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^This is one of the most g@d damn frustrating things I've dealt with as of late. Family was dispersed throughout the near west side and downtown and decided to meet for brunch at Yours Truly on Euclid Avenue. On a desolate winter Sunday afternoon there is no on street parking allowed from W3rd to East 14th Street. We abandoned the idea and went back to Shaker. If I were any of these restaurants or retail stores (of the ones that have managed to exist) I would be super pissed about this. Traffic calming at all expense. Where should this venom be directed? Councilman? Engineering Department?...

As someone else mentioned, this arm of Jacobs doesn’t have the juice to pull any of this off.

^^The fact is that brownstones wouldn't be a highest and best use unfortunately, and at this point they're actually making money on the investment with the parking. No reason to sell low in a sense. I do think brownstones would be a great project though.

One day... the city I live in will see a jump in population for the first time in my life...

This state is such a joke.

Heck's Express is great. The shwarma with spicy fries is good stuff.

^disagree with every example you list

Things are happening on the design end, don’t know the timeline for any sort of announcement.

If there's anything I've learned over the years it's that people love complaining about new development.

Wake me up when this is ready to go...

I was downtown for the holiday lighting last night and noticed there’s a pop up bar in the corner space of the Schofield Building, looks like a cool little spot. Great location for a little bar. Didn’t check it out but it’s on my list for the season.

These Bialosky designs are putting me to sleep. Surface parking at the northern corners of Auburn I suppose.

Great Lakes Science Center is like a step back in time to 1996, nothing has changed since then. The place is sorely in need of a reboot.

From Clay Herrick's incomparable book "Cleveland Landmarks."

The Old Arcade is between Superior and Euclid. The Euclid Arcade and Colonial Arcade are in the same complex and were rebranded the 5th Street Arcades even though one is technically east of East 6th Street...

There’s been talk of a Bier Markt / Cento redux for a couple years now.

That last pic is at least 14 months old, good one though

...honestly that’s a tough task in all of downtown (innerbelt-lake-river perimeter) west of E13th. Some of the biggest clusters may only be: + Stark’s buildings at E4th and Prospect (not sure what the deal is here, seems like a no brainer set of rehabs) + Building at E6th and St. Clair (though I think some ground level activity is happening) + Several buildings along Old River Road + Everything on Bolivar and south Obviously new construction is the next frontier to keep residential growth plugging along.

^^And with that, outside of a couple surface lots and garages, I dare you to find a building that requires new development on Euclid between Public Square and the freeway...

^Case students party about as little as any college I’ve ever seen. John Carroll makes Case look like the Jesuit school by comparison.

Maybe a place like AJ Rocco's. Coffee and pastries in the morning, sandwiches in the afternoon, bar at night.

The fact of the matter is that any city is a pain to get through, Cleveland is not unique in this sense. Try getting something through Beachwood or Chagrin Falls...

^Agreed. Terrible.

I’m glad we’ve all been able to agree here on this topic. What a love fest.

Do a YouTube search for Jasper Wood’s, incredible streetcar scenes throughout the City circa 1951. You may tear up at the activity, density and transportation.