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Not sure if it's completely on point, but I used to drive past Globe Metallurgical down in Beverly, Ohio for work. I did not get the impression the facility was something you would want to locate near civilization. https://www.ferroglobe.com/about-ferroglobe/factories-mines/beverly/

Ha! Why didn't they open seven years ago? What's the overhead on a frozen drink bar??

Today's NYT email newsletter talks about highways and the racial and economic fallout from the destruction of urban neighborhoods. Highway removal Today, there is a movement to reverse the damage, as the Times multimedia reporting project — by Nadja Popovich, Josh Williams and Denise Lu — describes. Rochester, N.Y., is removing a downtown highway built in the 1950s and trying to stitch a neighborhood back together. Syracuse, N.Y.; Detroit; and New Haven, Conn., have committed to replacing stretches of highway with walkable neighborhoods. Residents in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Denver, New Orleans, New York, Oakland and Seattle are asking city officials to do the same. To support these efforts, President Biden’s infrastructure proposal includes $20 billion that would help reconnect neighborhoods divided by highways. His transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg, has called the issue a top priority for the department. The future of the country’s highway system is about much more than those neighborhoods, too. It will also affect public health and climate change. And the debate is happening at a fascinating moment: Many of the midcentury highways are reaching the end of their life span, and attitudes toward transportation are shifting. The automobile remains the dominant way that Americans move around, and that will not change anytime soon. Mass transit is not a realistic option in less populated places. But it is realistic in cities, and more city residents and planners are starting to question whether they want major highways running through their neighborhoods. One telling statistic comes from Michael Sivak of Sivak Applied Research: After decades of uninterrupted increases, the number of miles driven each year by the average American peaked in 2004. “As recently as a decade ago,” said Peter Norton, a University of Virginia historian, “every transportation problem was a problem to be solved with new roads.” That’s not always the case anymore. On the same topic, Noah Smith of Bloomberg Opinion writes: “It’s difficult to overstate the damage that we did to our cities by putting giant highways right through the middle of neighborhoods. But San Francisco has shown that highways can be taken out and relocated. We can fix what we broke.”

Out of Place: a portrait of surfing in Cleveland, Ohio is up on YouTube...illegally lol. What can ya do. Anyhow, if anyone has 70 min. to kill and wants to experience some unique cats and six decades of of surfing on Lake Erie, please have at it!!

I really miss that big paper airplane.

I'm really expecting one heck of a cool historical marker at former Harshaw site.

My buddy saw Rosavelt one night and the very next day he went out and bought a Rickenbacker guitar lol. Glad to see more small businesses going in. Here's hoping my beloved Banter makes a return :-(

Camden was scary, at least back in the 80's. I remember police telling you not to stop at a red light...if nobody's around at it's night time, just go!

The city needs.....a cycling czar! Remember when everything needed a czar? Ha, maybe I'm dating myself. It is quite frustrating to see these peer cities making far more progress. Like the Towpath, these types of things just seem to move glacially; they're just not priorities. Easy to blame lack of leadership. What's more difficult is educating the commoners that cycling truly offers so much untapped potential.

^ Why not include Columbus State? That's another 27k students.

The Port for shipping lol. But actually, it would sorta be cool to see them take the lead on event sponsorship and overall promotion for cycling and wellness. In that case the factory could be a destination. Like Nike in Oregon. I mean, if the factory wasn't being located so far off in the woods.

Not too far from the Port of Toledo. I wonder if that played any sort of role?

Apologies if I've missed this, but can someone take a ballpark/educated guess as to how much we're talking to move this place?

^ Digging the renders, I like the look of the proposal...and the new blog too!

Hahahaha UPCOMING DIALOGUES - Alternative Site Downtown for Browns Stadium https://www.eventbrite.com/e/possibilities-should-browns-stadium-be-part-of-the-harbor-tickets-155728174161

This sounds like they've already made up their minds lol. Very condescending actually, more like a lecture than a "dialogue." June 3: POSSIBILITIES Dialogue: "Should Browns Stadium Be Part of the Harbor?" There are a great many people in Cleveland who believe the stadium should not have been rebuilt on the lakefront, and the footprint could have been better utilized with development that enhanced the area around the Science Center and Rock Hall, and provide the downtown community with dramatically increased green space and access to the lake. The Green Ribbon Coalition envisions an accessible, connected ribbon of neighborhood, community and regional parks, trails, and nature preserves along the Lake Erie waterfront that inspires all stakeholders to protect, enjoy, and value this natural asset as an essential element of the region's economic success, ecological health, civic vitality, and overall quality of life. With this vision in mind, aren't there better uses for 55 acres of prime lakefront land with direct access to downtown residents via an extended Mall bridging the railroad and Shoreway, the landbridge concept championed by GRC? https://www.eventbrite.com/e/possibilities-should-browns-stadium-be-part-of-the-harbor-tickets-155728174161

It looks like a race course. For when the Cleveland Gran Prix returns.

^ Had to check and make sure Hansa was on there...it is.

Al's snazzy hat!!

Almost everyone I know outside this forum wants free surface parking downtown. I understand the desire, it's old school thinking and "convenient." Yet it would be healthier for everyone if our city was somehow better designed for walking and cycling. I think the touchy subject is a point you've (I think it was you apologies if I'm mistaken) brought up that it's not a great idea in the short term to simply exclude cars from downtown; not until our public infrastructure is better. Right now having a car is the best option for far too many people, so I do see this process as being a difficult one.

Respectfully disagree. The downtown lakefront is a mess of incomplete and unconnected segments. It needs better infrastructure to build upon. It's quite frankly embarrassing that virtually every other waterfront city has capitalized on their waterfront and Cleveland is still planning and planning.

Urban runoff has caused such major water quality issues. It makes good sense to have that rainwater not gushing straight into the lake.

Whatever Republican is competing against Vance for the moronic voters is going to have to say “a real patriot would’ve swam out and confronted them, not complain on Twitter like a whiny Dem.”

So glad Frankie Hejduk can turn his phone on again...sheesh!!!

Interesting. Do you think their (BH) retail arm is involved? Because look at this plan, it's not filled up with your typical waterfront boardwalk rides and attractions. There's no ferris wheel, no touristy fun promenade...this is looking like office and retail.