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Like the images of this infill. Looks like a quality product for a company breaking into the new construction market. The price insures that the occupants will be high-enders and it would seem they will have the discretionary income to help the local restaurants scene. Too bad my net worth excludes me from the party.

Build it (lrishtown Bend Park) and they (developers) will come.

Oooo...that crosswalk. It's so weirdly bad l wonder if there's more to the story. So you have the...ah, pattern deviation followed by l can only assume was the supervisory sign-off. Finally there's the upper level administration just ignoring sh*tty work in a high profile location. Either there's a good reason for it or city government is even worse than the stereotype. Come on Mayor Bibb, at least make a phone call.

I actually like the original design because it ties in the old with the new. I think it's a great look, but, whatever. The important thing is adding life and new structures to what should be one of the great locations in a few years. The only thing lacking is several 10-15 condo's to take advantage of the views. These are the kind of projects that create seemless urban neighborhoods. I'm not usually an optimist but the recent stories on this forum have got me feeling good about our town.

Love this! Architecturly the street is already there. It just needs a couple of design features to add visual interest. It shouldn't cost much and the payoff could be exponentially better. About time.

Infill!

Actually the kind of foliage I envision for the park on E.9th is more along the lines of a raised bed taking up most of the limited square footage. It would include dense plantings of various heights and of course some tall trees. It would be for viewing only, If people couldn't walk through it and enough vegetation was squeezed together it would be healthier than dispersed plantings. Plants do better in groups rather than isolation. Then you string some cafe tables and a little bar between the plantings and the bank building and you got a potential little destination. If done right I'm sure there would be enough business to make it work. There are tons of places like this all over the world and every one I stumbled upon was doing a good business. A lot of the time it's the little things that make a city work.

The best thing to do with the plaza is to remove the cement and turn it into a mini-park with dense foliage and find someone to open a little outdoor cafe to take advantage of the scene. I realize none of that is going to happen now but once City Club AND the Centennial is fully leased then the corner might actually become a center of activity. It also could create a little synergy with Heinan's.

@Htsguyis right. The landbridge would get enough use if it's complemented with a fully developed lakefront which needs to include condos, apartments, bars, restaurants and green space. That's a lot of development costing a lot of money. Maybe a saving grace in building an open air stadium is the money saved can go to that development because if a dome costs 2 billion plus where is the additional money coming from for lakefront development? At any rate addressing the shoreway, building a landbridge, a stadium and lakefront development too will necessitate compiling money from the Haslem's, city, county and state government. A holistic development may be just the ticket to get all parties on board and we finally get what we've been pining about for decades.

I might be in that picture somewhere. Worked as a waiter for several years before we were all canned when the Junior League took over. Great memories. We were all young, innocent and idealistic. I don't think anyone had a clue that we were at the beginning of what was to become Playhouse Square. We were just having fun working in a cool environment.

Even if we got a dome l doubt we could get a Super Bowl due to a lack of hotel rooms. 'Course we would still be missing out on the other events a dome would bring. Count me in the dome camp knowing fully we'll we can't afford one and God knows even if we did coble together the $$ l'm sure other needed projects would be put even further off. In other words; want a dome, don't have the money, moving on. I think the best news is finally getting the land bridge followed by (massive?) development of the lakefront. That's probably just as important if not more important than a stadium. Finally, new hangers for Burke?? Christ, we're never getting rid of that thing. And while l'm on the subject of Burke why can't planes takeoff and land from the East? That way we could really build some high rises on the lake. I'm sure there's a good reason why that can't be done but if there is l can't remember reading about it. Hey wouldn't it be funny if that was the solution to building some tall buildings down there. Look at me. I'm a genius.

Councilman Griffin has a point that every politician can make every time. He can't support a particular funding because doing so would mean something else doesn't get funded. Well that scenario happens every day all day in government. Something is always going to come up short because there aren't enough tax dollars to pay for every project. A better approach is to weigh the benefits of funding this while short-changing that. And in the case of The Westside Market l think maximizing its full potential outweighs spreading out tax dollars on some new sidewalks or painting some houses etc. The Market is a Cleveland gem. It needs to be supported accordingly.

That photo is a great juxtaposition of old and new Cleveland. Maybe l'm a little sappy but when l see examples like this l get emotional seeing how far we've come. We're not out of the woods yet but it wasn't that long ago when ALL we read for decades was one bad story after another of decline and disinvestment as companies and people we're fleeing town. Now we're either treading water or on the upswing. Finally!

This sounds like very good news...better late than never.

Yikes! Didn't realize how badly the bridge has gotten. Short of turning our weather into Florida l think the best way to handle this is to make the surrounding neighborhood so popular that it will be impossible to ignore the deterioration. That's how a democracy works...squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Man that building will kill it with location. Turn south and you have the panorama of the Irishtown bend park. Turn north and you have the historic Viaduct bridge which has a great view of the lake, downtown and the Flats. Head west and you enter Hingetown. Head east across the Detroit-Superior bridge and downtown awaits. So happy to see this thing get built. Oh, and the cherry on top is the colorful design of the tower itself. The whole project will up our game.

Well that works too lol

While l would prefer this complex (if built) be constructed downtown l know that's not going to happen, so good for Berea. If it is built the good news is it would probably put the kibosh on any thoughts of having training camp moved to Columbus.

While l no longer camp out many do and something like this is a nice addition to the park.

You know it's funny, we talk about all the progress downtown has made over the last few decades and just looking at the skyline there has been a massive change. But one thing those before times had was a more vibrant street life. There were actual department stores and real office workers. We tend to think of downturn back then as a sort of bleak landscape but unless my memory is playing tricks with me l remember it as more people on the sidewalk, more traffic. Seems like we have more buildings now but somehow less activity. Does that seem right?

Hey look at that. Actual traffic.

That's why l hate it when a local company grows just enough to get on the radar of a much larger company and gets gobbled up. When that happens sooner rather than later it's bad news. Mergers and acquisitions. Great for the boardroom, bad for most everyone else.

^ As l understand it what separates a quantum computer from a regular or even a super computer is its speed. It can draw computational data in minutes or hours that regular computers would take months or years to produce. That speed can take years off of basic research with chemical compounds that go into making drugs. Companies looking to develop new drugs would benefit from that much shorter timeframe as time is money in pretty much everything. Rather than wait for companies to contact the Clinic l hope the Clinic is putting the word out to medical and scientific organizations that this computer is available. In other words "Let's talk."

At some point we will have a design change. Right now there are two designs that are long in the tooth. Inside we have stainless steel appliances along with granite counters. Outside we have the mixed colored boxes. Those looks were really cool, clean and modern when they first came out. Now? Because they are so ubiquitous they are tired and boring. What's next? Good question. Maybe an even better question is WHEN will we see something new take over?

I don't know if the Clinic has hired a dedicated person to leverage this computer to create new companies out of the research there but it seems to be a no-brainer. We are the only facility to have this attached to one of the top hospitals in the world. Researchers with great ideas can use this computer to fast-forward their studies and create new businesses practically overnight. We have to see this as not just a tool for faster discoveries but also as an economic multiplier.