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No prob. Here is the graphic from todays paper.

April 2, 2007 Recent Congressional Votes - * Senate: U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act * House: Budget Resolution, FY2008 Upcoming Congressional Bills - * Senate: Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act * Senate: HOPE Act * House: DC House Voting Rights Act Recent Senate Votes U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act - Vote Passed (51-47, 2 Not Voting) The Senate passed this $122 million emergency supplemental bill that provides funds for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and sets a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. Sen. George Voinovich voted NO Sen. Sherrod Brown voted YES Recent House Votes Budget Resolution, FY2008 - Vote Passed (216-210, 7 Not Voting) The House passed this $2.9 trillion budget plan setting spending priorities for the 2008 fiscal year. Rep. Dennis Kucinich voted NO Upcoming Votes Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act - S.5 Following the Easter recess, the Senate is scheduled to take up this bill increasing funding for embryonic stem cell research. HOPE Act - S.30 This Senate bill would increase funding for adult stem cell research. DC House Voting Rights Act - H.R.1433 The House is scheduled to take up this bill after the recess that would give the District of Columbia a full vote in the U.S. House and add a new seat from the state of Utah.

CSU will probably not add more dorms unless there is a huge bump in enrollment. They will, however, continue to partner with private developers in creating more dorms. From what I know, the next chance of that happening will be after the student center is complete. When that is done, the old bookstore will be torn down, leaving that parcel and the parking lot next to it available for housing. It is envisioned there will be market-rate housing there. ******************************************************** From today's PD a,d everyone's favorite Art Critic/architect wanna-be. :wink: Cleveland State arts complex proposed $50 million project would be on Euclid Tuesday, April 03, 2007 Steven Litt Plain Dealer Architecture Critic Cleveland State University wants to put the arts front and center on its campus. A new plan, described publicly by university officials for the first time Monday, calls for moving the studio art and theater programs from a dark, dingy complex at the edge of cam pus to a dramatic new building on a high-visibility site on Euclid Avenue. Facilities for music and dance would also be part of the package... For more: http://blog.cleveland.com/plaindealer/2007/04/arts_complex_proposed_for_eucl.html You'll recall I reported on this and posted the renderings for your viewing pleasure back in October. See below: We received the planning study for the Visual Arts Center last week. Here are a few shots of the conceptual proposal. These are basically massing and programing studies. It is not funded and will likely not look like this. However, the university leadership loves it. No cost has been associated with it yet. It is expected in about a month. If the donor who paid for the study would like to contribute significantly to the construction of said building, it would be the second one in the city with his name on it (on two different colleges). As you can see, if anything slightly resembling this concept were built, it would significantly alter the Euclid Corridor landscape in the best of ways. It would likely cause the GS architects/staff to up their game when designing the Student Center. And, yes, this would mean the end of the Corlett Building. Here's hoping it gets built.

From WEWS: Note - the pictures from February on the website are taken from right outside the Channel 5 Studio. Just thought it was interesting. http://www.newsnet5.com/news/11496877/detail.html

^You can either blame it on my avatar or for posting at 3:30 am... but not both :-D

You did a very nice job. Are you still working in there? The number of beds in Fenn were quoted as 438. That number is about right (give or take a couple). When Boyle mentions another 500 rooms- well, this can be taken two different ways. In Fenn, many of the rooms have only one bed in them because of the room sizes. So, this would imply 500 rooms = 500 beds. However, some of the rooms have at leas two beds in them and a few have 3 or 4 (although not many). I would guess Boyle could be interpreted as saying we have a demand for another 500 - 750 beds.

That air conditioner in the little window is killing me.

^and only paying for three people to do work at any given time.

Thank you. I feel better now. EDIT: I was just thinking - Hey, that didn't sound very genuine. So I wanted to make sure you get the correct feeling implied.

Well, if thats the case... never mind

Apologies for posting a long article. From Cool Cleveland:

Press release from the City of Cleveland:

You win!

