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Here's the video: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7392090n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox

What are the arguments to not renewing this thing?? Movies made in Cleveland and Ohio: 'Avengers,' 'Fun Size,' 'Alex Cross' and others made for booming 2011, what's up for 2012 and beyond? Published: Sunday, December 18, 2011, 5:30 AM Updated: Sunday, December 18, 2011, 9:30 AM Clint O'Connor, The Plain Dealer By Clint O'Connor, The Plain Dealer When "The Avengers" blasts into thousands of theaters on May 4 to kick off Hollywood's summer movie season, most audiences won't be playing can-you-spot-Cleveland. Although a chunk of the action flick was shot here over the summer with a bevy of explosions on East Ninth Street, the city was masquerading as New York and other locales. The collaboration between Marvel Studios and Disney didn't come to town for our lovely climate and lake views. It came for one reason: to save millions thanks to Ohio's Motion Picture Tax Credit. And by most accounts, using Cleveland as a backlot was a winning experience, creating temporary jobs and pumping dollars into the local economy. But the release of "The Avengers" in 2012 was supposed to serve as a high-profile example marking the beginnings of Ohio's new role as an annual player in film production -- not its end. More below:http://www.cleveland.com/moviebuff/index.ssf/2011/12/movies_made_in_cleveland_and_o.html

Cleveland in the Washington Post as well...very University Circle centered (I approve): http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/winter-sports-in-cleveland-where-to-go-what-to-do-where-to-stay-where-to-eat/2011/12/12/gIQAPGUgyO_story.html

Here's to regional economy! Timken reaches new contract with steel workers union, clears way for $225 million expansion http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/12/timken_reaches_new_contract_wi.html

VIDEO: http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/220237/3/Part-of-roof-at-Cleveland-casino-parking-garage-collapses It looks like 1/4 of the garage that collapsed as well can see from the aerial.

This is right outside to what I would consider Tremont or Ohio City, so I'll put it here. Very cool story: An elementary school is making a garden out of an eyesore http://www.wksu.org/news/story/30193

Man, I always cringe when I read the commend "only in Cleveland!" ....Yes, a parking structure has a one floor collapse during construction...that can only possibly be Cleveland.. I often wonder if this people have ever been outside of Cuyahoga County (or Medina county??)

Cleveland received a blurb as a must visit Christmas city: http://www.sheknows.com/living/articles/848525/christmas-vacation IMO, this really isn't marketed enough: - Christmas Story House and Museum - Snow Days @ Progressive Field - University Circle (Rink at Wade Oval, Botanical Garden's Winterfest, etc) - Christmas Ale and Great Lakes Brewery - Playhouse Square dozens and dozens of Holiday shows - Cleveland Orchestra Holiday concerts

Another unique donation I seemed to have missed before: World War II aviator and nurse Dorothy Ebersbach gives CWRU $2 million for flight nurse program Published: Thursday, December 08, 2011, 6:26 AM Updated: Thursday, December 08, 2011, 9:07 AM Karen Farkas, The Plain Dealer By Karen Farkas, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An aviator who served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II, then spent her career as a nurse, has donated $2 million to a Case Western Reserve University program that encompasses both of her passions -- flight nursing. The Dorothy Ebersbach Academic Center for Flight Nursing will be established at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, where Ebersbach earned a nursing degree in 1954. She died last month at 96. The center will expand the Advanced Practice Flight Nurse Program's mission of training graduate-level nursing students to provide on-site care during emergencies and transport to medical facilities. She worked for her father's construction company in Tampa, Fla., a job that required her to learn how to fly an airplane. She earned a commercial pilot's license at the University of Tampa. After the United States entered World War II, she applied to and was selected to be a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/12/case_western_reserve_universit_30.html

Impressive to see Case Western Reserve continuing to rise on these lists: #2 in the Midwest for earning potential of its alumni: http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/midwestern-colleges.asp

^ Much thanks. I updated the lists.

