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^She had said the street parking appeared limited. When I worked at Treehouse, I would say the vast majority of our customers on busy nights drove in. So, parking is a legitimate concern.

Cue Connie Schultz

I remember once I was walking around E. 9th and Euclid and walking intro a group of people asking me where cool bars were. I walked them over to one of the info things and showed them Gateway, E. 4th and the warehouse district. One of the girls in the group took notes :)

KStay2?

So.... Has there been any news on whether a JCPenny or a Kohl's will open there?

^I just think that is too difficult to track with certainty in a city. Now if a suburb gets a new freeway interchange and sprawl marts pop up along with mid rise office buildings, you can make a direct correlation. Now if a technology company wants to move to Euclid Ave, did they move there because of the silver line, or close to the Idea center, or near Gateway, or near other technology companies, or near CSU / Case...you get the point. The best thing may be to say before the Silver line was launched, X millions of dollars of developments were under way, by the time the Silver line finished, XXX billions of dollars of development was underway or completed.

I still see a uber-sports bar there, like an ESPN Sportzone. The Prospect entrance would be just as important (because of Gateway) as the Euclid Ave entrance. Right now, with LeBron and the Indians, Gateway is a year round attraction. It has to make more financial sense now than before LeBron. maybe that would just invite more of the bridge, tunnel and coal miner crowd that was discussed earlier in the thread :-D

Inside scoop: Walker meats in the WSM is for sale. If you have $50K and want to own a meat stand, PM me

For undereducated or disabled, intelligent people, a Wal-Mart job is a good job, no matter what you think of the company. Besides training for entry level positions, Wal mart does a great job of hiring from within. They also make health insurance available for every employee, part time or full time. A lot of the criticism of Wal-Mart is well earned, but sometimes it just sounds a bit over the top.

Poor Chicago, how will the city ever survive :roll: Chicagoans flock to Wal-Mart jobs: 24,500 apply for 325 spots at new Wal-Mart Chicago Sun-Times, Jan 26, 2006 by Leslie Baldacci Eighteen months after the Chicago City Council torpedoed a South Side Wal-Mart, 24,500 Chicagoans applied for 325 jobs at a Wal-Mart opening Friday in south suburban Evergreen Park, one block outside the city limits. The new Wal-Mart at 2500 W. 95th is one block west of Western Avenue, the city boundary. Of 25,000 job applicants, all but 500 listed Chicago addresses, said John Bisio, regional manager of public affairs for Wal-Mart. "In our typical hiring process, you're pretty successful if you have 3,000 applicants," he said. "They were really crowing about 11,000 in Oakland, Calif., last year. So to get 25,000-plus applications and counting, I think is astonishing." Assistant manager Rachael Fierro, who was still interviewing prospects Wednesday, said "we saw a little bit of everything -- people who hadn't worked for a long time, people who saw an opportunity to do something with themselves. That's the information I got from applicants." The 141,000-square-foot store has 36 departments, a "tire and lube express," vision center, Subway restaurant, pharmacy, garden center and drugstore. It will sell some groceries but no fresh produce or meats and no liquor. It is expected to generate $1 million in sales and property tax in the first year -- a windfall in a village that collects about $3 million a year in sales taxes, said Evergreen Park Mayor James J. Sexton. Evergreen Plaza, with 100 stores, generates about $2 million. Anticipating the usual protests over wages, benefits and anti- union practices, the Evergreen Park store was union-built. A protest over minority set-asides was defused in one day. Wal-Mart also came bearing gifts -- Tuesday night, the corporation donated $35,000 to the village library, local hospital, churches and other village institutions, Sexton said. 'WE CAN'T BEAT THEM' Read More...

There won't be casinos in Ohio anytime soon. It is one thing the left and the right in this state agree on.

This is probably a topic for another thread, but Grey Goose is consistently ranked among the bottom for quality and taste in all the rankings I have seen. If you talk to their competetors it is because GG is made in France and there are not many laws on regarding the production of Vodka, as apposed to Russia or Poland for instance. Just had to throw that out there. ANYWHO, You are 100% justified in being upset. It takes about 5 seconds to say "I am sorry, I have run out of Grey Goose, is there another vodka you would like, or would you like a different drink" Now, if she was indeed trying to save money because she thought that maybe since you were already had a few (just guessing) that you would not notice, wow did that backfire. She might have saved (or overcharged) $1, but now you are evengelical about telling people to stay away from that bar. Was it worth it? If they are not making enough money on the drinks, raise the prices, period. A greedy, dishonest bar owner is soon to be a former bar owner.

Here is a pic from the Spiderman movie thread. From here, it does not look like windows are needed, maybe perfered.... I don't know

Do they need to tear it down to create windows for the apartments?

Sandvick Architects are the people who designed the Arcade and Tower press, and with these new projects, they are definitely leaving there mark on the city.

5 Cleveland projects get $30 million in preservation tax credits $30 million via state tax breaks aids 5 projects in historic urban buildings Friday, November 16, 2007 Shaheen Samavati Plain Dealer Reporter The state awarded more than $30 million in tax credits Thursday for five downtown Cleveland renovation projects. Cleveland was the biggest benefactor during the first round of the state's new historic-preservation tax credit awards. The total awards were valued at $35.6 million and included other projects in Akron, Canton, Hamilton and Sandusky. Through the $120 million state program, recipients receive discounts on property taxes that equal 25 percent of the money spent on renovating a historic building. Up to 200 building owners could receive credits before the program ends in June 2009, said Melissa Ament, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Development. The biggest tax credit, valued at $16.4 million, was for work on the 668 Euclid Building. The 430,000-square-foot building is an old department store and office complex owned by the Goldberg family. Managing partner David Goldberg said the family is selling the property.... more at: http://www.cleveland.com

I agree with your first paragraph, but actually believe it or not, you did not have to have a job to get a mortgage. There were NINJA loans. NINJA stands for No (verified) Income No (verified) Job or (verified) Assets. IIRC Countrywide made a lot of these loans but they were not the only ones. This whole thing reminds me of a paramid scheme.

Rokakis told of a 78-year-old Cleveland woman recently saddled with an unaffordable, 30-year ARM arranged by her minister, a mortgage broker. "I asked him why," said Rokakis, "you would give an elderly woman an ARM. He said, 'She wanted the house.'" There is probably a special place in hell for people like this minister/mortgage broker

you are correct that a bar can not sell an "all you can drink package." However, bars are alowed to rent out thier space for a pirvate, third party, function. The third party can charge guests at the door, and offer pretty much anything they want.

Remember Mary Lou Retton hawking Revco? I miss Revco compared to ghetto CVS (it the "carpet" that bugs me) Remember Radar from Mash hawking Sohio then BP?

probably 15% of the time the train will stop for at least 10 minutes per ride due to rail maintenance. The Red and Blue subways run at less than half the speed they did just a couple of years ago....CTA trains are a big mess right now

Last call for LA bar recomondations. One definite spot is fathers office. www.fathersoffice.com

Never in my life have I been so frustrated on mass transit as I was yesterday when it took 11 minutes to get from the Tower City station to West 25th Street. And the duration wasn't the most frustrating, it was the fact that we stopped, started, stopped, etc at least a dozen times on the viaduct. I have been on transit systems around the world and I must say this is the most RIDICULOUS thing I have ever experienced. Hands down. What is up with this? So, I guess you have not rode the Chicago CTA in the past two years.

Went to H&M last night. Got a suit for $250, a charcoal herringbone pattern. It is a cheap suit, but the pattern hid the not so great seam stitching. The black suit looked really cheap. But it fit me like glove, so that was cool. I'm suprised MTS did not chime in, must be that spotty time warner internet :-D

Is the southern wall of the tower in line with the Galleria, or does it jet closer to the street?