^You beat me to the website It looks good. They moved from the burbs to downtown and the website gives directions from public transportation. Good for them. I think people are getting sick of the whole church/temple/holy ground thing. What an excellent way to get people together in a venue that would likely never be used on a sunday morning. So, is this competition for the Gospel Brunch Sunday's at HOB? :-)

But there is nothing that can be done about the signs. They pretty much have to be there or all of the drunks will go the wrong way and kill people - not just the stupid ones. (sorry for the bad taste) The area will look nicer when the landscaping and lighting is installed, but it still should be a few feet higher. Seriously... why? Besides the horrible accident by previously mentioned idiot, it is a proven fact roundabouts actually prevent accidents (see diagrams below). However - and this is a big however - there is an admittedly higher instance of accidents in the first year of operation for roundabouts, particularly when the roundabout in question is a city's first one. Moral of the story: SLOW DOWN!

Exactly They're not. This is the top of the valley. Just beyond is Steel Yard Commons, Old Brooklyn, South Hills, etc. Behind me is Tremont and downtown. The picture were taken just after sunrise.

A while back there was some discussion on the new Aldi's and 5/3 Bank being built on West 117th and Madison. Until a moment ago, I could not locate the discussion. Looking for the obvious "west 117th" key word I found three other threads regarding projects on the street. They are located in Cleveland - West 117th and Lake project (http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=925.0), Cleveland: Rapid Red Line W. 117th renovation (http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=4914.0), and in Cleveland: New Project at West 117th and I-90 (http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=3774.0). Can we combine them please? Oh, and a bit of a discussion (the one I was actually looking for) here, (http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=7006.msg156847#msg156847) in the Various demolitions taking place in Cleveland thread. There was discussion regarding the layout of the new buildings. I drove by there this week and l as if the bank will ,although not perfect as far as density is concerned, fits well with the setbacks currently running along the west side of the street. (Can I also add this thing has gone up so freaking fast. Makes the train station look like a complete joke.) From Madison to Detroit, almost all of the setbacks are about 20 - 25 feet from the curb.

I believe that to be the idea, however, IMHO, the sculpture should be raised a few feet in order to allow clearer sight lines. The current view, when approaching from W. 14, is blocked by a melange of directional street signs. Therefore, I think the major flaw resides in the placement/installation. Do you suppose anyone actually checked out the sight lines from the W. 14 approach before they 'glued' the thing in place? And here is he proof. Man am I disappointed. These are all taken going south on West 14th.

I just threw-up a little

I was not at the presentation (or lack there of), but I have been to previous YP meet-ups. If I had gone my comments would likely echo many of the previous posts. My only additional comment would be that this event is always promoted as a networking event before it is an informational event. The last one I went was at the Botanical Gardens in the fall when newly elected Mayor Jackson spoke. The same things happened. More people were interested in talking with each other then they were in what he had to say. Although in this case, his speech was in an area different from most of the socializing.

Send them to the other two. I'm more concerned about our larger and hairier commissioner then Hagan. Both of them will have a hard time getting re-elected the next time they are up.

I think he has come around in his old age. He has changed his mind on any issues including sexual orientation. Before you know it, he'll be moving downtown. I also think that race is not the big issue people make it out to be. Sure there are individuals who are racially ignorant, but the bigger issues dividing people are more class and economic standing then race

A few shots this week of the lovely Stonebridge with an exceptional preview of the world's largest reality TV show screen in high-definition and 3D (rTV-HD-3d). First, a shot of the pedestrian bridge with a real pedestrian I wish they would let us know what tenants will be located here Shot 1: rTV-HD-3d Shot 2: rTV-HD-3d Shot 3: rTV-HD-3d

Displaying fine art of leadership Sunday, April 01, 2007 Steven Litt Plain Dealer Art Critic Timothy Rub, director of the Cleveland Museum of Art, looked remarkably unrumpled for a guy who had spent half the previous night marooned at the Pittsburgh airport. Wearing a dark business suit and a hard hat on a recent afternoon, he bounded up a staircase two steps at a time in the museum's half-finished east wing, part of a $258 million expansion and renovation that will keep most of the museum closed for another year...