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I shite you not, I am standing on the roof of Joshua Hall with 2 other people when you took the photo of the Breuer Tower close up! Just to the right of the arched entrance into Gray's Armory. Funny stuff. Also, what is that thing in the distance when you are shooting over Lakewood. I remember being able to see that from the observation deck on the Terminal Tower. Steel mill in Lorain perhaps?

A friend of mine invented the "LeBomb James" 5 years ago with Crown, grenadine (wine color), Goldshlager, and Sprite. He also invented, the J Remy Sowers, and Ultimate Fasano (after journeyman catcher Sal Fasano).

I've heard that Rocco (chef at Fahrenheit) is looking to open another restaurant, but in Tremont. Could be 4th though.

One area of improvement for the city could be to stop raising unoriginal comedians.

And really, what an unoriginal reaction by +Cleveland. Like anybody is going to give a crap about anything they put out in response to this. You don't take this sitting down, you hand out some punishment in this situation, or don't react at all and be above this sort of thing. They have allowed a group of nobody comedians get a weak reaction out of them.

Someone should make a fake news channel 5 investigation about him or his mother getting sodomized (sp) at a local Burger King or something. Put it on youtube and claim it's a legitimate story. See how funny it is to cross the line on things people find important. Nothing should be off limits with this dope.

Domestic violence abusers often use the tactic of beating the shite out of their spouse and then coming back and saying "I love you." Way to support the tactic Ragina. Other than that I don't think the video even deserves a response.

Strange that Cleveland of all cities didn't include health care as part of popular entry level positions. Just another pointless list I suppose.

The word "smooth" definitely describes the article best. These was no boiling of my stomach while reading it. Strange.

Short Vincent, I would have enjoyed you.

I went there for dinner a couple years ago; only people in the place, good food, but they were playing Linkin Park and Nickelback while I'm paying $32 for an entree. I'm not down with that. Will not go back and not sure how it is still open.

Excellent conversation, and for once I am on 327 side on this one. Without a strong central core that sustains property tax revenue from major corporations, the rest of the city is dead. It's like when you are low on cash you don't spend money on small trinkets to get by, you should be saving and investing in major, long term ideas that will make you the money to evenutally get those little bonuses (new park or merry go round) that you want.

Seriously, why are there so many stops between Cleveland and Columbus? I've never even heard of 2 of the 4 towns.

That's what this site is for: discussing goings on and possible goings on in Ohio. Am I wrong on this assumption?

If the Cleveland station isn't a demo, redesign and rebuild I'm going to lose it.

I could get with the different sized precast panels if the differences in dimension were a bit more exagerated. As it simply appears to be poorly constructed currently. I'm thinking if Bostwick had to do it over again they would have utilized a different method in expressing this concept.

There is a book called "The Regionmaker" by MVRDV that tells the story of the Ruhr Region, with stories from many other experts on the urban condition. I highly recommend it for those interested in seeing what has been done in similiar economic conditions as 8Shades described.

I rode my bike down through UC today, and I have to say, the building that is going up next to Euclid Tavern, while sited well, has one of the poorest constructed facades I've ever seen. Precast concrete attached at uneven levels, clumsy vertical mullions, among other things. Really looks terrible.

Wow. This is so great to hear!

I think they need to start with a piece of land that will create immediate interest though. Waterfront land certainly has a more likely chance of initial investment than a lot across from Browns stadium. Some serious investigation into how to create a visually acceptable barrier between the stadium and anything else built is no doubt a significant challenge.

I live just down the street from the Metzer and Merril and have been inside both. Best location in Cleveland no doubt. Public transit, West Side Market, Dave's full service grocery store, bars, restaurants, etc. Can't go wrong there.

^I can get with that statement. While I'm not necessarily a fan of the aesthetics I applaud RTA's vision in terms of creating an open slate on which to build upon, both in terms of architecture and thinking in the realm of neighborhood interaction. In other words, a transit station is never JUST a transit station. It's a communally interactive piece of urban equipment.

Looks like she's got bad hair, but otherwise...

The same can be said about poorly made brick. White efflourescence on a building that is a year or 2 old is hardly a fine quality of brick built structures. Cracks in brick that hasn't been built with the proper control and expansion joints is just about the most unsightly thing possible. Also, I don't think many people build with plastic other than vinyl siding (which is obviously garge), so I'm not sure of the relationship with contemporary architecture.

At risk of going totally off topic I'll keep this short. As with anything else there are good and bad examples of new, traditional and contemporary, structures. The one variable that exists between the two is the quality of the materials that the owner buys (whether it's brick, glass, metal panels, stone, etc), and the craftsmanship and skill level of the construction workers that build the buildings. Neither seem to be up to the level that was typical of buildings built in the past and both suffer for it. Cost concerns and value engineering seem to be much bigger parts of the construction industry today because there are so many substitutes for legitimate materials such as stone and brick. Stonebridge Apartments for example, has thin brick as the facade treatment. In the past, this material didn't exist and wasn't an option for the cost concerned owner. Now, the facade is visibly falling apart at the bottom and is sometimes sited as an example of poor contemporary design at no fault of the architect (not that I necessarily enjoy the design). In the past, quality of construction really wasn't an option because what was available was robust natural materials that weather beautifully. It was the cost of doing business. Formally, most older structures are uninteresting, but their quality materials and finely detailed and constructed features make them the structures we admire today. If this craftsmanship and quality of materials existed today, and adding in the technological advances that have been made in the structural systems over the past 60 years, I think a lot of people would have different opinions on today's more progressive architecture, that admittedly is often not up to the construction standards of the past.