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To me, the prestige means nothing. The simple question is, in a city like Cleveland (or Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Detroit, really almost anywhere) do you want an NFL team to root for locally or not? If that’s not important to the city/county voters, they’ll vote down tax increases and the team leaves. If it is important to voters, they’ll support tax increases and pay for a stadium. Obviously the math is different for cities like NYC and for some reason Dallas, but even LA has lost NFL teams because it didn’t support new stadiums in the past. Put up or shut up.

It’s not wise to respond to crap design.

16/17. Lima got me

That view from crib cam is the best skyline perspective in my opinion.

Fantastic article, this would really be the ideal situation.

That image of the proposed design is incredible.

Friday night was as busy as I've seen downtown in a while. Great energy.

^The whale mural was recently restored for better or worse.

Bob Corna, now that’s a blast from the past.

How is there no tower crane yet?

From the picture it appears to just be the joints at the insulated boards.

Dumb question; what does Mimi refer to?

Cesar Pelli (Key Tower architect) spoke of the “living room-like feel” Public Square will have with Society Tower and Ameritrust completed in the early 90’s. Obviously a bit delayed, and SW shifted one block west, but it seems like we’ll finally get that environment.

^Its both I guess

The tax abatement changes are going to put a real damper on new residential development.

Yes.

Why do you think the general fund has been increasing over the years? In addition to the higher tax rate, the answer is income tax collections from new residents over the last 15-20 years who live in the homes/apartments built with the incentives the city is giving for projects that wouldn’t happen otherwise. The revisions in City incentives, which are political decisions disconnected from sound financial ones, will hurt the general fund and in turn the residents of the city. Current residents may not care for all the new development, but it’s the only thing keeping the lights on.

I'm going to bet there's a Wal-Mart just off the nearest freeway that emptied out every storefront in town.

From last night.

I'd certainly buy an RTA logo fitted hat.

I didn't see any real reference to the creator either.

Yeah, an incredible trove of images, seemingly out of nowhere. The steel mill pics, among others, are fascinating and views I forgot I knew (J&L mill from I-77, Worsted Mills).

Not sure if anyone has seen this site, if not, kiss the next hour goodbye. https://realstill.com/books/07dirty-old-town-1977-1988

Cut and paste design from other terrible projects. No regard for an actual design process. Can’t even be bothered to take renderings out of Sketchup. Glad they’re filling in vacant lots but MyPlace is just as bad as Geis in my opinion. Lorain Ave deserves better.

This is just really unbelievable. I hate Ohio. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/02/ohio-lawmakers-seek-1-billion-for-rural-highways-propose-ban-on-center-bike-lanes-and-county-traffic-camera-programs.html