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I think Voinovich Park is an underused green space that should be developed with Veranda style condos. The group plan green space is there more to impress out of towners which is important.

I've never seen 9th street look so good!

If driving by car on a ferry one wouldn't need rail.

Two more big ideas (I'm entitled to six): try to convince Cargill to move elsewhere and convert to high rise apartments and make the old river channel into a nice marina. There's one already tucked back in there at the very end. Convert the salt mine into an underground neighborhood or commercial mall. Refurbish the Big Dipper wooden roller coaster from Geauga Lake and put it on Whiskey Island.

E.55th would be my first choice for a ferry terminal. I would do away with the truck ferry altogether.

More one way streets are needed like other cities.

Not to mention the notorious Windsor for its night life.

i like your idea of extending the garage as part of the land bridge!

If can be shown that the proposed ferry would shorten the time to Toronto or Detroit/ Windsor, and London it might be worth it. I've never been to the north side of lake but judging by the map it appears to have some nice parks and beaches with Point Pelee, Rondeau Park, and Long Point National Wildlife Area. Great weekend escape!

There are quite a few white pine as well as red pine plantations that were planted during the Great Depression by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the area. I'm surprised by the lodgepole pine considering its more of a western species. But there's also some Norway spruce here also, quite common actually.

I would like to see ferry service from Cleveland to Canada for one. Also, I would like to see the top ground level floor of the Huntington Park Garage behind the County courthouse as well as the Willard Park Garage behind city Hall be converted into a park so that it connects Willard Park and Fort Huntington Park with the Mall, creating a kind of wrap around deck or T shaped park. It would enhance the beauty of the two historic buildings from various point of view. i think 3rd street between the old library and the Metzenbaum Couthouse should be converted into a green space as well. That street is very little used and it would perhaps steer some people away that misaligned and awkward corner between Public square and the Mall.

Here's an impressive sycamore that's I've documented at over 140 ft with a 13 ft girth. The tallest known in the state resides nearby within the CVNP at 155' but is much skinnier at 9 ft circumference. One of many hidden "jewels" buried within our Emerald Neckless.

Panini's was hoppin' as usual. They're doing something right.

Ohio was a lot like the Canadian bush after the glaciers receded and the region was much cooler than it is now. Hemlocks were much more common back then and are being phased out due to climate change and a parasite called the Hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA). The hemlocks that do reside here live in the cool micro climates of deep ravines and steep cliffs. The best example in Ohio are in Ash Cave or Old Mans Cave of Hocking Hills State Park. Some are 150 to 155ft tall! Most people overlook them because they are distracted by the spectacular scenery.

Urban parks do a much better job in rooting out invasive species because the big city can provide an army of volunteers that a large rural park in the middle of no where can't.

Some of these wealthy land owners will end up donating their property to the park as has been done in the past.

Gotta love that blimp! Almost a permanent fixture of the city.

That's what I'm afraid of, especially for midtown. These compounds remind me of "correction facilities" minus the barbed wire.

Now if they just demolish the lowly Comfort Inn east of The Edge and replace it with something more substantial.

When one includes the "pendant" (Cuyahoga Valley National Park), plus the attached Summit County Metroparks adjacent to it, the so called Emerald Necklace becomes an elaborate thing of beauty fit for a Queen!

Now that's a unique shot i haven't seen before!

The most important thing is that the habitat is protected. Whether or not its private or public land is less of a concern to me or the wildlife for that matter.

The lit Windows adds to the random color pattern of the panels in intriguing ways that will change with each passing evening never being the same which explains the shifting pattern of the design. Very cool building!

The hemlocks have a nice Ice Age feel to them. South Chagrin is a good place to see them although not very tall. North Chagrin is good also. They top out around 130 in the area.