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They may listened after the Dukes of Hazard ball of fire crash next door at Intro. Let’s hope they put really strong bollards around the perimeter of the sidewalk patio envisioned as a precaution in case Clara Peller hits the gas by mistake while parking at the WSM - remember this

Probably for a fee and paid parking unlike the remaining indoor malls where the SilverSneaker seniors are allowed to walk laps before the stores open.

Sounds like there are serious quality of life issues at Lakeview Terrace beyond the crime and drugs - such as asthma from adjacent industries, lead pipes and water treatment odors. These projects should be bulldozed and either reimagine the property with new build as with Woodhill Estates - or turn it to other public uses given the known air quality issues from industry and water treatment. We see there were some meetings last year but don’t know how high on CMHA’s agenda Lakeview ranks: https://www.clevescene.com/news/rats-dirty-air-broken-faucets-lakeview-terrace-residents-wonder-when-help-will-come-41984309 https://www.clevescene.com/news/walled-off-and-plagued-by-pollution-and-truck-noise-conversations-begin-on-connecting-improving-lakeview-terrace-41557247

Just had a chance to watch the entire City Club event - no mention of Burke but Mayor Bibb opened with story when they were on the rooftop of the Hilton and per Bibb, Buttigieg said - Mr Mayor you have the most undeveloped coastline in America (I noticed he did not say we had the most undeveloped potenailly hazardous industrial land in Brook Park). Ouch - but Sec. Pete and DOT came thru with $60 million toward the lakefront cap weeks later. Now why would Dee and Jimmy not want to take advantage of and be part of this opportunity that Sec. Pete pinpointed in just one visit and look-see.

Not phased by water in the basement as it is a decades old ritual for many Cleveland homeowners who have overcome over the years (as we had to). Hoepfully it will not undermine the structure. Now for the homeless reportedly squatting inside, or as they are now called - unhoused - need to be addressed with housing and social services. The St Vincent campus would be ideal to build the first of its kind social safety net of services and housing for this large population who should not be on the streets let alone in the winter. Jimmy and Dee - how about you pony up some of your Foundation money and lead on this issue - since you seem to have your fingers on the pulse of what Cleveland needs.

who gets the lakefront as is hard to tell from the drawing or maybe we can lease it to Ontario to develop a la Torornto's waterfront

Jimmy and Dee and HSG need this done ASAP so they can: (1) extract the highest value when they sell maybe a 25% share to a minority-share group and also take advantage of the new NFL rule to sell 10% to private equity groups; or (2) Move the franchise when the BP deal doens't pan out and the curtain is lifted that they never wanted to be Downtown or Cleveland for that matter. They want the cash - cash money now - for other deals - Cleveland be Damned is what their actions are saying to us, regardless of their poorly worded PR scripts on how we are not sophisticated enought to appreciate what they are proposing.

So true! We saw that last week. Do we know what is happening there?

Also posted under today’s Jimmy PR release… Has anyone seen yesterday’s City Club with DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg in case Burke and the lakefront came up? otherwise we hope Bibb, Ronayne and Huang huddled with Pete on the topic afterwards. https://www.cityclub.org/forums/2024/12/09/a-conversation-with-us-secretary-of-transportation-pete-buttigieg https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/whats-next/pete-buttigieg-speaks-city-club-of-cleveland/95-cec82a9e-5c48-4586-90ef-9f9d440d5eb2

Has anyone watched yesterday’s City Club with DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg? I am hoping he mentioned Burke and Lakefront or at least took a question from the audience. I also assume there was private meeting with Bibb and hopefully Ronayne and Joyce Huang afterward??? https://www.cityclub.org/forums/2024/12/09/a-conversation-with-us-secretary-of-transportation-pete-buttigieg https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/whats-next/pete-buttigieg-speaks-city-club-of-cleveland/95-cec82a9e-5c48-4586-90ef-9f9d440d5eb2

