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Looking at the options it looks like the center piece design won but they scaled back the design to save cost. Reminds me of the Guardians during their first renovation of the upper right field deck and how it looked solid but then we ended up with the shipping containers.

What happened to the centerpiece design? That being missing makes the library feel empty, it looks like it was designed around it but it wasn't included. Also it looks like the final wood is different from the initial materials.

With the concrete materials and even some of the wood materials, it looks unfinished and cold. It's definitely an improvement but I'm not as wowed as I thought I would be. Maybe I need to see it in person.

I'm not referring to this picture specifically, but frequently for the past couple of weeks the traffic on Cedar has been backed up to around the UC station up to 105 and the Eastbound side has been backed up for blocks. That whole intersection from Cedar to Carnegie is a rush hour nightmare. What makes it worse is that light on Cedar is so strange with how it operates.

I turn on Cedar to go to work daily right where Stokes West is and the traffic has been a SH*T show, I only can imagine what happens when that building opens. A good problem to have I guess.

I think the phasing of the Riverfront project hurt its case. Yes the building is well over 350,000 square feet but look at the description of the project compared to capitol square in Columbus. In theory they are very similar developments and the overall impact pertaining to jobs and public access is similar. The difference comes with how they look to be have pitched, the Capitol Square development talks about HOW it is transformative while the description for the Riverfront project says it'll connect the public to the Riverfront and build on parking lots. Reading the descriptions I can see how we got $9 Million and they got $33 Million

And with a freeze on Federal funds and grants for God knows how long, who knows where the money will come from. Obviously Gilbert has the money, but how badly does he want this development to happen to spend it? I know he offered $1 billion to Detroit towards the Ren Cen's redevelopment but that's his hometown so he has a vested stake in that.

Requesting $40 Million and getting $9 Million is a slap in the face. Can we just fast forward to 2026? This year is sooooooo garbage already.

Sucks because this was my favorite suburban project, I loved the scale and density of it especially with the location. I liked it better than the Ascent due to how it fit with its surroundings.

Wow that is insane. It would be different if they JUST started the construction but to be almost done and having to restart has to be frustrating. Do they typically have insurance policies that cover these events?

$280 million in 2008 dollars for a glorified replacement of the number 6 bus is definitely under the disaster category. They could've just coordinated with the city to get Euclid Streetscaped to include a dedicated business lane for much cheaper.

Superior has the most potential due to its location sitting in right on a main street that is surrounded by TONS of parking lots and single use buildings. More importantly it sits in a low income area, the demographic that is more likely to catch public transit in Cleveland. Build affordable housing (4 over 1) on those lots or mixed income at best and you set up Superior to become one of the busiest stations.

Was thinking the exact same thing

That's not as gloomy as I thought it would be.

But you still have to make the train worth riding, if the train doesn't take them where they need to go people will drive instead. On top of that even if they want to go somewhere the train takes them they have to transfer to get there. So you take two trains which may take 45 minutes to an hour total of travel time (including waiting) vs. driving and being there in 15 minutes. Even with the map that has been floating around with new lines there are massive flaws. For example there would be no train that departs from Stokes Windermere that takes you directly to Van Aken, one of the densest suburban developments that is served by rail. That is a mistake, the Red Line has a TON more ridership than the Blue and Green line so allowing that large ridership to have direct access to Van Aken could help that area Boom.

I appreciate ideastream, they have pretty quality reporting and NO PAYWALL!!!

I'm beginning to lose faith in the regions momentum in 2025. 2024 seemed like we were ready to boom. Idk wtf is going on now.

They haven't improved the riding experience on the Healthline, they haven't returned to all door boarding, it is one of the slowest BRT systems, and they have no interest in activating the signal prioritization systems 17 years later. The station upgrades were done in order to be in a state of good repair to qualify for certain funding to get the new trains. Getting new rail cars to replace cars that are on their last legs does not get you Kudos, especially when you only replaced it because it's less of a headache that shutting the system down. Replacing cars without no real signs of intent to GROW the network is indeed treading water. Majority of the lots that are ripe for true TOD because of their proximity to the stations are owned by RTA. The city has done a lot to improve density and walkability, especially on the west side and even updated their zoning, but without useful rail expansion to areas that people want to go outside of downtown won't increase ridership. You have to have TOD as well as a system that is useful to people for them to actually ride it. Prime example, the WFL would be a boom if the RTA consistently ran it until 2AM at least on weekends, due to how crowded the Flats East Bank has remained since its opening. It genuinely is a traffic nightmare, instead they stopped running it at 7PM and now they only run it for special events. Actions like that shows that you don't want to grow the system and you're just checking boxes.

This is why I pitched the idea on here to offer a week of free rides on the rapid to showcase the new trains as well as the (hopefully) more reliable system. It won't create a boom but it would instill confidence in people who at one point wouldn't consider it. But combined with the lack of trying on the Healthline and the laziness on improving rail ridership I'm convinced the RTA is satisfied with treading water.

So essentially like Glenvillage

All this time I thought Sheetz was already located in Ohio.

The Moen situation to me shows the downside of the fragmentation of Cuyahoga County. If Cleveland and Cuyahoga County operated as one entity we would see more fight and will power from the ENTIRE county because it would affect more people. With this fragmentation most people would view Moen as not a big deal. Strongsville, Westlake, Beachwood etc. from both a leadership and resident level don't care and won't try to save them from leaving or attract a new company TOGETHER because this loss doesn't hurt them directly.

I could've sworn it was clarified on here that it wasn't Canon.

I'm familiar with the story but there hasn't been any update or word of that actually happening since that story came out. So until then, Valspar and Sherwin HQ's are in two different cities.

Whatever happened to that surprise company that was supposed to be moving to the region? I thought (Blaine Griffin?) mentioned someone was moving here.