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^I agree that it shouldn't be on the list---a typical business could not just rent space there even if it was available. In any event, is it really bigger than Key Tower?

^KJP--is the bridge high enough for a double stacker train? Does NS run such trains on this line? I realize the image may just be a concept rendering....

Per my note a few messages above, here are the drawings for the 3rd pedestrian bridge at the lakefront--on Whisky Island.

^Actually, 3. The third is on Whisky Island to go over the RR tracks. Also designed by Rosales. The existing lift bridge will be modified for a bike/pedestrian lane and a path will then connect it to the new bridge over the tracks. Unlike the other two, it is being done by Metroparks--a different funding source--so should move forward independently of the other two.

^ I truly hope they keep the power lunch restaurant on the 21st floor.

^is the occupancy of 100,000 sq ft counted in office numbers? it would be a bit dishonest to count the rented space but not the vacant space.... who does this counting--is it the real estate firms who write the statistics reports or Downtown Cleveland Alliance?

In this town we call it as it is! Actually, in both the poster and the logo the word "sewer" should be in brown.

^Be sure to fly DL--all you gotta do is fly CLE--ATL or DTW-SLC--AMS! (Before someone calls me on it, I do realize DL flies ATL - and DTW-AMS)

^ that hurts.

Nice to see investments at BKL. Not sure what is meant by "terminal refurbishing" but would be nice is at least one or two gates with jetways and security screening facilities.... "...Other improvements already scheduled to be done by mid-2016: Upgrades to airport signs at Hopkins and Burke Lakefront Airport, a new waiting area and parking lot canopy system at the Hopkins rental car facility, and terminal refurbishing and construction of a new Landmark Aviation Executive hangar for private jets at Burke..." http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/07/hopkins_airport_says_its_ready.html

^I agree--its feels a bit cheesy/cheap, and very "LA" instead of, say NY, but overall its probably okay.

The "SkySuites" run between $3700 and $6000/month. To have a fully loaded place, its seems so petty to charge people $90/month for TV and internet on top of this. Why not just include it? If they really want their $90, why not raise the prices? Just looks silly. http://the9cleveland.com/SkySuites.html

^What's wrong with the open air? I can't think one major airport in the world where the roadway is covered. Its pretty common to be open to the sky.

^that's the first time I've seen or heard about the Case bridge. Its pretty, but why is it necessary? Just to cross MLK?

^I'd prefer the gerbil tube to be in the middle of the walkway so that one could truly outside looking both east and west. So no one is 'trapped' in any of the three long corridors, there should egress points along the way, allowing one to enter or leave the tube every 100 feet or so. That's also good for safety and fire safety if there's a fire in the tube and people need to get out.

^^ are those colors real or is that heavy heavy saturation?

If CWRU is building its med school on the campus on the Clinic, is it still retaining its relationship with UH?

^^^Andrew0816--thanks for posting the law. § 443.29 Cruising or Soliciting No public hack, while soliciting employment, shall stand on any public street or place other than at or upon a public hack stand, designated or established in accordance with this chapter; nor shall any driver of such hack seek employment by repeatedly and persistently driving his or her hack to and fro in a short space before, or by otherwise interfering with the proper and orderly access to or egress from any theater, hall, hotel, public resort, railway or boat landings, or other place of public gatherings. No person shall solicit passengers for public hacks, except the driver of a public hack, when sitting upon the driver’s seat of such vehicle, except that at special points designated by the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses not more than two (2) agents may be employed to solicit business on the street. No persons shall be permitted to ride in the front seat of a taxicab with the driver, unless the rear compartment is occupied, and any driver who shall permit this may be deprived of his or her license. All police officers and inspectors of licenses shall notify the Commissioner of any violation of this provision. (Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76) Upon reading it, it doesn't say taxi's cannot cruise with the exception that they don't repeatedly cruise the same "short space", AND, if I read the part in red, below correctly, only two taxis may be cruise a certain location if that location is so designated as such by the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses. Meaning, aside from a with a few specific issues, taxi's CAN cruise for pax. DCA and Marinucci should spend more time proofreading their typo-laden reports instead of publishing inaccurate and damaging material about the city.

^^ SixthCity, Clefan98, KJP: Are you guys saying cabbies now cruise around OC, Tremont, Univ Circle, and all over Downtown? I don't understand, though, why the issue exists. Why would the city make it illegal to hail a taxi and only allow taxi pickups at certain locations? Apparently the issue was the same in NYC. Yellow taxis could only accept pax in Manhattan south of 96 St on the east side and south of 110th St. on the west side. After 'years of trying' Mayor Bloomberg finally got approval to have a taxi system that will allow street hails in the city outside of this area. (Such taxi's can't pick up at the airports or in Manhattan south of 96St/110 St.) But why were yellow cabs prohibited from picking up pax in Brooklyn (or Queens or elsewhere) anyway? And why not in Old Brooklyn, Shaker Square, Midtown, etc? Its clearly not just a wacky Cleveland rule, if NY had it too. Reference: "The state’s highest court on Thursday unanimously upheld the Bloomberg administration’s plan to radically expand street-hail taxi service beyond Manhattan, signaling a fundamental shift in New York City’s entrenched taxi culture. As early as next month, thousands of the newly designated taxis — bearing fresh apple green paint, new roof lights and taximeters — will begin to descend on neighborhoods where yellow cabs rarely visit, addressing an inequity that has existed for decades. The 6-to-0 decision by the New York State Court of Appeals allows the city to issue up to 18,000 “hail licenses” for livery cabs in northern Manhattan and the other boroughs..." http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/nyregion/plan-for-expanded-taxi-hailing-service-reinstated.html?_r=0

^ I talked to a few cabbies--they said they'd pick up anybody anywhere (though they won't necessarily cruise everywhere). So I think we're fine on that front. My concern is if it is indeed a city policy or law to prevent such commerce, convenience, and urban vitality from happening.

On the Downtown Cleveland Alliance website, it says: "Downtown Taxi Services In the City of Cleveland, passengers cannot hail taxis on the street. In order to hire a taxi, passengers have two options. They can either reserve a taxi by calling one of the following companies that service Downtown and the taxi will pick them up, or they can go to one of the several hotel taxi stands located throughout Downtown and pick up a cab. " http://www.downtowncleveland.com/parking-and-transportation/taxi-service.aspx First of all, is this nonsense true? You can't step outside and hail a cab? No one knows where cab stands are and they certainly aren't everywhere. Such a policy or law (if followed) discourages taxis from cruising looking for pax. If true, why would the city make such a law that hurts the city from becoming a vibrant place? Edit: Also, if it really is a law, can someone point me the section in the Codified Ordnance of the city? Thanks.

^according to Texas' website, their two Cleveland locations will both open in 2015 at: Cleveland- Crocker Park Cleveland-Chagrin http://www.texasdebrazil.com/our-locations/

^and taking that KC example further, with a hub and pax from other cities, there is enough demand for direct flights to London, Paris, Frankfurt, etc. Without the non-Cleveland based or non-Cleveland-destined passengers, there is a smaller passenger pool, making it more risky for airlines to start such a route