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I already lost hope when it went from what l thought was an iconic design to a generic one. I'II continue to believe that THIS location warrants a something like what was originally proposed. That would have been fantastic. I get that the business climate has changed. What hasn't changed is the site. Don't waste it on this nothing burger.

^ Sure it can be said that beauty is in the eye of beholder but count me in the group that thinks those old out of date bridges are in fact beautiful in a number of ways. Historic and sculpted works of mechanical art are just two of them.

^ Not beautiful but certainly less ugly.

I fail to see how dismantling a bridge that connects downtown with the peninsula furthers the connection between the two unless there are plans for a new bridge - which l have yet to read about.

Great shot. Perfect placement from there as SHW fills in the skyline rather than lining up with 200 PS.

@One_Suchwhat a wonderful description of the retail scene in Tremont back in the day. It reminds me of what has been lost not just in Tremont but in millions of neighborhoods across the country. There was such a wonderful way of life and younger people today have no clue. All in the name of efficiency/pricing. You gain some but man, what you lose in the process is so sad.

Well that's a nice little pick me up. While l'm glad the actual existence of a phase two looks to be more imminent than previously expected l'm also very curious to see what the rest of the footprint on St. Clair will look like. A block long building of, say 5-6 stories wouldn't be more office space. Would it? After all if they needed more office space they could just add some floors to the second phase. So residential? That doesn't sound like SHW does it? Maybe a boutique hotel then with a little space for retail/restaurant/bar. I really don't know what they will use it for but it sure will be fun to see what develops.

It's now a two car garage...but a nice one!

This single building fills in so many skyline holes from so many angles. Very impressive.

What a neat little restaurant located in an alley. Man you just can't replicate places like that. Our old downtown didn't have many tall buildings but we sure had density and cool. Irreplaceable.

So downtown is up to 20,000 now and we actually have less retail. But it's not the fault of those 20,000. It's the fault of WFH emptying out downtown offices. It's the fault of shopping on your phone. Who needs to leave the house when the retail world us right there in your hand. I don't think that is going to change anytime soon so brick and mortar retail will continue to suffer until some new variable comes along. I applaud DCA for trying something/anything but it's a difficult environment. Right now l think our best hope is just more people downtown - way more. The best news is people are still moving downtown and as long as that trend continues downtown is on the right track. Its just that it's a very long right track.

Well, hello old friend. I used to work in that building when it was the home of Acromed, a medical device company.

Do we really need another venue like that?

God l hate these mergers. We seem to lose a headquarters every time. Cliffs buying US Steel is our best hope now.

At first glance l was surprised that Cleveland leads the list with 10% of office space being planned for conversion. I thought we were running out of older buildings to covert but then it occurred to me that if the Centennial and the Landmark buildings are on that list then that is most of the square footage planned for conversion. Take those two off the list then we're nowhere near the top.

I was ambivalent in the first place. Paint fades fast in these parts. Now we clear the decks for a much better choice which is LED lighting. Not that that's on the agenda. But it should be.

Is that price legit? If so, holy crap. What are we, San Francisco?

Me too. But does it lend itself to re-purposing? I really don't know. I do know that is one ponderous building as is.

That Cincinnati density is impressive. Its got a European feel. Not real tall but a lot of organic activity.

Cool shot. And l love the colors.

Just throwing this out there...while l'm very excited to get a new high rise courthouse tower or even a busy campus facility, the Centennial re-boot has me thinking. When Millennium's plan for that building was first broached l was pumped to see this VERY important building and location coming back to life. But pulling that off will be incredibly difficult and finding a way to make that amazing lobby work may not be possible. So, that being said l think a conversion to a Justice Center may be the only other option. If that's the case we get to keep that important building and we get to inject real life into what is supposed to be our main intersection. And the old Justice Center? I don't know. Maybe we can figure out a way to keep the tower and tear the rest down. Maybe it all comes down and then we have an opportunity to build a brand new residential neighborhood full of 8 - 12 story apartments interspersed with retail to provide services to those residents. We could get the best of both worlds out of this.

Most everyone on this forum prefers rail centered nodes of activity. Unfortunately that is something we no longer seem sble to do because of the cost. Other countries and even some US cities ARE able to do it but somehow, someway we have made rail unaffordable for most US cities and that's a damn shame as it's by far my favorite way to get around.

I'm usually more interested in a high rise but l kinda like this campus look. Done right, these kind of buildings working together can be quite an asset. The key is creating a high quality design, not some off the shelf plan.

Alright, so l'm not an expert on shipping plus I'm a CLE homer but one of my favorite things about our location is the lake and having access to the world's oceans through the Seaway. I love the recent increase in lake cruising. Adding container shipping is also great but the best thing would be increasing the size of the locks so the entire Great Lakes could be open to larger "salties" thereby enabling our ports to tap into a greater share of that trade. Imagine seeing the port really alive with larger ships, sailors visiting and spending money. A thriving port is something Columbus doesn't have and would be a feather in our cap.

I mean, this makes so much sense. Too bad it took a pandemic and some economic disorder to get it here.