Here's my quick attempt on the UO formatting: University Circle thread breakdown: Construction project threads located within University Circle: Cleveland: MOCA Cleveland: Uptown (UARD) in University Circle Cleveland: Cultural Gardens and Doan Brook Renovations Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art Expansion / Renovation Cleveland: Little Italy Developments Cleveland: Cleveland Institute of Art Expansion Cleveland: Cleveland Clinic Developments (University Circle) Cleveland: University Hospitals Expansion (University Circle) Cleveland: VA Hospital Expansion Cleveland: Natural History Museum Renovation University Circle in Transportation threads: Cleveland: HealthLine/Euclid Corridor CLE Rapid rail construction projects (not service issues) University Circle in Completed or Abandoned Projects: Cleveland: CWRU West Quad Project Cleveland: University Circle East Plaza Cleveland: Park Lane Villa Cleveland: Cleveland Institue of Music Expansion Projects not associated with other threads: University Circle Courtyard Marriott Hotel -- $27 million http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/developers_lined_up_to_build_1.html WXZ Hazel 8 Apartments -- $10.5 million http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/03/councilman_clears_path_for_uni.html Cozad-Bates House Restoration (circa 1853) -- $1-3 million http://universitycircle.org/annual2010/2010-UCI-AR.pdf Advanced Energy Facility: -- $270 million http://development.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_development/en-US/CuyahogaCountyCORFNotice_1.pdf Case Western Reserve Student Center -- $50 million http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2011/10/architect_ralph_johnsons_new_t.html Cleveland School of the Arts -- $30 million http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2011/11042011/image/CSA.pdf Pedestrian Bridge (University Circle) -- $7.5 million http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2011/06/a_trio_of_pedestrian_bridges_p.html Western Reserve Historical Society Crawford Auto Museum renovations (University Circle) -- $2.8 million http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/08/western_reserve_historical_soc_5.html Western Reserve Historical Society Euclid Beach Carousel installation and restoration -- $2 million http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/07/the_euclid_beach_carousel_what.html Temple-Tifereth Israel Renovations into CWRU Performing Arts Center -- $25.6 million http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/03/the_maltz_family_foundation_do.html Abington Arms Apartments "Green Retrofit" -- $2.6 million http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/states/ohio/news/HUDNo.2010-10-05 Case Western Reserve University ThinkBox -- $10 million http://intecsky.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/think-box-2-pg-l-083010-1.pdf New Circle Vistas -- $6 million http://login.npwebsiteservices.com/mil/NCVSite.asp Case Western Reserve Field House -- $5-$10 million http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/06/07/wyantfieldhouse Cleveland Natural History Museum Expansion -- $30-50 million http://www.cleveland.com/science/index.ssf/2010/07/gates_takes_helm_at_cleveland.html Circle Gateway Center http://www.universitycircle.org/uci/development/strategic-investment-sites East End Development http://www.universitycircle.org/uci/development/strategic-investment-sites Stokes Corridor http://www.universitycircle.org/uci/development/strategic-investment-sites

