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^^ https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/sign-of-the-times---developer-hopes-billboard-brings/article_8bd5805c-e02a-11e7-8ce4-2b81828c1c35.html#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Here is a cool 360° view of the proposed Hulett Hotel in Ohio City from Redhouse Architecture. http://www.redhousearchitecture.org/hulett-360/

My guess would be fromn Quay 55 about ten years ago. Isn't that the old Howard Johnson hotel off to the left?

Electronic Merchant Systems plots move to downtown Cleveland By STAN BULLARD Downtown Cleveland will gain 180 more workers by mid-year as Independence-based Electronic Merchant Systems moves its headquarters to the 14-floor 250 West Huron Building at Tower City Center under a just-inked lease. EMS, which provides a suite of computerized financial services for retailers, will occupy all the fourth floor and part of the fifth of the skyscraper, according to a news release the company issued late Thursday, Jan. 4, with comments from Mayor Frank Jackson and Cavs owner Dan Gilbert. Gilbert operates the structure through his Detroit-based Bedrock Real Estate concern. The building is best known by its former moniker as the Chase Financial Plaza and dates from 1991. The namesake financial services firm curtailed substantial operations there in 2008 and much of that space has been empty as the property traded from Cleveland-based Forest City Realty Trust to Gilbert-controlled companies, primarily because Gilbert also owns the Ritz-Carlton Plaza, which also serves as the hotel serving Jack Cleveland Casino. http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180105/news/147496/electronic-merchant-systems-plots-move-downtown-cleveland

If you are not familiar with the Green Ribbon Coalition they are an advocacy group that promotes all thing lakefront. They have put together a proposal for a 'landbridge' connecting the mall to the lakefront. https://www.greenribbonlakefront.org Below is a link to the PDF https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/918855_5ef6d76864c34d748e650a59075aee9a.pdf

So this is federally funded through the Surface Transportation Program for urbanized areas with over 200k pop. I hadn't heard this was in the works although I'm sure it's needed. Hopefully this will prepare TC for its up coming projects with the K&D conversion and whatever Gilbert has planned. OH/DOT: Tower City Bridges (Project no: 170425 ) Valuation: $13,990,872 Owner Type: Public Bid Ends: Dec 14, 2017 Location: OH (Cuyahoga) Report #: 201300586335 v. 33 Description: MPO STP Project to replace the existing bridge expansion joints, remove and repair bridge waterproofing and remove and install new conrete surface course for the Tower City Bridge Complex. The complex consists of the Huron Road bridgeMPO STP Project to replace the existing bridge expansion joints, remove and repair bridge waterproofing and remove and install new conrete surface course for the Tower City Bridge Complex. The complex consists of the Huron Road bridge,<<

Historic sign will illuminate Old Brooklyn http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/breaking-ground/OldBrooklynSign121817.aspx?platform=hootsuite

And below is what was supposed to be built on top of that structure which was proposed by former Cleveland Press owner Joseph Cole. From wiki: North Point Tower was proposed by Cleveland Press owner Joseph Cole in 1979. In March 1980, The North Point Plan was revealed as a 500-foot (150 m), 41-story office tower with a glass-enclosed atrium. There were plans to build a hotel on the site and an atrium displaying Press printing machines to the public. The tower would have been built on top of the 1957 structure. When the Cleveland Press folded on June 17, 1982, the North Point Plan did too. Construction of a more modest North Point I began in 1983, and the Cleveland Press building was demolished. It was completed in 1985. North Point II (North Point Tower) was added in 1990.

WOIO is reporting that Aspire Fitness Center seems to be behind the recent construction at the former Best Buy at Steelyard Commons. http://m.cleveland19.com/story/37022873/construction-happening-inside-former-best-buy-building-in-clevelands-steelyard-commons

Google Maps will soon tell you when it’s time to get off your train or bus https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2017/12/09/google-maps-will-soon-tell-you-when-its-time-to-get-off-your-train-or-bus/amp/#ampshare=https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/09/google-maps-will-soon-tell-you-when-its-time-to-get-off-your-train-or-bus/

Kind of a breakdown of the Shoreway project from Matt Zone on Ideastream. http://www.ideastream.org/programs/ideas/remaking-cleveland’s-shoreway-helps-remake-a-neighborhood

Another nice one from @towerLightsCLE

The Q will shut down over the next two summers for renovations. http://fox8.com/2017/11/28/new-details-on-what-it-will-take-to-get-the-q-renovation-project-done/

Bob Oldenburg has taken public transit for most of his 92 years http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/11/bob_oldenburg_has_taken_public_transit_for_most_of_his_92_years.html

^Yes that has always been my question. This cantilevers system has barely changed in design over 150 years. It's usually the cause of the downtime of trains, something's always breaking, the parts are hard to get and it doesn't perform well in northern climates. And to me the overhead wires are ugly AF. At this point there must be a DMU or electric hybrid that can handle our capacity. But I know nothing about trains so I'll let someone else explain why it's just not a solution for us. And this probably isn't the time to explore my idea of turning the Red Line/Waterfront Line into a BRT system...

Irishtown Bend project takes a step forward as Port, NOACA apply for grant to stabilize hillside http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/breaking-ground/IrishtownGrant111317.aspx

Art museum, sewer district launching $5M Doan Brook project that blends art, environment http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2017/11/art_museum_sewer_district_laun.html#incart_river_home

Tower City thread locked. Bedrock CEO says he's pushing to pick strategy for Avenue at Tower City "very soon" CLEVELAND, Ohio - Almost 20 months after buying the Avenue at Tower City, Detroit-based Bedrock still hasn't settled on a revival strategy for the struggling shopping mall. But during an interview this week, the real estate company's chief executive officer said he doesn't want uncertainty about one of downtown Cleveland's most central - and complex - properties to drag on much longer. "We're pushing ourselves to come up with the right answer very soon," Bedrock CEO and co-founder Jim Ketai said of makeover plans for the 366,000-square foot retail space. http://realestate.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2017/11/bedrock_ceo_says_hes_pushing_t.html

So a couple of years ago I floated the idea ( see what I did there) about moving the USS COD over to the old Coast Guard Station (page 40 of this thread). With the possible move of the COD in the future just wanted to bring that up again. The Coast Guard station is undergoing renovations now with more to come. I am saying it could be a component of something bigger there as an added attraction to whatever use the station finds. Below is a mock-up that another forumer put together at the time.

OK downtime over. Back to work! Yes very cool.

Commercial Building Permit 1600 EUCLID AVE CLEVELAND OH 44115 Owner: PLAYHOUSE SQUARE 1501 EUCLID AVE. CLEVELAND Oh GILBANE BUILDING COMPANY 950 MAIN AVE. CLEVELAND, OH, 44113 Contact Phone 2167013928 [email protected] Job Value($): $2,680,000.00 COMMERCIAL Nature of Job Description.: Site Development

http://www.theplacemaster.com/2017/09/11/why-cleveland-should-become-amazon-city/

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Well the idea for using an existing building as the terminal would be to save costs. If you look around the cost of a new passenger terminal is astronomical. So using the IX Center could save a lot of money. Let's face it that building stands to host the Auto Show, other smaller ones could be moved downtown. We would just need to find a home for the Auto Show.

Agreed that a discussion for a new passenger terminal should be in the near future. But with the cost probably being well over 1 billion dollars other options need to be considered. My thought would be to use the existing IX Center as the new passenger terminal. It's an empty shell that could be converted for probably a third of a new build. And it has a Ferris wheel! Anyway below is something I did a couple of years ago.