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I just wish they would have gone with Robert A.M. Stern as the architect. Conservative firm, but knows how to integrate things into a city. Comcast Tower in Philly is a great example.

I'm still sort of amazed that the City would allow the drive-through Chipotle in that location. Seems totally inconsistent with trying to create a less auto-centric neighborhood, not to mention the traffic insanity this will inevitably create along Cedar and Lennox. Frankly, if I lived in one of the brownstone apartments on Lennox, I'd be pretty ticked about this. In any event, here's hoping that terrible building where Zoss used to be located and the beauty salon is gets torn down as a result of this acquisition. That building is a hot mess standing in the way of some nice infill on Cedar.

At this point, we'll be lucky if this project happens at all.

It was amazing. Six tight lanes all heading in one direction. Used to make the commute downtown from the Heights a snap.

I thought the city had passed an ordinance prohibiting parking from fronting the street in any new developments.

Yes, a Uniqlo would be awesome. It's also so much better than H&M.

The Sherwin Williams website seemed to indicate that no architect had been selected yet. Is Vocon out?

If true, the Brecksville R&D site is disappointing. Missed opportunity IMO to make this a truly catalytic project for downtown and only furthers sprawl.

Yikes. Here's hoping this gets closely reviewed (which I'm sure it will). Looks like a step up from public housing. Actually, some public housing I've seen looks better than this. From everything I hear, Dimit just churns out a lot of junk.

This is a pretty sad lineup. Beachwood Place needs to get its act together. How about a Club Monaco, Fred Perry, or Ted Baker?

It's too bad those are the two getting torn down; the ones to the left are so much worse and really look dumpy.

I just prefer a cleaner aesthetic, like many of the newer buildings along the Highline in NYC; think Zaha Hadid. Just seems more sophisticated than this design, which IMO looks like some of the trashy Vegas and Miami Beach architecture of the late 90s and 2000s. Just my opinion.

I have to say, I tend to agree. It's kind of a hot mess, and looks like it belongs in Vegas or Miami Beach. I'm all for mixing it up and inserting contemporary design on Euclid, but this just seems like it's trying to incorporate too many different concepts, with the end result looking jumbled. Here's hoping it gets refined through design review. And I appreciate that others may have a different point of view.

I share that concern. This project has the capacity to be transformative. Here's hoping the Weston lots aren't just being targeted for a new form of parking, making it an effective dead zone just as it is now.

Yes, again shows how the design was fundamentally flawed even apart from the bus lane issue. The lawn simply can't handle the foot traffic of everyone cutting across. Not surprisingly, people take the most direct route to get where they need to go. The landscape architects really should have recognized that. I would have much preferred a design more in the nature of Rittenhouse Square in Philly, which feels totally active throughout the year.