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Haha I agree mostly, but I'll argue that purple color has never been trendy, save for maybe a short time period in the late 1980's.

RIght, how much greenspace do they really need anyhow? Can't really see the house on google streetview, but the church looks beautiful.

From Mansfield Ohio......who knew?

Ha! Last week I bought my dad a Sunday paper as a treat (he still likes the actual paper) and the next day I was bringing it to the bin and a little tiny slip of paper fell out....I thought it was a coupon but it was Parade Magazine! Anyone remember Parade? It still exists, sort of. It's like four pages lol.

Wilberts. https://wilbertsmusic.com/

Glad to see the preservation. I love that little block. Not too crazy about universal height, but looking forward to seeing how things progress.

Yeah haha their track record is to follow up anything good with a clickbait "worst city" list. Why doesn't Cleveland get the love.... The irony!

Increasing access to the water is a must. However, further armoring the shoreline with metal bulkheads is not just hideously ugly, it's also a really outdated, short-sighted and irreversibly bad option. Here's why: https://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/seawalls-are-stealing-our-sandy-beaches

I can't speak to the buses, but the trains are largely unsupervised & I haven't experienced homeless people making a scene. I think people with options choose not to ride RTA because they're unfamiliar. I've seen plenty of white collar employees taking the Rapid. It's a good option, but it's not on the radar for most people.

To make it attractive requires more investment. One way to do that is to create more stakeholders who will demand better services, to make this politically viable. I still believe making it "free" does that to get the ball rolling. My main point is that's the fastest way to change things for the better.

I agree on this. RTA needs to first get more people acclimated to using transit, because right now there's just far too many people who don't consider it as an option. It's off their radar. But I guarantee you a lot of people would rediscover the service if it was fare-free.

People get mad all the time about anything. Life will go on.

Attn: Ohio. Here's how not to do marijuana legalization (see California) Inside California's cannabis crisis Small farms are facing extinction under oppressive regulations, high taxes, and a statewide collapse in cannabis pricing Mary Jane Gibson https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Inside-California-s-Cannabis-Crisis-16935780.php

Ouch...this, to me, is like the Lakefront Plan. Not so much for us, but for our grandchildren.

Glad to see Haley getting some love. First Look: Cool World, The ‘80s-inspired Experiential Retail Shop From Haley Himiko Morris, Opens Today In Gordon Square: The renowned Cleveland artist is known for creating new universes. Now, you can enter hers with her Gordon Square shop that launched on Oct. 1. Being in the presence of Haley Himiko Morris’s work is like entering another world. The local artist has become well known for her eclectic style of pattern blocking and ‘80s inspired psychedelic colors, often seen in interactive mediums such as dance parties and unique face mask patterns. Now, Morris’s latest art piece is an experiential retail shop in Gordon Square called Cool World, which opened on Oct. 1. Since acquiring the space two months ago, Morris has completely transformed the 650-square foot location with Himiko Memorabilia’s signature brand and aesthetic. Shoppers can expect vintage furniture and clothes as well as handmade jewelry and accessories. While the store is a one-stop shop of all the products Morris creates, she’s also aiming to build a transformative and nostalgic experience, like walking through a theme park or carnival. https://clevelandmagazine.com/style/shops-boutiques/articles/first-look-cool-world-the-80s-inspired-experiential-retail-shop-from-haley-himiko-morris-opens-today-in-gordon-square

It's disconcerting that people who obviously have the resources and insights into such things (Timken, Portman, Vance, Thiel, etc.) have concluded the Trump agenda is the winning strategy in Ohio.

A Great Lakes treasure....singer songwriter Lee Murdock

Damn. Bengals offense went ice cold tonight.

What Cleveland’s LEED certification means for the city’s future HANNAH DAVIS FEBRUARY 10, 2022 How green are we? In October 2021, Cleveland received a silver LEED for Cities certification for its efforts toward making the city more sustainable for residents and businesses. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a global certification program for rating the “green” quality of buildings and cities. This achievement was the result of more than 10 years of environmental initiatives led by Sustainable Cleveland. While the city naturally scored well in some areas, such as water efficiency and green building policies, it struggled in areas like renewable energy and emissions. For this, LEED offers a potential roadmap for the future. According to its website, LEED for Cities and Communities is a framework that helps local leaders track and manage green initiatives that are aimed at improving quality of life. LEED is managed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and certifies cities within five rankings—certified, bronze, silver, gold and platinum. Results are based on 14 metrics across five design categories: energy, water, waste, transportation and quality of life. https://www.thelandcle.org/stories/what-clevelands-leed-certification-means-for-the-citys-future

Oh sure. They're heavy hitters in the pharma world.

^ Quite possibly THE dumbest thing I've heard haha. To think that global warming could jeopardize ice fishing prostitution is really sad...the end of an era.

30k!!! Love it. Meanwhile on LA sports radio they're saying a Rams victory is absolutely necessary in order to win over the LA market haha. Pathetic. Go Bengals!

Sea World about to avenge for what Cedar Fair did to Geauga Lake!!!

Nobody Cares Whether You 'Believe' in the Separation of Church and State. That's the Law, Champ. Ohio Senate candidate Josh Mandel spewed nonsense about The Founders, probably hoping for an article like this one. By Jack Holmes Jan 28, 2022 Looking around the Republican farm system, it's hard not to feel an escalating sense of doom for this ball club and the league they play in. Unfortunately, the rest of us are stuck in Major League Batsh*t with these people, a competition in desperate need of a relegation system. Politico enlivened this Friday with a report on an internecine MAGA dispute out of Tennessee, in which the batting champ got himself in hot water with other luminaries of the movement. Apparently, Madison Cawthorn and Candace Owens and Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene are unhappy that Donald Trump backed Morgan Ortagus, whom he once plucked from Fox News to serve as a spokesperson for the State Department, over Robby Starbuck, a MAGA social-media influencer, for a congressional endorsement. Donald Trump Jr. and Dan Scavino are also reportedly mad at Daddy, though not in public, and have you ever heard a list of such abysmally low-quality people exercising this kind of influence over one of our two major political parties? Whoever wins, this country loses. Speaking of which, there's the Ohio Senate primary. J.D. Vance, the venture-capitalist everyman backed by $10 million from a technovampire planting nice little seeds all over our politics, has had to play second fiddle to a more shameless and relentless MAGA devotee in Josh Mandel. This is Mandel's third attempt at becoming a senator from Ohio, and it's not hard to see why the first two campaigns came up short. The guy has Stephen Miller vibes. But in today's Republican Party, he appears to be the frontrunner for the nomination, to the extent that he engaged in what looked like a general-election debate against a prospective Democratic opponent, Morgan Harper, before the primary races have been decided. (Congressman Tim Ryan is also running competitively in the Democratic primary.) On Thursday evening, Mandel at one point suggested that Obama orchestrated a George Soros-funded invasion of Haitians. People in the audience laughed loudly. But we'll leave aside the now-standard immigration hysteria and engage with one piece of Mandel's reactionary exhibition in particular. We have returned, yet again, to the issue of church and state. The issue that will not die, from the corporate Christian push of the 1930s to the online message boards of Web 1.0, the issue that Mandel probably raised in the hopes of generating articles like this one that he can point to as evidence that the Woke Mob is out to Silence him. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a38924592/josh-mandel-separation-of-church-and-state-constitution/

It would really be amazing if all these neighborhoods could connect. So much dead space in between for years. I know it will/should happen someday...but to see it in our lifetimes would be so special.