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The Cleveland Clinic has destroyed this building.

As far as I can tell, with Key taking three floors, the Browns taking three floors, the Silver Grille on 10, Positively Cleveland on part of 1, some tech firms on 7, say 1.5 or two floors.

You're probably thinking of the Little Theater: http://realneo.us/blog/susan-miller/name-this-theater-in-cleveland

Hi Lulu, and welcome to Cleveland! I live in Tremont, and can wholeheartedly recommend it, though all of the areas you're looking in are attractive in their own ways. My neighborhood is fairly low-key, and is home to lots of young professionals. There are bookstores, two libraries, parks (including a large dog park,) galleries, restaurants (of course,) and big-box shopping in Steelyard Commons (great for picking up necessities or something you forgot to grab at the store,) as well as good public transportation and excellent access to downtown, Ohio City, and major freeways (71, 77, 90, 176, 490.) In Tremont, the general rule is to stay east of I-71/90. The part of the neighborhood north of 490 is more gentrified and considered to be safer by some, though I live south of the freeway and have never had any issues with crime. I walk the neighborhood at all hours of the day and night and have never felt unsafe, and the two single women who live in my building have said the same to me. Of course, a feeling of safety is something personal, and only you know how you feel about a particular area, so I'd recommend checking it out for yourself. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask here or send me a personal message.

Look carefully in the second and third pictures. There are more.

Though the article rambles a bit in my opinion, I think the basic premise is an important point that is often ignored. $10,000 for peace of mind: Same-sex couples find replicating legal protections of marriage costly By McClatchy-Tribune News Service January 21, 2010, 5:23PM REX W. HUPPKE, Chicago Tribune CHICAGO -- If Howard Wax and Robert Pooley Jr. were a heterosexual couple, they could've gone to their nearest Cook County, Ill., clerk's office, paid $40 for a marriage license and been wed. That would have provided them an array of legal protections -- the right to make medical decisions for one another, the ability for one to inherit the other's property. Instead, the couple paid $10,000 for an attorney to help them roughly simulate -- using wills, trusts and powers of attorney -- the protections that marriage affords. It was a price the men, parents of 3-year-old twins, were willing to pay for peace of mind, though they admit it's far from perfect. http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2010/01/10000_for_peace_of_mind_same-s.html

The article says that Rosetta hasn't settled on it, but has suspended other negotiations to focus on that building, and is looking for an incentive package from the city to locate in that space. They're looking at 60,000 sf. The article also contains the following quote: “(Rosetta executives) love East Fourth and what MRN has done there,” one of the sources said, noting the old National City Bank building is “vanilla, and they really want to dress it up.” They also have passed on leasing space at the PD building and the Ameritrust Tower. One final wrinkle from the article is that the largest space that Rosetta currently occupies in Beachwood is under a long-term lease, which would have to be broken to move downtown.

Although this is pretty much common knowledge on this board, it's nice to see that it got picked up by the paper: Northeast Ohio more closely tracking U.S. performance during this recession, researchers say By Tom Breckenridge, The Plain Dealer January 18, 2010, 9:00AM CLEVELAND -- The recession of 1981 was bad. This one, dubbed the Great Recession, looks and feels worse to many. But researchers at Team NEO, the region's business-attraction group, say there's an intriguing, even hopeful, trend in our economic plight. Employment and economic output haven't dipped as far and as fast as they did in the recession three decades ago. This time around, our economic performance is tracking more closely to the nation's, Team NEO's latest quarterly report shows. Why? The region's economy has grown more diverse, lessened its dependence on manufacturing and lifted its education levels, Team NEO officials say. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/01/northeast_ohio_more_closely_tr.html Crain's also has a version: In Team NEO report, reasons for optimism: more educated, diverse work force By Jay Miller [email protected] 4:30 am, January 18, 2010 Amid the bleak economic news of the last 18 months, Team NEO has found at least a couple things it believes the region can puff its chest over. The business attraction nonprofit in its year-end quarterly report examines how the Northeast Ohio economy has changed since the severe recession of the 1980s. Among what might be considered its more surprising findings: Despite legitimate frustration that the regional economy isn't growing, Team NEO points out that since that earlier, harsh recession, the economy has grown 65% in real dollars, despite the lack of population growth in the region. Also in this recession, the report argues, the Northeast Ohio economy is not as far off the pace of the national economy as it was during the earlier downturn. That difference, Team NEO says, is a result of a diversification of the local economy away from manufacturing and an improvement in the education level of the regional work force. http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20100118/SUB1/301189983

Plus this little thing called the Depression... :-(

Mea culpa. I guess I was under the wrong impression.

