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Brightdreams- there are several good-quality public schools that you may be able to send your children to, even if you're not in the immediate area. Typically, slots at a school are filled by children from the "catchment area" so to speak, and any remaining slots are filled by lottery. Tremont Montessori (in Tremont) and Louisa May Alcott (in Edgewater, near Detroit-Shoreway) are a couple elementaries worth checking out.

I hope people will know it's pronounced "wiley," like his namesake avenue in Duck Island...

I was fortunate enough to tour the Rose Iron Works a few years ago before Mr. Rose died. It's really fascinating, and definitely worth your time if you've got any interest in Cleveland history.

Not a full review, but I was at the Black Dog last weekend with friends for some drinks. I was hungry, so I also ordered the small portion of mac and cheese. The drinks were great, but the mac was hands down the most disgusting thing that has ever been served to me at a restaurant. It tasted burnt (not that I had more than a few bites,) and there was a centimeter-deep pool of oil that had separated from the rest and had pooled at the bottom. I know they're new, but I'm sorry to say it'll be a while before I order food there again, if ever.

And the best part about that view? The Breuer Tower wouldn't be in it! :evil: Seriously, though, I think converting this building to apartments would be fantastic and would go a long way towards re-enlivening the dead zone around E. 9th.

Trust me, those retailers have been reached out to. They're not interested in what they consider to be an untested and low-visibility location. There are also concerns about the size of the spaces.

I would definitely check out the apartments around Shaker Square. A lot of them have garages, you'd have a 10-minute commute to work (or a quick ride on the number 48 bus,) and RTA's blue and green rail lines pass right through the square for easy access downtown.

Geneva is a lovely place, and Lucerne is totally charming! Zurich is neat, but I was only able to spend half a day there, so I don't have much of an impression.

The City put some effort into cleaning up Prospect in the eighties, and all the hookers moved to Detroit and Lorain around then. Not sure why, though.

I can't imagine that they would or could turn the retail spaces into hotel rooms or apartments. For one thing, they don't have any windows!

Hi, PhlToCle, and welcome to Cleveland! Ohio City's a great neighborhood, and I think you won't have too much trouble finding something that suits you for your price point. To answer a few of your specific questions: 1. There's a website called www.padmapper.com that aggregates a bunch of listings, mostly craigslist, but some others as well. You can search by zip code (Ohio City's 44113 and Detroit-Shoreway's 44102.) There are also a few individual management companies that have websites listing individual properties (here's one, as an example: http://www.clv-lofts.com/) 2. There are a lot of properties that advertise this way. You could also look for listings in the Cleveland Scene (clevescene.com) or through the Plain Dealer (cleveland.com), but I'm not sure how much luck you'll have there. 3. In my experience, and I was just apartment-hunting in this neighborhood this past spring, properties tend to get snatched up pretty quickly, so it's probably preferable to look at properties in person. Most landlords seem to want at least two weeks for turnaround between tenants, so for September first, I'd come visit sometime in the first two weeks of August. 4. Unfortunately, I don't have any experience using realtors to find rentals. 5. As mentioned upthread, Detroit-Shoreway or University Circle/Little Italy may also be good choices, as would be Downtown (except you wouldn't find a single-family home there, of course.) Tremont would be doable, especially if you're in the northern part of the neighborhood (where I currently live car-free, for what it's worth.) If you're commuting by public transportation, the easiest route will be to take the Health Line (basically an upgraded bus line that runs about every five to ten minutes during the day.) From the West Side neighborhoods, you'll have to take a different bus downtown first and then transfer, which might not be that bad. For example, if you're standing in front of the West Side Market in Ohio City, there are about six different bus lines that run to Public Square passing right in front of you, so you're basically guaranteed to be downtown in five to ten minutes at any point during rush hour. Good luck, and if you'd like to talk more about Tremont or living car-free, send me a PM!

This is the problem with having council districts, rather than at-large representation.

This is huge, and related to a smaller bust from January. Federal and Northeast Ohio agents bust huge coke-trafficking gang; 72 indicted for drug-related charges Published: Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 6:18 PM Updated: Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 2:48 AM By James F. McCarty, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Federal agents and city police officers conducted a synchronized, predawn sweep of suspected drug dens and hideouts throughout East Side Cleveland neighborhoods Tuesday, arresting more than 60 members of what officials called a violent, multi-state cocaine-trafficking gang. A 122-page, 97-count indictment filed later in the morning showed that federal and local investigators had been tracking the suspected drug dealers for two years, and recorded more than 37,000 cell phone calls with secret FBI wiretaps since September 2011. U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach said the investigation, dubbed "Operation Northwest Express," netted 86 suspects, which was believed to be the largest number of defendants ever charged in a single drug-trafficking indictment in the Northern District of Ohio. The federal indictment charges 72 suspects with drug-related crimes, such as conspiracy to distribute cocaine, money-laundering, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Another 14 suspects were indicted in Cuyahoga County. Sixteen suspects remain free. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/06/post_28.html

So do I, but I noticed last night that there's a Coakley Real Estate "For Lease" sign on the front, so who knows!

