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How feasible would a hotel in downtown Lakewood be? I know there is the Days Inn and the Travelodge in the Gold Coast area, but nothing near the center of Lakewood. A boutique hotel would be a good addition to this project IMO, and it would also provide a boost to nearby businesses that are within walking distance.

Google Maps Street View has a shot taken from a similar angle...

Carnegie's proposal, if built, would be Lakewood's first new residential highrise since the Gold Coast buildings were completed. We're talking a dry spell of almost half a century.

Does the Commercial Survey Company still operate there? They print those "red book" street atlases of Cuyahoga and other counties in NE Ohio. As a young kid I was way into maps and cartography, and I would always beg my dad to take me there whenever we were anywhere near downtown. The store was the only place I knew of that sold those big poster-sized topographical maps from the USGS. I always liked the front doorway to the Caxton. Reminds me of an old cathedral.

On the west side you have Lakewood Park, Rocky River Park, Bradstreet's Landing, Columbia Park and finally Huntington Beach (the largest public lakefront park on the west side after Edgewater). Other than that the lakefront is almost entirely private residences and beaches.

Could these be the Medical Mutual office buildings in question? mm1.jpg, on Royalton Road in Strongsville. mm2.jpg, on Sprague Road in Strongsville. mm3.jpg, East Ninth and Prospect, downtown.

Imagine the increase in ridership if the water taxi added a stop to Whiskey Island/Wendy Park. When you're there you're literally across the river from the Flats, but in order to physically get there you must travel all the way back to the Edgewater Park entrance and double back on the Shoreway or Detroit Avenue.

Amazing how far Edgewater has come in the few years since the Cleveland Metroparks took the reins from the state. The fact that the new pavilion is directly connected to the walk/bike path from Detroit-Shoreway shows how much they are willing to further integrate the park with surrounding neighborhoods.

That lot has been sitting empty for the better part of the decade, hasn't it? Good to finally see some progress. I've checked out the portfolios of the developers that are expressing interest in redeveloping the soon-to-be-vacant hospital site. Quite a spread of suburban shopping centers and office parks. I know the development is still many years off but I hope that's not what gets put there, especially in that part of Lakewood. I'm personally envisioning sort of a mini NuCLEus for that site, with a residential highrise roughly the height of Lakewood Center North, but that's just me. :)

It's too bad the top three floors of LCN will remain offices. The top floor with all those windows would have made some interesting penthouse apartments.

Two images I snapped today. Steel beams for the roof have begun to be installed, so structural work is almost done. The base for the pedestrian bridge that will connect the West 76th bike/pedestrian path with the second floor deck of the beach house is also being built.

Totally agree with the AT&T building, or the immediate vicinity, being a better choice for the Superman statue. Seems like it would be a better fit with the Gateway neighborhood being an entertainment district.

With the addition of a residential component, Tower City would essentially become a city-within-a-city. The only thing that would make this more perfect would be new residential high-rises over the parking lots between Huron and Canal Roads.

A typical Kalahari-sized resort would absolutely dominate Edgewater Park. The hotel space could be compacted, but the building with the pool and water slides would take up a large portion of land. To say nothing about parking, which even a multi-level garage would take up space. Though an outdoor pool and sprayground would be good for the park, IMO. Not everyone wants to swim in the lake, swimming is forbidden for days after a rainfall due to the nearby combined sewer overflow, and the NEORSD isn't making any plans to move it somewhere else. So a permanent swimming area would be perfect.

From the PD article re: Lakewood Hospital closing... I'm confused. One part of the article says the family health center will be built on the current hospital site, then it goes on to say the health center will be built across the street. Which is it? Also, if the hospital is going to be reduced to a "health center", would that leave room for any possible redevelopment on the property?