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While I'm not a fan of enclosed walkways, there is something nice about that scene -- a guy strolling along in his bathrobe 😁 and scrub pants in the walkway to infinity while a Cleveland snowstorm swirls outside.

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Too often we hear that something should be demolished because it can't be saved no matter how beautiful it once was. Well.... Before-and-after renovations of the James Scott Mansion built in 1897 in Detroit, MI

Apparently they want them close ("Keep your friends close and....") because the tower proposed a couple of years ago across West 6th was described by SHW execs as being for SHW suppliers. Doesn't get much closer than that!

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Wow, that looks like a half-pint SHW HQ1! That might be a good design for HQ2. SHW has a lot they can move on to the west half of the HQ campus site which has basically two fill points -- the Superior West site and the Parking Deck Perimeter. I just hope they don't have dead-at-street-level buildings around the perimeter of the parking deck.

When you overbid, you want something more than what can be justified from a business perspective. Nippon wants something more, such as end-around US tariffs. Or perhaps it's something else? Whatever it is, it makes me nervous.

Here is a webpage about the PennDOT/Norfolk Southern (NS) agreement to increase western PA passenger rail service including a list of the 11 infrastructure projects to be done by NS. The four Early Action projects are targeted for completion by 2026 to begin operation of a second Pennsylvanian the same year. https://advancingparail.com/projects/keystone-west/

With SHW's conservatism, they may build smaller even though the data I'm seeing says it should be taller. I guess we'll find out eventually. And don't forget that SHW still has the perimeter of the parking garage to develop -- whether they do it or someone else does. It's a sizable chuck of land but potentially not much parking to be added unless they put a couple of layers of parking within a 4-8 story wraparound structure.

The distance is roughly the same as the crow flies from the grassy parking lots to Blossom as the Indigo Lake CVSR Station to Blossom, but there's a roughly 235-foot elevation difference. Not insurmountable, but I would have golf carts on standby for those less physically fit! Or maybe an inclined railway? It includes a rising, roughly 600-foot-long bridge over the Cuyahoga River and Akron-Peninsula Road. The rising bridge from a new embankment would help get a head start on the hill climb on a more gradual gradient.

I would like to see CVSR or GCRTA run high/low-floor DMUs every 1-2 hours during the weekdays to Rockside or Brecksville plus several trips to Akron with CVSR running their historic trains on Friday evenings and weekends. I would add stops at Tower City, Tremont/West 7th, Steelyard, Harvard (with a paved trail to the Zoo), SR21 Brecksville Rd and of course Rockside. I would also build a trail from the Indigo Lake station to Blossom Music Center. The station is the same distance from the amphitheater to the outer grassy parking lots near Steele's Corner Road.

Today marks 7 years since our last traffic fatality in Hoboken, 1 of the only US cities to reach this milestone. Although we’ve had success creating safer streets, we’ll continue to aggressively implement Vision Zero in all major infrastructure projects. https://jalopnik.com/traffic-fatalities-are-up-almost-everywhere-but-hoboke-1851048753

Lots of Cliffs in this piece.... US Steel deal stokes fiery stakeholder standoff https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/us-steel-deal-stokes-fiery-stakeholder-standoff-2024-01-17/

January 30, 2024 until further notice Effective Tuesday, January 30, 2024 until further notice, Red Line riders will utilize the following track assignments to reach their destinations from the Tower City Station: Riders boarding the Red Line eastbound, toward Stokes-Windermere Station, will board the Red Line on Track 8 (the track that normally services westbound traffic to the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport station). Riders boarding the Red Line westbound, toward Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Station, will board the Red Line on Track 7 (behind the Tower City station northern wall, accessed via stairs or elevator on the north end of Tower City). This adjustment is due to repair work being performed above Track 13 inside the Tower City Station. We regret any incovenience to our customers as this necessary repair work is completed. https://www.riderta.com/riders-alerts/red-line-riders-tower-city-track-adjustments

From the Ability Center of Toledo (ACT)... I am sending out the NEW Action Alert, concerning the need for the State of Ohio to rejoin the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission (MIPRC). Help Ohioans with disabilities be a part of the regional planning process for rail by advocating for Ohio to rejoin this commission. Access ACT's Action Alert below: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ohio-needs-to-rejoin-miprc?source=direct_link& Reminder: We have till this Friday, January 19th, to let our Representatives know how important this initiative is. Thank you all again for your continued involvement and support!

I don't mind big for-profit hospitals. But I do think we need to preserve the nonprofit ones compete to compete with and reduce prices at the for-profit hospitals.

From the article, it sounds like bad news.

It's in the article

George plans new Flats redevelopment By Ken Prendergast / January 17, 2024 Scheduled to appear before the City Planning Commission’s Design Review Committee this Friday is a proposed redevelopment of several Flats East Bank properties. It’s the latest effort by restauranteur Bobby George and his Cleveland-based firm Ethos Hospitality Group to remake these riverside buildings into a restaurant and entertainment complex. This time it would include a new building, a dockside “river garden” and rehabilitated historic structure. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/01/17/george-plans-new-flats-redevelopment/

Since the building is owned by Geis, my guess is that GLSD Architects will do it. They have prior experience with medical research facilities including the biorepository on Cedar.

Coming before planning commission this Friday.... Flats East Bank Old River Road Renovation & New Construction: Seeking Schematic Design Approval Project Addresses: 1198, 1204, & 1220 Old River Road

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That was awesome! Thank you @FerrariEnzo! Just being up that high and that close to the edge with such strong winds just isn't for me. 😵 I'm glad someone else is taking these videos!!

I responded in the Great Lakes Shipping News thread

While this ship docked, it suggests it had business to do in Cleveland. But lots of other ships on Lake Erie headed for the breakwaters of Cleveland, Sandusky, Toledo etc this past weekend due to the seiche and high waves that were forecast and that occurred due to the strong southwest winds.