Heights, and we go downtown often. Whenever travelling down Carnegie, Euclid, Chester, or whatever, the area between CSU and Case doesn't look like a place I'd walk around alone at night in. Now I don't delve deeply into these neighborhoods to see if there is pockets of redevelopment, but on a whole, the environment is not very inviting.

I was always under the impression that downtown was bordered by the Scioto River to the West, I-70 to the South, I-71 to the East, and I-670 to the North.

LOL, I noticed that too... what does scooting around in office chairs playing hockey have to do with Cincy???

Dantonio's stay at UC was a short one... MSU could have some brighter days ahead of them now that he is taking over the helm. I'm sure Tressel V Dantonio will be played up by the media in the future for years to come. Who will take over UC now?

The game this Wednesday against UNC will be huge! Hope we can win it :)

^ Agreed, crack dealers need to eat and send holiday cards just like the rest of us!

The neighborhood around the Clinic is quite scary... definately no economic ripple there. Hell, the East side between Cleveland State and the Case Western is scary.

That new Trump Tower on the Chicago River is a beast! What a massive footprint... Nice job by the way :) Chicago looks nice in any season.

New camera? Let the good times roll!

That would be ironic if EXURBkid was hailed on an urban affairs forum!

Browns get one step closer to a top draft pick...

Is this the old gold42? You are correct sir!

That's pretty cool looking, sorta looks like an Eiffel Tower V2.0

Love that photo Musky!

Whoa, I didn't know you guys could change our usernames! Could you please change mine to LAsam... thanks!

^Dude, that's the proverbial "money shot" at the end of the show! ;)

Ehem, you're leaving out Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, and Catalina Island!

^Hey, I would think some on here would think it's good for West Hollywood ;) Especially the Halloween party.

Columbusite, it is two blocks we are talking about here, and two blocks that don't have a whole lot going on right now. This development would help feed customers into the restaurants on Gay St after people go home on weekdays, and on weekends. This development would provide greenspace and a pedestrian friendly environment. I don't see why ALL DT development has to be mid-rises.