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^That too! That's been cooking for about 4 or 5 years now. Nevertheless, it's great to see the success of this project!

That is one great looking building!! This will do SO MUCH for this stretch of Euclid. It will be great to see these fully leased and adding even more energy to the street. Now for the momentum to continue and jump across E.9th St...

That was a great article. It would definitely benefit many in the city for these types of businesses to be created. Let's hope that more come about, and soon!

WOW, that's thinking outside of the box for temporary uses in an entertainment district! There should be NO QUESTION that this will draw people to the district. I like this!

Hey all, I found this on the design review committee's website today... Ordinance No. 414-10 (Ward 5/Cleveland): Authorizing the Director of Economic Development to apply for and accept a Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund grant from the State of Ohio Department of Development for environmental cleanup and demolition of St. Vincent Charity Hospital campus buildings in order to prepare the site for redevelopment and other major renovations to the campus located at 2351 East 22nd Street in the City of Cleveland; and authorizing the Director to enter into one or more contracts with St. Vincent Charity Medical Center to implement the project. This is in regards to the proposed $75 million redevelopment of the hospital, which could help further link CSU, St. Vincent Hospital, and Tri-C. Since urban planning is about making connections to the existing assets, it will be interesting to see what happens with eastern edge of downtown in the near future. There was a previous story from the PD in regards to the proposed redevelopment... Sisters of Charity Health System plans $75 million revamping of St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland By Mary Ann Whitley, The Plain Dealer May 16, 2009, 10:53PM Sisters of Charity Health System plans a $75 million transformation of its downtown St. Vincent Charity Hospital in the next few years, creating a new health campus and possibly reaching out to adjacent institutions to improve the neighborhood. Sister Judith Karam, who has led the nonprofit health system since 1998, says the hospital's campus needs to be overhauled. Some of the 1917 buildings should be torn down or renovated, technology infrastructure needs to be updated and a new closed-in parking garage would benefit patients. More at: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/05/sisters_of_charity_health_syst.html

NAACP- Kindly step aside on this issue. Your opinion does not help the greater good of the region. And yes, I'm a minority.

^Good job, Mayday! I've been fooled too many times by your excellent photoshop skills! I was expecting it this year!!

A -2.6% decrease for Cleveland's regional populaiton is actually not so bad, considering the amount of jobs lost during the 2001 recession and now. With the regional manufacturing employment now around 11 percent, I think our economicnumbers will actually fare better during the next decade.

^Given what the land could go for... there's no telling if the church will chose to build anew in the same location or if they will sell the land for a nice profit and afford to build elsewhere. Time will tell...

The Beachland is definitely a regional asset.

What a loss... which will be ANOTHER demolition which will have to occur on this stretch.

Cleveland also has a design review committee located here- http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/cpc.shtml

^I can agree with that. Cities develop in different ways based on different environmental, social, political, you-name-it circumstances. And we can definitely look at many cities both pre and post automobile and see the impact which occurred. I believe there is a pre-automobile dominated picture of Detroit on this forum- which looked as if it was as dense of a city population wise as you could get- both beautiful and booming. But Detroit, as Cleveland and other cities, has had to adapt to the change in transportation usage. The change in transportation usage led to changes in development. The changes in development, overnight, led to changes in lifestyles. Comparing Houston to Cleveland really is comparing apples to oranges. Two different cities, in two different climates, which had major development during two different time periods in American history, with different racial policies, values, politics, development and redevelopment strategies, and economies (the most important factor) among other factors. One plans for the future growth, while one hopes for future growth while dealing with a seemingly never-ending exodus. One sprawls from population growth, while the other sprawls due to a fleeing middle-class. One in a growing region while the other is in one which is stagnate, at best. Either way, the development outcome in both cities- at this point in time- ends up being the same. Autocentric.

