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^ I, for one, enjoyed that piece of history. Is there an explanation as to why a small part of Cuyahoga broke off into Lake County?

These 1,200 jobs will also support some additional jobs in retail services near the center.

The Confederate States was an enemy of the United States. If you don't understand history, please don't comment on it.

Part of lake county was Cuyahoga County as well.

^ My assumption is that the size of the state has increased over time. I know there was a "war" with Michigan Territory over Toledo.

Are you referring to the NW quadrant?

^ Stop trying to make sense of Musk's science fiction with logic and stuff.

^ Confederate Monuments have no place on U.S. soil other than a museum. The Confederacy was an enemy combatant of the United States.

^ A lot of people poo poo these as low paying jobs but I think these are the type of low skill jobs that can help people move up the employment ladder.

^ perhaps at the western end of the OC close to I-490.

This location makes a lot of sense logistically for a distribution center. It's good to see this site getting put back into productive use.

But of course you do know that the moon landing was staged in a Hollywood studio and therefore is not worth celebrating. :) Also, we don't celebrate the moon landing because the moon is weak sauce. When we do something truly impressive like having man walk on the sun, then maybe we will celebrate that. We'll have to send people to walk on the sun at night so they don't burn up.

Is this in addition to the Euclid facility?

July 20, 1969 is the day that America landed on the moon.

I don't know much about hotel economics but do weddings generate enough business to sustain a hotel?

I was a cord cutter until recently because I was able to get a bundle deal of of ATT Internet and Directv for less than I was paying for internet only through Cox. I'm locked in for two years and saving $10 per month. Same internet speed I had before.

There seemed to be a decent uptick of people Downtown today.

CNN aired a documentary on the 80s last week and they discussed leveraged buyouts and mergers. These moves made great returns for investors on Wall Street but created job loss in manufacturing. I'd like to see some more research on this topic but it is fascinating.

^ I'd actually prefer for the Phase 2 site to be built as a casino with the Higbee Building returning to a retail use and re-anchoring Tower City.

I think Phase 2 is dead. The casino revenue numbers continue to decline. I wouldn't be surprised if Phase 1 doesn't last very long.

I think other cities may routinely do 100% TIFs but Cleveland has generally shied away from those, at least during the Jackson administration. Instead they do non-school TIFs where the school district gets their portion of new taxes and the remainder is TIFed.

^ It's not about developers following hipsters necessarily. It's about "hipsters" following developers.

I am really questioning the need for more hotel supply downtown.

What a creative way to try to solve the political "optics" and the economic reality of this project. For as much as people like to crap on Cleveland, I believe that we are at the forefront of some creative financing due to the needs of a soft market.

What I've never understood is how the guys in the big pick ups think their truck makes them tough and manly and the bike is weak and girly. But I have to actually use muscle to move my bike and you only need to press a pedal down to make a truck move. Just something I always thought was weird.