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Speaking of major sporting event, one sad aspect of losing Burke is the proposition of never getting the Cleveland Grand Prix back.

Agree the North Coast Harbor angle is the best, most unique view of the city.

Some mood music from Cleveland's own Marc Cohn! edit - ha now i see @Gramarye beat me to the punch

I'm guessing his very high level of ambition turned him into something else.

Southern Belle Hillary Clinton flashbacks haha! edit - actually I'm not too sure what accent she was attempting...I'm afraid to guess.

This is the kind of behavior that makes me suspect that a duffel bag full of money is the current standard for getting things done.

@popewere you username "JPOP" years ago?

Agree! Question, how much space is even available for future development in University Circle?

This is Vance. Nothing he has ever said in the past matters. Wait five minutes, the guy will be wearing a blue and yellow jumpsuit.

After all the issues keeping an old haunt like Mahall's going I'm surprised - in a good way - to see Colin & Kelly going after another rather large, "vintage" building lol.

^ Interesting....Cleveland-Elyria 8% and Columbus 27% "overvalued" according to Moody's.

From the Politico story: “To win a Trump endorsement, a candidate has to show growing ballot share. To get that, a candidate has to own a critical issue,” the memo read. “JD can do that.” and While Trump was aware of Vance’s past condemnations, he was hearing from allies including Carlson and Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley who encouraged him to get behind the candidate. And he had recently seen Vance playing golf at Mar-a-Lago, where he complimented the candidate on his swing and his personal appearance. But for the TV-obsessed Trump, it was Vance’s performance in the debates that led the former president to endorse his onetime critic. Trump had met with Mandel and investment banker Mike Gibbons, among other candidates in the field. But he was repulsed when he was shown a clip of the two nearly coming to blows during a March forum. After watching one of later debates in full, the president told advisers he was unimpressed with all of those running, except for Vance.

Fascinating. A mole hunt, a secret website and Peter Thiel's big risk: How J.D. Vance won his primary The former Trump critic leaned on a super PAC and his billionaire patron to put him in position for Trump's all-important endorsement. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/03/jd-vance-win-ohio-primary-00029881

It's about time for this to resurface. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/a-closer-look-at-why-j-d-vances-stance-on-ukraine-is-unpopular/

Downtown Department Stores Get a Residential Revival The giant flagships of 20th century retail chains like the May Company are finding new uses as high-end apartment buildings. Vince Guerrieri April 28, 2022, 7:07 AM PDT When it opened in 1915, the May Company building in downtown Cleveland was billed as the largest department store in Ohio and the third largest in the United States. Designed by noted architect and urban planner Daniel Burnham at the height of the City Beautiful movement and famed for its gleaming white terra cotta façade, the eight-story Beaux Arts edifice drew people from around Northern Ohio — and not just to shop, either. During World Series games in the late 1930s, passersby could follow the action on an animated scoreboard affixed to the building’s exterior. In the 1960s, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx sold sporting goods on the second floor after his playing career ended (it was a time when retired ballplayers were most assuredly not set for life). But by the 1970s, changing times and shopping habits were catching up with the giant May Company chain; like many department stores, it had branched out into the suburbs, following its customers, and its downtown flagships had become less of a destination. Urban renewal projects in downtown Cleveland brought competition, too, in the form of new malls at the Galleria and the Terminal Tower. The store closed for good in 1993. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-04-28/downtown-department-stores-make-a-comeback-as-luxury-housing?utm_content=citylab&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0-7pWOJ49M7Y4xVFK8zD4BW_hhwj_Ob5tnlr1nM-M-Eo0vNJurnrRumNc

Those old coal-fired powerplants could last forever.

^ Well someone here knows how NE Ohio retail consumers operate hahaha.

Finally got around to watching The Imitation Game on Netflix. Very well done imho. It was too bad they didn't go more in-depth with Dayton, Ohio's role in solving the Nazi code, but also kind of understandable. You can only fit so much in a film. Fascinating history to say the least. Like Alan Turing, Joseph R. Desch faced a life of adversity during and after his work heading the team in Dayton. Also it must be noted that women played a significant role as "WAVES" (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in Dayton during World War II secretly assembling the machines to decode ENIGMA. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/01/14/film-snubs-ohioans-role-breaking-enigma/21770275/

That's a legal standard of course. Nobody can convict the guy but people are free to make judgment calls on whether to support or not support some person or entity. Same goes for Michael Vick. He paid his debt to society legally speaking, but people are absolutely entitled to not support the guy or the NFL team that makes him the face of the organization. I remember there were times Tony Rizzo would casually mention how much Vick could help the Browns without any trace of irony. A significant amount of callers were in agreement with him. Could you imagine, Michael Vick in the Dawg Pound?

That's a fair point. Larger societal issues are absolutely at play, from subsidizing billionaires for billion dollar stadiums to skyrocketing cost of tickets to outrageous salaries for players and the traumatic brain injuries to name just a few. So I'll add this DW situation is more of a straw that broke the camels back event for me.

You guys defending the Browns on here - all people whose opinions I've come to respect over the years- you are basically affirming my decision to no longer watch or support the Browns or the NFL in general.

Crazy. I used to see a few of these guys around W117. I'm pretty sure the kid Marii was shot to death.

Does anyone know if this era of Covid has resulted in any sort of design requirements for airports? It does seem a larger building with more open space would be preferable for numerous reasons.

^ More criminally stupid nonsense from the blathering idiot.

The Cavs running on all cylinders was a thing of beauty this season. I agree that Rubio was a lynch pin in all that. It was great to see Darius come into his own. But I believe the guys became a bit too reliant on him, and the team game suffered with the injuries while they tried to get that chemistry back.