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It's 12 months now?!?! I knew they put a rule in place but players should be able to resign before the following season.

I googled "Cleveland, Carnegie, 65th" and came up with this: http://photos.cleveland.com/4501/gallery/demolition_at_east_65th_street/index.html#/0 Demolition at East 65th Street and Carnegie The long vacant and dilapidated former home of D.O. Summers Cleaners is finally being demolished on the southwest corner of East 65th Street and Carnegie on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. All of the buildings between Carnegie and Cedar, along the west side of East 65th Street, are being removed. The property's current owner will clear the site, grade it and make it look presentable, while marketing the site for redevelopment. MidTown Cleveland recommended the demolition to the Euclid Corridor Design Review Committee in November. The City Planning Commission later affirmed that recommendation and approved the demolition. (Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer) Lisa DeJong, The Plain Dealer That building had a fire a couple years ago and was basically a total loss except the struture still stood, boarded up.

What is SCT?

Just an aside as this is obviously true, but Adrian Wojnarowski for Yahoo is a very reliable source. He's one of the best NBA writers out there and frequently beats everyone else on scoops.

Yeah, this is probably more topical here than there, but as we said there they are an insular company that doesn't interact much with their surroundings. Downtown advocates talk about how they should move there, but in reality would hate them if they did. I work for PGR and it IS a great place to work. Argue all you want about downtown or burbs, but at least we have a company this size in greater Cleveland. As to "insular" I find that comment irrelevant. Like it or now ANY company that has a campus environment will be "insular", whether it is PGR in Cleveland or Apple in Cupertino. And if PGR was in a high rise downtown or any other company was in a high rise in any other city, companies that are large enough are going to provide employees with amenities on site, which means they might not have to go outside, whether in a campus environment or a high rise environment. It wasn't an insult at all, it's the company culture. Everyone I know who works or worked there (including a former girlfriend) liked it there. And yes, the company is an asset to the area. I don't know if you were part of the discussions we've had about when Peter Lewis considered moving downtown, but by all accounts one of the big show stoppers was his insistence on his building having its own integral parking. When the city resisted at the behest of the existing lot owners, he shelved the idea. This was very important to the current employees, who were predominantly against the move, and unlike many CEOs he actually gave a damn about this. As did Al Lerner. My point has always been towards the downtown advocates who think that as a large employer Progressive "should" be headquartered downtown. They'd hate it if they did because they wouldn't be very interactive with the neighborhood, as the purists would expect. I know this isn't the appropriate thread, but I'll finish my point here. I didn't take it an insult. I've been here 5 years, so I wan't around when those decisions were made. Just saying any company that has a large presence ANYWHERE - downtown or burbs - is going to provide amenities for it's staff - cafeterias, fitness, dry cleaning, etc. on site, which would be "insular" I guess in your definition. That said, in both cases, people do go out, run errands, get lunch off site, etc. I'm just saying I think it's a wrong statement that IF we were downtown we'd have some sort of bunker mentality and no one would ever leave the building and we wouldn't ever have anyone coming to the building - "insular."

Yeah, this is probably more topical here than there, but as we said there they are an insular company that doesn't interact much with their surroundings. Downtown advocates talk about how they should move there, but in reality would hate them if they did. I work for PGR and it IS a great place to work. Argue all you want about downtown or burbs, but at least we have a company this size in greater Cleveland. As to "insular" I find that comment irrelevant. Like it or now ANY company that has a campus environment will be "insular", whether it is PGR in Cleveland or Apple in Cupertino. And if PGR was in a high rise downtown or any other company was in a high rise in any other city, companies that are large enough are going to provide employees with amenities on site, which means they might not have to go outside, whether in a campus environment or a high rise environment.

