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Any indication why they soured on the Guardians? Dolans buy in number? Meshing personalities? Maybe they decided they wanted to be in a higher profile city. Whatever the reason, I would love to know what happened to turn this around. One can hope this gets back on track. I can't imagine whenever bachelor number 2 comes calling, he will be half as attractive.

I think this is an impressive use of space and will only add to what is already a dynamic neighborhood.

Whst a great country we live in. Civilization fraying right before our eyes. What next??

Wow. That's unexpectedly cool looking.

No, no, no, no no. If HBSE is no longer interested in buying the baseball team that is very bad news. From the description of the principle 's behind the company I viewed then as a white knight coming to our rescue. And not just a white knight but a perfect white knight. Dolan has no money or at least no money to invest in the team or in the area surrounding the ballpark. HBSE are a company with expertise in real estate AND entertainment. They have plenty of money. They can inject that money into the team payroll. They can build a ballpark village and fill it with new residences AND new entertainment facilities on a grand scale. Combined with Bedrock's plans for the adjacent land along the river the land around the ballpark and the arena would be injected with life we haven't seen in downtown in quite awhile. If HBSE pulls out I think it will be a major blow. When Dolan does finally find a new partner to sell to I'm sure, other than being able to inject some cash into the team, they will have neither the interest nor the expertise to develop the area around the ballpark in the fashion that HBSE can. This is a very disappointing turn of events if true.

Don't get me started on Rockefeller founding the University of Chicago. He wanted to do that in Cleveland but couldn't get his peers to buy in so he took his idea and money to Chicago where he was welcomed with open arms. That decision was the first of many that our business leaders fumbled to our lasting regret.

Maybe another thing keeping CSU from becoming something greater is the fact it has to share the public school market with Kent State and Akron University. NEO has two large cities and that can be an asset or a liability depending on the issue. In this case not only does the city of Akron detract from Cleveland, Akron University dilutes the NEO college market. As does Kent State. So even though Cleveland is the larger city Akron, followed by Kent dilutes the political and business focus as each have their champions. Most of our peer cities only have one city at their core so any efforts to build up the local university scene can focus on the main school. I think that's a big advantage. Not to mention CSU is the Johnny come lately school of the three. They started last and are still playing catch up.

I've often thought what if UC, starting from the Clinic going east would look like if it that area began at the innerbelt. That would be a tight area of development. Imagine the spillover of activity from downtown to the new UC and vice versa. Instead of having two smaller areas of energy we would have a much larger single one. And I think that single entity would be greater than the two existing ones now. Yep, those are just some of the crazy thoughts running through my amateur urban planner brain. Of course I think about stuff like that only after I create world peace. You know...priorities.

E Rocc I would put CWRU in with a lot of other schools similar in student enrollment across the country. In U.S. News and World Report college rankings in fact CWRU ranks higher than a lot of schools with comparable enrollment so that is a plus for them and the region. But even if it compares in student enrollment with Harvard and MIT I think you would agree there is very little comparison between the institutions. Academic prestige and endowments alone place them in a far different category. And I'm not saying CWRU needs to rank with Harvard or MIT to be relevant. They just need to be more than they already are to be a flagship university. As for CSU, they could start with dropping the State in their name. I remember awhile back their president at the time looked into doing that very thing but it was determined that it would be too expensive to change everything that had "State" in it. Maybe so, although it does seem odd, but other schools have done it. I get that it's simply a PR ploy but doesn't University of Cleveland sound better than Cleveland State? It sounds like what it is, a nondescript commuter school for lower middle class kids which is kinda what it is. Start with a name change and build from there. Of course it won't happen overnight but the sooner we start the sooner we get there.

^ We need a top tier university period. CWRU is pretty good but too small to have a significant impact. Cleveland is making a lot of progress in several areas but I would like to see a concerted effort to increase the visibility and reach of NASA and our top two universities. CSU is not pulling much weight at all and CWRU is just too small to have a major impact. In CSU's case there are many example of comparable school's around the country that have improved their enrollment, profile, facilities and academic standing. All of that was a result of a major effort by the school and local leaders including politicians and business groups. CSU will continue to lag until there is a major effort to grow it. It won't be easy but a major city needs a major university.