Here's my breakdown of projects from 2007-2012: BLUE = project has own thread GREEN = project is being discussed in other threads as well UNIVERSITY CIRCLE, CLEVELAND Under Construction (TOTAL $1.036 Billion): Museum of Contemporary Art -- $27 million http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/11/moca_cleveland_board_approves.html Uptown Phase I Apartments and Retail -- $44.5 million http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/developer_mrn_ltd_to_break_gro.html VA Medical Center Expansion -- $526 million http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20100604/FREE/100609883 Cleveland Clinic Reference Laboratory -- $75 million http://www.medcitynews.com/2010/07/cleveland-clinic-breaks-ground-for-75m-reference-laboratory/ Cleveland Museum of Art Expansion and Renovation -- $258 million http://blog.cleveland.com/top_entertainment/2007/08/taking_a_hardhat_tour_of_the_c.html University Circle Courtyard Marriott Hotel -- $27 million http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/developers_lined_up_to_build_1.html WXZ Hazel 8 Apartments -- $10.5 million http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/03/councilman_clears_path_for_uni.html Cleveland Institute of Art Expansion -- $65 million http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2009/03/the_cleveland_institute_of_art.html Cozad-Bates House Restoration (circa 1853) -- $1-3 million http://universitycircle.org/annual2010/2010-UCI-AR.pdf Planning Stages ($439.7 Million): Advanced Energy Facility: -- $270 million http://development.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_development/en-US/CuyahogaCountyCORFNotice_1.pdf Case Western Reserve Student Center -- $50 million http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2011/10/architect_ralph_johnsons_new_t.html Cleveland School of the Arts -- $30 million http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2011/11042011/image/CSA.pdf Pedestrian Bridge (University Circle) -- $7.5 million http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2011/06/a_trio_of_pedestrian_bridges_p.html Western Reserve Historical Society Crawford Auto Museum renovations (University Circle) -- $2.8 million http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/08/western_reserve_historical_soc_5.html Western Reserve Historical Society Euclid Beach Carousel installation and restoration -- $2 million http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/07/the_euclid_beach_carousel_what.html Temple-Tifereth Israel Renovations into CWRU Performing Arts Center -- $25.6 million http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/03/the_maltz_family_foundation_do.html Uptown/MOCA Plaza -- $1 million http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/11/uptown_plaza_design_to_be_unve.html Abington Arms Apartments "Green Retrofit" -- $2.6 million http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/states/ohio/news/HUDNo.2010-10-05 Cedar-University Circle Rapid Train Station redesign: $12.5+ million http://blog.cleveland.com/sunpress/2011/05/university_circle_rapid_statio_1.html Mayfield Rd-E.119 Rapid Train Station -- $17.5 million http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/12/post_545.html Case Western Reserve University ThinkBox -- $10 million http://intecsky.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/think-box-2-pg-l-083010-1.pdf African American Cultural Garden in Rockefeller Park -- $2 million http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/plans-for-african-american-cultural-garden-unveiled-at-cleveland-city-hall New Circle Vistas -- $6 million http://login.npwebsiteservices.com/mil/NCVSite.asp Recently Completed ($1.226 Billion): Tudor Arms (Circa 1931) Restoration into Double Tree Hotel -- $22 million COMPLETED 2011 http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/08/tudor_arms_renovation_is_bring.html WXZ Circle 118 University Circle Townhomes -- $8 million COMPLETED 2011 http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/03/circle_118_townhouses_by_wxz_d.html 27 Coltman Little Italy Townhomes -- $11 million COMPLETED 2011 http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/02/luxury_townhouses_in_cleveland.html University Hospitals Seidman (Ireland) Cancer Center -- $250 million COMPLETED 2011 http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2010/02/new_university_hospitals_cance.html University Hospitals Parking Garage -- $30 million COMPLETED 2011 http://media.cleveland.com/pdgraphics_impact/photo/14fguhnetworkjpg-9522855e3d84a04c.jpg University Hospitals Center for Emergency Medicine -- $41 million COMPLETED 2011 http://media.cleveland.com/pdgraphics_impact/photo/14fguhnetworkjpg-9522855e3d84a04c.jpg Hawken High School renovations and extension campus -- $6.6 million COMPLETED 2011 http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/08/hawken_school_to_open_new_lear.html Cleveland Natural History Museum SmartHouse -- $500K COMPLETED 2011 http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2011/06/cleveland_museum_of_natural_hi_2.html Case Western Reserve Wind Turbine -- $6 million COMPLETED 2010 http://www.cwruobserver.com/home/news/2010/12/03/News/Nations.First.ResearchOriented.Wind.Turbine.Constructed.Near.Veale-3964332.shtml Commodore Place Renovations -- $9 million COMPLETED 2010 http://www.universitycircle.org/uci.aspx?page=87 University Hospital QEA Neonatal Intensive Care Unit -- $27 million COMPLETED 2009 http://media.cleveland.com/pdgraphics_impact/photo/14fguhnetworkjpg-9522855e3d84a04c.jpg University Circle East Plaza -- $400K COMPLETED 2009 http://www.cmgsite.com/projects/all/university-circle-plaza/ Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center -- $11.3 million COMPLETED 2009 http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/01/hearing_speech_center_designed.html Cleveland Clinic Heart Center -- $500 million COMPLETED 2008 http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/newheartcenter.aspx Park Lane Villa Apartments Renovations (circa 1920) -- $21 million COMPLETED 2008 http://www.parklanevilla.com/ Euclid Corridor Bus-Rapid Transit Line connecting Downtown to University Circle -- $197 million COMPLETED 2008 http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/11/clevelands_euclid_corridor_pro.html Montessori High School renovations and creation -- $6 million COMPLETED 2008 http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/06/new_high_school_in_university.html Case Western Reserve Alumni House -- $2.5 million COMPLETED 2007 http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2007/10/01/dedication John Hay High School (circa 1929) restorations -- $37 million COMPLETED 2007 http://www.cleveland.com/education/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/isedu/1230543009185070.xml&coll=2 Cleveland Institute of Music -- Mixon Hall Expansion -- $40 million COMPLETED 2007 http://www.akustiks.com/project/cleveland-institute-of-music-expansion/ Proposed ($200-$500 Million): Case Western Reserve Field House -- $5-$10 million http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/06/07/wyantfieldhouse Cleveland Natural History Museum Expansion -- $30-50 million http://www.cleveland.com/science/index.ssf/2010/07/gates_takes_helm_at_cleveland.html Lot 45 -- $30-$100 million http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/11/university_circle_stretches_it.html Uptown Phase II (Ford and Euclid) Uptown Hotel TBA E.119th three-story Office Building http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/08/developers_settle_dispute_over.html Case Western Reserve West Quad -- $50 million http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/news/13032/ Circle Gateway Center http://www.universitycircle.org/uci/development/strategic-investment-sites East End Development http://www.universitycircle.org/uci/development/strategic-investment-sites Stokes Corridor http://www.universitycircle.org/uci/development/strategic-investment-sites

