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^Sorry guys, that was tongue-in-cheek...I should have done a winky face or some other different emoji. And the west side "finally" getting something was a joke too. Relatedly, you can see the demolished building by going back in time from the Google Streetview link.

Finally some west side TOD ? Google Streetview: https://www.google.com/maps/place/10031+Detroit+Ave,+Cleveland,+OH+44102/@41.4797893,-81.7538502,3a,75y,189.35h,88.56t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sXbJ9BS_jkDi21BN9KIgTIQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DXbJ9BS_jkDi21BN9KIgTIQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.gws-prod.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D86%26h%3D86%26yaw%3D200.3929%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x8830f1c3d47c3d4d:0xe99db29516cfe036!8m2!3d41.4796057!4d-81.7539453 The Palazzo realizes chef-owner’s dream on Cleveland’s West Side Today 6:00 AM By Marc Bona, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio - Years ago, not long after Rafael Zaloshnja had emigrated to the United States, he would pass by an intriguing, vacant building on his way to work. "I was always in love with this building. When I came to America I worked at Heck's and I'm taking the bus, and all the time I would say 'What's going on with this building, why is it closed?' " The building, at 10031 Detroit Avenue just west of West Boulevard, had been closed since 1997 until Zaloshnja opened it June 1, said Giuseppe O'Connell, a veteran restaurant worker, server and de facto manager. In an earlier incarnation, The Palazzo was Palmina's Restaurant, which stood for decades. That restaurant opened in 1947 across the street from the current location before it moved in 1954. The city had appropriated its location for the West Side Rapid Transit. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/10/the-palazzo-realizes-chef-owners-dream-on-clevelands-west-side.html

Very cool...and in Cleveland: Rock Hall Ceremony to air live on HBO for first time in 2020 Updated 7:57 AM; Today 7:19 AM CLEVELAND, Ohio – It hasn’t even been a week since John Sykes was announced as the next Chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and he’s already dropping bombs about next year’s Induction Ceremony in Cleveland. It was announced earlier this week that Sykes, who is President of Entertainment Enterprises for iHeartMedia, will replace Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner as chairman of the New York-based institution, which handles the inductions, effective Jan. 1. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Sykes revealed that next year’s ceremony will air live on HBO for the first time ever. The Rock Hall has yet to announce a date or venue for next year’s ceremony. Though, April and Public Auditorium are usually safe bets, respectively. Thus, Cleveland would play host to the first live broadcast of the Rock Hall Inductions, putting a global audience’s eyes on the city in real time. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/09/rock-hall-ceremony-to-air-live-on-tv-for-first-time-in-2020.html

Get ready everyone 'The Bachelor' is Filming an Upcoming Episode in Cleveland Next Month Posted By Laura Morrison on Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 3:28 pm The upcoming season of The Bachelor is filming in Cleveland next month, the reality show insider blog Reality Steve reported. Slated to be the fourth episode of the season, the Cleveland taping apparently is set to include the Browns, (we're imagining Baker Mayfield tossing a football around with some of the contestants), and most likely some choice city locales. https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2019/09/25/the-bachelor-is-filming-an-upcoming-episode-in-cleveland-next-month

Playhouse Square lost one of its saviors this week. Generations of Clevelanders will always be forever in her debt ... what a woman: Lainie Hadden, 88, bubbly and persuasive civic crusader, died Friday Updated 4:55 PM; Today 4:39 PM By Grant Segall, The Plain Dealer Cleveland, Ohio - Bubbly, witty and determined, Elaine “Lainie” Grasselli Hadden championed Playhouse Square and many other Cleveland causes. Hadden attended the Cleveland Orchestra on Sept. 19 and died the next day at University Hospitals. She was 88. A slim woman with a regal crown of hair, Hadden was best known for leading the drive that turned a clutch of decrepit 1920s theaters into Playhouse Square, the nation’s biggest complex of stages outside New York. In 1972, as president of the Junior League, she raised $25,000 to help a driven Ray Shepardson save the Euclid Avenue theaters from the wrecking ball. She also deployed an army of women and children to scrape scrub and restore the theaters. She once called them “the Augean stables of Cleveland,” alluding to squalid sites of myth. https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2019/09/lainie-hadden-88-bubbly-and-persuasive-civic-crusader-died-friday.html

