kal-el

Wha??? How dare you. Best outfit in a comic book movie ever. seriously, the only reason to watch that movie is to see her prancing about in that outfit. She should be required to wear that get-up in every movie she's in, regardless of what the role is. Thank you

Exactly, plus if it didn't include as much office as it does, it would not get done in this credit environment. The office is what makes this project viable and able to move forward right now.

Here's a hint: Not Bears on a Boat but... I heard about that. Hope it leads to movie about the group. I have been waiting for my friend Cap America to get his own movie. Heard its in the works. Its a tricky one though w/ all the steroids stuff these days.

Wha??? How dare you. Best outfit in a comic book movie ever.

Wolstein is going to need signed leases before he starts building. I am not worried about getting retail and amentities down there if Eaton, E&Y, Tucker, etc, are on the hook already. This isn't a spec project.

Huh? Explain that one please

Why do they occupancy rates have to be reduced? I think he meant that if demand stays constant the occupancy will automatically go down with a new hotel opening and being that hotel occupancy right now is pretty weak......

You have a lot of faith in the coach that used a coin flip last year to decide his QB. I hope you are right.

I disagree. Defense wins games. A solid corner or two and the Brownies defense will definitely improve. My apologies, I should have been more clear. I meant that DA is a big question mark in my mind. I think the defense will be solid with the new additions up front. DA on the other hand could play like the 2nd half of the season last year and this would throw everything off. Romeo is not going to keep DA on a short leash. If he struggles at first he will get an opportunity to correct himself. If he doesn't then by that time the season could be in jeopardy. A "bad DA" has the potential of losing games for us. Baring injury its almost a given that the defense will be better. That makes DA playing well that much more important if we want to win 10+ games.

Agreed. DA is the key to our season in my opinion. That and health of course.

dewey's is an above average pizza. More so if you are looking at a specialty pizza. The bbq chicken and socrates revenge (named after socrates johnson I think :-D) are good and as previously stated, the micro brews are great too. If you want a classic pizza, maybe not my first choice. In cleveland hts, I would go down the street to Marotta's instead, or drive to Geraci's in Universty Hts.

according to a rep from the developer they didn't get enough pre-sales and the project is on hold indefinitely.

anyone heard any news? There is talk on the CH forum of cleveland.com that the project is dead. I have not found any confirmation though.

Did I miss something over the weekend? Yes, apparently its all gone.

um what about all the existing vacant storefronts? Isn't that what we want filled in?

has anyone heard of a date for the grand opening of black finn?

5/3 is not a particularly healthy bank. Don't see how this would be a good idea for them to take on NCB. Wells Fargo and US Bank are the 2 banks that could do it with the least amount of affect on their balance sheets. US Bank doesn't seem interested in large bank acquisitions but Wells does.

4 years varsity tennis. Go Raiders.

I know, I was expecting a nice spread of taps.

Ate lunch at Bricco today. Good food. Slow service (only 2nd day being open so I can forgive). Very nice interior. Nice bar but no draft beers and two very small flatscreens. Decent crowd. Too pricey to be a regular lunch spot but I will definitely hit it up from time to time.

new lofts ready above wonder bar http://theloftsonfourth.cicerchi.com

http://www.cleveland.com/sunpress/news/index.ssf?/base/news-0/120171865359600.xml&coll=4 Van Aken changes proposed Thursday, January 31, 2008 By Marie Catanese The Sun Press SHAKER HEIGHTS After a second set of public workshops, the city is one step closer to settling on a new design for the monstrous intersection and 60-acre commercial district at Warrensville Center Road and Van Aken Boulevard. But it will still be five to 10 years before construction work begins, a time frame city Director of Planning Joyce Braverman says is "quick." .........

Snooty? Offense taken. Just kidding. I only snoot when absolutely appropriate. :laugh: You're right though, it appears that many people were upset about the article. What would you say if there was a similar article saying how shaker square had gone completely down hill in that last few years and he/she happened to be talking about a completely different neighborhood? I would take offense to that and I don't even live in shaker square (although I sometimes feel like I am personally responsible for 50% of Yours Truly's income).

"Thanks kal-el. I was sort of waiting for the other shoe to drop on this given the Rokakis quotes." No problem. I am in the process of writing an article about French neighborhoods that I am not familiar with. 8-)

the author of the shaker heights article was french and probably wrote it from Paris. In fact the county has responded with this: Jim R. January 29th, 2008 - 4:03 am "I am the County Treasurer quoted in this story. This story has, or at least is SUPPOSED to be pulled from the wire service as of today–January 29th, 2008. The writer confused Slavic Village and/or Mount Pleasant in Cleveland with Shaker Heights, one of Cleveland’s more attractive and prestigious suburbs. Shaker Heights has a foreclosure problem–almost all of Cleveland’s suburbs are suffering from this scourge, but the scenes of devasatation described by the writer were in different communities altogether. What a mess. To the credit of the writer’s editor–Peter Mackler–the story was corrected and has been resubmitted." The yahoo ap article has even replaced shaker heights with mount pleasant http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080129/ts_alt_afp/useconomypropertycleveland_080129013850