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Proves my point--there is ultrasensitivity around Bibb. I was simply making a point--and I get jumped on. I was only agreeing with another poster--the original comment wasn't even mine. If anyone's your Pug, its clandman1123. Or maybe--just maybe--people just have normal opinions that just happens that not its not always positive about what Bibb is doing.

I hope not. The W deal is good for Cleveland.

With so many buildings emptying out for remote work (even if temporary), there's plenty of space in the core of the CBD. The BoE should move in there and rebuild our daytime worker population. And they'd probably get a great location at a great rate.

It'd be cool if some marquees were added for the Allen or Westfield or other theaters in the square -- even if the entrance is a few doors down. More lights on Euclid.

I think its way too early to make definitive statements about remote work and the future of the office. Its been, what a little over 3 years since covid hit America and maybe 1-2 years after things began to recover. Hardly time to see a trend or new era.

@clandman1123 I've noticed this site has little tolerance for any criticism of Bibb, even when well-deserved. It's pretty bizarre. Say what want about Jackson or DeWine or Biden. But not Bibb.

I was thinking the exact same thing. Either way he's completely out of touch on things -- not knowing what's going on or lacking sense on being a grown up.

Crain's apparently went with that as well. And someone wrote and called them on it: "The March 6, 2023, Crain's Cleveland Business "report" of the Greater Cleveland Partnership's benchmarking is of interest. It would be more useful if it were put in context....The article quotes Baiju Shah's comment about Cleveland's regional population growth from 2010-20 and 2019-22. In actual fact, Cuyahoga County's population in 2019 was identical to that reported in 2023. That is not growth. According to cleveland.com, since 2010, "Cuyahoga County lost about 15,000 people." According to the city of Cleveland's website, from 2010 to 2020 the city lost 6% of its people, compared with a 17% decrease from 2000 to 2010. Shah's assertion that our population is growing is disingenuous..... The 2018 Forbes' Best Cities for Jobs listing ranked Cleveland 71st out of America's 71 most populous cities due to declining population, poor education and weak transit spending..." https://www.crainscleveland.com/opinion/personal-view-put-northeast-ohios-economic-numbers-proper-context

Hey--it turn out the "Lake House" restaurant I wanted to go to is NOT closed. Looks like they're called "Summer House" but I could have sworn it was called Lake House. Maybe they changed their name? Its also on the Gold Coast which added to the confusion. This newer restaurant is at 12900 Lake Ave. https://summerhousecle.com/

East vs. West. And I don't mean the east side vs. the west side! Interestingly, with the exception of Austin, you could literally draw a straight vertical line across the US. Cleveland is not labeled here, but we're somewhere between +3.5 and +6.8%: WSJ: A Tale of Two Housing Markets: Prices Fall in the West While the East Booms "In an unusual pattern, the 12 major housing markets west of Texas, plus Austin, saw home prices fall in January, while the opposite happened in the rest of the country..." https://www.wsj.com/articles/home-prices-housing-market-trends-east-west-83c9eb56

Wow. 90 and still touring--that's impressive!

I assume you're joking. But in case you're not what makes you thinking an organization that runs the port with absolutely zero airport experience is better than one that has run the airport since aviation has begun? I agree that we need better leadership in the city to better run the airport, but giving it away to another organization is absolutely the worst idea imaginable.

^I was planning to go to that restaurant. Very bummed to learn they closed. Anyone know why they closed?

Why the attacking tone? I don't know who is running the procurement, so I'm not referencing any one person. I guess Bibb is the final stop, so he'd be included in my comment and from what we've seen recently doesn't give us a lot of confidence in doing or knowing whats best for the city (hurting development incentives via tax policies, trying to minimize the understaffed police department, promising transparency then ignoring to FOIA requests, etc.) But to answer your question, no. The acceptance of coins doesn't necessarily mean the decision makers did anything if the vendors would have offered that anyway. If the city gets three bids and all three include coins, that doesn't make any decision maker "strong enough and smart enough". If all three proposers say, $100M for no coins and $190M to include coins--or if one bidder says $100M for no coins and the other two say $190M to include coins--then the "strong enough and smart enough" element comes into play to do the right thing. But ultimately, coins should be specified in the RFP--that's the place to make the requirement. If the Bibb administration handled this correctly--which I hope they did--they would require that the system accepts coins as well as credit cards.

Is this being developed as one large building designed to look like three different ones? Or is it actually three separate buildings?

What did Lakewood do? I'm not familiar with it.

How many people can you put on a light rail train vs a heavy one?

that seems to be the latest trend, along with the reduced use of cash in general for everything. And the government, banks, retailers, and tech companies love it as they can track people and understand buying habits better and know exactly who they are. So don't be surprised if there is a lot of pressure to make them coinless. If the decision makers at the city aren't strong enough and smart enough, they will be steamrolled by the larger forces to make them coinless.

Very informative article, thank you.

I don't mind credit cards AT the meter to pay for a meter, but I hate the pay boxes down the block. Especially if its in the opposite direction of where you need to go after parking. I also hope the new meters take coins, but i bet they won't....but does that mean you can't park on city streets unless you have a credit card?

What a great plan to connect all those lines together. Will it happen though? I heard the rail line to LGA just got dropped again--and that was a much shorter line.

^interesting list of missing cities for the outlaw festival. Except for Columbia, MD; Philly and NJ---not much east coast---no Boston, NC, Atlanta, or Florida, etc. And also, except for Texas, nothing out west---no California, Denver, Seattle, etc. Many big cities are not on the list.

When does construction start on the high-rise next to it (on the east side of Stokes)?

This plan is much better than the "guitar pick" expansion rendering that I last saw in 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/arts/design/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-expansion.html

How was it---price, quality, etc?