Kevin

The article is online here.

Tom Bier says the magic number is 1% of a region's population. For Cleveland, that's 25,000 to 30,000 people.

As far as I know, they're from the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.

It'll be 208,000 square feet, according to last week's Sun paper - or 206,000 square feet, if you believe the Plain Dealer.

It took a bit longer than I'd hoped, but we finally have some materials online that should answer your questions about the proposal. You can read them at http://planning.co.cuyahoga.oh.us/bridge/ . Thank you to those of you who wrote to ODOT and your elected officials. Keep those letters coming! Also, if you'd like us to post excerpts on our site, feel free to send us copies of your letters. Thanks for the support, and we welcome your comments and suggestions.

Hi, guys. We're working on getting some material about the bridge concept up on the web, and anything you could contribute would be appreciated. If you wouldn't mind quotes appearing on our site, it would be great if you could send us copies of the letters you sent to Washington and Columbus. Please send your materials to [email protected] . I'll be sure to keep you updated on our progress. Thanks!

I think that's the first time I've ever seen Rupert Murdoch called a nobody.

Elevations, site plans, and floor plans are available at the <a href="http://www.batteryparkcleveland.com/">Battery Park site</a>.

Say hey to Dr. Rubenstein for me. :-)

The William G. Mather was built in 1925. She came to Cleveland permanently in 1988.

The story is long and complicated, but never involved IKEA, to the best of my knowledge. Here's the short version: the Chagrin Highlands were originally slated to become the new headquarters of Figgie, Inc, but that never happened, of course. Under the Voinovich administration, the land found its way into the hands of one Mr. Jacobs, who agreed to develop the site largely as an office park. As the last major greenfield in the City of Cleveland (partially, anyway), it's a very valuable site, made more so by the addition of the I-271 interchange at Harvard. In 2001, Jacobs announced he was switching courses and wanted to develop big box retail on the site. While putting major retail on the site would have resulted in a much faster development and would have paid off more quickly for Jacobs, it was not what Mike White or the effected suburban mayors wanted to see. Since it's such a valuable site, the mayors were content to let the development progress more slowly if it meant bringing quality employers and jobs to an already over-retailed area. Jacobs eventually backed off his from his proposal, and the mostly-office developments are still underway. Some background, if you want to read more: Roldo: http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/CityPoliticiansBeenVeeryVeeryGoodForTwo Sun News: http://www.sunnews.com/news/2001/0308/EBIGBOX.htm http://www.sunnews.com/news/2001/0315/EHIGHLAN.htm http://www.sunnews.com/news/2001/0412/EBOX.htm http://www.sunnews.com/news/2001/0426/EJACOBS.htm

There's someone in this week's Cool Cleveland who looks suspiciously familiar. See the issue here (scroll down a bit) or the photo here.