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I know we're so desperate for development in this city that we cheer for basically anything that's proposed as long as it's built without a setback and isn't beige (for some reason), but that doesn't mean that everything that's proposed is good for the overall community. Glad you have such a rosy view of what Downtown's capable of supporting, though. That's definitely something we could use more of. Have you walked it in February? Or in the rain? Sure, but it's still a tourist attraction then. It's not your neighborhood theater, and it's not someplace you'd go spontaneously. I'm not sure what kind of base that provides for the theater. I just honestly think that this is going to force TCC out of business (just saying- not making any excuses for FCE), and then if this place finds it doesn't get the traffic it needs and goes belly-up, we've lost an amenity downtown. People on this board may not like the crowd at TCC, but they've been the ones supporting it for the last 20 years.

Sure they are. You really think the market downtown is robust enough to support TCC and this theater?

Yeah, you are. Because it's more accessible to a broader spectrum of people from across the city.

I'm not sure the percentage matters. I'm do think the tickets will be at least 50% more than they are at Tower City, but accessibility is the bigger issue. For someone like me, living in Tremont, I could hop on a bus to downtown, get off at Public Square, and walk through the mall to the movies. The theater in the Flats won't be nearly as convenient to visit. Suzie Middleburg might love the idea, but she's not coming downtown to watch a movie nearly as often as someone in the city.

You're right. It'll undoubtedly be a success. But it just cements the fact that we've created a place for people of a certain socioeconomic status to enjoy, paid for through everyone's taxes.

We've been hearing those rumors for a while now, but still, what an awful idea. Tower City Cinemas are much more accessible to moviegoers from both sides of the city as well as downtown residents. Crocker on the Cuyahoga indeed.

I took a bus out of the station in March, and there was definitely a food counter. I bought a ham sandwich.

Agreed! I hope the overall feeling on Newton will be similar to E. 115th behind UH.

Almost all the parking is on the interior of the blocks, which is about as good as you can do given the reality that the residents and visitors are going to have cars. And Innova includes a smallish garage, which reduces the number of surface spaces they would otherwise have had to build.

NEOMG always uses "Cleveland, Ohio" as the placeline for their content on cle.com, for whatever that's worth

FWIW, the Silver Lines in Boston, which for the most part are as BRT-y as the CSU line, are also on their system maps alongside the LR and HR lines.

No, first picture. Bottom left-hand corner, with the water tank on top. The view is from Columbus Rd. looking east along Abbey Avenue.

IIRC, the two tallest buildings on the Clinic campus are the W.O. Walker and Crile buildings, which are both around 15-16 stories and 200 feet

Growing up in the neighborhood, I always liked those buildings and it's a little weird to see them getting torn down. If the buildout of A Place For Us is anything close to what they show in the site plan, it'll be worth it. At least they're keeping the retail strip along Madison. I'd love to see a similar TOD development at the Trinity site near the W. Blvd. rapid station, but it seems like that'll remain a dream.

There's a small Cleveland Police museum at the Justice Center downtown. I've never been, so I can't speak to the quality, but I do know that it's there. Depending on your time and inclination, you might want to consider the free Take a Hike tours given by the Downtown Cleveland Alliance. They're approximately one-hour walking tours in different sections of Downtown, and they cover a lot of Cleveland history and architecture. The guides are also really knowledgeable and interesting to chat with. You'll be in town for the Civic Center, Warehouse District, and Flats tours: http://www.clevelandgatewaydistrict.com/history/heritage-tourism/

Just fwiw, the block or so of Larchmere between Coventry and Moreland is all stately houses. The neat retail district is west of Moreland. If I were walking down Coventry, I'd turn right onto Larchmere (i.e., a block before Shaker Blvd.) and walk along one one side of the street till about E. 121 or 122, then cross and walk back along the other side of the street back to Moreland, where I'd turn right and head south to Shaker Square (and the Rapid.)