I was in Charlotte only once about 5 years ago and was impressed with a few things. Plenty of high rise density. Downtown really only has one main road but l remember it being quite green, much greener than Cleveland. Plus the main drag was full of street level retail and it seemed every restaurant had big open fronts onto the street. 'Course it was summer in the South. I can't speak for the 'burbs but downtown had a very shiny and new feel to it. I also can't think of one reason why the place exists but...still, there it is.

Continuing the tradition of converting obsolete office space into residential. I especially like that it's not another K&D building. We need a little competition downtown.

That's right. My stocks are way down too. Me and Dan...sharing the pain.

Come on now. It can't be THAT expensive to hire a few tree experts to manage city trees. I think it could even save money. Rather than planting willynilly and watching huge tree die off if you plant the right kind of trees the correct way and maintain them that's less money needed for constant replacement.

Well that's some very good news on another rainy day here in NEO. Look's like the only way to play golf here is indoors. But seriously, that is some massive space they are taking up and it's especially great to see a storefront filled in on Euclid.

Undersized? Not at all for a program like CWRU. These are student athletes, emphasis on student. High school football teams across the country are filed with guys like him. Good students and undersized. As a plus, some of these kids who come here for the education and football end up staying here after graduation.

^ Thanks Ken. Not a sexy article but it is exactly the kind of news that Cleveland needs. A seemingly forgotten part of the city, a growing food business with local ownership providing jobs for local people. Not sexy but completely necessary to stabilize and grow the neighborhood. This is investment and hope which have been in short supply there.

^ That's a great idea in theory but in the real world I think the reason these guy are proposing the development in the first place is the location. After all, it is a prime lot with great views of the valley and downtown. I doubt they are interested in doing this project on some empty lot in a blighted area elsewhere in Cleveland. That's just the way it is. I miss Sokowloski's too. I wish Covid hadn't killed it off. It certainly was a unique part of Cleveland's history. But we have to move on now and this development can be a prominent part of the Tremont landscape.

I guess I agree too. Hate the JC but don't want to tear it down because I don't want to lose a skyscraper. The thing is I'm not sure how feasible it is to keep it. The mechanics need to be replaced. What about asbestos? Plus it's such a massive square it would need some serious cutting up to make it work. It's probably cheaper to tear it down and start over with a new build. At any rate, it will be interesting to follow this story. My guess is it's torn down but we'll see...

^ Nice find.

Love me some rooftop decks. More please.

Whelp...the ever cautious Mike DeWine has moved the needle six inches toward rail travel. That's progress Ohio style.

The more I see it the more I like it.

I guess Ms. Julie was hot to trot on out of there. Then again, does it really take three and a half hours to get through a light schedule? Something appears wrong here. People need their say but if the note about McCormick repeating his talking points over and over is an indication of how these meetings go no wonder it seems like they spin their wheels too much. The whole thing about these Boards has me somewhat confused. Do they get bogged down in the minutia? Are the members experts in anything other than "connections" and do they even have any expertise in city planning? I don't know, it just seems like there is a lot of dithering going on and not a lot of understanding of what needs to get done. Maybe its just our government in action and that's the way it is. Then again, can't they tighten things up just a bit?

You know telefax your comment about how some neighborhoods are doing great while many others struggle pretty much describes every American city. The situation is not unique to Cleveland by any means. I get that you don't want to lose the tax abatement yet or limit the amount. It's a fair position. Its just that certain neighborhoods probably don't need tax abatement anymore. They are sufficiently stable (hot even) enough to begin to wean themselves from the abatement thereby increasing city revenue that can be used elsewhere. As for the struggling neighborhoods, developers are probably not looking to build too much high end housing there. Not yet. Of course the hope is, the good stable (hot) neighborhoods may even be able to increase their footprint so that struggling areas in between also see development. We've seen that exact same thing in Duck Island. Who would have thought even a few years ago that Ohio City and Tremont would cause that neighborhood to take off? Wean ourselves off of tax abatement? We could only hope this day would come. It's a sign of economic progress. I say we enjoy this small victory. Cheers Cleveland!