jamiec

Will Elliot Stabler be working there?

Good to see H&M is positioning itself to be the next over-extended crappy mall store. All we need is an IKEA, and we can start my new development "Jamie's Passe Shoppes - with valet!"

Well, maybe they can put some retail on Euclid and Prospect leading up to E.4? That'd be cool, especially on Euclid. Some nice places to get your club attire! =)

TRAVELERS' SERVICE CENTER IN NORTH BALTIMORE Toledo Blade, 8/20/06 Assisted by a lift and a crane, workers construct framing for a service center in North Baltimore, Ohio, at I-75 Exit 167. The facility is part of the Oklahoma City chain Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores and is scheduled to be completed in mid-December.

You cincy people are being too sensitive. I was kidding around with that sentence, for crying out loud. Thanks for the kind words, though. Anytime the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds come to town, I'm there =)

Oh yes, sorry for forgetting info :) On that side of town, people were going to the yearly air show. But there were quite a few people just hanging out at the museums over there, too.

Hi all. I thought I'd take a stab at a picture thread. I just got my used eBay digital camera -- $60 :) -- , and headed straight downtown this afternoon. I'm not photo-wiz, so this is the best I can do =) Of course, the requisite Rapid shot. Departing from the Triskett station... Nobody comes downtown anymore! Relaxing on the grass.... Peace protesters gather in the park Kids roost on the Free Stamp All eyes toward Burke Lakefront Airport A Blue Angel

Saw this in the PD today in their story about how poor Cleveland and Cincy are (don't worry, Cincy is still not as poor as us, gotta make sure that's clear!!!) http://www.cleveland.com/poverty/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1157272479255571.xml&coll=2&thispage=2 "Economists and other experts have been telling us for years what's wrong with Cleveland. Deteriorating schools top the list. A loss of manufacturing jobs, a rise in single-parent families and a public transportation system that doesn't go where the jobs are contribute, too." -- Later in the article, the writer says we need to get people to the jobs in the suburbs. This is what confuses me. In Regina Brett's poverty column, she said to put Section 8 in cities like Hudson and Chagrin Falls so people can be "near the jobs." But that's only relatively speaking, isn't it? If you don't have a car, what's the difference between four miles and 30 miles? In the suburbs, there is no place "where the jobs are." My little sister lives at home with my parents in Hudson, but used to drive to Aurora to go to work. My dad works in an office in North Akron. My mom bops between downtown Akron and Kent State. That's at least seven miles between origination and destination. This is how the suburbs work. What I don't understand is how is ANY public transportation system supposed to ferry people everywhere? Someone please explain this to me if I'm missing something. How do you create a transportation system that can handle this sort of diversity? It'd be like operating a taxi service. This stuff is irritating to me. I'm not an expert on urban planning. I'm basically an average Joe who likes living in cities, so I look at things from a common-sense point of view. These people keep phrasing this problem like "Well, SOMEBODY'S gotta take responsibility. Beachwood, it's your turn. Take some of these people." Wouldn't the easiest way (relatively speaking, of course) to fix this be to tie jobs to our existing transportation system? If more people move to areas that are well-served by transit, then all of the sudden there will be new service jobs and rather than getting on a bus and making 200 transfers, a worker could perhaps jump on the Rapid and be to work in 30 minutes. I already said this in the poverty thread, but to me this sounds like people want us to reinvent the wheel here when we don't need to.

I'm just impatient :lol:

Just saw this today: http://www.brownfields.cuyahogacounty.us/projects/prospectapt.htm Had no idea that the building was vacant 30 years!!! I watch the progress everyday from my office windows. Plus I snoop around on my lunch breaks, lol.

Eight years?! OH man! By the time this and Stark and the East Bank of the Flats are done, I'll be 35 (10 years). That's scaring me! I might move away and come back by that time.

I know Akron is having some problems with crime right now, but the center city is really looking nice, in my opinion. Just need to get more people living downtown so it doesn't turn into such a ghost town after work. Cleveland could take some lessons from some of the things Akron has done. Akronurban can probably better fill us in on the city's progress!