You're underestimating them as opponents if you think that just "shining a light" on them will make them "scatter like cockroaches." Anyone doing what they're doing with that weak of skin already scattered long ago. The use of the Koch name as a boogeyman to liberal causes has been commonplace for years. Not to take this too far off topic, but they've actually started to "shine the light" on themselves. This is a long, but interesting read. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/25/new-koch

Most of us Clevelanders will be watching Cavs/GS tonight, but this will be on too. I'll guess they are looking in a suburb. http://www.hgtv.com/shows/house-hunters/episodes/cleveland-doctors-need-home-before-baby-arrives

The other thing about LA is there are so many people there from other cities, so depending on who the Rams play, wouldn't surprise me to see a very large percentage of the crowd rooting for the road team.

I'm no architect and can't speak to specific definitions of styles, so maybe using the term traditional isn't right, but what I meant is that a (partial) brick building that blends in with surrounding buildings to me is "traditional".

Completely agree. Things that are "unique" or "funky" may not hold up over time. I can appreciate a more "traditional" look.

I've been to two Cavs games so far this season (from C.H.), and this construction has been a huge pain! Usually I can take Prospect and get down there pretty quick. The traffic is completely backed up to CSU and because of that, Carnegie seems to have slowed down as people take alternate routes. I'm looking forward to them finishing it. Side note - it's funny how spoiled we are with traffic in Cleveland Granted I don't take highways for work, but we get a little traffic in Cleveland due to construction and everyone is up in arms over it. Our traffic is nothing compared to a lot of cities.

What happened to those leasing maps someone found? Was that in another thread?

We have too many separate threads in my opinion (e.g. do we really need separate restaurant news and review threads? They tend to overlap anyway). Just call this Greater Cleveland Retail News and be done with it.

Man, if he wasn't conservative enough for his own party, we are all screwed.

The Cedar Taylor Development Association (of which I am a founder) has been sprucing up the neighborhood. We had banner signs and planters installed earlier this summer. This morning we installed some really cool bike racks and planters made by Rust Belt Welding (they are local and have done lots of cool bike racks around town). Check out these pics from our Facebook page:

Number of options: 1. On street meters 2. Small pay lot behind Q'Doba (SW corner of Mayfield and Euclid). Access from Mayfield 3. Free lot/garage directly behind the Corner Alley building (accessed from Ford Street) 4. Pay garage just N of #3 and across the street 5. Crop has valet, but I believe it's limited to Crop 6. Additional meters can be found in lot across from Happy Dog. I thought the meters behind Corner Alley are free with a time limitation. Are they free at all M-F? The time we parked for free (for 2 hrs) was on a Sunday during the winter when traffic was pretty light. Could be. I parked on the second floor of that garage behind Corner Alley a couple weeks ago on a Thursday night and I didn't remember seeing a meter.

Number of options: 1. On street meters 2. Small pay lot behind Q'Doba (SW corner of Mayfield and Euclid). Access from Mayfield 3. Free lot/garage directly behind the Corner Alley building (accessed from Ford Street) 4. Pay garage just N of #3 and across the street 5. Crop has valet, but I believe it's limited to Crop 6. Additional meters can be found in lot across from Happy Dog.

Well I'm sure from RM's perspective, they feel there is a lot of risk for them, thus the higher rates. I like those interest rates you are hearing from that regional bank although I definitely don't want an ARM either.

Have you used them? How do their rates compare? Good question Smith. I have not used them. To find out more about rates surf their site as financing various between non owner occupied 1-4 residential and commercial loans/equity. I checked their executive Bios, they have hired and are hiring the right kind of people. They have around 40 Million of seed investment money. I am sure they take calls also. Interesting. I'm looking to refi a commercial property. Maybe I'll give them a call. EDIT - Looks like they have a $1M minimum on permanent debt.

Have you used them? How do their rates compare?

Nice - I'm a fan (wearing one of their shirts as I type this). I've been to one of their stores in the DC area. Unless they've changed their model, the stores are basically just fit shops and then they essentially purchase the order online for you and the items aren't shipped to you. So you don't actually purchase the clothes there. Either way I sure hope they come here.

On a unrelated note - Hopkins is a hot mess of construction right now. I flew out first thing Tuesday morning and man it's gonna be a long next year during these renovations. They had firefighters in there directing people into different lines! I'm definitely going to have to get the TSA pre check as a result of the delays there.

Ha. Buy it! For $125k it's practically free!