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Looks like a really, really narrow definition of transit oriented development. If it's anything like my couch, I bet you could find enough change under the cushions for bus fare. :-)

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Should this thread maybe be renamed like the "Cleveland Police Blotter" or "Cleveland Crime" or "Cleveland Neighborhood Watch" or something? Doesn't seem like were really "comparing" crime to any other Ohio city any more so much as reporting about crime and different rough neighborhoods around town-which is cool, but the title is a little misleading.

Whatever happened to this project? Did it die? I've driven past the Brookpark station many times and there has been no sign of any action. :-(

Honda looking at Ohio farmland Potential site is southwest of Columbus off I-71 Friday, May 19, 2006 Christopher Jensen Plain Dealer Auto Editor Honda is considering a tract of farmland in Fayette County about 45 miles southwest of Columbus for its new assembly plant. http://www.cleveland.com/business/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/business/1148027616227450.xml&coll=2

Why the great disparity between the original cost estimate? Did the scale of the project grow beyond what he based his original estimate on or was the length of time from inception to completion so great that material and labor costs rocketed up before he could lock in a price? I know nearly every project has runs over it's original estimate (I think Boston's "Big Dig" was originally supposed to cost something like $2 billion and ended up around $14 billion for a variety of reasons), but does a history of cost overruns cause financiers to get weary when approving a project or does a history of ultimately successful projects with letters of intent from retailers and pre-sold residential units assuage their fears?

Has anyone noticed an increase in people using the RTA bike racks or bike riders using public transit with the rising fuel prices as spring is now here and summer is just around the corner? And to enlighten me-are their similar bike and ride programs around the state? I'm a little Clevo-centric in this regard. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/16/AR2006051600980.html May 16, 3:28 PM EDT AP Centerpiece: More Take 2-Wheel Commute By TERENCE CHEA Associated Press Writer AP Photo/NOAH BERGER U.S. Video Advertisement SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Fed up with sitting in traffic and paying more than $50 to fill his tank, Scott Morrison ditched his gas-guzzling pickup and started biking to work.

If they could offer a Meagbus $1 fare to NYC like they do to Chicago, wow! Hell, I'd even pay $5 if I had to. :-D I think this could really bode well for the growth of the area. Suppling a cheap way for the Chinese to come and see Cleveland and compare it to life and prices in NYC-I think we'll stack up well. We're an immigrant city and the next waves of immigrants making it beyond NYC or San Fran into the heartland will help stem any projected population fall off or maybe even pick up population in the next decades to come.

I know what you mean about the proximity to downtown-which is why I think the next BRT (or if the transit Gods smile on us, street car) should extend up Superior. I will tell you now that this is not a well thought out idea and I don't know where looping back around would make logical sense, but in the same way that the Euclid Corridor is meant to spur on economic redevelopment, I think with the potential arts and residential growth that is happening and (hopefully) will continue to happen, Chinatown looks posed to be the next great Cleveland neighborhood rebirth. Transit could really solidify the chances of a more robust redevelopment. I know there is no money for this and it's really a pie in the sky idea, but everytime I go through Chinatown, I see a walkable, liveable neighborhood that could really benefit from a rail connector downtown that shows a investment in the area beyond what buses could do. Just a thought.

Honda again looks to Ohio Honda looking at Ohio sites Move could make state the largest carmaker Wednesday, May 17, 2006 Christopher Jensen Plain Dealer Auto Editor If Honda selects Ohio for a new assembly plant, the state could soon be challenging Michigan as the biggest carmaker in the United States. ...

Actually, it's some anonymous corner in Palestine. It you could remove the chaos and violence, I can see a viable and potentially vibrant neighborhood that I'd might like to visit one day. Too bad, though for now...

Let's not forget the impact of new development one great sports player can have. Take Chicago for example. If any of you remember what Chicago looked like before and after the Michael Jordan years. Before Michael... After Michael... I rest my case. :-D

I kinda wish they'd actually put some content up on this site. Two months out, this thing really should be up and running. People from out of town especially are going to be looking at this site and making plans based on what they see. I wrote an email asking about the progress and no response as of yet. Tick Tock. Tick Tock.

I've always been amazed by just how much a single marquee player can raise the city's profile. I was traveling in Switzerland in 2000 and my friend was paying for something with his Cleveland Cavs credit card and the guy behind the desk immediately started in with, "Shawn Kemp hasn't been doing too well this year, has he?" And this was Shawn Kemp! I can only imagine the kind of reaction you'd get from ordinary people for LeBron!

