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Tiny update. Yellow Cake Shop is moving into the former Breit’s Furniture storefront next to Old86. Pretty cool to see more businesses moving further east on Detroit!

Hey guys. Just checking in. So are we totally sure that Sherwin-Williams isn’t moving to Atlanta or Nashville?

You mean to tell me that we could have had a soul food restaurant in our neighborhood this whole time?! What I wouldn’t give for a Tommy Tomita at Amy Ruth’s right now…

Taking over the space with renovations and additions. But I honestly feel like I’m saying too much haha. But I can say, that the trajectory at this point is mixed-use.

Oh agreed! What’s going in will be nice, but I absolutely LOVED Stockyard Meats as well.

I never comment on here, but I know exactly why this is happening and it’s not all bad news. The owners wanted to retire and, let’s just say, they will be able to do that quite handsomely. That’s all the info I can give at this point.

Ichabod Crane, Bob the Drag Crane, Pinky and the Crane, Roy Donk and Billy Crane Present The Colgate Comedy Hour Presented by Sherwin-Williams. I’ve had a lot of caffeine this morning.

Crain spotting in Edgewater!

Every time I open up this thread, I can only think that Cleveland went full Pizza The Hut and ate itself. I LOVE that we are starting to fill in some of those unfortunate gaps that were created in our beautiful city.

I live on 77th street. Can confirm. Those homes are coming along nicely and will be a wonderful addition to 75th. Along with the fresh paving the street just received, it is shaping up to be a much nicer street than it was a year ago!

Hey guys! I wanted to jump in and document downtown in the days after the protests. I’m glad I took these photos as they are a reminder of a very visceral and important place in time. Cleveland is beautiful. Even covered in plywood.

Wife and I took advantage of the socially distanced tables on Collision Bend’s outdoor patio last night, and as we were walking back home we noticed that Bar Louie on East 6th is permanently closed. Did I miss an earlier post about this, or is it brand new information? Either way, that is a huge hole on that street ?.

Thanks for the welcome! While not “official” yet as we are still waiting on a few things (you know how home buying is haha) we just can’t help but be excited to potentially move in. And yes! It is the white one with the gambrel roof, and this house really has been given an entirely new lease on life.

Yeah! I don’t want to go into detail as to what we paid for the house ?, but it is totally worth it. I was also able to answer my own question since a little birdy told me that Knez is still pushing forward with the project, but was forced to temporarily place it on hold because of the COVID shutdowns. We can’t wait to be Shoreway residents, and hang at the orchard with some of you!

Hey everyone! The wife and I are just waiting to officially close on the “Wakefield Cottage” at the corner of 77th street, and I was just wondering if anyone had any new info on this project. We LOVE the neighborhood, and are incredibly excited to (potentially, barring any unforeseen issues) move in, and this project would be incredibly transformative. And I completely agree on the beauty of Franklin/Clinton Ave. in this area! It’s just a wonderful setting for an afternoon walk.

I’m in grad school. I can only speak in metaphor! But that is to say, Cleveland needs to do everything in its power to lure the R&D to the city limits because the region will suffer if more potential jobs end up in the burbs.

??Correct. Cleveland is the “brain” of the region, and instead of treating it like an actual head injury, we keep on thinking that moisturizing the extremities will somehow fix the core problem. it doesn’t make any sense, and the continued competition between the “brain” (Cleveland) and the “body” (the 38 other cities that surround it) will just further diminish the entire region. if the Cleveland area was a doctor that was responsible for the management of CTE, we would currently making sure Aaron Hernandez was icing his quads. In order for the body to survive, the brain has to be healthy and functional, not the other way around.

@MyTwoSense Yeah. I wasn’t being totally serious. You can just basically do summer activities in the winter down there. I love going outside in the snow, and I’m excited to finally get a chance to attend Brite Winter for the first time!

@bumsquare we totally agree. I guess inauthentic wasn’t totally the correct term, but it did just feel like it didn’t have any grounding. It sort of felt like when a “Bachelor” is on Dancing With The Stars. That’s the best analogy I can come up with at the moment. But you are correct. God I miss breakfast tacos. But I also miss sausage egg and cheese on a roll from any corner NYC bodega. Plus we all know that if you want the best tacos in Austin you simply hop in the car and drive an hour south to San Antonio ?. Enough about Austin. This just goes to say that while Cleveland will never have the reputation that Austin has, I feel like it is a much better fit for me personally as I am just not the “Austin” type I guess. I just love being back in The Land and am so glad I chose CIM as an excuse to get back up here.

I feel like you did. I also feel like I did when I lived there! I’m sure it was an incredible place before it started to blow up in the late 90’s as my parents have great memories of living there when my dad was stationed in the city while in the Air Force in the 70’s. It just doesn’t seem very unique or interesting anymore. But again, I just moved back and spent a ton of time living in New York so I probably just never gave it a fair shake ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Oh for sure! There is a bit more of a “buzz” in Austin that Cleveland will just never have, but there is also something about the nature of Austin that has just never really sat well with me. I lived in NYC for a decade before my recent move to ATX, and maybe I’m just a hardened and cynical Midwesterner/East Coast liberal elite, but there is just too much pretense in the Texas capital. It just felt so inauthentic which really surprised me since Austin is supposed to be so “weird”. But I guess after spending 10 years riding the subway, nothing seems weird at all anymore. I do miss queso with every meal and the ability to go outside in February though.

Can confirm. Just moved back from Austin and Cleveland is the “anti-Austin” in the best possible way.

Man. Here I am thinking that the release of Four Loko Hard Seltzer was the best news of the day. But no! This is definitely the best news of the day!

Sorry to get this off-topic again. I’m pretty sure Htsguy is just messing with you. All signs point to SHW staying in Cleveland, but our local media is such a slut for doom and gloom that even after it is (fairly) official that they are staying put, the only articles or stories that make any headway are the ones that make it seem like they are definitely moving to a much better city. Obviously. I mean who would choose Cleveland when you can move to (insert sunbelt city, or Austin) and have a much better and more fulfilling existence? Let’s just calm down a bit and wait until an official announcement from the company themselves. Sorry again everyone. Didn’t mean to turn this back into a conjecture and fear mongering thread.

Welp. The Crain’s article, as well as the “bisnow” article are beginning to pick up steam. My dad just sent me a worried text this morning because WKSU was reporting that Sherwin-Williams was looking to relocate because of Cleveland’s “terrible” infrastructure ?. Looks like the goal of clicks, as well as the fear of an entire metro area has been achieved. Sorry to post this here, just figured I’d keep everyone informed as far as what the boomers are hearing.