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Or get on 490 at W. 7, drive about a minute, and get straight on 77. You'd totally bypass 480 that way.

HUH???? ???

If I remember correctly, the developer of E. 4th Street, MRN, has offered to buy those buildings on the south side of Prospect, but the owner (a California parking company) wouldn't sell. They actually applied for a demolition permit to knock down one of the buildings in that strip for a surface lot, but they were denied.

There are currently other plans in the works for the Colonial Marketplace.

I thought they were open, too, but several times this month I've tried to go there and they've been closed. I couldn't find any hours on their website (they're still not there.) Dunno what the deal is with the place, but I'm not gonna go out of my way to patronize them now.

If it's in your price range, Ohio City would work too. W. 25 has quite a few buses that run along it, and Lorain and Detroit are both major arteries that I'd imagine won't be on the RTA chopping block unless something *seriously* drastic happens to their funding.

Only one... so far in 2010. There were two in 2009... and two in 2008... Quit being a drama queen. Nobody's saying that there aren't roads around here that need resurfaced, because there are plenty. My point is that over the years, he's brought back a decent amount of money- and yes, not all of it's for road projects. Maybe that's because our metro area has needs beyond fixing your driveway. You clearly don't like him. That's fine. But this thread isn't for you to air out personal grievances.

^ Ouch, Strap, do you work for the PD now? That was a bit of cold water to toss on the good news :-P

^ Surface parking.

It would be nice to have a few Urban Ohioans on the working groups! Warehouse District welcomes new ideas to promote diversity, calm the party Published: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 8:00 AM Updated: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 10:56 AM Robert L. Smith, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Gail Brown once worked in the Warehouse District and she's been following news reports of its troubles. She thinks she has an idea that could cool the party and enhance the ambience. The region's premier nightclub district, she said, needs a place to buy an ice cream cone. "What you need are more places for families," said Brown, a Cleveland retiree. "Maybe an amusement park ride." After a raucous and anxious summer, her suggestion may get a hearing. Proposals to gate West Sixth Street, to promote diversity, add a dog park and tell the teenagers to go home at 11 p.m. are going to be taken seriously, civic leaders insist. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/10/the_warehouse_district_welcome.html

^ Blindsided? He should have known it was a call-in show before he agreed to appear. That's common sense 101.

Actually, Neal Conan said on the show that Kasich turned down the debate when he heard that there would be callers asking questions of the candidates on-air. It wasn't that he didn't want to debate Strickland. He just didn't want to answer to the people. This aloof attitude has been my biggest turn-off about Kasich during the whole election. I would've been willing to consider voting for him (before his anti-3C stance came out.) But then, when a PD reporter asked him (in January?) for specific details about what programs he would cut to make up for the budget deficit we'd incur by eliminating the income tax, his response was "I don't have to answer to you." That was pretty much when he lost my vote. I don't care who it is, that reporter is a voter. You're supposed to be earning my vote, and telling me you don't have to answer to me is not the way to do it.

Oh for Pete's sake. This is getting off-topic. http://www.cagw.org/reports/pig-book/2010/pork-database.html Search by representative to find every appropriations bill with Dennis!' name attached. You can click on the hyperlinks to look at different fiscal years. Now let's please get back to transportation projects specifically funded by the stimulus package.

This is from last January. It's the same one that's on the Flats East Bank project website, though the site's been downgraded from what it used to be. http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,1823.msg453749.html#msg453749

^^ You may be interested to know that Tremont has not one but THREE active Polish veterans halls. They're all in the northeast quadrant of the neighborhood (the part that contains the historic district.) That "snaggletooth" neighborhood between Tremont and Ohio City is called Duck Island. I believe there are pictures both on the forum and the UO main page. It's technically in the city's planning area for Tremont, but it's de facto a separate neighborhood. The residents there have a long history of resisting any form of redevelopment that hints at gentrification.

^ Hey, can the attitude a bit, would you? You referred to an article on a previous page of this thread that was posted THREE YEARS AGO. If you're gonna grave-dig like that, at least quote the post you're responding to.

The latest on the CSU football water-treading: State of CSU football: Where is Cleveland State at with a possible football program? BY DANIEL WOLF Oct. 14, 2010 Cleveland State University made a big push to have students choose if they wanted to pay more tuition to support a football team back in the spring 2010 semester. Fifty-seven percent of students voted for an increase of $4-$6 per credit hour to get a Viking football team on the field sometime in the future. So where is the CSU football team proposal at right now? It is at a standstill for the time being. http://www.csuohio.edu/class/com/clevelandstater/Copy/120424.html

^ Yes.

Sent you a pm.

^ Not to be too off-topic, but I think Dennis! actually has a good track record of bringing home the bacon for District 10. I'm not sure about specific stimulus projects, though. There was an article in the PD today about the Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (aka East Side) transit center opening today. It was partially funded by stimulus dollars. I wonder if he was involved in getting that funded (as part of the Cleveland-area delegation) even though it's not in his district.

^ I think the "overcapacity" problem isn't an issue at all. Cleveland is trying to be a national and a global medical center, not just a regional one. Even New York City's financial sector is probably outsized for its population, but that's irrelevant for the same reason. Same goes for Los Angeles and the entertainment industry.

^^ What city is 361 E. Whittier St. in? That would probably be a helpful detail to add to the poster :-P

Edit- NM, I was confused about something.

^ I agree totally. When I visited Memphis, TN this summer, they had rock 'n' roll and specifically Elvis-themed crap EVERYWHERE. It was gaudy and obnoxious and people loved it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Memphis probably has a better national reputation than we do, and that's a city with serious problems. They have out-of-control crime, areas of the CITY that are basically the stereotypical rural Mississippi dilapidated-trailer-park-overrun-with-kudzu urban "prairie," and the biggest draw downtown is a hotel where you can watch ducks ride an elevator to the roof. Yet you say Memphis to people, and the first thing that comes to mind is Beale Street and Graceland. I think that we have more control over our image than we realize.

^ Wow, that looks really awesome. A good design can help, but I think the best way to achieve that for Public Square and the Malls is "programming." It doesn't have to be something formal like the City or DCA or anything like that, but things like Critical Mass and Yoga for the Masses have a way of getting people to come hang out in our public spaces. The right design will encourage and accommodate those spontaneous gatherings, as well as more formal rallies, etc. When you don't have a huge population or a culture of using downtown spaces, good programming really helps. Hopefully, we'll eventually get to a point where the space will be a draw in itself, but we have to start somewhere.