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Much of these repairs will be on Rocky River Reservation property: ODOT announces $3.35 million project to fix eroding slopes in Rocky River, Lakewood, Fairview Park and Cleveland Updated 6:22 AM;Today 6:11 AM By John Benson, special to cleveland.com LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Eroding slopes along the Rocky River are forcing the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to take action underneath I-90, I-480 and Lorain Road in Rocky River, Lakewood, Fairview Park and Cleveland. The estimated $3.35 million project is tentatively scheduled to start in the spring. Because areas of the Rocky River Reservation have been enhanced through the Land & Water Conservation Fund Program, public input is required before the park property can be utilized to perform the slope repairs. “We are asking for comments to be submitted for the project,” Kovacs said. https://www.cleveland.com/community/2019/11/odot-announces-335-million-project-to-fix-eroding-slopes-in-rocky-river-lakewood-fairview-park-and-cleveland.html

Since we're on the next page, here is my question again.

^ Thanks for the response and agreed. Didn't know about the new restaurants. Old Brooklyn continues to fly under people's radar IMO.

Anyone been to or know anything about the Buckland Museum in Old Brooklyn? https://bucklandmuseum.org/buckland-gallery/ Seems like an interesting / quirky addition to the neighborhood. EDIT: I see the last few questions have gone unanswered. Perhaps this isn’t the best place to post this...

Follow up: Japanese rapper Ryo Muranaka leaves everything to come to Cleveland https://observer.case.edu/japanese-rapper-ryo-muranaka-leaves-everything-and-comes-to-cleveland/

New Cleveland music festival ? http://www.wonderstruckfest.com/

Terry Pluto interview: https://www.wksu.org/post/view-pluto-case-western-reserve-football-powerhouse-field-and-classroom#stream/0

Case Western Reserve in the NCAA DIII playoffs tomorrow. From Terry Pluto of the Cleveland Plain Dealer: Case Western Reserve football: Winning is big a relief from tests and labs for playoff-bound Spartans https://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/2019/11/case-western-reserve-football-winning-is-big-a-relief-from-tests-and-labs-for-playoff-bound-spartans.html

Residents of Little Italy were seeing filming on E.123rd. And now at CWRU and Little Italy: Russo brothers film closes roads near Cleveland’s Case Western Reserve University https://www.cleveland19.com/2019/11/19/russo-brothers-film-closes-roads-near-clevelands-case-western-university/

Another article, this time from across the pond: London Stock Exchange opens North-American headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio By Dilara Kucuk - 05/11/2019 London Stock Exchange Group announced that it will open its North American headquarters for the Elite initiative in Cleveland, Ohio. London Stock Exchange Group will start operating its Cleveland headquarters by the start of next year. Cleveland is one of the investment hubs of the United States. It is home to important cultural, educational and financial institutions. Elite initiative will hire an additional 40 employees with an annual payroll of $5 million. https://ukinvestormagazine.co.uk/london-stock-exchange-opens-north-american-headquarters-in-cleveland-ohio/

I’m hearing Southern Tier Brewery, Winking Lizard, City Tap, and the Clevelander we’re all at 100% capacity last night... Prospect Ave takeover by Buffalo, NY... https://mobile.twitter.com/KristenDettbarn/status/1193333790422241282

^lol This tweeter feed is eye opening as well. https://mobile.twitter.com/nickbat/status/1193309105127071745?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1193309105127071745&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorkupstate.com%2Fbuffalo-bills%2F2019%2F11%2Fbills-mafia-takes-over-cleveland-ahead-of-billsbrowns-game-pictures-videos-tweets.html

Hey, we’ll take the influx of tourists! Bills Mafia takes over Cleveland ahead of Bills/Browns game (pictures, videos, tweets) https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/2019/11/bills-mafia-takes-over-cleveland-ahead-of-billsbrowns-game-pictures-videos-tweets.html

Resident rally is 2 pm today: https://radio.wosu.org/post/opponents-plan-saturday-rally-against-proposed-shaker-boulevard-closure#stream/0

I heard coverage from Channel 5 this morning before work. Found the segment: https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/originals/downtown-real-estate-insiders-confident-sherwin-williams-will-stay-near-cleveland Sounds like most of the local TV news Stations and NPR are covering it. Just nothing from the PD / Cleveland.com

For those not too familiar with Akron geography, here is West Hill on the map...which is notably closer to Downtown than Highland Square: ------ First Look: Spotted Owl Bar in Akron’s West Hill Neighborhood Posted By Douglas Trattner on Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 3:39 pm The Spotted Owl just celebrated its fifth anniversary in Tremont, and by the end of the month the cocktail bar will open a second location, this one in the West Hill neighborhood of Akron. Owner Will Hollingsworth has spent the past year converting the old Firehouse No. 3 at 60 S. Maple St. into an attractive, warmly lit watering hole. The turn-of-the-century building, once home to the fire station that now resides across the street, features 16-foot ceilings clad in gorgeous honey-toned wood. Cut-outs for a pair of fireman’s poles, now patched up, can still be seen above. The spacious 3,000-square-foot room will seat 75 guests at the bar, high-tops and a couple of sumptuous velvet booths. “The building has great bones,” says Hollingsworth. “I wanted to keep things simple. The space knows what it wants to be, you just have to listen.” https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2019/10/09/first-look-spotted-owl-bar-in-akrons-west-hill-neighborhood