lol...too much construction in UC! I'll try and post an update today of everything that is happening in this square mile. The residential you are referring to is known as Hazel8...and yes, it is currently under construction: http://www.hazel8.com/ (as is their website apparently)

No big deal....just another new multi-million dollar project in UC underway. :roll: Groundwork begins for Courtyard by Marriott at University Circle By STAN BULLARD 12:05 pm, December 15, 2011 Workers this week started stripping asphalt from a parking lot near the southeast corner of Euclid Avenue and Cornell Road to launch construction of a $27 million Courtyard by Marriott hotel in University Circle. Building the 153-room hotel caps a quest that University Circle Inc. and University Hospitals began in the summer of 2008 to add a hotel to the city's cultural, medical and entertainment district. The project is a joint venture by Snavely Group of Chagrin Falls and Concord Hospitality Enterprises Inc. of Raleigh, N.C. Snavely will construct the property and Concord will manage it. Funds from six sources were used to assemble the $27 million financing package to build the hotel, said Pete Snavely, president of the family-owned development and construction firm. The project incorporates Cleveland and Cuyahoga County loans, funds raised through federal new market tax credits and construction union pension funds. The eight-story hotel is expected to open late next year, said Mr. Snavely, who estimates nearly 150 workers will be on the project site at its busiest in late summer. http://crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20111215%2FFREE%2F111219899

The MOCA is now completely cladded on the 7 sides to what we assume is the first layer. The only part uncovered is the last section that we presume will be glass.

