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Ugh, those comments, though! Can anyone seriously point me to a state where it's "safe" to be trans? Or any state that's "queer-friendly" outside of its "liberal arts college sphere?" I certainly wish Ohio were more proactive from a legal protection standpoint, but saying that the games should be boycotted is ridiculous, IMO. The people whose minds need to be changed won't miss you. Better to show up in force, be highly visible, and make a positive difference. I'm glad the writer had a good time, though, and I imagine her experience will be closer to that of the average attendee. The fact that the City, County, and our local foundations have been so supportive of the games should speak volumes, and I wish more of these pieces emphasized that point

By the way, today's Crain's Cleveland Business had a tidbit about the "Bible-mindedness" ranking. Apparently, they did 46,000 phone interviews and asked if the person being interviewed had 1. read from the Bible in the previous week and 2. believed strongly in the Bible's accuracy. http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20140203/BLOGS03/140209973

I agree. The transit score needs to be calibrated, too. There are a lot of places reachable in a half hour via the Rapid or buses that don't show up on their little map.

I don't know. Ask the cop. And just to reiterate, the kid with the gun was not the one that actually took the phone, either. I have my own thoughts on the matter, but they'll probably take this discussion too far off topic

This is undoubtedly true, but having a consolidated station like the NCTC that's warm, well-lit, has bathroom facilities etc. could encourage some people to make trips by transit that they wouldn't/couldn't make now, like Akron METRO to Amtrak, or Laketran to Megabus. At worst it would be a wash in terms of ridership, IMO

Even today, nobody "has" to look to a suburb, particularly at the elementary level. There are a number of good options in the city, but conventional wisdom either ignores them or hasn't caught up yet. Surfohio put it much better, IMO- increase the number of those good school options, and the district will gain credibility

I'm friends with the guy whose phone was taken. Like the article says, they didn't get the kid who actually took it, and my friend doubts they'll find him. They didn't brandish a weapon or anything at him, either; it was just a snatch and run thing, and they found the gun after the fact on one of the other kids. Still glad they got picked up, though

Yeah, it does include Edgewater Drive. It goes from the lakeshore and runs south of Clifton, stopping at the railroad tracks, and then west from W. 117th staying north of the tracks and ending at the point made by the tracks and Lake Avenue near the entrance to the shoreway (tract 1011.02, if you have a census tract map somewhere).

Actually, the census tract on either side of Clifton in Cleveland has a higher median household income than the tracts on either side of Clifton in Lakewood. The tracts surrounding the Edgewater tract in Cleveland are significantly poorer, though.

Steve Litt had an article today about the marina under construction in North Coast Harbor. I wasn't aware it was so far along! Will the new North Coast Harbor marina be safe for boaters? By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer January 24, 2014 at 7:00 AM, updated January 24, 2014 at 7:02 AM It should be cause for rejoicing that come summer, Cleveland boaters will have access to a brand new marina at North Coast Harbor for the first time since the seven-acre basin was created in 1989. Instead, the first big move to create serious amenities at the harbor, and to deliver on proposals first advanced in the city’s sweeping, 2004 lakefront plan and refined in a 2011 revision, may be compromised in terms of design. http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2014/01/will_the_new_north_coast_harbo.html#incart_river_default

I'm not sure what the quality of the food was like lately, but the "mac and cheese" I had there a little over a year ago was the most disgusting thing that has ever been served to me in a restaurant. The pasta was literally swimming in oil separating from the cheese, and it tasted like a burnt shoe. I'm glad the mural is staying, though- it was the best part of the restaurant, IMO!

"The wild card here is Cleveland's weather, which is harsh for outdoor electronics and mountings even if not made largely of crystal. Temperature ranges from -20° F (-29° C) to 104° F (40° C), with winds as high as 85 mph (137 km/h). That ignores what happens during the severe thunderstorms, the tornadoes, and the occasional wandering hurricane. The unveiling is scheduled for May 2, 2014." They make us sound like we have the climate of Mars!

