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I haven't gotten to the Zinn book yet, but it looks interesting. I can already appreciate that it's a pretty insightful approach. Here's one that I read last year. I recommend, as it's a fascinating account of the early relations between the Natives and the colonial British. Also worth mentioning is the class struggle among the colonists themselves; the common people who did all the work were essentially owned by the corporations that sponsored the voyages. Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America’s Origin Hardcover – October 30, 2018 by Joseph Kelly For readers of Nathaniel Philbrick's Mayflower, a groundbreaking history that makes the case for replacing Plymouth Rock with Jamestown as America's founding myth. We all know the great American origin story. It begins with an exodus. Fleeing religious persecution, the hardworking, pious Pilgrims thrived in the wilds of New England, where they built their fabled city on a hill. Legend goes that the colony in Jamestown was a false start, offering a cautionary tale. Lazy louts hunted gold till they starved, and the shiftless settlers had to be rescued by English food and the hard discipline of martial law. Neither story is true. In Marooned, Joseph Kelly reexamines the history of Jamestown and comes to a radically different and decidedly American interpretation of these first Virginians. In this gripping account of shipwrecks and mutiny in America's earliest settlements, Kelly argues that the colonists at Jamestown were literally and figuratively marooned, cut loose from civilization, and cast into the wilderness. The British caste system meant little on this frontier: those who wanted to survive had to learn to work and fight and intermingle with the nearby native populations. Ten years before the Mayflower Compact and decades before Hobbes and Locke, they invented the idea of government by the people. 150 years before Jefferson, they discovered the truth that all men were equal. The epic origin of America was not an exodus and a fledgling theocracy. It is a tale of shipwrecked castaways of all classes marooned in the wilderness fending for themselves in any way they could--a story that illuminates who we are today. https://www.amazon.com/Marooned-Jamestown-Shipwreck-History-Americas/dp/163286777X

How a 30-Minute Commute Has Shaped Centuries of Cities by Jason Kottke Sep 05, 2019 Twenty-five years ago, physicist Cesare Marchetti argued that people, on average, tend to keep their commutes to about an hour a day, round-trip. For Citylab, Jonathan English looks at how this inclination has interacted with advances in transportation to affect how cities grow and evolve. For instance, walking and travel by horse kept cities to an effective diameter of a few miles, allowing their density to grow over many centuries. https://kottke.org/19/09/how-a-30-minute-commute-has-shaped-centuries-of-cities

^ I like Tom Withers. Also liking this quote. “There are characteristics and values that I have that go hand in hand with what the people of Cleveland have,” Mayfield tells The Associated Press. “I think all natural relationships happen very quickly because it’s meant to be, and I think this is one of those things where it was just meant to be. I relate to the people here on a lot of facets: the blue-collar work ethic mentality and just embracing it.

^ same with the Jersey Shore. Northeast Ohio, Connecticut and NJ Shore are fairly neutral accents for the most part.

Here's hoping for the best case scenario! I am a little intrigued about their parking concerns. Like, how much is motivated by revenues and how much is motivated by altruism, e.g. fans game day experience. Virtually every tailgate lot is in some danger of being developed, and rightfully so.

Agree. And I think that's what Dee Haslem is all about.

Yes. I worked there lol. No I mean a venue that is more amenable to year round usage, like Lucas Oil in Indy. The current stadium has made some decent strides with their event space, but not enough of the stadium is usable. A retractable roof is almost a necessity.

^ I could be wrong, but it seems any proposal to charge for parking is just going to make the bottleneck traffic situation even worse. Sand dunes and more natural habitat areas are a big plus.

Any chance this building will be topped off by Oct 15?

Edgewater Park Parking and Traffic Flow • Consider parking management efforts in the main lot to encourage carpooling, biking, walking or transit So, does this mean a paid parking lot? If so, that's going to be controversial. Doesn't the fact the lot is super crowded already encourage these other options?

Will it cover the majority of that blank wall? Gosh I hope so lol.

Heres why that won’t work. Chicago overwhelmingly calls itself the “Midwest.” That renders “Great Lakes” as a secondary label. Cleveland is not more “Great Lakes” than Chicago is. P.s. Mid-Atlantic? Seriously?

Rocket Mortgage Field House – Home of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and the AHA’s Cleveland Monsters. AHA? Lol.

Man, the number of serious injuries this season....

Sorry! If an area says “pop” instead of “soda” then by law it cannot be considered East Coast.

Cleveland is absolutely Midwest. And Great Lakes too, but that's not as popular as an identifier.

That look your dog gives you when he comes back from the groomer knowing he looks ridiculous ?

Oh wow. I'm surprised they didn't have Bobby Sura make the announcement. Is there another franchise that has more color schemes than the Cavs?

Harbor Inn and those cool warehouses need to be saved. Lol @ Firebird.

This vision is great above second level. Some very cool elements. But way too much blank wallspace below that. It's as if these developers have never seen a street corner in a city before.

^ now that I did not know, b ecause i’m younger than 70 ? Kidding!! Is that from the dreaded Ted Steppian era? I admittedly have very little knowledge of the Cavs prior to 89.

I can understand having a bit of nostalgia for those early Gund Arena era uniforms (and for 90s Microsoft clip art), but I don’t think they ever were or will ever be popular. The blue/gold Cavs unis mean nothing to me. It’s like some other team. I’d have been much more on board with a re-work of the Price-Nance-Daugherty era stuff that the new mgmt seems to hate. Aw well, maybe I’m dead wrong and people will love it. I’m still looking forward to the season. It’ll be interesting!

Do you prefer the Great Lakes Exposition bridge 2.0? Because if so, I'd probably join your group lol. But that guy "Lynn" hit the nail on the head. Neither option can exist in a vacuum. There needs to be real coordination among all stakeholders, and frankly that level of group effort just doesn't seem to be how things work in this town. But an actual cohesive, thoughtful and realistic master plan is so necessary to get this right.

Additionally, Coyne says the landbridge would obstruct views from the large, northern-facing windows in the ballroom area of the Convention Center. In the past I've also heard Mr. Litt oppose the landbridge for this same reason. It's really hard to accept that the views of the lakefront from the Convention Center are more important than access to the lakefront. It's a bizarre way of thinking.

^ Yet another effort resulted from the collaboration of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, JumpStart, the Cleveland Foundation and the Fund for Our Economic Future. Those four hired a consultant to identify Northeast Ohio’s next innovation economy. Wow, hired a consultant! Now that's a bold initiative. I anxiously await the Task Force, the Blue Ribbon Commission, the complete lecture series on cassette tapes, the March and whatever further symbolic gesture they come up with to save the city.