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^LIGHTBULB IDEA! A parking lot tax that goes into a special development fund for building on surface parking lots.

Anyone know the details of the plan to expand I-271 in Summit County?

Its an improvement. I don't think it will be successful as a boulevard until there are at grade intersections. If I had to pick one, I would say W. 65th and the shoreway would be awesome. But, the real estate in Ohio City is some of the most expensive in the city. Removing exit ramps, even a few, is a step in the right direction.

So, this is really, really going to happen? Really? (hopeful disbelief) State to cover $3 million of Cleveland's $7 million cost for West Shoreway's makeover By JAY MILLER http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20130924/FREE/130929923 "The Lakefront West project, which city leaders struggled to fund for more than a decade, will bring the water closer for residents of the city's West Side neighborhoods. It will turn the 2.5-mile, 50-mph freeway between West Boulevard and the Main Avenue Bridge into a divided, tree-lined, 35-mph boulevard. It will eliminate several freeway interchanges and make it easier for West Side residents to cross the Shoreway and reach the lakefront. The mayor and the governor actually were unveiling phase two of the project. Already underway are tunnels under the roadway from the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood to Edgewater Park and a new, $35 million section of West 73rd Street that will extend the street under the Shoreway to Edgewater Park."

Good luck! I can't wait to take a ride over the river

It will be interesting to find out how this works. It may be that the sales component is separate from the management of the facility.

Love the OC, hate the OC, or like some parts and worry about others, take the quick survey ODOT has on their website. It took just a few minutes. UrbanOhioans are probably the most educated people in the state on urban planning, and everyone's thoughts should be considered https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OCPublicHearingCommentForm

You are being kind. Support a Cleveland winner. GO TRIBE!

Here is the whole story This is when the landmarks commission "saved" the building by giving it landmark status http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/03/cleveland_board_votes_to_make.html "The commission held a public hearing on the Stanley Block last week and voted unanimously today to recommend landmark status for the building." The casino, which owned half of the corporation that owned the Stanley Block, still tried to knock down the building and prevented any rehabilitiation to the building. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/04/owners_of_stanley_block_buildi.html "The Stanley Block, at 2121 Ontario St., is Macron's only asset. The Maloof and Anter family members claim they want to restore the building, one of downtown's oldest. But Macron says it doesn't have the money and can't get a loan because of ownership disputes. In court filings and appearances, representatives for the casino group have pushed to raze it. The shareholders are deadlocked, a situation that might, eventually, lead to dissolution of the company and the sale of the property. The city filed its lawsuit in March, asking the court to hold Macron - and its shareholders - responsible for fixing or tearing down the Stanley Block, which has been condemned for two years. After fruitless settlement talks between the city and the shareholders, the court held a trial on April 5 and 6." and finally, the City stepped in to knock it down, because it was a public safety issue. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/12/contractor_fails_in_last-minut.html "A last-minute attempt to halt demolition of the Stanley Block building came to naught Friday, when a Cleveland judge ruled that a contractor's bid to intervene was "too little and too late." The city of Cleveland, which believes the building is a safety hazard, plans to start knocking it down at 7 a.m. Saturday. Officials filed notice Wednesday with the Cleveland Housing Court, which has dealt with code violations at the condemned property for more than two years."

Stanley Block was denied, but then the city went to court to force it to be leveled because of safety. I worry that it is a precedent, and all an owner will have to do to level a landmarked building is to let it rot until the point it is a public safety issue. Then they can go to court and ask for the same outcome that fell the Stanley Block. Then it won't ever matter what the CPC says, the owner can just go to court like the owners of the Herold Building are doing.

Yes, because the status quo is so healthy for this urban neighborhood. And yet, I-271 is being expanded in Summit county, and I think everyone on this board is educated enough to know how sprawl works, make the road out of town bigger to accommodate the people who are there, and it attracts more people and more jobs. Jobs, I might add, will be brought to areas that are not friendly to unions. Want to chart the decline of unions in this country, chart the amount of jobs that shifted from the city cores to the exurbs. So, these smart, wonderful, college educated, privileged people, will spite the city of Cleveland and the residents of that area because they will not get any direct benefit from the new road because no one they know lives in that area or works in a "dirty factory" The expanded I-271? They may have friends and family out there, and it would be nice for them to have less traffic.

^If it is someone connected to Dan Gilbert, my face will melt off. (Just kidding) SMG is the company running most convention centers in the country, I would expect them to be the company being discussed.

Note the words "potential". There might be some schools or medical facilities close by. Well, there is no reason for a sound wall for a 35MPH boulevard. This a something to hold ODOT and the city's feet to the fire. They have made dozens of improvements to the original plan, and I like the current plan. They can not be allowed to slip back and bring in freeway elements.

I was hoping "The M on 9th" was a working title. Thanks for the pics, Paul!

^Never been there, but based on google maps it does not look like it has many traffic lights, or intersections. There are not a lot of streets in the city that have grassy medians, so it is hard to make a comparison. Once Clifton has its grassy median, I think that will be the closest comparison. Going from freeway speeds to a boulevard.

^Where is that from? EDIT: I stand corrected. Why just there, and one other spot for 500-600ft? Maybe it was requested by the neighbors? I think its a waste of money. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/ClevelandUrbanCoreProjects/OpportunityCorridor/Documents/Preferred%20Alternate%20Aerial%20Images.pdf

Great example. There are no sound walls anywhere in the plan. It is divided by a grassy median, much like Monticello in Cleveland Hts. It's not a freeway. Its a 3 mile road that has 12 traffic lights at intersections. It has sidewalks and a bike trail.

^Probably not, but there is still a lot of misinformation being presented as facts about this project.

^Please list them and we can discuss if that is indeed the case with this road. Many people still think this is a freeway, with exit ramps. Its not.

^It is interesting to note that widening of I-271 in Summit county is getting 50% more money than the opportunity corridor. I am interested in seeing if they people protest the opportunity corridor will protest this, or are they just against projects in the city.

Justin Glanville gets a shoutout! Awesome

^Exactly. We need to rebalance our land use. Farms out in the country, industry and finance in the city, with residential neighborhoods around. Industry in the exurbs and farms in the city doesn't make any sense.

^Remember when the casino wanted to knock down the Columbia building and insisted that everyone in the media call it a "Welcome Center"? Now, it's just a garage.

Anyone go to the Euclid meeting?

Opportunity Corridor, Inner Belt Bridge get turnpike commission commitment The commission allocated $39 million for the Opportunity Corridor’s first phase, focused on improvements to 105th St. near the University Circle area. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/09/opportunity_corridor_inner_bel.html