Here's a bit more info about the Lincoln Building parking addition that was being discussed in the hotel thread (http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,26395.msg690096.html#msg690096) One interesting tidbit from the article- I like that 7-Eleven is/was scoping out downtown. It's been mentioned before as one of those little things that a residential downtown can really use. Lincoln Building revamp builds on demand for parking, apartments in downtown Cleveland By Michelle Jarboe McFee, The Plain Dealer on January 14, 2014 at 1:45 PM, updated January 14, 2014 at 1:48 PM What's old is new again for downtown Cleveland's Lincoln Building, where a landlord is adding 200 parking spaces to serve oncoming hotels and drivers in the city's pinched convention-center district. Empty office and storage space in the St. Clair Avenue building, which started its life as parking, will revert to its original use as part of a larger overhaul. Under plans presented last month to the Cleveland Landmarks Commission, the building would hold 540 spaces -- up from roughly 340 today. Those plans also call for renovated storefronts and, in an unusual twist, 17 loft apartments on the top floor. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/01/lincoln_building_revamp_builds.html#incart_river_default

The City Advocate program is run through the DCA. It's sort of a project-based program, but Advocates get a lot of emails about volunteering for various events (Sparx, Winterfest, etc.)

I believe anthony battaglia is referring to biker16's video from the previous page: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,16941.msg671993.html#msg671993

And again, none of that service information is on the website. The Red Line has an alert, but it's about track maintenance. But hey, at least they're on Twitter.

^^^&^^ I think those are points worth discussing, but I replied in the Gay Games thread to keep this one on topic (and because that's where I was going with my comment in the first place)

Redirected from the W. 117th thread- I think this is certainly a trend and definitely not unique to Cleveland, but at the same time, there are still many people for whom the "scene" is important, and a lot of them are younger. I guess I just want Cleveland to blow away as many visitors as possible... this event is a real opportunity to make an impression on the world. It's bad enough that the narrative has started spreading that the biggest reason the Games are coming here is to make some kind of point about gays in the "heartland" (which really only began when some reporter from Boston suggested it to an organizer during an interview). Maybe it's just my Cleveland inferiority complex, but I'd love people to come away wowed by their experience here, not saying "well, what did you expect, it's Cleveland after all"

Sorry to hear about the owner! I hope it gets bought by someone else or somehow remains open... it seems a number of gay bars have closed over the last year or two, and with the Gay Games coming up, it would be nice to have at least a few gay bars remaining!

I agree with the rest of your post, but I would say that this part also historically applied to East Cleveland, which clearly suffered a much different fate than the Heights communities

I know the definition of density, thanks, as well as the difference between "objective" and "subjective." What I meant is that forumers here apparently have different definitions of what constitutes a "dense" city or neighborhood, and blanket statements like "Cleveland is a low-density city" therefore don't mean a whole lot because they're subject to individual definitions of high and low density (or just "density," for short.) I appreciate ClevelandOhio's reply, but I think I've made my point clear and this is veering way off topic, so my apologies, and I'm sure we can continue this discussion in another thread if you want.

Fixed that for you. Density is a rather subjective quality, and it's getting kind of tiresome to read the same statement repeated over and over like it's a fact and an excuse for why transit or TOD can't succeed in Cleveland. Truth be told, our current density doesn't matter in the sense that it shouldn't hold us back from making transit investments. We can always tear down and build at higher densities if and when demand is there. We know development follows infrastructure investment, so we should continue upgrading our transit capacities as we are able to, and encourage future growth in the core.

I'm kind of torn about this. On the one hand, I really like 87.7 as it is, and it's one of the handful of stations I listen to regularly, but on the other, it really is high time we got a Spanish-language station. Hopefully we'll see a best of both worlds scenario where the alt rock format is revived on another station!

I'd like to hear DeanSheen's opinion, too, but from what my brother who lives at W. 112 and Clifton tells me, the neighborhood is still good. There's been an uptick recently (including a homicide on 112 that sounded drug-related), but so far it's a blip. I really hope that Matt Zone is proactive in protecting this area when he officially takes over from Westbrook, since it's one of the few areas of the city that have never really declined, but maybe that's a discussion for a different thread...

I see John Hay students getting on and off at University Circle all the time. Fwiw, they're frequently somewhat loud and rowdy, but I never see fighting or even really hear much vulgarity. I see rowdier teens coming from farther east than University Circle, but I don't know if they're in school or where.