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It is Circle Vista, and the Euclid address is the current address for Circle Vista. Yeah, and what makes it even more confusing is that the addresses are messed up on that part of Euclid. Mi Peublo is 11611 even though it is west of E. 116th St., meaning it's address really should be less than 11600.

Yes, because if the Board is anything like the Board of a large corporation, I'm sure they care what we say. :roll:

Who cares what his contract says? What we care about is what we think his contract SHOULD say. That being said, I don't have a big problem with this bonus.

The Rock-O-Meter would have lit up, too.

Just about what I expected. Is this what Lakewood will likely end up with as well?

I hope it stays that way! :P As far as adding character to the neighborhood, do any of the neighborhoods we are currently trying to preserve (anywhere in the country even) have cheesy moonballs (or anything like that) hanging over them? No, neighborhoods which survive long term are aesthetically pleasing in a useful way, not in a tacky, asking for attention way. We want this to be Ohio City, not Disney World.

The dance studio is on the SW corner, isn't it? (And that plaza still does extend to Green with Krush, which is what used to be Cleveland Sporting Goods I believe). The NW corner is a more suburban style plaza, but at least it has a Phoenix Coffee. And they did put a little plaza on the NW corner for the bus stop, which is pretty nice.

What has SE done to Mayfield/Green? Was there something different where Phoenix/Hungry Howie's is? I know the NE and SW quadrants are still intact. I really like how the ballroom dancing place is right up on the street and you can see in. It gives it that community feel that most of the suburbs are lacking.

I agree in this case, but you can't always just use one corner for comparison. For example, I'm not a fan of much of the architecture in South Euclid, but I tend to think their land usage patterns are similar to or possibly as little better than University Heights's. However, although the Whole Foods and Target/Macy's retail complexes are far from perfect, they'll shine in comparison to the junk that South Euclid is putting up on the north side of Cedar (the GFS complex), as well as the junk that's already there (Walgreens, Burger King).

I keep seeing this comment in articles and comments everywhere. The storefronts were NOT vacant until recently, when the city pushed them out because they announced they wanted to demolish the building. The companies slowly vacated the building and then the city claimed the plaza was empty. IMO it was only empty because they pushed for it to empty out. Either way, the McDonald's is going to completely suck and definitely will be a factor pushing me to look elsewhere (CH or Cleveland) when I am looking for a different house. Good job Mayor Infeld! :roll:

#54 is Richman Building peeking through on the right, so the buildings just south of it on E. 55th St.

Found it, 2097 Carter Rd.

It can't be. That angle has to be from the southwest based upon the relative positionings of the buildings.

Exactly. That's a classical (and classy) area, with the century old WSM building and tower, storefronts in victorian buildings, an old department store building still in use, the grand St. Ignatius High School building looming in the background, tree-lined residential streets, etc. The last thing that neighborhood needs is a big, tacky, glowing fake moon sitting on a water tower holder dominating everything.

No, you care about NaN. My percentage went wayyyyyyyyy down after my 10 year high school reunion. Maybe I should have ignored more friend requests.

LOL, that was my first thought. Please, no moonball!

Same here. We should be Facebook friends so we can not care about each other.

If you think the only difference between houses in Cleveland Heights and Avon is age, then I don't know what to say.

Are there 24 hour places around Lakewood? I rarely ever go to a 24 hour place because all the ones I know of are (IMO disgusting) places I would never eat, such as Steak-n-Shake and Denny's. I don't think there's much of a market for quality food at 3 am.

I think it's a very good comparison. I think both should be penalized harshly, however, as both are in essence stealing. I also think they're correct ion expressing concerns about these opinions being racially motivated. It's probably socioeconomically motivated as well, but I guarantee you for many people, it's racially motivated. You just don't see the anger from people about a set of nonviolent crimes committed by a majority white people (such as unpaid parking tickets) as you do when it's a majority minority. It really exemplifies to me what racism has become today. When white people do something wrong, the public seems to be more lenient or apathetic. When a minority does something wrong, society wants to stone them to death. It's like it's the PC way of being racist, because then they can just say "they're the ones that did something wrong" and hide behind that.

I thought I saw a rendering that had "Restaurant" above the corner space (or next to it on Prospect maybe). Either way, I expect that this B Spot will be inside the casino, which is a shame. Downtown could really use a good casual burger place like that which is accessible to everyone. I bet this will be accessible only to patrons, similar to the B Spot in the Q (although at least you don't have to pay simply to enter the casino like you do for events at the Q).

Your arguments make no sense. First, you put forth a simpleton argument, and then you make a strawman argument and say "I don't think it's that simple". Regardless of what causes the vicious circle of poverty, my argument was that too many people who do make something of themselves move out to the suburbs. How do you expect the core city to "fix itself" when many of the people with the means to do so flee at the first chance they get? Fine, you think it's a good idea to be run from problem rather than try to do something about them. I don't have a problem with that. Not everyone wants to spend their time and energy fighting those battles. That's your choice and intelligent people could debate that back and forth and both have valid points. But don't turn right back around when you're a safe distance away and flip the bird to the city and say "go fix yourself".

I think Wolstein's just looking for a way to justify to the public scaling back or cancelling Phase 2.

I think the idea of local government should encapsulate the local economy, which I is pretty much what the MSA definitions are going for as well when they take into account commuting patterns. I wouldn't mind each MSA being a city. A state is different. Not many people commute from San Francisco to Los Angeles, Cleveland to Cincinnati, or Odessa to Houston. But the idea of local government covering a local economy would be that people couldn't easily "escape" the local government containing most of the jobs (the central city) while still benefiting by working in that local economy. If Cleveland controls a large area and decides our current job centers are a great setup, I doubt you'll see people move to Ashland county and still try to commute to Cleveland, and I doubt you'd see job centers popping up in Ashland County.

Yes, and the city's perception is instantly better nationwide because you don't top the list for poverty and crime anymore and maybe Forbes starts to leave you alone.