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And Chef Boyardee!

Superheroes hokey?? 😮

Sherwin-Williams: already outgrown its new HQ By Ken Prendergast / April 19, 2024 With the completion of Sherwin-Williams’ new Downtown Cleveland headquarters tower delayed well into next year, the global coatings giant has a some extra time to consider its options on how to handle various aspects of its unanticipated growth. Since the company has already outgrown its new HQ before it is finished, that means weighing a second HQ tower, expanding remote work, as well as addressing parking and commuting options. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/04/19/sherwin-williams-already-outgrown-its-new-hq/

Batter up! 😜

I was starting to reply with an answer but it started sounding like an article so, I figured, OK I'll write an article and incorporate some of the reasons why many developments aren't going to be happening for 6-12 months. Of course, the reason is always one thing -- money. If you don't already have it, you're not going to get it to building anything for a while. That's my hint as to what is and isn't imminent.

Already being discussed in the streetscape thread.

What the heck is that crazy jog in the line just south of Toledo? They're proposing to go from NS's ex-NYC in Toledo to the old T&OC/C&O now CSX to Fostoria, reverse west on CSX's Chicago Line to North Baltimore (need to build a track connection!) and then continue south on CSX's Scottslawn Sub to Columbus?? That bypasses Bowling Green -- a big mistake! Why not just stay on the CSX T&OC all the way to Columbus?? It seems they're not crazy about the route out of Toledo to get to the Scottslawn Sub, but the tracks do exist. If they're willing to recommend spending to build a brand-new track connection at North Baltimore, then they should be willing to recommend upgrading the existing connection at Toledo/Walbridge.

I misread the site plan. Article fixed. Added new pics too. https://neo-trans.blog/2024/04/17/superman-statue-creators-tribute-plaza-near-to-landing-in-downtown-cleveland/

It seems superman is flying in the direction opposite of what is shown in the site plan.

Not yet. I had a hard time picturing it myself.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s $8M lobby reno starts May 1 By Ken Prendergast / April 18, 2024 Increasingly crowded with students, tour groups and attendees of special events, three lobbies at Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) are about to be renovated thanks to $8 million worth of donations. Those gifts will help make those gathering locations in one of Cleveland’s most popular museums a place to enjoy rather than deal with. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/04/18/cleveland-museum-of-arts-8m-lobby-reno-starts-may-1/

Stan was at Sun Newspapers before that, working out of our West office back in the 80s. So the Huron Road closure-street market may be initiated by Playhouse Square. So it deserves a cross-reference here

Downtown: Huron may close for street market By Ken Prendergast / April 18, 2024 Although early in the process, Playhouse Square Foundation is leading an effort in Downtown Cleveland that could result in the closure of Huron Road to vehicles. The goal is to effectively expand US Bank Plaza and create a venue for a street market of pop-up vendors and artists. The potential closure to cars and trucks could affect a short stretch of Huron that’s closest to Euclid Avenue. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/04/18/downtown-huron-may-close-for-street-market/

Cross-posting from the suburban developments thread -- Progressive Campus 1 sale is latest victim of remote work

@mthompson here it is.... Progressive Insurance puts offices up for sale By Ken Prendergast / April 18, 2024 Although the global insurance provider cautioned that this day was coming, it doesn’t make its arrival any easier. Mayfield Village-based Progressive Insurance has announced that it will offer for sale millions of square feet of office space here in Greater Cleveland and around the country. This comes at a time when nearly every office-based employer is shedding office space in favor of remote work, too. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/04/18/progressive-insurance-puts-offices-up-for-sale/

Superman statue, creators’ tribute plaza near to landing in Downtown Cleveland By Ken Prendergast / April 17, 2024 There’s lots of stoic statues around downtown honoring Clevelanders and others who helped make the city and the United States great during their lives. But there could soon be a new statue and plaza downtown for a man who never lived at all except in comic books, on television and in movies. The statue of Superman is as much about honoring two men who did live — native Clevelanders Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster who created one of America’s first and most beloved superheroes. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/04/17/superman-statue-creators-tribute-plaza-near-to-landing-in-downtown-cleveland/

Rocky River apartments to open May 1 By Ken Prendergast / April 17, 2024 In recent years, Cleveland-based Krueger Group has been busily adding new apartments in Cleveland’s hottest neighborhoods in the urban core. But on May 1, they and partner RHM Real Estate Group of Lyndhurst are due to open ORRIS, 22655 Center Ridge Rd., the first new apartment building in suburban Rocky River in a decade. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/04/17/rocky-river-apartments-to-open-may-1/

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Thanks @Paul in Cleveland! Did your plane take off on one of the SW-NE runways. If so, that's a sharp turn right after take off! If it was the east-west runway, it shows the outbound path is nowhere near the stadium site. But it looks unlikely that you were on the east-west runway considering how far north of Brookpark Road your plane was.

Renovated Odeon in Flats to reopen this year By Ken Prendergast / April 16, 2024 With a new owner, a new venue manager and some freshening up planned in the coming months, The Odeon Concert Club, 1295 Old River Rd. on the East Bank of Cleveland’s Flats, is due to begin hosting new live performances again, perhaps before the end of this summer. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/04/16/renovated-odeon-in-flats-to-reopen-this-year/

Were you following me, @ASP1984? 🙂 I was down there taking photos this morning.... Theme is "616." Remnants of a Republic Steel ore dock in #Cleveland’s @FlatsForward. 616 apartments rising on the site of the Scranton Peninsula mill in the mid-ground. @SherwinWilliams' 616-foot-tall @DowntownCLE tower under construction in the background. NE Ohio Transitions...

And we have the Crosley Field, West End edition. Follow along with me starting in the 1930s as the snake eats the tail..... Crosley Field and the West End during the 1961 World Series. The city was gone. Until finally, the car ate Crosley Field too

How the car ruined my city. While all Ohio cities (and most American cities) have been ruined by the car, let's start with Cincinnati since I've seen multiple pictures today with multiple examples.

It still never ceases to amaze me how much Toronto has grown up in my lifetime (56 years).