More Rustbelt love...this time from Buffalo: Returning Cars to Main Street and the Cleveland BRT http://www.buffalorising.com/2011/12/returning-cars-to-main-street-and-the-cleveland-brt.html

Business owners aim to make Cleveland a destination city Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2011 10:54 am | Updated: 10:59 am, Thu Dec 15, 2011. Five speakers and more than 120 attendees gathered at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland building last month for a presentation on transforming the Greater Cleveland area through community economic development. Baiju Shah, president and CEO of BioEnterprise, mediated the discussion. Erica Dyson, strategic development director at Bridge to the Future, Ari Maron, partner at MRN limited partnership, Larry Miller, president of Global Cleveland, and Joel Ratner, CEO of Neighborhood Progress, Inc. rounded out the rest of the panel. http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local/article_620d635c-2735-11e1-aaa8-0019bb2963f4.html

Lol I actually mentioned it to Cle Clothing Co and they said they would be selling it. EDIT: I think many of my Christmas gifts with year with be Harvey Pekar's "History of Cleveland" and this book.

City officials vow to press on with shoreway project despite ODOT obstructionism Thursday, December 08, 2011 When Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) officials recently asked business leaders from across the state to rank their region's planned infrastructure projects by importance, the Greater Cleveland Partnership ranked the West Shoreway project as the number one priority for Northeast Ohio. For City of Cleveland Planning Director Bob Brown, that's one more reason why ODOT's numbers don't add up. The state agency gave the city 0 out of 10 points in the "economic development" category on its recent application for $28 million in additional funding to complete Phase II of the project. "States all across the country are beginning to think differently, and they're realizing that projects like this can actually improve their economic competitiveness," Brown said at a recent community meeting to discuss the project. The 10-year-old plan would transform the underutilized, 50s-style freeway into a landscaped boulevard with bicycle and pedestrian pathways. It would also offer residents and visitors improved access to Lake Erie. http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/westshorewayproject120811.aspx

Cleveland backers of West Shoreway boulevard plan head to Columbus (video) Published: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 10:25 AM Updated: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 11:32 AM Plain Dealer staff By Plain Dealer staff CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A contingent of Clevelanders boarded buses before dawn today to travel to Columbus in the hopes of convincing the Ohio Department of Transportation that plans to convert the West Shoreway to a boulevard should go forward. City leaders circulated petitions and organized the trip after ODOT staffers indicated it would be unlikely that the agency would free up the $28.2 million needed for the second phase of the project. The group was headed to a mid-morning meeting of an advisory body to ODOT that will issue a draft list of highway projects, by phases, to receive a chunk of $100 million over the next four years. The list will be finalized in March. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/12/backers_of_west_shoreway_boule.html

So sad for St. Stanislaus...this may be the end of Polish Mass in Cleveland as we know it. This beautiful cathedral is the last lifeblood of the remaining Polish community.... Franciscans leaving Cleveland's Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus after century of service Published: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 6:00 AM By Michael O'Malley, The Plain Dealer The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- After 105 years of service, the Franciscan order of priests is leaving the Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus, a historically Polish parish in Cleveland's Slavic Village neighborhood. "Our numbers are diminishing and we're aging," said the Rev. Michael Surufka, 53, pastor of the parish for the last nine years. "The bottom line is we just don't have the men." The Assumption Province of the Franciscan order, based in Wisconsin, is transferring Surufka to Chicago where he will serve as a director of vocations, recruiting men to the priesthood. Four friars -- three priests and a brother -- will continue running St. Stanislaus until July, at which time the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland will take over. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/12/franciscans_leaving_st_stanisl.html

Detroit looking to Cleveland for BRT example: Cleveland sets example with successful bus line http://www.freep.com/article/20111215/BUSINESS06/112150517/Cleveland-sets-example-with-successful-bus-line Light rail backers to battle on http://www.detnews.com/article/20111215/METRO/112150423/-1/mobile/Light-rail-backers-battle-on

wait...the price tag is now $17.5 million (up from $9 million in 2010)? Why the major jump? What major design feature changed?? And i have the same question as KJP...where will the other $5 million come from? Side note: updated the wiki page! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid_%E2%80%93_East_120th_%28RTA_Rapid_Transit_station%29

Anyone know this guy? The video is filmed in some very familiar parts of Cleveland: