3 Dog Pat

^Mr. Masek is not the head of the RTA, he is just a gentleman who takes a great deal of his time to answer questions and listen to the concerns of forum members. He goes out of his way to relay this information to the people within RTA to seek a resolution. He is a welcome asset to this forum. Your post is inappropriate.

So, we are still going to have a two-bridge solution?

That is the most exiting news I have heard about the browns in a while

mayday, just kill it. I was hoping to capture some laugh out loud stupid or funny quotes from the PD (like the one from the Madden video game) but it did not turn out that way

http://www.clevelandart.org/Explore/artistwork.asp?searchText=india&tab=1&recNo=19&woRecNo=15

Thanks Santa Mayday!

Thanks Mayday, but you know what, none of her iconic photos of Cleveland or specifically the terminal tower are part of that group. I am having a hard time finding them, online at least.

Does anyone know how I can buy prints of her photos? (sorry brief, - iPhone - work)

^^about gentrification of neighborhoods, it is not always good to own thier either. Obviously there are advantages to having the value of the property go up. The downside is the fact that property becomes apraised for more money and property tax goes up. When I lived in Roscoe Village in Chicago a lot of families wanted to stay, but they could not afford the increase in property tax. just some food for thought

I thought it was marty Schottenheimer's son they were looking at

^wow, I wonder if this guy is trying to get a job at the PD, he seems to have the bashing the home city routine down pat.

Flipping is a gross exaggeration of what I am planning. I am renting right now, but I want to find a house that needs extensive renovation that I can get cheap, but that has no Katrina damage. There are lots of houses right now that fit the bill. Once I get it ready to move in, I will put it on the market, asking a lot more than I think it is worth. I’ll do that just to gauge interest. If I think there is enough demand, and I can find another place, then I will sell it and start the process over again. If not, I have a nice place to live until I move. As for market conditions in New Orleans, the core city itself has rebounded quite well. A lot of property in the French Quarter has been bought by out of towners, who want a cute little weekend place. That has moved many of the Quarter residents to the adjacent Marigny district, where I am renting and looking to buy. The opportunity that Katrina brought is the fact that it has thrown historic boundaries of “good” neighborhoods and “bad” neighborhoods into flux. Many people have told me that everyone used to know what streets were safe to walk down and which ones were not, but since the storm that is not true anymore. That is why there are non flood homes available for purchase at a very cheap price. Ill start another thread once (or if) I buy a house.

^what did that used to be?

Well, I am not a bar owner in Chicago right now. I am a Welding Engineer for a military contractor in New Orleans. My evil plans, along with the global automotive industry meltdown and the credit crunch have “shelved” the plans for now. I was set to work as a contract engineer at a GM plant in Shanghai for at least 6 months making some good cash, $40/hr plus overtime. I was working 7days a week, 12 hours a day. Well the company I was working for was shut down by its German parent after one month there. Not long after, GM stopped work on the factory in Shanghai. So, I went back to bartending. I negotiated buying a smaller share of the bar, while increasing my share over time. That was the plan, until the credit markets seized up. My partner, along with his other partners, have been purchasing all of the properties in the area around the bar. It is a bit like the E. 4th development in Cleveland. Well, the price right now is great, because there is nothing going on down there. Since he can no longer get credit, he can not buy the few remaining parcels at this time. Opening the bar would increase the value of those properties. So basically, investing and opening the bar would cost him more money than sitting on it for another year. So, no bar. I tried finding a manufacturing engineering job, or a kick ass full time bartending gig in Chicago. That did not work. Then I added Ohio to the job search. No luck. Then the entire Great Lakes region. Nada. Then a company offered me a job in New Orleans, and I said sure. Now I am looking at flipping properties down here, because the city is growing. How ironic that this week they were looking to Cleveland for smart growth solutions. …To be continued.

"yes" would have worked also :D I didn't know if they ran a "holiday" schedule or not

Rapid from the airport running tomorrow ?

^what, can they only design one graphic at a time? (talk to you guys after my suspension)

I think it is less than wise to advertise which one single link in the bridge could cause the entire stucture to collapse in a post 9/11 world.

Are they laying off EVERYONE?

is anyone talking about the southern alignment or the modified southern alignment of a new bridge that we discussed way back in this thread?

Life is not good for us based foreign brands. I launched a plant in Mississippi back in 2005, supplying truck and SUV frames for Nissan. When we started we had about 400 (non union) hourly employees and maybe 50 salaried people. I just found out today that they are down to 10 hourly and 7 salaried. Starting next week they are on a 6 week shutdown

Is there still a flag on top of the tower?

Give the devil it's due, Forest City is doing a nice job with the Tower.

It contained stores as well, when you were in the mall you would not know high street was beneath you

So does work just stop at the site?