I didn't ask for it. I'm in favor of an aggressive police force like in NYC. Those guys don't play around. Does anyone know who the cop/security guard is around W. 110-116th and Edgewater? I see the dude on the corner for hours at a time. Not sure what he's doing....

And the bikes shall inherit the Earth... Yay!

Personally, I think the graffiti art is often easier to swallow than some of the modern art that people are producing. Many times it seems like everyone's point is to make you question your concept of "what art is," which gets old. I don't want to sound like I'm stretching it here a bit, but graffiti art in a way reminds me of classical painting in that it is large and overwhelming and meant to express personal and communal experiences, which in some way is similar to the large murals that an artist like Raphael painted. It, generally, expresses something that the average person can understand. This is all different, in my opinion, from simple tagging of walls and buildings that is meant to say "Keep off my block, or you're going to get hurt" -- although the relationship is interesting in itself. Either way, the point of the City Xpressionz event was to highlight not just graffiti art but also hip hop/urban music and dance. What I found most interesting about all of this was the way that everything seemed to merge the authentic with the academic. The primary MC (I forget his name) did an excellent job of narrating everything in a way that was instructive without being intrusive. It was fun to see, frankly, middle-aged gay guys, children and hardcore break dancers able to express themselves at the same time to the same songs, and everyone just had a good time and appreciated their efforts, no matter if they knew what they were doing or not. I could blabber on, but one of the most interesting parts of the afternoon was when I saw three teens sign up for the rap battle, and they were told they could not swear in their raps. One kid said "How are we supposed to battle if we can't swear?" and the art girl said "I don't know, you'll have to find a way." I was going to mention to them that many artists impose restrictions on their work in order to open up new veins of creativity -- but I didn't say that, hah.

I volunteered at this event. It was fun!!!

How much is a straight haircut at Lipstick and Razorblades? I'm similarly high maintenance when it comes to hair.

Yeah, the cool thing about downtown Cleveland to me is, a lot of the coolest residential neighborhoods don't even exist yet. That seems like a real perk to today's real estate developers who don't really value "the old."

I heard from a birdie that the news might break at their next opening, which is Sept. 29. I don't know who they picked, though.

http://www.walkerweeks.com/apts.html Holy crap, look at this view!!

I'm wondering about the validity of RTA's stats. I use the Rapid semi-frequently, and I must say that at least 25% of the time, I haven't had to swipe my card. This has happened to the bus with some degree of frequency. For example, I went to City Xpressionz in Ohio City yesterday and got an all-day pass, which counted on my first ride, of course. When I came home, I went to the Ohio City station and the ticket lady was talking to some woman and I couldn't get in to the scanner, so she just told me to go on. I've seen this happen on the bus, too. Obviously, this is just my experience, but I'd be interested to know if the riders not being counted would alter the stats in any way.

This story made me angry, lol. A few years ago, I got a letter in the mail from a collections agency because I subscribed to a magazine, and when it came up for renewal, I didn't resubscribe, but they kept sending the magazine and then I got this collections letter, and I was PISSED. I believe this is illegal in Ohio, and when I saw this story, I wished I had thrown this in Conde Nast's face at the time.

What a bunch of dummies. Why in the world would you put a freeway right on top of the lake? So you can call it a "scenic byway"? Boy, that lake sure looks pretty over that concrete median as we are going 60 mph.

Welcome to Cleveland!! I can help out on the winter stuff. Clothing wise, you'll need some good sweaters, sweatshirts and a warm winter coat. Nothing too crazy -- it's not the north pole (or Ashtabula:). I've done well the last 10 years with woolcoats, like a peacoat. When it gets REALLY cold as it does from time to time, you'll probably want something to cover your face while you're walking. I'd also consider some boots. That'll keep your feet warm and keep your work shoes in good condition. I grew up in NEO, and I've never had a heated garage for the car. I guess the more upscale places might have this? In general, I've found that if you just let the car warm-up for a minute (that's what the manual says!), it does just fine. You'll appreciate walking home or commuting via train big time when the winter comes around here. That's when traffic on the highways gets really, really, really bad. 77 and 480, the traffic corridors of doom.

^^^ You cats are crazy. It's all about the babes, son! They're doing it cuz the girls they like like it. Don't overthink it!