I'll grant you that Tower City, the Rock Hall and Gateway were sold in part to "save" the city. Browns Stadium, I feel, was built on because Cleveland cannot emotionally function without football-I don't believe anyone made any pretense that a new stadium will save the city, although efforts to put a dome on it (which have reappeared once again)to make it more multi-use might have extended the rationale for construction beyond pure football fanaticism. I doubt you will find anyone who seriously considers anything about Steelyard Commons city saving in the least. It will only provide jobs in the downtown area to those looking for temporary employment or with few other projects. Such is the nature of this kind of retail. Do I wish it were here? No. But whatever benefits this project will provide the city, no one will seriously say it will save anything. The Euclid Corridor has been and probably will continue to be meet with skepticism. True rail or street car rail would surely have added value to University Circle and Downtown that these buses will probably never add, as this the transportation arm of an economic redevelopment project along Euclid. But I think this was fairly sold as one element to fixing the city's economic and real estate value woes. Not what I wanted, but I believe it will make a positive contribution. How much of a contribution-probably not what was promised, but what ever fully delivers on a promise in these types of projects? Everything is just one step forward, a continuation of previous work done. Which leads me to the convention center rehab or new construction (whichever it might end up being). The city has already placed a huge investment in tourism and making the city "visable" to the rest of the country and the world. Again, not everything that has been promised has been delivered 100%, but tourism is an undeniable element to Cleveland that had not previously existed. The Convention Center rehab/construction will only extend the idea to visitors that business and trade can find a viable home in Cleveland. and the hospitality industries that have sprung up to service the tourism industry will service a growing convention center clientele (presuming it hapens.) Dan, I think your major bone of contention is that we, the citizens, happily accept half measures and blindly go bounding forth that there will be a single watershed project that will fix all of the city's ills. I would say there was a time where it seemed to be true. The early and mid-nineties felt like a time when large civic projects were predicated on the notion that "if only this were done, everything would be better." Gateway especially always felt that way to me. But I believe we, as citizens, are now better prepared to greet those types of miracle cure assertions with the healthy skepticism each and every civic project deserves. Communication and awareness are improving and we now better realize the importance of public imput into these projects. In fact, we demand it. For me personally, keep arguing with us Dan. Yeah, you come off gloomy, but it helps make sure everyone's arguments are that much sharper and we keep informed.

I was standing on a street corner in Lodi when a car pulled up to me and asked how to get to Miami. I asked in they meant in Ohio. Nope. They wanted directions to Miami, Florida. I suggested they might want to get a map, but I was pretty sure it was "really far south." :|

But what if I need to go through a muddy ravine or over a rock slide to get to the mall? What if the H2 doesn't meet all my off road suburban needs? What then, General Motors? What then?!?

Beat him by 26 seconds! "Quick Draw" Prendergast!

I thought about posting this in Projects and Construction, but the article deals really more about a return to historical style architecture, so I put it here. Feel free to move it if you like. Lakewood's new library plan speaks volumes Friday, May 12, 2006 Steven Litt Plain Dealer Architecture Critic The Lakewood Public Library reached for a star when it chose New York architect Robert A.M. Stern to design its $16 million expansion and renovation. It also sent a very strong message about the current trend toward progressive contemporary architecture in Ohio: Thanks, but no thanks. www.cleveland.com/litt

As long as God doesn't listen to anyone from American Idol. :evil: :evil: :evil:

Aargh! Beat me by three minutes!

Parade the Circle in University Circle is very cool and definitely different. Generically, a parade that involves the arts community of the city (Cleveland is BIG into the arts!), but really the best way to describe it is to see some pictures at either of the two sites below. They have a few, but the gallery of photos they used to have has gone missing. Maybe someone else here has some better photos they could link to. :-D http://www.clemusart.com/educef/parade/html/index.html http://www.universitycircle.org/EVENTS/GeneralInfo.html If you go on mapquest and enter 44113 for the zip, you'll get both Ohio City and Tremont. For some more specific neighborhood info, look at the link below: http://www.nhlink.net/neighborhoodtour/nt.php

^Just out of curiosity, is everything surrounding the Browns Stadium just supposed to represent some random future in-fill development "place holder" when the Port has been relocated? I don't think these additional buildings represent specific building plans I've seen before. Not to mention the mysterious lake to the east of the stadium...

Looks like the new website is (finally) up and running. They just don't have any real content or schedules to speak of yet, but it looks like it will be coming soon! http://www.ingenuitycleveland.com/index.asp

They actually have one of these in D.C. and one in New York, I think. Here's the website for one company that installs these units: http://www.roboticparking.com/home_broadband.php