Oldmanladyluck

:clap: Great pics!!! Can't wait to see it completed. Here's hoping that the developer can get the next phases up soon!!

Great pics!! Next time you're in town and want some chinese food, I would recommend one of two locations for genuine Chinese food. The first would be Bo Loong's at E. 40th and St. Clair. The second would be Li Wah's inside Asian Plaza at E. 30th and Payne. There are many other Asian restraunts in the area, and I'm sure others would have helped out. Once again, nice pics!!

More old Cleveland!!

I go to Mt. Vernon a lot in the summer, and I believe that the main rail line that leads into the city was paved over just this year. While taking Rt. 13 south from Mansfield, you pass over it while entering Mt. Vernon. I could be wrong though.

Whoops... guess I was wrong about the #6!!

The letter I sent to Feagler... Mr. Feagler, Hello, I'm a college student at the Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. The reason that I am writing you is in response to your op-ed in The Plain Dealer this past Sunday. I don't know why a man in your position has to constantly bash anything that the city does. You have the power to help change the perpetual "woe is us" view that the local media has portrayed for years, however it appears that is not on your (or The Plain Dealer's) agenda. The days of going downtown along Euclid Ave. and spending the whole day downtown to shop left with the population that fled to the suburbs a long time ago, a population of which you are are a part of. I know that you realize that. Your readers also know this, since you have written about "your" memories of downtown time and time again. I am not part of that generation. I was born after the steel mills left the city, and I am glad that I did not witness the fall of manufacturing in Cleveland. If I was born earlier, I might have ended up having the same Cleveland bashing opinions as you. However, my opinion of Cleveland, along with many in my generation, are completely opposite of yours. In my opinion, Cleveland is becoming positioned as a medical mecca with each passing day, and this is undoubtedly Cleveland's future. Biotech firm start ups in the region is proof of this, as is the amount of venture capital in biotech firms in the region (totaling over $600 million over the last 5 years). On the same token, Cleveland's past as a manufacturing center will help in the luring and creation of advanced manufacturing companies. The Euclid Corridor Project is far from being "worthless", as you have called it. I'm sure you know of the amount of investments that have been made in University Circle ($2 billion and counting), along with the amount of investments that are being made downtown currently in the pipeline ($168 million for the Euclid Corridor Project, Bob Stark's $1 billion dollar Warehouse District development, $250 million Avenue District development, Wolstein's $400 million East Bank project, $450 million dollar convention center, the Medical Mart, and other miscellaneous projects totaling over $2 billion in investments in downtown). These investments will change the face of the city for years to come, and will spur spin-off investments downtown which will include retail (how about that, something you might remember downtown Mr. Feagler). Why, would you call investing in our main street, "worthless"? What statistics, Mr. Feagler, did you read into before writing your "worthless" opinion, which can affect the opinions of your readers before the project is even completed? In fact, what statistics were you refering to when you stated that "nobody will ride it", when the Euclid bus is the most used in Cleveland? I would hope that you would not judge the project before completion, with investments which will be generated in the short and long-term, since this project will be with us for years to come. However, you have shown the perpetual mindset of Clevelanders from another era- when steel mills ruled. Sorry, but those days are over, and they aren't comming back. The only thing that should be considered "worthless" would be the opinons of those who love to sling dirt on the city that they once cared for. The fact that the Plain Dealer publishes these opinions continually is part of the reason I barely read this news publication anymore. I would rather not feel bad about this city, which has so much potential. I'm sure that the Plain Dealer's declining readership feels the same.

Don't you love how an article that would be viewed as positive starts off on a negative rant on the city? Thanks, PD.

:clap: I hated that thing too. Glad to finally see that come down.

We'll see... pretty soon I'd hope. within the last six years, NEO has had $600 million+ in venture capital in biotech firms. I'm hoping to see $300 million invested in the region (at least) next year, when we see the medical mart and convention center plans unfold.

Thanks for the info, KJP.

Nice... the Warehouse District plan is the first thing you see on his site.

Reading it again, it seems as though K&D would opt for demolition... dammit... "The K&D Group Inc., the Willoughby developer of downtown's Stonebridge residential complex, is interested in building housing, a hotel, an office tower and retail, according to an e-mail to the commissioners from K&D Chief Executive Officer Doug Price."

What will be interesting to see will be the plans that the two developers have for the complex... we'll see. The way the article is written, it seems as though the county will NOT be tearing the tower down. Definitely good news.

Yes, this is an embarassment. The best thing to come of this would be for the county to just sell the complex.

^^The best thing that could come of this would be some recognition that we need to share taxes throughout the region. The study might just show that replicating what has been done for 40 years in the Minneapolis, St. Paul region. With stagnate growth, we need to do something.

I got an email at work about NOACA voting on the Avon interchange THIS FRIDAY at 10am. It's open to the public (sorry if this was posted earlier).

^^HAIL CLEVELAND!!!

Although hard to track, positive publicity could eventually influence vacation and business development choices, visitors bureau President Dennis Roche said. And what about the locals? Maybe, just maybe, it would make a difference in the negative perception that many locals have of the city if there were more positive news? But we all know that (at least here). This will definitely help downtown for at least the next few days. Go Indians!!

^^Now THAT, is nice!!!

Here's a question- since RTA has been declared North America's best public transit system, sometime after the announcement will RTA be doing any marketing to draw more riders to the system? With this ranking, I would suspect that RTA will be using every chance they get to lure new riders on to our bus and rail lines.

Congrats to those who work at RTA!! JMasek- I don't know if I said hello before (I love to lurk on these forums- I've learned so much from all of the posters here), but thanks for joining the board, and thanks for sharing the information that you know. :clap: :clap:

I wonder if Homeland Security could cover the costs of any new officers at the Airport? When is the last time we heard anything about any new funds being distributed throughout the state regarding HS?

That first pic of downtown IS beautiful... the bright side is that Stark will be filling those surface lots in soon.

Compared to what we have today (thanks kcgridlock)

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