tedolph

What a shame. Imagine all those homes used to be filled with families, kids walking to school, etc. Now this. I used to visit a guy (Bob) who lived near Fleet Avenue in the 70's and it was getting rough then, but nothing like it is now. I don't think crime is the problem, I think it is the end result. The problem is lack of working class jobs; something someone with a high school or less education can succeed with. Even then, Bob had to drive out to Solon to work in the factory I worked at. I can't believe that there are not any light industrial jobs we could attract to Cleveland. I believe we are not really trying. If we did, most everything would reverse itself, including crime.

Caesar's Palace?

All the TARP money, the mayor's scholarship money, etc., etc. all should have been loans to out of state businesses to relocate to the City of Cleveland. There are complimentary industries here that would make locating here (all other things being equal) attractive to outside businesses. Particularly light manufacturing.

I never understood how forclosing on a home that the lender could never sell before it became worthless made any sense. No one has been able to explain it to me. Wouldn't it have made more sense to let the debtor stay on as a tenant?

A roman forum type style connected to the back of TT might work architecturally and from a business point of view.

Misguided. Most grads already want to stay here. They can't because they can't find competitive jobs. The money should be invested in job growth.

Wouldn't the 3C train take most of this business?

beyond shocking. beyond depressing. apocalyptic.

Just put a very old, NOS TA brand compact double (47/32 T)on my Gios Super Record frame. Probably from the 70'sw? Seattle is very hilly, I am old and I need the low gearing. It looks fantastic and saves quite a bit of weight. Used to have a Sugiono double with a "triplizer" inner 28 T chainring. Basically only used the "middle" ring on the sugino (42 T I believe) and the innermost "triplizer 28 T ring). Now I find that my favorite gear is the large 47T front ring and the largest 30 T rear sprocket. The set up is horribly cross chained. It works but it doesn't sound good. Also, the jump from the 32 T chainring and the 47 T chain ring is enormous. Nothing in life is perfect. If only the large ring was 45 T, then life would be close to perfect.

connected to the back of tower city would seem to be a no brainer.

For whatever anecdotal information is worth I can tell you that people here in Seattle had a generally favorable view of Cleveland during the 90's. This was when the Tribe was in the playoffs with Seattle and the local Seattle paper (we used to have two then, only one now and it is folding) did a comparison of the two cities.

I meant $1,000,000 per business so a $50,000,000 fund would be needed. Sorry.

To all of you agreeing that investment in education would improve the city I will suggest that you have the cart before the horse. In my 1981 graduating class from CRWU out of about 240 undergraduate engineers only about 10 found jobs in Cleveland. The rest of us left the region and/or went to graduate school primarily because there were no local jobs. I would guess that CWRU, Cleveland State, U. of Akron alone probably graduate on the order of 1000+ engineers every year. Add Kent State and you can probably add a total of 100+ graduate level scientist every year. This is far more than the local regional economy can absorb. Many of these people would like to stay but again, not enough jobs. The fact is that the region is and for a long time has been a net exporter of highly qualified engineers and scientist who go somewhere else to grow those economies with new regional export porducts. I therefore propose establishing a revolving no interest, two year term loan fund at $1,000,000 to relocate 50 light manufacturing companies from outside the region to locate in the city of Cleveland. These businesses would be complimentary to, but not directly competitive with existing regional businesses. If each company employed on average 100 people (everything from janitor to CEO) directly and 20 indirectly we would bring in 5,500 new jobs (equal to Cleveland's current direct steel industry employment?). Since it is a loan, we would get most of the money back. Then you could start investing in education as there would be something for these people to do other than leave the region so that someone else benefits from our investment.

Thank God you don't have the resources to implement the above. I 90 into 480?? Really now, that's ambitious! OK! OK! I meant 490!

I believe that the outdoor deck was on floor 43. You can still see the railings in pictures of the revised tower.

