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I think some may feel that E4 has a corporate influence because it's this rather polished, "lively" street in between a dug-up Euclid and a forgotten Prospect. And let's not act like downtown Chicago is all local either. There's an abundance of Chipotles, Jimmy Johns, Starbucks, Bennigans, Cheesecake Factory, Chilis, Rock Bottom, Red Lobster, ETC ETC ETC. The isolated nature of E4 keeps it from feeling like an integrated part of the community. Once Euclid is finished and we hopefully begin to see Euclid and Prospect connecting the east and west parts of downtown, the neon lights of E4 won't seem as silly. E4 is far from finished-but even more importantly, it's only one piece of the puzzle!

There are some sick, delusional minds out there! Really, if this is what having money does to people, then I don't want any! (well a little perhaps but you know what I mean! :wink:) I don't know if I'd feel more guilty building this or committing a bad crime!!! Synonymous if you ask me!

God we were such a civilized, sophisticated bunch back then... :cry: Awesome picture!

Yeah it's that one. Making more room for the upcoming renovations? Would United spend $$$ on improving its gates with the planned renovations by CLE? Being that UAL isn't in the best shape right now, I guess CLE is the last thing on its mind but if Continental and UAL go into an alliance together...Not merge but same "team"... Anyways, I just noticed it this weekend so I was wondering if anyone knew for certain. Back to work...

Anyone know why United's B7 gate appears to be vacated? Is more gate reshuffling going to take place or is this turning into retail or something? This is a very depressing concourse-but at least the carpet matches and isn't patched with duct tape like the good ole days.

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Tis the season!!! I wish we could turn Cleveland into mini-Europe!

I noticed too but I didn't have the heart! :wink: You're such a great patron of the restaurant and I love your enthusiam about it! I can't wait until the patio opens up again!

these boards cost a few bucks normally--compared to Kinkos, yeah Brothers was a steal but still... The point I'm trying to make is that someone needing a few 24x36 foam core boards--not a rare thing--should not have to call a special office supply company and have a special order delivered. Maybe I'm spoiled from having lived in Chicago but it's not like I'm asking for some miracle. I haven't checked lately but I hope we're not limited only to the traditional yellow post-it notes either when it comes to "over the counter" downtown office supplies. What if I want neon orange?! :wink: Oh well, at least we can have customized pimp chalices made along prospect! :clap:

As warm and fuzzy are the feelings that we have for Cleveland, I was slapped in the face by reality yesterday when the only 24x36 piece of foam board that I could buy downtown was $15 at Brothers or $30 at Kinkos! Come on now! :roll: Neither CSU bookstore sold it, CVS had none, and I wasn't about to spend $100 on some foam boards when it should cost about $20. If I was a CSU student w/o a car I'd be p*ssed that the closest place is Steelyard--and we all know how getting to SYC isn't convienient for those of us who are car-free. Ugh! Well at least I can eat and drink down here until I explode or gain 300 lbs--whichever comes first! Ok, back to warm fuzy thoughts! :wink:

I always thought that bldg would make a great gym! The lot behind it on the other side of the alley is vacant too and could make for a very cool expansion to the old building--housing offices, multipurpose rooms, etc. How cool would it be doing some machine 6 stories in the air, overlooking OC?! I think a gym would do very well in this neighborhood but oh well...

Let me rephrase that: I understand it's a two-way street, we all need to work together but the guiding principle needs address investment, fortification-in a sense, progress of central, urban core which will allow the surrounding areas to reap the benefits way more than the current "prosperity" enjoyed out there.

Truth hurts huh? It's not a question about Cleveland developing a superiority complex or arrogant attitude but the burbs acknowledging their inferiority w/o the mother city. And if Macedonians want a future tomorrow, they better invest/support Cleveland now! Maybe not today, but just b/c there's a Banana Republic and Cheesecake Factory in Westlake now doesn't mean the city is safe from the outside forces. People have choice to live wherever they want for whatever reason-blah blah blah this is America :roll:-but there are A LOT of people out in BFE who live there to escape w/e torments people in the "inner city" AND end the sentence/thought process at that point.

I think Cleveland needs to act like it's the only city around here that matters-not regarding some fictional MLS team/stadium-but with everything. But this is for another topic and another time. Oh, and: 1. I really don't think that Westlake and Avon are attracting all of the people who have lost their manufacturing jobs in recent years. If by burbs you mean Sunbelt or something, maybe? 2a. I really wouldn't call Vermillion or Lodi a suburb of Cleveland if you're predicting that a dying/struggling city will be able to maintain a metro area 2-3 mil people with a 50 mile radius. 2b. I think Cleveland and other "Rustbelt" or WHATEVER you want to call it cities are losing people to the suburbs b/c a lot of the people in the respective metros think that moving 15-20 miles away is enough of a buffer zone to live this utopian life where the problems of the evil city can never reach them. :roll: 3. When I think of inner ring bubs I think of Lakewood, Shaker Hts, Cleveland Hts, and yes Parma too and they are urbanized. They're urban b/c they were the first suburbs but back in the day, suburb didn't mean 1/2 acre lot and no sidewalks. Urban doesn't solely mean abandoned houses and boarded up storefronts. Towns in the middle of nowhere Ohio have the same things and do we call those places urban? Come on now. Why are urbanized areas doomed? Why are you on Urban Ohio?! :wtf: Now I'll get off my cross.

I guess it can't be too great of an undertaking if Louisville and Pittsburgh-both a notch below San Francisco- have hosted the games in recent years. Great news nonetheless!

These are intl games right? At least I hope so! If there are 13,000+/- participants, do you think we'll have an extra 50,000 people in Cleveland including family, spectators, and media? How many people were we supposed to prepare for when we bid for the 2008 Republican Convention where they'd have people in hotels in Sandusky?

God is telling us to make PS more ped friendly!!!! On a side note, does anyone think it's physically possible to move the Soldiers and Sailors Monument if the case presented itself?

WE GOT IT! :clap: :clap: So walking on ice covered sidewalks downtown today, fearing for my life, I happened to glance at a newspaper box and to my pleasant suprise:

A lot of people on the streets!

Filipino food is amazing! Especially their version of "flautas"! MMM!

well did anyone see a couple months? ago when people in Seattle realized that their new light rail? had S.L.U.T. as the acronym? :lol: Why do people on Cleveland.com think that corporate naming rights is a Cleveland phenomenon?! As a verywise man once told me, "Clevelanders don't know they don't know" and this is true--well at least for most of those on Cleveland.com The people who b*tched about this today were probably the same people who praised Cedar Point a couple weeks ago when Cleveland.com had an article about their newest ride and were saying how they love heckling the Michiganers in line...If anyone has been to CP you know the interesting people that are waiting right besides you... I need to stop reading that website-even for a quick update-b/c those comments get my blood going!

Yeah but 3% isn't some huge gap seeing that Cincy has averaged near sellouts the last 4 years--A huge jump from the bad teams playing at Riverfront stadium.

MTS, you'll eat your keyboard?!?!?! HAHAHAHA! Funny! HA! And if these retailers come to Beachwood, people can stop saying how Easton is the mecca of Ohio shopping b/c they have a men's Benetton section the size of my kitchen... :roll: I'd like Zara or Club Monaco since I can't afford Burberry but maybe we'll save those for downtown.

Paul Brown Stadium holds about 10k less than Dolphin Stadium. That's probably why the Bengals have smaller attendance numbers...

I see on craigslist that Melting Pot is opening a Rocky River location.