3 Dog Pat

Other than trying to steer the project to one of his biggest campaign contributors, can you speculate on a reason that the Mayor is working against the mall site?

^^His boss, Sam Miller, is not happy with his performance lately

Very cool. If you give money to a Cleveland based charity, odds are it will be used nearly exclusively for the intended purpose. Many charites and non profilts operate at well above 20% overhead.

The Plain Dealer owes city residents an apology. Is it just me, or has the paper gone straight to hell since this new editor came in.

I'm going to trust the opinion of MMPI. They so far have impressed me. If they decide TC is the site, I will not complain too loudly. What I am really waiting for is for MMPI to blow a gapping hole in this latest attempt by FC.

My vote soleone is still Tremont, but since you are pressed for time and family safety is a concern Lakewood is a solid choice. It may not be exactly cutting edge, but its everything KJP said it was. Back in the 80s it was known for being the area's gay and lesbian center. Not so much of a boystown with its strip of bars, but mostly for a high concentration of gays and lesbians who lived there within a rather tolerent community. I guess my point is that is has a progressive vibe for being a rather typical older suburb. It also has a crap load of bars, mostly sports bars. So it has a mix of enlightened intellectuals and sports loving meat heads. You would be surprised how often in Cleveland those could be the same person. Lakewood = Beverly sorta. My advice to people when they are moving is do what I do when I move to a new town (something I have done about 10 times in the past 12 years.) Pick a potential neighborhood, then seek out its neighborhood joint and chat up the bartenders and regulars. They will tell you nearly everyone you want to know about the area. If you have the time to do it, I am sure we could all re comend places for you to check out. For the first few months you are going to be so spoiled by the rush hours here.

I like the speakers enthusiasm, but haven't we tried one hit wonder superprojects in the past and got not so much in return

i bounced around Chicago a bunch before moving to New Orleans. I lived on Southport, Roscoe Village, And South Loop. What about Wicker, exactly, did you love? Was it the restaurants, housing, neighbors? As apposed to say a Roscoe Village.? Wicker, in my view was more hipster/artsy/grittier than Roscoe? Is that how you saw it? My early vote is Tremont, it has a great mix of cutting edge restaurants (google Michael Simon) a working class heritage, and a great, perhaps under utilized, park, Lincoln Park. Regardless, you will be pleasently surprised about how much you will like Cleveland.

Where were these articles when TC was in the lead? FCE subsidiary the PD is now hell bent to kill this project.

^I wonder how many of those are graphics designers ;-) :evil:

Scene has sucked ever since it was sold and is no longer locally owned.

How was the city of Cleveland portrayed? Barren deserted crime ridden rustbelt crap or more like 30 Rock :)

what about industry, trucking?

Scotts, I was just upset that they tore down the Dollar Bank building and broke up the Euclid Avenue facade wall, for really nothing. Parking could be accomodated through the Prosect side of the building. Prospect would be much easier to get in and out of than Euclid anyways.

327, I'm guessing that the ID card agreement with the RTA says something to the effect of "must present valid ID" without the sticker, it would be invalid or expired It is like trying to be served at a bar with an expired ID. According to the law it an expired ID is invalid, and should not be used for ID purpose. You may very well be 21+, but without a valid ID you don't get the privilages that you would have had if you had a valid ID. Does that make sense?

Do you guys who live there like the sign? It kind of reminds me of Steelyard Commons.

Thanks, I hope they find thier niche. I guess with the hotel, it is not an urgent worry.

How is the Arcade doing these days? To me, it seems like the new stores that are going into TC would have gone to the Arcade in past years.

My bad

PD=pathetic daily

I found the article on the cuyahoga county planning commision weblog. I always forget the address, so I google "cuyahoga blog" and it pops up first. It is a GREAT resource, and I think it is run by a UOer, but I am not sure.

Here is a PDF of the County Administrator's reaction to the slanted reporting of the PD. I love how they are just getting called out now. http://bocc.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_bocc/en-US/02122009MedMartPressReleasepdf.pdf

I lived at 250 W. Norwich, a Pella apartment and it is still one of my favorite places I ever lived (and I have moved around A LOT). I would recomend any property that borders the park down there. In my old age I forget the name of the park, tuttle? maybe. Anywho, it is nice and quiet most of the year, and crazy fun for game days.

I liked the subtle jabs in Coyne's opinion piece

yeah, its not suburban enough