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^clvldr, KJP--thanks for the clarifications. Google maps and/or Google earth shows municipal boundaries? I couldn't see them in either application.

Are all of the numbers presented here adjusted for inflation? That is, is Cleveland's economy $26B greater today than it was ten years ago? Or is it comparing the 2012 GDP in 2012 dollars against the 2001 GDP in 2001 dollars? I assume they are adjusted and held constant to one year or the other, but just wanted to make sure...

KJP--re that RTA/Lakewood photo above: is that at 117 & Madison? The Rapid on the west side is wholly in the City and doesn't touch Lakewood right?

Years ago (20 and beyond) there were NEVER any state police in Cleveland--or metro cleveland--only city police. Why are there State Police now in the cities instead of the rural areas? What changed? Isn't this a violation of home rule for cities? When did this police action start? Why aren't cities fighting it?

^Great image!

can we still get the wildcard?

^what happened to the bookstore that was there?

Based on the URL, it looks like the article is from January 2012. Its too bad. A trans-Erie ferry would be a great economic stimulus to CLE--even if its just people and cars (and not trucks like originally conceived).

^Oh, that's unfortunate. Thank for providing context.

^And Brooklyn is Kings County. Its more than that though. For example, no one from Brooklyn says that they are from "New York".

^From the report, ridership on the 6/Healthline had a very impressive ridership increase: 3.1m to 4.6m from 2008 to 2012, a 52% increase, though the St. Clair route lost 20% from 2.3m to 1.9m in the same period.

^Brooklyn is Brooklyn, Queens is Queens, the Bronx is the Bronx, and NYC is Manhattan. This is--with the exception of Queens--also true for the postal system. In Queens, your address is usually the historic town that is now Queens, such as "Long Island City, NY" or "Flushing, NY", not "Queens, NY". (Of course, politically, they and Staten Island are all NYC.)

Its called Mexico. The 'oil city' in Texas is Houston, not Austin. Houston already has good service to the UK/Europe. I would say Cleveland is a far better candidate for LHR service than is Austin. Austin just did a much better job of selling itself and organizing its business community to commit to seats, and CLE has been doing an absolutely lousy job selling itself for international service and getting business guarantees. After UA, BA was the likely carrier to target for CLE-LHR service. But BA goes for Austin instead? Ricky Smith & Co may be good at physical changes like the airmall or tearing down a garage, but they are doing a lousy job developing new international routes here.

Is that plaza between Prospect and Euclid above street level or is the vision to break the bldg into two buildings with green space in between?

Wow, great to see. Thanks very much for posting.

So what? Since when does being a state capital matter? By that logic Albany (yes 2 hrs to NYC, but Austin is 2 hrs to Houston) should have direct flights to Europe. If its not facilitating air service, just what is the core business of Hopkins?

I truly hope its the new immigration facilities and not more runway SHORTENING projects. Little Austin, TX (with an air market much smaller than CLE's) just got a daily nonstop to London on BA, to begin this Spring (and supposedly without subsidies). They just finished new FIS (immigration) facilities at their airport. We need this a new FIS desperately....like NOW, or we will continue to lose out.

Man, I've never seen an article on CLE from Forbes that does not have complete inaccuracies or just annoying errors, like this one: "In 2005 Kennedy and Cosgrove brought the med mart idea to Cleveland’s mayor, who introduced them to his bosses, the county commissioners." The Mayor in no way works for the County. or this one: "Protected by a dedicated 141-trooper force of state police, there is a conference center, a fancy hotel and a farmers’ market." CC Police are not "State Police"--they CC police. In both of these examples, it minimizes or undermines the power of the City itself---one as subservient to the County and the other, the State.

I realize that when I say a grocery store in an urban district, some folks necessarily are thinking of a giant suburban giant eagle or something. For the Lakefront, I'm talking about a store where you can buy groceries (think Trader Joes in NY Union Square) that you can take home and cook, instead of always buying restaurant food. Didn't realize this would be such a difficult concept. If you don't want people to be able to buy food, then why advocate a bunch of housing?

Sorry. I forgot that people who live in higher end condos/apartments do not need to eat food. You're right. Bring on the sports bar.

KJP--why was the NJ River Line so much more expensive per mile than the other projects? If went with DMU, perhaps a good cross-the-platform (if the fare system allows) transfer could be made in Euclid or something, meaning, a short eastern extension of the Red Line, combined with DMU service between the Red line eastern terminus and Lake County....... OR why not: Extend the Red LIne to Euclid AND build a separate DMU commuter rail line from Willoughby/Painesville/Lake County to the City? Whatever happened to the railbus?

^True. But *some* office development should be created. It will be a unique location. Such a cool location may incentivize a company to open there when they otherwise wouldn't be operating in the city at all. I guess, i want it all: office hotel condos apartments some cheap restaurants, including 24-hr diners some nice restaurants retail to support living (laundromat, grocery store, drug stores, etc.) some other retail maybe one or two 'attractions' like museums but nothing overwhelming school (CMSD) some kind of art/film institute

^Gotta have a hotel in there too---something like 200-300 rooms.

^A film studio requires a lot of space. I'd rather see a use that allows for greater density. Post-production work though could work with retail on the street level and offices above. A film studio would likely not have any street-level retail..... In the former Brooklyn (NY) Navy Yard on the water, there is a bunch of film/post-production work that was set up there recently---I wonder if that was this proposer's inspiration. I like the thinking of Dick Pace---making it an excellent neighborhood. I'd like to see 24-hr life there---a few 24/7 diners/cafes, as well as hotels, apartments, condos, shops, shops for every day life, some cool restaurants, cheap restaurants, some bars (but not clubs)---and if space allows, perhaps a museum on the first few floors of one of the office buildings. But no silly tourist attractions that eat up all the space and/or require lots of parking that is otherwise empty most of the time.