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Well said. To me the increase in interest coinciding with the new trails is the least surprising thing...access is the key to building momentum. More and more people are finally seeing the potential that we have known about for years. And that's why it's been so frustrating that the trail network has taken so long.

Okay maybe I'm in a down mood, but couldn't they do anything to make the ground floor look more welcoming or interesting? This looks like an office building full of dentists.

In 2029, a Hyperloop Could Turn Columbus, Ohio, Into a Suburb of Chicago By Justin Davidson The other day in Chicago, a friend who lives in Columbus, Ohio, 360 miles away, texted me a last-minute dinner invitation. I walked to the Michigan Avenue Hyperloop station and, because I had just missed a downtown-Columbus-bound pod, waited a full 29 seconds for the next one. It was a little unnerving to spend 30 minutes in a seemingly stationary compartment while hurtling across three midwestern states — no passing landscape, no shudder or bounce, no engine hum or rumble of wheels, just total stillness at 600 miles per hour. Changing time zones gave me an unaccounted hour and I briefly considered filling it with a quick detour to Pittsburgh, another 360 miles round trip. By the standards of current technology, that fictional vignette is absurd: Chicago to Pittsburgh is a seven-hour drive (not counting traffic or roadwork delays) and even flying takes half a day by the time you’ve gotten to O’Hare. Which raises a multibillion-dollar question: How reasonable does it look as prediction? I’m not much of a futurist. I tend to think that realizing the fantasy of jet-speed surface transportation will depend more on bureaucracy and political will than on engineering wizardry. The technology already exists, in embryonic form: a 500-meter test track designed by rocket scientists in the desert outside Las Vegas. The company that built it, Virgin Hyperloop One, has put out the word in all 50 states that it’s looking for somewhere to build a longer track and research center. Spinning magnets cause a vehicle the size of a small bus to levitate, then send it zipping through a vacuum tube. The pods line up in a high-speed conga line, with one after another breaking away to a separate destination along the way, while the others keep shooting along. Every trip is direct. “You get there fast, you don’t have to wait, and you don’t stop along the way,” promises Josh Giegel, one of the company’s co-founders. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/11/by-2029-a-hyperloop-could-make-columbus-a-chicago-suburb.html

"Hubris in the C-suite" is the best description. I've had some really dumb bosses lol.

Exactly, until it was no longer sustainable. I'm sure clients loved being billed at higher rates just so we could have an unnecessary physical presence in SF.

At my former employer any new projects went immediately to our Bay Area branch because their rent was too damn high. It mattered not that our CLE/Cincy/Columbus office personnel were smarter, less costly and had a better work ethic.

Does anyone know if this bridge will be completed in time for the NFL draft next year?

How Cleveland Landed The 2021 NFL Draft Cleveland Sports Commission and Destination Cleveland CEO David Gilbert dishes on what it took to bring football's second biggest event to Cleveland. The Cleveland Browns haven’t had the best luck in the NFL draft. We’re looking at you, Trent Richardson, Brandon Weeden and Deshaun Kizer. Hopefully a home field advantage will yield better results this time next year, when the three-day event hits Cleveland in late April. Second only to the Super Bowl when it comes to pro football events, the draft has taken on a life of its own as fans of teams around the league show up to see who the future of their favorite franchises might be. Last year’s draft in Nashville drew an estimated live attendance of more than 250,000 and was watched by 47.5 million viewers at home. “[The draft] was a small, in-house event for many years, and now it’s become an enormous celebration for the fans,” says Greater Cleveland Sports Commission and Destination Cleveland CEO David Gilbert, who worked with the Browns and the city to bring the event here. “I was in Nashville [for the draft last year], and it was so cool to meet some New Orleans Saints fans who had driven there from Mississippi.” https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/sports/articles/how-cleveland-landed-the-2021-nfl-draft

Hi. Interesting discussion. So I can better hone in on your position, can you please provide 1. an example of how Cincinnati can successfully challenge this class to the betterment of the city and 2. examples from another city where this same problem existed and something was conscientiously done to change the dynamic?

FWIW here again was Carnegie's updated design: http://www.onelakewood.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Summary-Pages-from-One-Lakewood-Place-ABR-Meeting-April-23-2019.pdf I happen to like Casto's main building proposal a lot better, but Carnegie's residential component, mall and incorporation of the Curtis Block building were much much better than Casto's. Casto's design also doesn't seem to really embrace Detroit Ave, which I think is a big mistake. Anyhow, who really knows what's going to happen at this point. It's a bit concerning, but what can ya do.

I don't mind this kitchen so much actually. Maybe we are trending away from WHITE! But that table does sort of remind me of Staples or Office Max.

I just realized I've been to the market area hundreds and hundreds of times. And yet, I don't think I have ever even once set foot in that strip mall parking lot. Anyhow, it's going to be wonderful watching this new construction going vertical. Looking forward to a nicely placed camera keeping track of the action.

Sweet. Do it. I'm having flashbacks to that epic photo of @musky

Getting a Short North vibe from it. Love seeing the existing buildings being utilized.

Looks like the Browns could be going traditional with their new unis. They're using the old school Cleveland greats in their promos so far. Like this guy!!

FWIW (probably not much) I’m sending Cleveland.com a little note saying I’m no longer visiting their site. I no longer have a reason.

Good to hear, thanks again. Especially since their customer service via phone in the past has been...not good. FYI they have my correct address but haven't emailed me yet about their cancellations. Meanwhile I've got nothing currently booked on Frontier and they're emailing every day explaining their situation in detail.

Nice. Did you have to call them?

^ Wednesday.

^ Look at the lost potential to preserve history and to activate that adjacent rooftop. Well here's hoping SW project can work up a little magic to save such an old building.

Hmm, what are the chances I'm getting a refund?

They probably shouldn't have used that cheap horror movie graphic design for their restaurant. I'm actually a little surprised it got the okay in what's arguably the city's premier historic district.

I've been concerned for a while about the mixed-use building across the street from that RTA. Has there been any signs of life there recently? Would be great to see that bar reopen, it was nothing fancy but it was perfectly okay and had a great patio. It certainly looked like a "demolition by neglect" property for a time.

A guy on reddit/r/cleveland made a list to help people support struggling restaurants in NE Ohio: https://sociallydistanteats.com/