I'm inclined to believe this one, at least as it's phrased by edale. There has been tremendous growth and it really hasn't slowed down with the economy. I have two concerns though: 1) the stuff being built/renovated doesn't correspond with where the primary demand is, i.e. too much high end and too many condos when the demand is more single renters w/o kids, and 2) deficits in retail and schools which could potentially burst our bubble. Regardless, the success of downtown Cleveland residential deserves a lot more press than it's been getting. I think better publicity could take it to another level in a hurry. I agree that we're encountering problem 1, but I hope that with the thawing credit markets moving projects along, we can get some more moderately-priced units online. The Schofield/related buildings, Ameritrust tower, scaled-down WHD proposal, and Huntington building are all projects that come to mind. Also, aren't the 668 units reasonable? The second problem is something we can definitely address. With Euclid slowly rebuilding and developing residential, and the Gay Games coming, I hope the City can work with retailers to make something happen. As far as the schools, given the shake-up that Eugene Sanders just proposed, I wonder if City Hall couldn't push for a downtown school (in conjunction with CSU?) as part of the building plan. So basically, I think that these problems can and are being addressed, at least to some extent, and coupled with the high interest in building residential downtown, I can see it and surrounding neighborhoods as an engine for housing growth in the city.

For anyone who's interested, you can sign up to be part of the charter transition process here: http://charter.cuyahogacounty.us/ I hope we have more than a few UOers that take part in the process. There are quite a few creative, pro-urban, and most importantly, informed people on this board!

Of the eighteen announced, only two Midwestern cities were selected: Indianapolis and Kansas City. http://www.gousabid.com/blog/entry/18-cities-included-in-the-us-bid-for-the-fifa-world-cup-in-2018-2022/

I saw that Chicago's bike station also offers bike tours of the city, and I was just thinking how great that would be here. Downtown and Ohio City would make very nice tour routes, and after the Towpath Trail is completed, the Flats and Tremont would work well, too!

In general: Cleveland teams, then Great Lakes teams (and Pittsburgh,) then Midwestern teams (inc. the rest of Ohio,) then Northern teams. I also like rooting for the underdog, which is part of the reason I'd root for CSU, KSU, Akron, or Toledo looooong before I'd ever root for OSU. I will never in my life root for a team from New England, my alma mater excluded, or NYC.

Can you say District of Design? :-)

As a neighborhood resident, I think it's a terrible idea to close the Tremont School simply because it's under capacity (the reason given in today's PD.) Of the neighborhoods favored by young professionals, I think Tremont is most likely to retain them as they start families, partially because of the centrally-located school, but also Lincoln Park (with its playground and school.) CMSD could advertise or campaign, especially in the more gentrified parts, and hopefully enroll more economically-advantaged students. It can only boost the district's scores, so I think they should definitely consider this point! For the time being, why not begin their "newcomers program" at Tremont? If the city wants to attract middle- and upper-income families, what better way to do it than by promoting an attractive school in an attractive neighborhood?

Haha, gross! :-P

Interesting. Their website says they're based in Texas, outside of Dallas. Local office is in Broadview Hts. I wonder how many people the local franchise employs.

7-9 was the winner of the poll, but 5-11 is a lot closer to that mark than 1-15. At the beginning of December, I was afraid that's where we were heading! I'm definitely optimistic for next year! :-)

I'm sorry if these issues seem petty to you, but uncleanliness and a perceived lack of safety are a few reasons I've personally heard for why people don't take public transit. What if addressing these problems encourages a few thousand more people to take RTA semi-regularly? Maybe RTA can increase its farebox revenue a bit, and go from covering 20-25% of its operating costs to 21-26%. Maybe this could save a bus route, a proverbial toe on your chopped-off legs. I and the others on this board understand RTA lobbies for funding from higher levels of government. I and others on this board have personally written letters and attended public meetings. I and others on this board have read about RTA's budget challenges over and over again. Therefore, I don't feel it's inappropriate for us at all to suggest efficiencies and other ways to improve the transit experience, and thus RTA's performance.

Very nice, urbanforever! We see so little West Park on UO... It's a nice change of pace. And boy, does the Lorain Ave. streetscaping make a world of difference! This is the first I've seen of it, and now I want to go check it out in person. :)

This is an important point, in my opinion. I expected there to be a regular transit police presence on the red line after the POP changeover, but it seems to have really dropped recently. I ride the red line and/or health line daily, usually during rush hour, and it has been months since my farecard was last checked. I frequently see large groups of transit police (usually four or more) outside the turnstiles at Tower City. While it's fine to have them stationed there, as the most heavily-used stop on the system, I was hoping that after the POP roll out I would see them elsewhere, too. It would help curb the near-constant smoking, spitting, and littering that I see at my neighborhood station (W. 25,) ESPECIALLY if the transit police issued citations to offenders.

Just to expand on this, glutmax pointed out an article in Random Cleveland Developments that says the Browns will be taking three floors in the Higbee Bldg. for offices: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,3594.msg451044.html#msg451044 So with the Browns and their three, Key and their three (6, 8, and 9,) the Silver Grille/event space on 10 and CLE+ on the ground floor, and the few tech firms on 7, that's a mostly-filled Higbee! :clap: I'm very happy to hear that FC is looking into this... I've often looked at those flag poles as I've walked or ridden the bus past on Ontario and thought how nice they would look with something up there!

I love following this project, both here on UO and by passing by it several times a week. It helps remind me that downtown is coming back in a big way!