Mine: People walking in the middle of the street as if they own it. Yesterday on my street there was a woman walking with her child, who couldn't have been older than 4, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. WTF?!! Excessive sagging of pants- OK... I'm 6'4, and it's sometimes hard to find pants in my size. So depending on the type of jeans I'm wearing, I may sag them a little (with a shirt on to cover my drawers, of course). But DAMMIT, I can't stand it when I see someone sagging his pants below his ass... especially if his shirt is already off. WTF?!!! Ignorance- just plain and simple. It comes in all shapes, sizes, and colors. I find myself beginning to despise this more and more.

Wasn't it supposed to be Forest City who would develop West Quad? Great news if the announcement is regarding West Quad!!

I agree that a city which lacks planning (zoning would be the better term, Houston actually has a planning department) shouldn't be held as a model for one which has one of the oldest planning commissions in the country. However, what we (Cleveland) end up with in regards to neighborhood development many times is different from what the neighborhood/ business district plan actually is. Zoning is used in many cases to protect neighborhoods from development which just doesn't (or shouldn't) fit the neighborhood. An example would be the zoning of the trailer park bordering Euclid Beach, which is now zoned single family household to prevent this type of private use on valuable lakefront land again. What we end up with are the zoning variances which are granted just to have development happen in a town starved for development. So, in essence, though we have zoning and a planning department, we end up with suburban style developments which developers propose though actual zoning says otherwise. Not so different from... Houston?

PICS!!

Come one, come all, Rich old white men! Come work here!! Wow.

Interesting bit of news- I like Richard Knoth... I'm hoping that he continues to be outspoken on his ideas. Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority board holds secret elections; ousts outspoken vice-chairman By James F. McCarty,The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority's governing board met secretly today to re-elect its chairman and to oust a maverick member as vice chairman. The closed-door session, the latest in a series of meetings in which the board conducted business in private, comes five months after port officials pledged a new era of openness. "Credibility and openness and ethics have got to be at the top of our list," Chairman Steven Williams said at an October meeting with Plain Dealer editors and reporters. More at http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/03/post_247.html

Coming to America- Eddie Murphy. One of the greatest comedies of all.

It very well should lead to a greater focus on our largely underdeveloped riverfront (for various reasons). Thanks for the link!

Before the city invests dwindling tax dollars, I think the Allerton should be held accountable and really address their screening process of potential tenants. But that's just my opinion.

WHOHOO!!

I'm big on Kung-Fu flicks, so my favorite movies are: Hero (Jet Li's swordplay is STUNNING in this movie) Enter the Dragon (Bruce Lee's last fully complete film- nuff said) Shaolin and Wu-Tang (those of you who are fans of hip-hop have surely heard at least one clip of this movie- in at least one Wu-Tang album. CLASSIC kung-fu flick). Legend of the Drunken Master (Jackie Chan at his peak- classic final fight sequence) Some of my other favorites are: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is my favorite western, hands down. Forrest Gump (great film) Pulp Fiction (the soundtrack BY IT'S SELF is great) Saving Private Ryan Scarface

It is unfortunate, but I don't know if there would be any amount of planning which could have stopped EC's demise based on events which happened beforehand. We can thank urban renewal as one of the main culprits, however I believe that annexation of the city may be inevitable. Though the city still has some strong residential streets, so much of the residential housing stock has to be torn down because of the foreclosure crisis that the city may never recover. The city's best chance at a true rebirth as a destination for both residents and businesses lies with University Circle. Planning should be done concurrently with UC (however, the same could be said regarding Cleveland's neighborhoods which surround UC, but that's another topic). Sure the city has great assets, including it's boarder with University Circle, the Red Line and Healthline, and Huron Hospital along with what's left of it's historic housing stock (including some architecturally BEAUTIFUL apartments). But I agree with 327- the city will fare better (at least right now) with annexation. Some of the residents I know in the city are actually in favor of annexation, which I don't think would be nearly as impossible as it would seem to have passed. If tax sharing/ consolidation between municipalities in the county comes to fruition some day, this area should definitely get the help it needs.