The rumor going around the block club is it's going to be some kind of pizzeria-cum-upscale brewpub. Not really. If I'm picking something up from a convenience store, it's because I'm in a huge rush or in the middle of an emergency, so I'm going to go to the closest one aesthetics be damned. I think the high prices are a bigger deterrent to me shopping at the Fairfield Market than anything else, but like I said, there are reasons why I would (and do) go there.

This was on cleveland.com last week- http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/05/how_the_casino_tax_money_will.html

Wonder what that means for the Aldi location on Pearl, just north of Denison

Are there a lot of vacant residential units in downtown Cincinnati at the moment? If the overall occupancy rate is similar to what we have in downtown Cleveland (96% for apartments,) additional units would have to come online for the population to increase dramatically. A commonly-used estimate to correlate number of units to number of people is 1.5 people per unit, so to add 7,000 people there would have to be almost 4,700 units built in the next five years! Not saying there isn't demand or that it couldn't happen, but I think that would be jaw-dropping for just about any city, not just in Ohio!

There were formerly shared cars in the neighborhood, but not anymore. If I remember correctly, the company went out of business? Maybe somebody else can confirm.

Depending on the time of day, the Healthline trip can take quite a bit of time, upwards of half an hour. Just something to consider.

Actually, having a high percentage of jobs in any single sector would suggest a less-diversified economy, no? Why? You made the comparison between Cleveland and Pittsburgh's economies, and I just said they aren't as similar as maybe you thought. There are other threads for talking about population changes.

FWIW, the Scene had a little write-up about it a couple years back: Warner and Swasey Observatory WHERE YOU'LL FIND IT: 1975 Taylor Road, in the wilds of East Cleveland — but in the nicer wilds, near the Cleveland Heights border. HISTORY: Two amateur astronomers, Worcester Warner and Ambrose Swasey, flush with wealth from their machine tool business, built a backyard observatory between their adjoining residences in the early 20th century. They gave it to Case Western Reserve University in 1919, and the university added to it over time — an auditorium, classrooms, exhibit hall, library, and more. The university stopped using it in 1985 because the surrounding area gave off too much light. Since then it has had several owners, the latest being Nayyir Al Mahdi, who planned to convert it into a residence before a pesky mortgage fraud conviction derailed his plans in 2007. That same year he transferred title to his own development group, which county records indicate is still the owner. VALUE: Purchased by Mahdi and Associates for $115,000 in 2005; transferred to another corporation owned by Mahdi in 2007. The county auditor values the property at $164,300, with an outstanding tax balance of 24,666, which has been accruing since 2007. STATE OF DECAY: Partially boarded up, but with many missing windows and one of the observatory domes left open, it has been open to the elements for several years. WHAT IT'S GOOD FOR: "It would make a wonderful restored observatory or a fabulous residence," says architect Volpe. "I don't know who is going to pull either of these off." In other words, the place is ripe for development by anyone with a few million extra bucks and mad-scientist fantasies. http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/the-beginners-guide-to-dead-zones/Content?oid=1913204

Actually, the Cleveland and Cincinnati metros have pretty similar percentages of their overall jobs in manufacturing (something like 14%, I think,) and both are higher than in Pittsburgh (which is just under 10%.) Cleveland and Pittsburgh do have larger education and healthcare sectors (26 and 27% of total jobs) than Cincinnati (22%) though. Brookings has a lot of fascinating data available for perusal, although you might have to dig for the most recent numbers. At least for me, it really casts doubt on the conventional wisdom characterization of Cincinnati having a "diversified" economy, Cleveland and Pittsburgh having "rust belt" economies, and Columbus having an "education and government" economy. There are differences in how they're structured, of course, but they're often not as great as you might expect, and there seem to be a lot of nebulous factors in metro economic performance that aren't immediately explainable just by saying a particular city is manufacturing-heavy, or has a lot of financial-sector jobs.

I was walking down my street in Tremont last night, when I saw flashes of light in the sky. At first I thought it might be lightning or fireworks from the stadium, but then I realized the Tribe wasn't at home, and when I looked closer to the horizon I could see part of the screen itself. That thing is BRIGHT.

Are you familiar with padmapper? It aggregates a lot of craigslist postings. Just enter a downtown zip code (44113 or 44114, for example.) http://www.padmapper.com/