More PR drips and drabs to get the Breaking News chyron on local news for a full day news cycle. Sounds less impressive once put today’s PR sheet into perspective - notice the legal se or caveats just in one paragraph such as: multiple phases… intended to ultimately include… at full build out… “The mixed-use district surrounding the stadium will be developed across multiple phases and is intended to ultimately include 300,000 square feet of retail, two upscale hotels, 1,100 apartments and 500,000 square feet of office at full build-out…” leaves a lot of weasel room to end up with just a dome for 20 years with a giant parking lot. more BS (they really think we’re dumb): “…Northeast Ohio and the Brook Park site have all the advantages, including a prime location and accessibility, to become a go-to entertainment destination in the U.S…” ”…that will drive year-round activation and community involvement...” would be more believable downtown. Why not engage Lincoln Property Company to do this downtown as they are doing elsewhere with 50, 60 and even a 70 story centerpiece skyline changing towers (though all look generically corporate with the same vague and elusive community activation promises). Did they do a proposal for the current location and also next door on prime Burke land??? Let’s see it. Can’t believe any star developer wouldn’t chomp on the bit to design either of those. This all seems too rushed and flying by the seat of their pants. Try again.

I am glad to hear the weekly drive thru continues though no longer at the Muni lot. We understand the optics but we assume some pool their family resources to housing then to transportation. Not directly related to use of the weekly food bank but believe the 96 welfare reform act stopped penalizing benefits for car owner’s especially when Clinton’s goal was to encourage employment but transportation was recognized even to be a key barrier to jobs.

We wanna cry for this loss

Have the arson investigators rule out climate change as a cause

Hmmm… looks like the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona will finish ahead of Skyline 776

Sprawl or not, there is a market for one floor living for those nearing retirement and/or want to age in place and do not have $10,000 a month for Vitalia-type communities. Personally I am over shared walls so hopefully there is some noise reduction used rather than the minimum 1 hour firewall of drywall.

we never had the chance to eat there but whenever we drove past it made us think of the Seinfeld restaurant - maybe it was signage lighting and font

Can someone sneak this older preferred iteration into the slide deck for stealth approval at the Landmarks meeting this week.

Impressive and should be the norm here too. But as we know construction is a bit more complex here than in Japan.

The Muni lot was very convenient for the weekly Cleveland Food Bank drive thru food giveaways to the needy. I believe they started during Covid but extended into the last year given the need. Seeing the seemingly endless lines cars was a great reminder of how many are struggling out there as we have fun arguing the merits of slimy Jimmy’s suburban fantasy playground and parking lot. Losing more tax dollars and jobs to the burbs will continue to undermine funding for our social safety net.

Stick a fork in it and call it a day - but not this fork as it has already been done though the building looks similar: Plus we have bigger fish to fry based on how busy KJP is today…I am sensing TMUD news.

Cycle of restaurant life - well before that the beloved Fanny’s in North Collinwood on E 156th. https://architecturalafterlife.com/2018/06/demolishing-fannys-memories-of-a-cleveland-diner/ We were surprised to realize it now seems to be the site of 6 new modular townhouses mentioned in KJPs recent story.

Yeah the word "historic" detracted from the rest of their story on this admirable project. Could they be the first to propose 6 attached modular homes as another company proposed 6 detached modular homes a few years back (I wonder if they are still in the game?). https://thelandcle.org/stories/six-house-pocket-neighborhood-comes-to-fenwick-avenue/ Unless...they are talking about the land itself being the former site of the "iconic" and beloved for many decades Fanny's restaurant? Many from the area believed the restaurant should have been declared a "historic" site but the overall neighborhood disinvestment had already matured by then. https://planning.clevelandohio.gov/designreview/brd/detailDR.php?ID=2770&CASE=NE 2018-021 https://architecturalafterlife.com/2018/06/demolishing-fannys-memories-of-a-cleveland-diner/

We love modular housing and especially to potentially light a rebirth of this forgotten neighborhood. I only wish they would jazz them up a little and differentiate the color of the cladding for the 6 units to draw more attention to the area (as was done in early OC and Tremont developments). Not sure what is meant by "historic" in this setting but why not as we like the energy around this modular start-up group - we need them to grow in size and design along the way. Plus, it is good to see any new townhomes in the North Collinwood area - the last were traditional stick built in the 1990's or so about a mile east on the north side of Lakeshore nestled next to the State Park and Euclid Creek https://www.thecoralcompany.com/the-coral-portfolio/community-associations/water’s-edge

We should test those on the Jimmy's fantasy dome and parking lot first.