Cleveland Seeks Developer in Next Stage of Large Downtown Microgrid Project November 4, 2019 By Andrew Burger Ohio’s Cuyahoga County and partners have issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) seeking a developer for what could become a $100 million microgrid district in downtown Cleveland. Working with the City of Cleveland, Cleveland Public Power and the Cleveland Organization, the county seeks responses to the RFQ by November 15. Cleveland’s downtown microgrid district would be of a size and scope and nature seen in few microgrids to date. According to project plans, it would encompass Cleveland’s central business district, a two- to three-square-mile area, bound roughly by Interstate 90 and the Cuyahoga River. https://microgridknowledge.com/cleveland-microgrid-district/

Google streetview: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0930287,-81.5370879,3a,75y,280.09h,85.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szfcuoOMFPSIxm9VxHJxpoQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 LeBron James Family Foundation to renovate Akron apartment building into transitional housing for I Promise School students and families Updated 11:59 AM;Today 11:24 AM By Robin Goist, cleveland.com AKRON, Ohio – The LeBron James Family Foundation has partnered with Graduate Hotels to open transitional housing for families of Akron’s I Promise School. The foundation is set to renovate the historic Westmont apartment building on Rhodes Avenue near West Market Street in Akron’s Highland Square neighborhood – about five blocks from the school – in time for families to move into the “I Promise Village by Graduate Hotels” by July 2020. https://www.cleveland.com/akron/2019/11/lebron-james-family-foundation-to-renovate-akron-apartment-building-into-transitional-housing-for-i-promise-school-students-and-families.html

I'm just bummed it isn't called the "BirdRite" building: Revitalization of Lakewood’s Birdtown district continues with redevelopment of former BiRite building Updated 9:38 AM;Today 9:06 AM By Jordyn Grzelewski, The Plain Dealer LAKEWOOD, Ohio — A new plan to redevelop the former BiRite building on Madison Avenue will be a step forward in what city officials, local business owners and real-estate brokers say is a wave of reinvestment in this city’s historic Birdtown neighborhood. The building at 12501 Madison Ave. recently sold to an investor group tied to local business owner and real-estate developer Jim Miketo. Miketo’s group — called Neighborhood Drummer, after a line in a Bruce Springsteen song — plans to convert the vacant building into apartments and first-floor retail. Miketo’s group envisions between 16 and 20 residential units on top of 9,000 square feet of retail space, though what type of retail is still being determined. The apartments will be market rate, renting at between $1.25 and $1.50 per square foot. The developer plans to add a 1,500-square-foot fitness center, as well as a rooftop deck with views of Lake Erie and downtown Cleveland. https://www.cleveland.com/business/2019/11/revitalization-of-lakewoods-birdtown-district-continues-with-redevelopment-of-former-birite-building.html

Incredible...any chance you'll be able to get a picture from the same vantage point once completed for a jaw-dropping "before and after?"

Current Cleveland city planning codes would never allow for this to happen. We're going to continue to get set backs, parking spacing, and single use. Cleveland would need to adopt similar zoning codes as a Portland or Seattle. But to police myself for getting off topic, this can be discussed further here: ? :

Too bad Historic Aerials (https://www.historicaerials.com/viewer) doesn't have google streetview...but agreed (Hough circa 1952):

Final home game of the season this Saturday, 11/2, in University Circle: #21/17 Spartans Aim to Clinch Share of PAC Title during ‘Senior Day’ Saturday against Bethany Game #8 – #21/17 CWRU (7-0, 6-0 PAC) vs. Bethany College (3-4, 3-3 PAC) Saturday, November 2, 2019 · 2:00 PM · Cleveland, Ohio (DiSanto Field) https://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2019-20/releases/20191029lj20on

Parker Hannifin completes $3.675 billion acquisition of LORD Corp. SCOTT SUTTELL October 29, 2019 12:06 PM Parker Hannifin Corp. (NYSE: PH) has completed another of its large takeovers announced this year. Mayfield Heights-based Parker, a maker of motion and control technologies, said in a news release issued Tuesday, Oct. 29, that it has finalized its $3.675 billion acquisition of LORD Corp., which makes advanced adhesives and coatings, as well as vibration and motion control technologies. The addition of Cary, N.C.-based LORD, which was announced in April, "creates a combined organization with strong materials science capabilities, electrification and aerospace product offerings that are highly complementary," Parker said in the release. LORD, founded in 1924, makes products that are used in the aerospace, automotive and industrial markets. Its annual sales are about $1.1 billion. LORD has 3,100 employees at 17 manufacturing and 15 research and development operations worldwide. https://www.crainscleveland.com/manufacturing/parker-hannifin-completes-3675-billion-acquisition-lord-corp

@Oldmanladyluck Thanks for creating this Hough thread! Long overdue. incredible what's happening in the area... scary to think we lose some more old Cleveland architecture (even more ironic that they survived the Hough riots).