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I'm OK with it. If Cleveland really is going to be the next Brooklyn, let's go for it. Let's get edgy and arty. No need to be conservative. In fact, maybe some digital signage on new buildings can help subsidize construction costs and offset our non-Brooklyn rents!

What waterfront on earth tries to block out the sun? Unless you're Montgomery Burns on the Simpsons ha ha. Anyhow even I can see this is off topic. LOL yes these are the kinds of problems I wish we had in Cleveland. Pi$$ing off the beach goers is not one of them!

And reason enough to put 10 stories of apartment/condos on top! ;)

Wow that is tragic. Also goes to show you while some people and alcohol don't mix. Imagine the charges that are going to be brought against this guy's opponent in the fight. And I'm sure it was over some important matter!

Sometimes that's not a bad thing. I'm glad the Harbor Inn is what it is. There's a lot to be said for a neighborhood watering hole that remains unchanged.

First I heard of it. I'd go watch if the ticket is cheap enough. Would be fun to see a sporting event in Public Hall.

Ahh the double dipping. This will be the downfall of our empire, when the have-nots are tired of paying for the haves. No wonder the cops, firefighters and other employees want to do it. It starts from the top.

Thanks Dean--completely agree and hope you're right about the city standing its ground. Now at W 104th, would you want to operate an upscale martini bar/restaurant or coffee shop next to a gold store that certainly deals in some quantity of stolen merchandise?

They are also listed, using that address on Clifton, on various cheesy website about get rich quick with cash-for-gold. So if they are serious about numismatics, it must not be paying the bills. If a business like this is moving into that classic space, I worry even more about the tenants in the new strip malls at 117th.

This all makes much more sense. I wonder if the landlord is not renewing leases.

Completely understood--but my point was it seems to be a successful business. Selling it turnkey to a new owner would, to me, seem easier than actually closing a business down, especially if the owners health is failing. Maybe there are other factors. It's just a disappointment because it actually seems to be an asset for the neighborhood--I've never heard of any trouble coming out of that bar.

I think this is certainly a trend and definitely not unique to Cleveland, but at the same time, there are still many people for whom the "scene" is important, and a lot of them are younger. I guess I just want Cleveland to blow away as many visitors as possible... this event is a real opportunity to make an impression on the world. It's bad enough that the narrative has started spreading that the biggest reason the Games are coming here is to make some kind of point about gays in the "heartland" (which really only began when some reporter from Boston suggested it to an organizer during an interview). Maybe it's just my Cleveland inferiority complex, but I'd love people to come away wowed by their experience here, not saying "well, what did you expect, it's Cleveland after all" But I'm still surprised that the owner is opting to just close down Twist rather than sell it to another investor to keep it going. The bar always seems to be busy.

Thanks to the internet you have a myriad of tools at your disposal. When I was a kid in the 80's, we used to wait for the latest Guitar player magazine, or slow down cassettes etc to learn solos. There is a wealth of info on the web. It's a great place to start.

Allow me to add to this: Rule #2: If you can't lift your carry on bag yourself, you have no business bringing it on the plane. We are not all here to help you. We are not part-time airline employees. They have people for that. Check your bag. Rule #3: If you are seated in row 38 and are too lazy to carry your bag to the back of the plane, please don't bring it at all. Those of us in row 10 would like overhead space as well. You brought your bag all the way from home, through security and through the airport. Are you that f&*$ing fat and lazy that you can't carry it an extra 20 rows?

They always seem busy--I wonder why he didn't sell the business to keep it going?

But there's also three 20+ story towers being converted to residential, two in the 10-20 story range being converted, plus smaller buildings going residential as well. And there's some decent-size new residential getting built or will soon (Flats East Bank, CSU-area projects, etc). So there's lots of new residential product coming on to the market as well. Right and in terms of location, a hotel on the square across the street from casino seems more desirable than residential. Good to be having these debates about downtown Cleveland BTW! Whooda thunk it 20 years ago? ;)

From 2012, Amtrak police threw the bums out in one instance. Can't say I blame them. http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/06/opinion/don-phillips-tsa-vipr-teams/

I'm still surprised to see this is leaning residential. With the proximity to the casino and central location to the Q, Jake and convention center, I would think this is a no-brainer for a hotel conversion.

Well that's quite the difference from a cash-for-gold operation! I wouldn't complain for a reputable business--but would love to see something more neighborhood-service oriented.

I remember another young Browns coach who you could question his motivational powers. He's been in New England a few years now.... ;)

Sure is a shame that this public-private partnership isn't being utilized to add another 10-15 stories of condos on top.

I was thinking the same thing-- he has a hard lesson to be learned when he's not so cute....

If you compare Cleveland to Columbus, for instance, there are two competing arenas there driving rent down. The Schott and Nationwide are comparable, while the Q and the Wolstein are apples to oranges. And admissions tax? Columbus doesn't tax tickets. Also--Cleveland and Cincinnati tax artist income. 2% I believe.

I really think you need to revisit Cleveland history. Nothing's being replicated here. It IS who we are. People that don't know that simply are not knowledgable about our history. Yes money had a lot to do with the RRHOF being here, but we had a legitimate historical claim to it. Not only with Allen Freed and the Moondog Coronation Ball but also the Agora Theater, Upbeat, Mike Douglas, the original WMMS which was responsible for a LOT of national acts becoming famous. (Don't believe me? Just ask them). I've talked to people who said that Cleveland was the breeding group for the national record labels. If you could not make it in Cleveland, you wouldn't even get to New York City. Many of the labels had satellite offices here. In fact, MCA in particular had an office here as late as the mid 1990s. So, yes Cleveland is the Rock and Roll City and yes it does have deep roots in the city. Just because some outside of the city may not know it doesn't mean its not true. It means that they need to pick up a book and read about who we are and what we've done if they're interested. And if you say that the city hasn't promoted our history well, then I'd agree with that. But again, just because they haven't promote it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The information about it is readily available Thanks, great post! Yeah I dont know too much about the history, just basing it off of things ive read on UrbanOhio. It still amazes me how many acts pass us up on tours though. Everything i've seen here seemed to do very well. I wonder why they skip Cleveland. Most major acts still choose to play Cleveland. When they don't it's usually the allmighty dollar--the economy here has certainly hurt ticket sales. Then there's the expensive rent, expensive stagehands, and the admissions tax--all of which are higher than similar sized markets.

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