Conventional wisdom about Ohio City says to stay north of Lorain Avenue, although to be honest, I wouldn't be worried about walking anywhere in OC during the daytime. There's a large housing project at the north end of W. 25th, but you'd have to make a long walk up a pretty ratty part of the street to get there, so I don't think you'd stumble into it accidentally. Interesting little corners of Ohio City away from the market district and W. 25th are the intersection of Bridge Ave. and Fulton Rd. (where there's a beautiful library, French café, and a couple restaurants) and W. 29th St. between Clinton and Detroit Avenues, where there are a number of little retailers, a coffee shop, a tea house, and a small gallery associated with the art museum that primarily shows photography. My favorite streets for residential architecture are W. 28th, W. 29th, Bridge, and Jay Avenue. Also, I wasn't sure from your post if you realize that E. 4th is downtown, and a good walk from OC (forgive me if you do- I just thought I'd point it out.) I personally prefer taking the Rapid between Downtown and University Circle because it's a lot faster and less crowded than the HealthLine, so unless you're just taking the HL for the novelty of BRT, it might be something to consider. To get to Shaker Square from University Circle, you can either take the Red Line and transfer to the Blue or Green Line at E. 55th, E. 34th, or Tower City, or just take the number 48 bus that directly links the two. You can also get to Gordon Square easily from Downtown or OC by taking the Red Line to W. 65th, or taking the number 26 bus. I definitely third the suggestion to check out Larchmere. I feel like the Western Reserve Historical Society isn't that great for getting city history- it's more about social history (they have a big collection of clothing and quilts, for example.) The entire basement level is an auto collection, although they've sold a lot of stuff off in the last couple years and I haven't been there in a while. In UC, the art museum, natural history museum, botanical garden, and MOCA are all much better bets IMO. Edit to answer a couple questions- 1.) see my comment about the Rapid/48 bus above 2.) Walking to Coventry from the art museum is a pretty straight shot up Ford/Mayfield roads, through Little Italy. I'd say it's probably a good 45 minutes if you walk the whole way. 3.) The West Boulevard rapid station on the Red Line is fairly close to Edgewater Park. If you biked from OC, I'd bike up W. 25th or Fulton Rd. to Franklin Boulevard, west along Franklin to W. 65th and then north to the tunnel that leads down to the beach. At the top of the park, you can bike south along West Boulevard to the Rapid station and catch the Red Line back to either OC or Downtown

Ask Hampton Roads, VA how well that works. If you think Cuyahoga County/NEO is a balkanized morass now, can you imagine what it would be like if there were no single leader municipality, and you literally had the West Side competing with the East Side?

Given that parts of Shaker Square are in the SH school district and the city of Cleveland, yet the SH schools aren't under Frank Jackson's control, I'm not sure why this would be any different.

It's a six-lane, two-way arterial road.

Doan's Corners was Euclid Ave. between E. 105th and 107th

I'm not in love with SoLo, but at least there's an intuitive basis for it, unlike the entirely contrived "Hingetown"

Bounce is reopening this weekend under new ownership: http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2015/06/10/act-ii-for-bounce-nightclub-officially-begins-pride-weekend Leather Stallion is a leather bar (go figure.) You might enjoy Prosperity- it's Tremont's unofficial gay bar, and it basically screams "Cleveland."

As a frequent rider, I'm aware of what the normal frequency is and that RTA regularly experiences bunching problems. What the lady next to me was saying is that if RTA is being promoted as a way for large numbers of people to come downtown for a special event, frequencies should be increased in order to handle the crowds. That doesn't seem unreasonable.

I'm a bit late with this anecdote, but I flew into Hopkins at around 6:30 in the evening last Thursday (June 11). I waited at the Airport station for approximately 25 minutes, and then two Red Line trains arrived almost simultaneously. There were huge crowds at just about every Rapid station on our way eastbound because of the game. As a regular rider, I'm not surprised that RTA was so unprepared, but as the woman who sat next to me (and claimed to be taking the Rapid for the first time in about a decade) said, it's really inexcusable to promote the Rapid as a good alternative to driving and then run two-car trains with 15-20 minute headways.