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Are these dates right? This photo is March 31 and it opened in July? That must have been some crazy progress!

Thank god. I hope they get rid of all of them. If I want a part time job, I'll apply thanks. And I certainly don't want to wait in line behind a bunch of amateur cashiers.

Does anyone know how many people the City of Cleveland employed in 1950, at the peak of it's population? I'm glad Jackson is trying to improve services, but they also need to work on improving efficiency at the same time.

They will list the big ticket items online, but you can't inventory an entire house. I few years back I was at one and they had a sign next to a pile of paper bags--$2.50 per bag for anything in the basement. After rummaging around, I found some 60's era die-cast toy cars, still in their original packaging (never opened as far as I can tell). I bagged them all up, paid $5 for the bags, and went home to find out they are worth in the range of $75-100 per car, and probably more since these are unopened. So you can still get lucky once in a while.

I find that estate sales are sometimes still a place to find treasures. It often seems the family have the big-ticket items priced correctly, but overlook some gems in the basement, etc.

^^Would be a great spot for the new Cosgrove-led AmazonBerkshireMorgan Healthcare..... 8)

Especially when they should be working on the looming government shutdown...

I'm not sure if the "vibe" is more suburban, but the housing stock has certainly been better-maintained than other areas of the city.

Whoever runs Burke should lobby Ultimate Air Shuttle to expand service to other cities. Not that its reach will ever be that broad, but they go to Chicago, New York, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Cleveland from Cincinnati. I imagine there is similar demand for service to those locations in Cleveland, and the 'door to door' service is so convenient and easy. My parents almost exclusively use UAS to visit my sister in Cleveland these days. It makes a little weekend trip actually make sense, since you don't need to devote 9 hours to sitting in a car through cornfields and Cbus. I believe they are Cincinnati based, but a good pitch by Cleveland wouldn't hurt. I can say having flown LUK-BKL that the terminal/facilities are WAY nicer at Burke than Lunken.

You and Mike Pence :)

Burke handles between 40-50,000 flights a year. I couldn't find any financials newer than 2015, but have at it: http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/sites/default/files/forms_publications/2015airport.pdf?id=8931

I agree 100% in the push for Burke as an asset. As mentioned in many threads on these forums, the City of Cleveland is anything but proactive when it comes to these kinds of economic development activities. There is massive space along the marginal to offer to developers for aviation-related businesses--yet they sit empty, along with Aviation High School (which I believe is used for storage now). Even little Cuyahoga County airport has more related business attached to it.... Burke is an asset that most cities our size (and larger) do not have. Why we aren't exploiting it is beyond me....

Reminds me of a favorite Family Guy bit....

I know The Spiders have historical value, but I don't connect them with Cleveland. How about a nod to our nautical ties: The Cleveland Steamers? ;D ;) ;D ;)

TSA to exit is ridiculous--almost as bad as a bus. You are correct--normally you'd have to clear TSA after customs. The only exceptions are those countries with FCIS units abroad (Canada and Ireland), where you clear immigration and customs before boarding the flight to the US.

I don't have The Twitter. Can someone tweet him a link to our forum?

Which is why an outlet mall, if it's going to be retail, makes the most sense. With parking subsidized by the casino phase 2, it would certainly boost the destination status. Foxwoods is another that I've been to in the metro NYC area that comes to mind: https://www.tangeroutlet.com/foxwoods/stores

This is the plan I was referring to. Put Horizon Group Properties in a room with Dan Gilbert and let them figure this thing out for Tower City, not on the Lakefront....

^^Yes yes! This! Maybe the small-version of IKEA could be lured to this site as well?

Once again, this is where our hapless leader Frank Jackson, council and Dan Gilbert should put their heads together and think outside the box. There is a developer with interest in a downtown outlet mall. If you go down to Ohio Station Outlets in Lodi, I guarantee you 9/10 patrons are also casino fans. So why not partner with the outlet mall developer to revamp Tower City, and start on Phase 2 of the casino? Included can be a massive parking structure capable of providing free/cheap/validated parking for the masses. Maybe even a scale model train to transport the casino folks through the parking ramp to the outlet mall and casino. Its a nod to the train station heritage, as well as utilitarian, by transporting sedentary casino dwellers from their cars to the entrance. ;D

Doesn't surprise me at all. I emailed Matt Zone prior to the meeting and he responded saying he was going to be there to voice concerns. Apparently he did a good job of that!

Very good point. I personally think that’s the direction Tower City should go in. And it’s no accident that those mid level stores and mid level big boxes are the only ones really expanding still at this point. If they filled it with those kinds of stores, I think TC would be successful. And Steelyard wouldn’t be an impediment because TC would be more convenient to the people who work downtown. Hello outlet mall? Nothing pleases a casino crowd more!

It is when a white cop (who should have been fired long ago) working in a majority black city kills a black kid at a bar. I'm sure somewhere in the officers tribal tattoos is a pledge to Steve Loomis.

What is up with the Hitler obsession in India?

This is exactly why I'm not going in with large positions, and I'm advising my friends to not wage their retirement on crypto (as some are). Until I can sell with the click of a mouse and get my $$$, I'm simply experimenting...