I find it interesting the RTA problems showed up on a Yahoo news feed: RTA riders sound off on social media about delays after Browns game https://news.yahoo.com/rta-riders-sound-off-social-030911296.html

‘RTA let its customers down’: Packed trains come to standstill after Browns game POSTED 3:48 PM, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019, BY MATT WRIGHT, UPDATED AT 05:34PM, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 CLEVELAND – Browns fans who took RTA rapid transit trains home from Sunday night’s game faced major delays, with some Waterfront Line trains stopping on the tracks after losing power, and now, RTA is apologizing. Passengers said some train cars lost power just west of the West 3rd Street station following the game. “It was jam packed, shoulder to shoulder, a lot of people were drunk,” said passenger Nick Szabados, who said he boarded at the North Coast Station. “Finally started taking off, and the tram just shuts off. The lights shut off, the air conditioning cuts out, and it stops moving.” He said passengers on his train were kept on board with no air conditioning and little communication from RTA for about an hour. “It's already humid as-is, it's getting hotter and hotter, and people are freaking out,” Szabados said, noting another passenger forced open train doors to create airflow. https://fox8.com/2019/09/23/people-are-freaking-out-packed-rta-trains-come-to-standstill-after-browns-game/ Browns fans were trapped on RTA trains hours after the game Sunday night RTA response: “RTA let its customers down." By Dan DeRoos | September 23, 2019 at 4:26 PM EDT - Updated September 23 at 9:11 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) -As if watching the Cleveland Browns come up short wasn’t bad enough, some fans had a nightmare RTA Rapid ride as icing on the cake. https://www.cleveland19.com/2019/09/23/browns-fans-were-trapped-rta-trains-hours-after-game-sunday-night/

Drink up everyone! Pepsi is turning orange! ‘Believeland Pepsi’ to be available at tailgate party in CLE Sunday POSTED 11:28 AM, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019, BY DARCIE LORENO, UPDATED AT 11:29AM, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 Pepsi is turning orange to celebrate the return of Sunday Night Football to Cleveland after 11 years. The Browns will take on the Rams at FirstEnergy Stadium Sunday night. According to a press release, Pepsi will only produce 1,100 bottles of “Believeland” custom orange-colored cola, 100 for every year Cleveland has had to wait for Sunday Night Football to return. The Pepsi will be available at a tailgate party, which will be free for all fans, on Sept. 22. https://fox8.com/2019/09/17/pepsi-is-turning-orange-believeland-pepsi-to-be-available-at-tailgate-party-in-cle-sunday/

Along Detriot Ave on the main drag of Rocky River: Char Whiskey Bar + Grille coming to Rocky River Today 6:30 AM By Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com ROCKY RIVER, Ohio -- A new restaurant concept will take over the former Sweet Melissa space, 19337 Detroit Road, in downtown Rocky River. Char Whiskey Bar + Grille, owned by Julie Mesenburg and Gabe Zeller, should open its doors to the public this fall, Zeller said. Char will specialize in locally sourced meats and fresh burgers, mac and cheese and more. The bar will serve up over 100 types of whiskey. Some vegan and vegetarian options will be available to order too, according to Zeller. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/09/char-whiskey-bar-grille-coming-to-rocky-river.html --------- Relatedly, Rocky River has 3-4 parcels along Detroit Ave all for sale in close proximity to each other. This could make for some interesting infill opportunities... Google streetview: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4808938,-81.8375359,3a,75y,57.39h,91.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAFCUdw3mAV3KGp6apjP-dw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Lumen sighting from atop the Beacon:

Some love for JCU: How a small Division 3 college in Ohio helped fuel the Patriots dynasty By Ben Volin Globe Staff,September 1, 2019, 11:28 a.m. https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/patriots/2019/09/01/how-small-division-college-ohio-helped-fuel-patriots-dynasty/cCBgmkXTKCbD6p0efTns5I/story.html

Three interesting quotes 1) The Geis team researched condo development in Cincinnati and Columbus, where they found that developers were scrambling to keep up with demand, Geis said. 2) Historically, developing condo projects downtown has been difficult to finance. Geis said the company plans to self-finance the project. Once the deal closes, Geis expects construction to start immediately and last nine to 10 months. That's fantastic news the funds would be in place ready to go. We don't get to hear that all too often.

The last time Cincinnati beat Ohio State... https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2019/09/what-was-america-like-the-last-time-cincinnati-beat-ohio-state-buckeye-breakfast.html

Not sure if I had seen this before, but I found what used to sit in location of the present-day Lumen: SOURCE: https://www.hippostcard.com/listing/unused-pre-1980-street-scene-cleveland-ohio-oh-hp1836/22006640

How Cleveland became center of Content Marketing World Today 5:00 AM By Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Content marketing reimagines the relationship between companies and their customers. And each September, Cleveland becomes the center of the booming industry — an orange-hued hub of learning, networking and fun — during Content Marketing World, the largest recurring business-to-business event in Cleveland. The 9th annual conference, Sept. 3-6 at Cleveland’s Huntington Convention Center, is expected to generate about $3 million in economic impact, with attendees from at least 49 countries. Top national brands like Marriott, Microsoft, Dell and Walmart send talent. Big names like Tina Fey, William Shatner and, this year, Mindy Kaling give the keynote. https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2019/08/how-cleveland-became-center-of-content-marketing-world.html

^ The project is scheduled to be completed next fall. Oh wow, that’s pretty quick. Great news!

A feel good story on Puerto Rican nurses getting a second chance in Cleveland: Nurses displaced by Hurricane Maria get chance to work in Cleveland Posted: 10:53 PM, Aug 16, 2019 CLEVELAND — It's been two years since hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. Since then, Northeast Ohio has been a popular destination. Among those seeking refuge here, many are professionals, including nurses. An emotional ceremony was held Friday night as a handful of nurses who survived the storm got a second chance to take care of others in a community they now call home. The first round of 17 graduates are already in high demand. "Every hospital in Ohio has told me we have a need for Hispanic nurses because there's not enough of them," Vargas said. https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/nurses-displaced-by-hurricane-maria-get-chance-to-work-in-cleveland

Cleveland.com as giving the area some coverage...I'm curious the approx # of new residents after Hurricane Katrina has populated the area? FreshWater Cleveland’s La Villa Hispana ‘On the Ground’ series: Nutrition, public safety, education, more Today 4:15 AM By Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio -- FreshWater Cleveland closes its “On The Ground” reporting series in La Villa Hispana this week. Cleveland.com has helped to amplify the coverage. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/08/freshwater-clevelands-la-villa-hispana-on-the-ground-series-nutrition-public-safety-education-more.html

Barrel-aged beers coming to the southside of Case Western Reserve campus: Jolly Scholar not coming to Richfield; plans barrel-aging site at Case Western By Rick Armon Beacon Journal/Ohio.com @ArmonRickABJ Posted Aug 12, 2019 at 12:48 PM The Jolly Scholar Brewing Co. isn’t coming to Richfield, after all. But owner Matt Vann said Monday that the community won’t grant a zoning variance to allow the brewery. He said he withdrew his application for a state brewing permit about a month ago. Meanwhile, the Jolly Scholar is taking over The Rough Riders Room in Carlton Commons on the Case Western campus and will turn it into a barrel-aging facility. The small restaurant will open soon, but it will be awhile for the permitting to be approved related to beer-making, he said. https://www.ohio.com/news/20190812/jolly-scholar-not-coming-to-richfield-plans-barrel-aging-site-at-case-western

Cool metrics. Good find. Two biggest standouts: - Steady increase of students from China - Steady decrease of students from Ohio Also interesting to see the steady uptick of students from California and Illinois (presumably from Chicagoland).

The acceptance rate for Case Western Reserve is now down to a head-spinning 27%. And even more geographically diverse... most notably, only 18% are from Ohio..! By the numbers: Meet the Class of 2023 AUGUST 20, 2019 Cars have been unloaded. New roommates have spent their first nights in their new home. Parents have bid farewell. The class photo on DiSanto Field has been captured. And with that, we welcome the Case Western Reserve University Class of 2023. The new students were chosen from 28,987 applications, resulting in an acceptance rate of 27%—marking the most selective admissions year in the university’s history. Members of the Class of 2023 represent 46 states in addition to Guam, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., and 24 countries. They hail from the following areas: Middle Atlantic: 25% Ohio: 18% West and southwest: 14% Outside the U.S.: 13% Midwest: 12% South: 10% New England: 6% https://thedaily.case.edu/by-the-numbers-meet-the-class-of-2023/

Amazing stuff. Cool to see transplants making an immediate difference. Thanks for sharing.