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Given that its East Cleveland and that there are so many other open plots of land within say five miles not in E Cleveland, who in their right mind would buy it unless its a crazy good deal?

That was a joke. I see there is no sense of humor when it comes to Bibb. He's like Trump to the Trumpists, I know. And there are many on this board. But, for some reason, Boomerang_Brian KNOWS Bibb is all that and he's heaven-sent, even though he shown otherwise in his past around RTA management.

The job of the board members is to oversee the GM, pure and simple. If the head of the board is blind or corrupt, a skillful board member (any board member) would have found a way to find resolution. Sounds like you're saying all the board members under the powerful might corrupt fist of Dixon were pointless or incompetent--which would mean Bibb was too. I did not mean to single out Bibb over other board members, was just responding to a post above to say that we should not expect brilliance from Bibb around RTA management given his past. But who knows, maybe he'll pleasantly surprise us, but probably best not to hold your breath.

Spoken like a pure Trumpist. Trump is saving 'Merica and can and has done no wrong. The truth is we have yet to see how Bibb will be. He's done nothing before entering office of any positive consequence for Cleveland so we have to wait and see. But for you, you're suggesting, Bibb, with four weeks in office, is a godsend and fully capable and able to fix Cleveland, though we have no evidence of such. So what is the truth? You can see the future and its glorious? Are you his chief of staff, lover, friend, mother, or something, and biased to his greatness no matter what he does? Why? We need time to see how he does, that's the truth.

He who denies the truth about things shall always walk in darkness.

Did you forget Bibb was an RTA Board Member? He actually could have made a difference back then if he knew anything about transit.

This post is more about city planning vs the city planning commission but I couldn't find just a city planning thread. (Feel free to move if need be.) Article on the equity between cities. Also, this is by a local planner so unless I'm missing something she should know the difference between Lyndhurst (which is what I think she means) and Linndale (which she spelled, "Lynndale"): "In metro Cleveland for example, there is a 24-year difference in life expectancy between the suburb of Lynndale and the Cleveland neighborhood of Hough, a few miles away...." But overall, her point is about geographic equity between municipalities---Cleveland vs. East Cleveland vs. SF or Seattle. https://www.planetizen.com/features/116088-considering-geographic-equity

So their Downtown didn't just expand and there's no walking continuity between the old and new? I haven't been there in years--and when I had been there the five or so times I thought it was quite a horrible place. I was happy never to have to go back there.

I never understood why this library and apt bldg were to be built as two different projects. Why not juts build a residential bldg and plan (and design) for the first two floors--which may have higher ceilings--to be a library, just as an office bldg plans for a lobby and retail on its first floor? The library could have a 100-year lease in the bldg or if CPL must own it, a joint ownership of the structure could be created where one party owns floors 1-2 and other owns 3 to whatever.

Who's driving this? Is the Navy looking for a location or is a private sub-building company saying, hey, we need a new location and it should be Lorain?

^Is that for New Year's or will they always be there?

That's good. I ate at Bar Louie once and was highly unimpressed. Never went back and not surprised it had closed.

@KJPGreat article as always, thanks. What kind of museum is slated for the Centennial? Also, from your article, I thought this was funny: "The 45 Erieview property is in the Erieview Historic District, as declared one year ago by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The historic district is bounded by Lakeside and Chester avenues plus East 9th and East 12th Streets." I get the logic to be able to seek historic tax credits, but especially given the destruction of the area that is "Erieview" including the cinema and all the old buildings during "slum clearance", there is little "historic" about this "historic district".

@Luke_S why downvote my post? Everything I said is true---and if you're gonna go public with a big claim and you're a public agency---also show the numbers used to make that claim. This is barely scratching the surface of public accountability of government agencies. Why would you be against that?

Thanks Luke. I looked on the Port Authority's website for data---like you find on other port authority's webpages--but nope. So the port authority HAS 2020 and 2021 numbers but we have to use outdated Federal numbers that only go as far as 2019. So without knowing the numbers from 2020, 2014, 2013, and 2012 (to understand the "10-year" span), all we know is 2021 is somewhere between 13,697,162 (if 2015 is the max and not 2014...) and 13,314,224 (2017 -- min). But the minimum COULD be higher, if e.g., 2014 was 13,697,100.