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Bridgeworks eyes late-summer groundbreaking By Ken Prendergast / May 7, 2024 A representative of a development partnership told the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) yesterday that the long-awaited Bridgeworks development in Cleveland’s Ohio City’s neighborhood could “hopefully” see a groundbreaking ceremony by late summer. But there are still a few more hurdles to clear before that happens, including an appearance before the city’s Landmarks Commission in the coming weeks. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/05/07/bridgeworks-eyes-late-summer-groundbreaking/

Cleveland: a target of rail competitors? By Ken Prendergast / May 6, 2024 Last week, two things happened in the rail world that are probably related. They have been brewing in the background for a while, but they finally appeared in public almost simultaneously. Federal corporation Amtrak and private-sector company Brightline showed their hands that they may compete for Ohio passenger rail expansions and real estate developments. And Cleveland may end up the winner. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/05/06/cleveland-a-target-of-rail-competitors/

That's brutal!

Finally. Library Lofts has topped out.

No wonder why Republicans hate government. Because it can be used to hurt the economy and blame it on their political opponents. Oh wait...

Growing industry moving to Cleveland By Ken Prendergast / May 2, 2024 Along a Cleveland street known historically for dumping everything from trash to murder victims, a long-neglected property is about to gain something almost priceless — a future. On Train Avenue in the city’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood, a truck terminal turned junk yard, infested with weeds, littered with abandoned vehicles and tagged with graffiti, is due to be replaced by a growing glass-glazing business and nearly 20 jobs from the suburbs. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/05/02/growing-industry-moving-to-cleveland/

Me too. I stayed up for the whole game. It was worth it!

SoFi field is actually 70 feet underground??

All of the blue lines are state-sponsored trains. Note the voids on this map. Either Iowa and Ohio have no cities or they have no state support for trains. Iowa has 3.2 million people -- the same population as the Cleveland-Akron-Canton consolidated metro area....

I hope they're replacing the tracks on new ballasted bridge decks rather than bolting new tracks directly to the old decks. The reason is these tracks have to be shifted in order to accommodate RTA's new trains. You can do that more easily when they're "floating" on stones.

Since the eastbound Empire Builder (scheduled to depart St. Paul at 8:50 a.m.) regularly runs 1-5 hours late, the Builder and the Borealis are going to frequently be playing train tag all the way to Chicago. EDIT: The WB schedule makes more sense, with the Borealis departing Chicago at 11:05 a.m. and the Builder at 4:55 p.m.

Billionaires never spend their own money. And politicians always bow to billionaires.

And all of the Clinic facilities news, Progressive closing offices, GLBC to Avon, Amtrak stuff, GCRTA stuff, and lots of little stuff. We're usually first and always free!

A fellow member of the media was contacted by the Browns. They demanded to know where he got it.

This couldn't have been captured by lawmakers. Their phones were collected and even if one kept a spare phone, this is not a photograph of the video presentation they were shown.

Brook Park stadium rendering confirmed real By Ken Prendergast / May 1, 2024 NEOtrans has secured a copy of a rendering showing the proposed multipurpose domed stadium sought by the owner of the Cleveland Browns football team in the Cleveland suburb of Brook Park. NEOtrans has confirmed from two of its best stadium sources that the rendering is real. The sources were upset at whoever leaked the rendering. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/05/01/brook-park-stadium-rendering-confirmed-real/

Good points. Just quoting the last public facility assessment. Interesting that the last one has not been made public.

Wall Street Has Spent Billions Buying Homes. A Crackdown Is Looming. Lawmakers say investors that scooped up hundreds of thousands of houses to rent out are driving up home prices https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/wall-street-has-spent-billions-buying-homes-a-crackdown-is-looming-f85ae5f6?mod=hp_lead_pos1

Browns stadium is 200 meters without obstruction from the onslaught of a Great Lake. And I'm willing to bet that Progressive Field was built more carefully than Browns stadium.

Sort of...

Unknown. The Browns never shared their latest structural assessment of the stadium. But an assessment conducted 10 years ago by Osborn and Osports showed... "The framing system is exposed to environmental conditions like freeze/thaw cycles and large temperature fluctuations, which can accelerate the structure's deterioration over time." That's something that wouldn't happen in a climate-controlled, domed stadium.

It was built on the foundations (utility poles driven vertically into a garbage landfill) and infrastructure of the 1932-built former stadium and was built as quickly as possible so that Mayor White could bring the Browns back before the end of the 1990s. Many corners were cut to deliver that stadium on time. The paint was still drying by the time the first game was played and still some things were added later like enough escalators to the upper deck. Everyone else wanted that stadium built off the lakefront, preferably on the intermodal yards site south of the Inner Belt. According to Tom Chema, Hunter Morrison and others, only one person wanted the stadium on the same spot as the old one -- Mayor White.

PearlBrook’s ex-Peaches/Federal store to become RISE Dispensary By Ken Prendergast / April 30, 2024 Here comes another change to the PearlBrook Shopping Center at the northwest corner of Pearl and Brookpark roads in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood. Plans were submitted to the city last week for a new RISE Dispensary of medical cannabis to be located in a building at 5100 Pearl Rd. that was built for a Federal Department Store and later became a Peaches Records & Tapes store. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/04/30/pearlbrooks-ex-peaches-federal-store-to-become-rise-dispensary/

To look forward sometimes we must look back. While there are still parts of Boston that have European-scale land use patterns, it is incredible how much was allowed to be destroyed. Boston is very much like European cities except that it lacks a medieval core. Most European cities didn't start developing and growing rapidly until shortly before Boston was founded in 1630. It was already older than Cleveland is now when this photo was taken 164 years ago.... The oldest surviving aerial photo is of Boston in circa 1860. It was taken by photographer James Wallace Black from a hot air balloon 2,000ft in the air. It is believed there was one photo of Paris taken from the air in 1858, but this image no longer exists, making this the oldest aerial photo in history.