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we walked past reddstone this weekend, and people were at the bar watching tv, drinking, and looking like customers. unlike stonemad, it looks like this place will make their proposed opening date. of course, they won't have a life-size replication of stonehenge in their courtyard, but you have to make trade-offs in the restaurant biz.

what is public square but one big suburban cul de sac?!

did somebody mention crumbling hills and riverbanks badly in need of bulkheads?! http://www.cleveland.com/news/wide/index.ssf?riverbed.html what we all knew, via the canceled hope project, confirmed and explained. that the hill is sliding into the river.

Singapore Skyline from Esplanade, looking East maybe. I have about ten photos of this skiyline, yet somehow this is the only one that shows up. I tried to take a picture that included the merlion, but couldn't manage. Across the Bay from here were about 80 cranes building an island resort. Unfortunately the sun was behind it all day and I couldn't shoot that either. In the middle of the shot, there is a white building, really tall, that from most angles looks to be completely flat.

I lambasted no one, if you think I am, I have no idea why. I am merely suggesting that with tyler across the street, it would be nice if it was something more than a building behind a parking lot. when I looked at the structure, I saw new bricks and thought it was new. I was riding a bicycle at that time, so excuse me if I didn't take a picture. I also did not suggest that anyone needs to inspire anyone. your comment is impolite, loaded, and I don't appreciate it. why must people respond to posts in such off putting ways. it is unnecessary. my second comment was merely a bit of a joke. if you don't get it, move on. ffs!

ah I see. perhaps they could convert the parking lot into a new building. we'll call it, adaptive re-use. the structural integrity of the original parking lot will be maintained while creating a new space over top of it, a building.

from the picture on the sign for the asian plaza, it looked to be hidden behind a large parking lot. not exactly inspiring development for the area if that is the case.

funkytown...honestly?!

it could be that, in light of the roadblocks to tearing bkl out, the development angle is the only other option. they were, if I remember correctly, talking about putting something commercial into that area. restaurants etc. if the roadblock is that serious, then why not consider making the terminal an accessible, useable part of the area?

oh. I almost forgot. it appears some preliminary repair is being done to the tunnel. use your xray vision to look through the pile of wood in jim's photos and you can see it. the mangled fencing has been removed and the concrete it was sunk into has been chipped away. this leaves a large hole where the stairs are, which they have surrounded by concrete highway barriers. classy! let's hope they are bending those bars back into shape, or making new ones. that was one of my favorite features of that tunnel. for the record, my least favorite feature of the tunnel is the giant tube that runs the length of it. and the used condoms. and the drainage problem. and. well, let's just say I used the other tunnel.

of course they are living illegally. large raw studio space that isn't illegal is often not affordable for artists. even in cleveland. I am not suggesting they are above the market, I am saying they are often outside of it entirely. it is simply a matter of perspective. if you think 1250/month is normal for rent, then you haven't had trouble raising that kind of dough for a while. this is not for someone who wants an apartment. this is for someone who needs a large amount of studio space, and is willing to live in a rough part of town to get it. this the kind of space that is not available at residential rates. every development that takes a convertible industrial space off the market for artists, makes it harder. it is rather simple I think. one less building. the editorializing about art vs. market is sort of silly and beside the point. though it is curious to see so much animosity.

the gallery looks great, nice kids too, the garage was ok. it IS a garage and all, it made a cleveland punk band sound like kraut rock. but it was fun. maybe 70 people or so. not exactly ideal set up. but still fun. the halls of the building were pretty neat. well maintained, with tons of possibilities. some of my friends who live in raw loft spaces were a little disappointed that someone is taming tyler. soon there may be no artists left in any of the "artist lofts" around town.

they sold the farm to urban outfitters, the gap, and trader joe's.

musky, that track is by four tet, it is called as serious as your life, from the album rounds. it may indeed be some other song, since four tet is a guy with a computer sampling stuff. on the news, reed mentioned something about further action. but he was vague on details in a politician kind of way. is this it, is it really settled? or is there some sort of crummy eleventh hour move that they might pull?

since I started my new job, I am wearing nicer clothes to work and driving. ick. I hope to return to my bicycle commuting once I get a gym in the circle to freshen up in the mornings. I feel really stupid sitting in my car as I drive to work. perhaps that is why other people have working radios, to distract them from the sheer idiocy of driving fifteen minutes to work. my radio is broken, I feel dumb.

bikes are not transportation...tell that to japan.

the japanese have an unusual relationship with plumbing. sometimes the room is too small for a normal toilet, so the tank is tall and square, with a sink on top of it that runs when you flush. sometimes it is a traditional squatting toilet. sometimes it is an electronic toilet that flushes when you sit on it, and has twenty buttons on it for ass washing fun. when I stayed in kobe, I used one of those showers with the tank of bathwater that it sucks from. very confusing. when i finally got it working, it was blazing hot. I realized after I left the bathroom that the door was not entirely opaque. I stayed in one of those 8' by 6' apartments in tokyo. it wasn't so bad. it made me rethink whether I had space for people to stay over at home. we slept 4 people in the room. not bad. though I must admit, my head was on one wall, and my feet were on the other.

that is actually a photo of shinjuku station during rush hour. wakka wakka. having just returned from tokyo, that photo is a pretty good metaphor for the whole city. everyone living on top of each other, in the smallest space you can imagine. you have to wear water wings to stay afloat. and when they turn on the wave machine, the whole city goes crazy!

can the politics please. the last thing I want to do is scan a thread for relevant material only to see an ill informed pissing match.

part of the problem with that tunnel is that it is a tunnel. and thus, you can sweep it out one day, and it is covered in broken glass and junk a day later. especially if that day is after a weekend. we'll call that day monday. if that monday is after the 4th of july, well, then it's a hundred times worse. I liked how they handled the tunnel at 65th. they added a snaking bike trail to it, with murals and repeated applications of paint to discourage vandals. there is also the matter of drainage in the bp tunnel. there are often puddles of standing water. and of course, the massive ugly pipe that runs along the ceiling of the wall there. needless to say, I will be fascinated to see how they handle all the issue related to cleaning this tunnel up.

let me bring this back on topic by quoting myself from the previous page, it got kind of lost in the pictures etc...

on our evening walk, my wife and I strolled through battery park. they had century cycles bring in a bunch of bikes for a tour of the area. it appeared well attended despite the rain. we then cut up to detroit, and on the way home I noticed new retail. a few doors down from zone hq, a cute little place called kitch city has opened up. a jewelry store appears to be going in across from gypsy bean, though I have seen no activity yet. there is a small sign. finally, at the corner of 54th and detroit, across from snickers and kitty corner from happy dog, a new restaurant is going in. the sign in the window says, lattitude 41. and of course, the leather shops are still there, don't worry.

too bad the footprint for this new center couldn't hop the street and land on top of the wendy's.

thanks for the clarification. I am not familiar with him. perhaps I am shading my reading with my own beliefs a bit.

I don't know, I think I read that quote differently mayday. not so much that anyone is obligated to provide an alternative. but rather, that the shelter strategy only catches some of the people, but not all. and if you ban people from congregating on public square, they will congregate elsewhere. this is such a divisive issue, it is easy to see every line as loaded. I just wish there was a larger, unified plan for addressing the homeless problem in cleveland. rather than a group of largely unconnected, or at least poorly connected services. we cannot simply expect a nuisance law to alleviate the ills of the city. for all of guiliani's work to rid time square of its seediness, nyc is still nyc. it just has a corporate image for a front porch.