I know that artists' renderings can be very misleading, but as such, this is very uninspiring. Looks like a rendering from the 1950's

1. Complete the Emerald Necklass. 2. Bring the towpath trail and CVSR into Terminal Tower 3. Put one dozen of T Boone Pickens useless wind turbines on the Lake Eire breakwall wired into Muny Light. 4. Lure an LL Bean/REI to the back end of The Avenue at TT after completing 2 above. 5. Buy the Trolleyville collection and run it under the D.S. bridge, down W 25th and back to TT under the Hope Memorial bridge. 6. Run I 90 into 480 a la KJP. Watch the economy boom.

Why must everything be in one place? WHY??!!! And I don't want to here "well it's done like that in X place". If properly marketed this could be the thing that helps pump more people - permanent and visitors - into the west bank. If they want to visit NCH, that another "area" they will make a must see. Concentrating everything in once place is not always the answer. Answer: public transportaton

I am convinced that the aquarium idea is a good one, but a suboptimal location. A better location would be on the waterfront "museum" loop. Why can't this be incorporated into the scaled down Flats East Bank development?

I had an interesting experience about two years ago now on the No. 21 bus here in Seattle. The route passes through middle class, working class and public housing areas so all types ride the bus. Usually, things are uneventful and the public housing units have lots of Ethiopian/Eritrean immigrants whom I find to be some of the most polite and publically thoughtfully urban people I have ever met (I know I am stereotyping). Nevertheless, one morning a young, late teens woman dressed in new, expensive gangsta clothes (woman "A") got on board at the public housing stop with another non-gangsta dressed woman (woman "B"). I have seen woman B ride the bus uneventfully many times before. I almost get the impression that she is a social worker or the like from the reading materials she brings on board. Woman B spoke normally to woman A. Everything that came out of woman A's mouth was garbage, F bomb laden, sexually explicit and loud. Even the young toughs on the bus were cringing when she spoke. All of this was occurring in the back of an articulated bus were the seats are in a "U" shaped configuration. I was a few seats away from her on the angle. Finally, I asked her if everything that came out of her mouth was garbage. She responded that I was not her father and she could say anything she wanted. I asked her if her father let her talk like that at home. She advised that she did not have a father. I responded that it was obvious that she did not have a father. Things went downhill from there. Eventually I informed the driver about what was going on and she was asked to leave the bus which she did, without her friend. Interestingly her excuse was that where she came from, "everybody talks like that". I advised her that she was on the bus now and was not where she was from (wherever that was). First of all, I know that "everyone" in the projects does not talk like that. Second, when you voluntarily get on public transportation, aren't you in "Rome" so to speak and shouldn't the expectation be to "do like the Romans" not to get "schooled in the hood"?

Simulated burning river. Brilliant. Expansion/climax of Buring River Fest. Camera crews from all over the U.S. maybe world would descend on the city. Contrast with fly fishing in the CVNP, canal basin park plans, twopath trail, residences on the river, rowing clubs, etc. etc. Someone, get right on it!

A question for you urban pioneers. Is a casino behind the terminal tower connected to the Avenue compatible with housing units also behind the TT and connected to the Avenue (if that is what it is called. I always thought that the back side of the TT facing the Scranton Peninsula was more appropriate for housing than a convention center.

OCPM is a shame. It was my pediatrician's office when I was a kid. I don't see why it couldn't have been repurposed for that (Doctor's offices) since that is what it was originally designed for. Don't tell me about the low ceilings!

I think I have something to add. I am a card carrying member of the Libertarian Party (called the Loosertarin party by some be case we always loose!). I am philosophically opposed to government intervention when the private markets can efficiently manufacture and distribute goods and services. I also understand the concept of economies that are external to the supply and demand system, natural monopolies and Promotion of the General Welfare. In each of these circumstances, some government intervention is not only desirable, it is necessary. I re comend that those of you who consider yourselves conservatives review these concepts. You will find a thourough discussion of these topics in any macroeconomics textbook.

there is still an enormous amount of manufacturing occurring in this country. Cleveland is not aggressively grabbing its share,