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And check out the green roofs in the rendering... I missed that the first time. Very interesting!

^Quick! I like the apartments for this phase- this is where public/private partnerships are totally worth it. It's going to be great to see this rising along the river! Hopefully more apartments will come along quickly in this development. Go Cleveland!

^That lot has been vacant for a while- I wonder what was there before? And to have ODOT directly next to one of the RTA Park-and-Ride stations is a bit ironic! LOL but nevertheless good news for Euclid!

Great shots! The Higbee looks GREAT lit up at night!

I was just at Dragonfly last week! That sucks- I really liked the place.

I like what the wind turbines are doing for the image of Euclid. I don't think there's another place in the region with three large wind turbines which 100,000 people pass everyday.

This is something I think many (including on this board) were predicting. Great news! :clap:

Count some of the inner east side hoods as down and out- Kinsman/MtPleasant, St Clair/Superior, South Collinwood, much of Glenville and Hough [north of Hough Ave.]. The sooner the vacant and abandoned properties come down, the quicker home prices in these neighborhoods can begin to bounce back, finally creating more of a market to redevelop in. As of now, there's very little hope for rebound in these areas.

Crime was listed as one of the main factors... but it sounds like one of the times that the CEO wants a shorter drive from his home to work.

^That should be newsworthy for a newspaper which is promoting regionalism. Makes no sense why the paper hasn't put Beachwood on blast yet.

^LOL! Yeah that would be interesting... "Come eat at our Chipotles, Red Lobster, or Bahama Breeze while enjoying our great suburban skyline"! I think Beachwood knows it's place, it mentioned the city as secondary in the article.

^Truth. Remember the corner of E. 55th and Euclid before the Healthline came through? We lost a lot of urbanity in this section of town just within the last decade. Though the argument could be made that the bulidings needed to come down anyways, it's too late to have a conversation about saving them after they're demolished. We have a district which is inbetween downtown and University Circle, with a building which has the potential to be repurposed and put to use as offices which would add foot traffic to this stretch of Euclid. I would say that would be better than putting a park on Euclid. It's ok to have density, and it's ok to seek an urban environment. I've argued this before, but the Healthline's multiple stops in Midtown should call for more density- not less. As for the Dunham Tavern- it's a nice place to visit and to hold an event. But I really hope that they don't get the building so it could be demolished for a park. We have enough open space right now on what is supposed to be our main urban throughfare as it is.

Somebody tell this guy about UrbanOhio! LOL! Reading that article excited me about the future of our downtown. We need more young people like him who love this town and are running the show. I'd like to see what moves he makes next.

The cost of gas is a big reason why. During my teenage years I was able to use the change in my cup holder and get a gallon of gas. That change in the cup holder today doesn't do too much at all today. It's just become more expensive to drive- so teens have had to adapt due to very limited income (in most cases). With gas close to $3.50, walking, bicycling, and transit become a bit more attractive.

^LOL :-D I didnt notice anything till you said something!

Yep. Great job ODOT. Great job.

Cuyahoga loses $229 mil, while Franklin loses $174 mil and Hamilton loses $135 mil. If this doesn't force some cities to consolidate services at the very least, I don't think anything will.

The dividing line between north and south was the tracks, and later the freeway. And I can attest to the choppers at night in the late 90s and early 2000s- they definitely kept me up at night as a teen. E. 185 had a bar on just about every corner back then, which was both good and bad. The street is stil very walkabl, and might be one of the last true remaining "strips" left on the east side. Lakeshore has some BEAUTIFUL homes located right in the neighborhood- with a lot of what used to be middle income houing inbetween Lakeshore and the freeway. The streets along E. 156 were hit hard dueng the foreclosure crisis but are still ok areas. That area of Euclid bordering E. 185th has similarly styled homes- with mid sized single family units. In fact you wouldn't be able to tell where the boarder of Euclid and Cleveland was without the signs [and it still looks great- N Collinwood may be the city's most intact neighborhood]. Drive through and look around, or walk 185th or Waterloo. The neighborhood still has a nice vibe to it.

Well, the Powerhouse is technically close to the river... but you can't please everybody I guess.

Cleveland's unemployment rate for November stood at 6.9%... http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.oh_cleveland_msa.htm That's compared to the "greener pasture" cities of: Atlanta- 9.9% http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ga_atlanta_msa.htm Charlotte- 10.2% http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.nc_charlotte_msa.htm Miami- 10% http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.fl_miami_msa.htm Las Vegas- 13.1% http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.nv_lasvegas_msa.htm Compared to the other two C's (not trying to start anything here... everybody calm down :) ) Columbus- 7.6% http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.oh_columbus_msa.htm Cincinnati- 8.6% http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.oh_cincinnati_msa.htm And who's doing better than us... Pittsburgh- 6.4% http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.pa_pittsburgh_msa.htm Boston- 6.2% http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ma_boston_mn.htm Minneapolis/ St Paul- 5.4% http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.mn_minneapolis_msa.htm Our local economy's over-reliance on manufacturing hurt us in the past, but is what's leading people back to work today.

Great...

It is what it is. Many in the city have to deal with this in one way or another. The city sure as hell doesn't have the money to tear down everything, so I hope that this piece- in one way or another- helps lead to a greater discussion about more funds from the feds for demolitions. There were at one point over 20,000 properties which are vacant in the city due to the man-made foreclosure crisis. http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2011/05/vacant_homes_for_sale_numbered.html That's HALF THE AMOUNT OF BLIGHTED HOMES IN NEW ORLEANS- due to Hurricane Katrina, which was a natural disaster. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/16/us-blight-neworleans-idUSTRE7BE1PL20111216 So personally, I don't look at this story on 60 minutes like it's a bad thing. The reality of living in the city for many is not all that bright. I'm glad that the story aired- this city was screwed by the banks and can't do it all alone.

$400 Mil for Sears... don't see how this would be a problem. Is anyone in Columbus paying attention?

I hear Brancatelli's frustration- but I think that Slavic Village received a lot of attention during the beginning of the crisis and is doing BETTER now than neighborhoods like St Clair/Superior and Mt Pleasant. E. 78th St along St Clair has houses which you can see through because of holes in the walls and the roofs- as if they were hit by a cannonball (and I'm not joking). A direct result of these vacancies is an increase in break-ins (living next to a vacant house invites trouble right next door), squatters, prostitution, and drug sales. I give credit to Ed Rybka (Director of Building and Housing), since Cleveland's torn down over 5,000 homes since the start of the crisis (6,000 by the beginning of next year)- that's more than any other city in the US. And STILL, we're dealing with neighborhoods which are scarred from the greed of Wall Street. I work in Mt Pleasant directly with residents who want to change their quality of life in the neighborhood. By working with Building and Housing, we've had over 20 homes in the neighborhood demolished this year. Though that's to be celebrated, there's so much devastation in the neighborhood that it's not hard to see it will take YEARS to fix.

I can't say that I've agreed with much that Larkin has said over the years, but this artice is dead on. Many neighboroods across the city- especially on the east side- have been completely wiped out by the ongoing crisis. Take a drive down some of the side streets along St Clair, Kinsman, Union, Superior, E. 93rd, E. 116th, E. 105th, Central, or Cedar for all the proof you need.