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As a Glenville resident you'd have a hard time selling residents of that neighborhood (ESPECIALLY that neighborhood due to it's similar proximity to UC), Collinwood, St.Clair-Superior etc. on a merger. That proximity hasn't benefited the neighborhood as much as we let on. Cleveland hasn't even been able to reinvest properly in Glenville and other bleeding east side neighborhoods, so you'll have residents complaining that they'd be even further forgotten about. I can't say I'd blame them either, Glenville is unstable, dangerous and blighted. Until they see that they are being taken care of they don't want Cleveland to take on more. Circle north isn't a good argument because that's such a small slither of Glenville and after 5+ years of Frank Jackson's developments along 105th it the economic development and investment hasn't made it beyond the OTHER side of Superior towards St.clair. What has been built outside of the 30 affordable homes that were built is unaffordable and unobtainable to other residents. Those 30 homes didn't even put a dent into what Glenville needs. Only the residents next to or close to University Circle have benefited and it looks like it will remain that way for a while. So until that changes and Cleveland shows that it can support the East Side neighborhoods that it currently has then the East side is an extremely hard sell for this merger at the ballot. Combine that with residents looking at East Cleveland as a blemish and undesirable already, makes this dead in the water at the ballot. Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk

I'm sure if you take away the structured parking that percentage lowers by a substantial amount. Saying downtown Cleveland is "parking" vs "parking lots" are two different things. Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk

The second part is exactly why Cleveland would not want to do it. Unless they got a hell of a deal they'd definitely get the short end of the stick. This just made me realize though that the two far east side rapid stations won't benefit from Cleveland's new legislation. Major bummer because Superior station in particular has SOOOOOO much TOD potential, probably the most out of all stations with the exception of 117th. Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk

Hopefully the reform can be extended to the entire city eventually versus just by rail stops, baby steps though.

Their project is what I thought about when I mentioned how streets that aren’t Euclid are given the same treatment as Euclid. The Carnegie side of the Foundry did not receive the same love as the Euclid side. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Whatever may go there needs to have an active space fronting Chester as well. Too many times we build buildings to activate Euclid and forget about the surrounding streets. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Maybe they meant modern skyscrapers. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Was that really the type of housing we had near league park??? I’m gonna be sick. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’d imagine Washington DC would see the same type of explosion if they ditched their limit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Any news on this? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

During the dialogue after the presentation the CPC made the case that there already is a sea of parking in the flats and we have already lost so many buildings on the National Registry (25 buildings was a number mentioned). They mentioned this being in an overlay zoning area and that was done to create a walkable vibrant neighborhood. They said that although all buildings can’t be saved we need to save as many as they can. Essentially they have postponed all demolitions of the buildings until they can come back with a clearer site plan and they also want to see a site plan that shows what it would look like with the 4 story building there. They are giving Nautica a chance to make their case to demolish the building but you can tell they strongly prefer keeping the 4 story building. Nautica didn’t come off as prepared and played the game of “Well Dad said no let me go to mom, I know she’ll say yes”. So a temporary win for now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m watch the planning commission on YouTube and Nautica’s case to demolish the historic buildings is essentially “no one knows what was here before anyway”. They are proposing reusing materials and adding a plaque to explain what was there. Why not renovate it and add the plaque anyway? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ll take the win wherever I can Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You still have to put your foot down sometimes, we seem to okay demolition without any hesitation ESPECIALLY in the West Bank. When is enough enough down there? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I find Cleveland to be extremely hypocritical if they really allow the demolition. How do you want to build a 15 minute city and continue to allow your historic urban fabric to be destroyed and become “temporary” parking lots. It literally does the opposite, either you’re serious about 15 minute cities or your not. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ahhh thanks for the explanation. I do feel that 935 parking spaces is extreme overkill, especially with so many lots nearby. I feel they could partner with nearby lots for the office workers in the building to allow those underground spaces to be for the W Hotel and apartments. When I worked in Key Tower we could park in its underground lot or other nearby lots. I ended up parking in the Lincoln Building and walked down (thought about catching the redline but the cost was equal to my monthly parking pass cost), I would imagine they could do the same here. I’m sure there are garages empty enough to satisfy the needs of office workers nearby, especially Post-Pandemic life. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Since the legislation has passed how long does it take to go into effect? Is it immediate or is this a Fiscal year 2024 thing? Do developers looking for zoning approval right now just go forward with what they have without the need of approval? Is that requirement immediately stopped? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My thing about the 500 indoor parking spaces is this. When that building was built I’m sure they built a garage underground that could hold the capacity of a full 40 story tower (in the 1970s when the Downtown Cleveland and Cleveland population was much higher). So why do they need 500 MORE parking spaces? That seems like extreme overkill. Also does the recently passed TDM only affect new builds or do redevelopments fall up under that as well? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Is this apart of the zoning overlay, requiring commercial spaces to be built? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I avoid the Cleveland Historic Thread for this very reason. I cry on the inside. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

https://x.com/mattm178/status/1691919162938110093?s=46 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I might cry tears of joy! 🥹🥹🥹 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

He can’t even get a handle on Twitter right now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s official, San Francisco continues to bleed office workers. Elon Musk is here to negotiate office space to transfer Twitter/X workers here. Cheaper office space and cost of living was too much for him to pass on. I’m obviously joking but that would break the internet if it were true lol. In all seriousness the NASA Glenn thing makes the most sense. If he was doing a cliffs visit why wouldn’t he fly into Burke, closer to Downtown where Cliffs has its HQ and is literally where a lot of jets take off and land at. Landing at Hopkins instead, where NASA Glenn is located makes too much sense to be a coincidence. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Seems like NEOTrans is down for me so I can’t fully verify this but with Medical Mutual leaving didn’t that leave the Rose Building almost completely empty? At 381,000 sq. Feet and sitting on a prominent and busy corner, I’d imagine a move and redevelopment of that building would make more sense financially. I feel that pre-pandemic a tower would make sense but with so many people giving back their office space there are a number of options available. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk