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If so why would they purpose build this in direct competition with the WFL? I think this is a bad investment. I see this complimenting the Waterfront line, since it would be connected in the the Flats East Bank stop. Plus it actually connects the west bank to the east bank...and in an iconic way. In Vancouver, BC the SeaBus is part of the all-day pass of the transportation system, which connects Vancouver to North Vancouver across the bay. Not saying I'd want this to be part of RTA, but if government transportation funds end up being used, why not, for example, give a 50% discount for a SkyLift ticket for any RTA pass holding members?

There's also a Facebook page, which I presume will have the best real time updates on things: https://www.facebook.com/clevelandskylift

grrrrr... http://imgick.cleveland.com/home/cleve-media/width620/img/darcy/photo/13223624-mmmain.jpg

BTW, there are a number of videos: Here's the proposed route from an aerial view: Here's the promotional video: Map of the routes:

I'm E12 commenter on cleveland.bomb. I just posted this...thoughts? After thinking a little more about this, I wonder if having station specific corporate sponsorship would help buffer at least the operating costs...almost like an "adopt-a-highway" For Example: - Cleveland Browns sponsor their lakefront station - Horseshoe Casino sponsors their station - Cleveland Clinic or Philips Healthcare or HIMSS sponsors the Global Center for Health Innovation/Cleveland Convention Center station Other possible sponsors: - Parker Hannifin ("Global leader in motion and control technologies"...even though mostly hydraulics, electro-pneumatics, etc) - NASA (presuming funding!) - Eaton Corp (similar to Parker) - Sherwin-Williams...a color tower! Plus, having each station unique would make the whole system more interesting....for example, the one station that allows for different directions could be the symbolic center...viewing tower/restaurant/bar?

Own thread??/

I *heart* "Michael Simon"!!

At least save the best courtyard in Little Italy!!

d@mn you Perez...

From the Lakefront thread: Agree. That roof looks ridiculous. Why does Pittsburgh get good architecture and we get Waffle House? Whoa, when you put it that way.. Look how much better Pittsburgh got for theirs: http://hofbrauhauspittsburgh.com/

Completely embarrassing...I swear, we're gonna lose the team one day...

FCE partnership! slavic village recovery aims to remake section of city with no public subsidy Thursday, July 25, 2013 Slavic Village Recovery, an ambitious effort to provide an extreme neighborhood makeover to a 530-acre chunk of the east side, has begun the process of purchasing 40 homes that will be rehabbed. Two of these properties already have been put on the market with new mechanicals and other finishes for a mere $60,000, says Marie Kittredge, Executive Director of Slavic Village Development, a partner in the project along with Forest City Enterprises and Safeguard Properties. "The model is: If my kids are 20-somethings buying their first house, what would that first house look like and what would be attractive to them?" explains Kittredge. "We have to build demand by telling the story. We believe our demographic is people who are already familiar with the neighborhood and ready to buy." Slavic Village Recovery's innovative model focuses on renovating a majority of the vacant homes on a multi-block area around Mound Avenue and E. 54th Street, where 20- to 30-percent vacancy rates prevail. The homes are acquired from lenders and rehabbed using a model that includes all major items but does not include reconfiguring floor plans, adding bedrooms or other expensive options. http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/slavicvillagerecovery072513.aspx

More momentum: hemingway development and geis companies open third building of midtown tech park campus Thursday, July 25, 2013 Hemingway Development and Geis Companies have completed the third building of the MidTown Tech Park campus at 6555 Carnegie Avenue. The $9 million project brings the campus to a total of 242,000 square feet of new office space. "When we arrived in MidTown, we wanted to develop one building a year, and we have exceeded that with the opening of this building,” said Fred Geis, a Hemingway principal, in a press release. "With the growth of the MidTown Tech Park campus, we have been able to create a real community where our tenants can interact and grow their businesses." Radio One, a national urban media company with four radio stations in Northeast Ohio, is one of the first new tenants. Regional Vice President Jeffrey Wilson says the developer's experience and the area's redevelopment attracted the firm. http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/midtowntechpark072513.aspx

Whoa, I wonder where this happened..?? Rangers' Scheppers Attacked on Walk in Cleveland Associated Press CLEVELAND July 27, 2013 (AP) The Texas Rangers say pitcher Tanner Scheppers sustained facial bruises after being attacked while walking in downtown Cleveland this week. The Rangers say Scheppers suffered a bruised eye and contusion Thursday night. He was unavailable to pitch in Friday night's 11-8 loss to the Indians in 11 innings. The Rangers say the incident occurred a few blocks from the team's hotel. The club arrived in Cleveland after playing an afternoon game on Thursday in Texas, and Scheppers was getting dinner when the attack occurred. http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/rangers-scheppers-attacked-walk-cleveland-19793212

Ohio leading the way in medals: www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/07/senior_games_celebration_of_at.html

Cleveland the leading target for healthcare investment in Midwest Robert L. Smith, The Plain Dealer July 25, 2013 at 6:00 PM It's shaping up to be another strong year for the healthcare industry in Greater Cleveland, which remains the leading metro area in the Midwest for healthcare investment. Cleveland area life-science companies attracted about $80 million in venture capital in the first six months of 2013, according to the Midwest Healthcare Venture Investment Report, released Wednesday by BioEnterprise. The region's performance slipped noticeably from the first half of 2012, when healthcare investors poured an unprecedented $104 million into Cleveland-area companies. But observers consider last year to be an anomaly and say the 2013 showing helps solidify the region as a national player in healthcare innovation. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/07/clevelands_healthcare_industry_1.html

MRN Ltd for Cleveland Some of their projects include: 1) E.4th St http://www.east4thstreet.com/ 2) Uptown District http://uptowncleveland.com/ 3) Tudor Arms Hotel http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2011/09/tudor_arms_hotel_gleams_after.html 4) Rosetta/Apartments/Holiday Inn Express http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/03/part_of_rosetta_center_office.html 5) W.25th/Ohio City renovations http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20120402/W25THARTICLES/120329812/1236/W25thArticles

^ Tinkham Veale Student Center. http://case.edu/universitycenter/

More news coverage" http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/Clevelands-success-during-National-Senior-Games-could-mean-more-downtown-events http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/07/senior_games_open_in_cleveland.html

Blurb from Key Bank: http://www.rejournals.com/2013/07/11/keybank-tax-credits-help-rejuvenate-clevelands-university-circle-neighborhood/

July 21 -- Opera in the Italian Garden http://blog.culturalgardens.org/index.php/category/italian-garden/

I think the thread got deleted for the Senior Games? Plentyof news and videos -- starts Friday! http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/306245/3/Senior-Games-ready-to-take-over-Cleveland http://www.cleveland.com/national-senior-games/index.ssf/2013/07/monument_for_athletes_of_the_s.html

Emperor's Palace reinvigorates Cleveland's old Chinatown with dim sum delights Special to The Plain Dealer By Beth Segal, on February 18, 2013 at 6:00 AM, updated February 18, 2013 at 8:26 AM Belatedly, Happy Xin Nian! It's now 13 days into the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese lunar calendar, and to celebrate we've been eating at the very new Emperor's Palace in very old Chinatown. For the uninitiated, the area is a two-block strip on Rockwell Ave. in downtown Cleveland. A culinary and cultural attraction since the 1920s, the stretch had deteriorated through the years, reduced to a decrepit relic of a once-bustling street of Cantonese restaurants and merchant associations. By the turn of the 21st Century it was all but gone, a victim of hard times, suburban Chinese take-out joints and a dynamic trending pan-Asiatown neighborhood just a few blocks east. Enter developer Jia Shao Huang, a man with a plan and the means to carry it out. Huang, a Quandong province native with existing properties in China and the U.S., has given the Rockwell Ave. buildings a glamorous facelift and a stunning new restaurant. (There are big plans for other attractions in the future, but that will have to wait.) http://www.cleveland.com/top-restaurants/index.ssf/2013/02/emperors_palace_reinvigorates_clevelands_old_chinatown_neighborhood_with_dim_sum_delights_taste_of_t.html

CJN Jews of Interest: Ari Maron Bending Cleveland to cosmopolitanism CARLO WOLFF CJN Staff Reporter Ari Maron – make that his family’s company – is changing Cleveland, refreshing tired neighborhoods with projects designed to be sustainable, pedestrian, entertaining, tasty and tasteful. The facelift Maron spearheads is far more than skin deep. See it in the East Fourth Street neighborhood in downtown Cleveland, in Uptown at University Circle, at Marketplace in Ohio City. These are destinations, converting Cleveland from a city people can’t wait to escape to one people crave. Maron is the public image of MRN Ltd., a firm best known for transforming East Fourth Street from a block of wig emporia and drug dealers to a magnet for foodies, young professionals hungry for city life, and entertainment fans. His partners are Rick, his father and company founder, and his younger brother, Jori. Whether the new look MRN Ltd. is giving Cleveland will spread beyond its current sites seems largely up to Ari Maron, who personifies the adage that where there’s a will, there’s a way – a collaborative, patient way. http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/community/article_32bba884-6c8a-11e2-93be-001a4bcf887a.html

Immigration reform is critical to Cleveland's economic growth: Baiju Shah and Joy Roller By Plain Dealer guest columnist The Plain Dealer on February 16, 2013 at 9:05 AM, updated February 16, 2013 at 9:14 AM Immigration reform is today's hot topic. It should be. Reforming U.S. immigration policy will boost Northeast Ohio's economy. The economic contributions of immigrants and their offspring are well-documented. Whether low-skilled or highly educated, immigrants create jobs. In a recent study, the Partnership for a New American Economy found that immigrants or their children launched more than 40 percent of the companies listed on the Fortune 500. These include companies like Apple, Google, General Electric and McDonald's. Immigrants also have a high rate of forming small businesses serving local citizens. These large and small companies create opportunities for everyone in a region. http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/02/immigration_reform_is_critical.html