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looks like a few candidates lined up: CLEVELAND -- Mayor Frank Jackson's re-election campaign impresses on voters that his steady leadership during difficult times deserves a second term. Four challengers are running against him and some claim his lack of leadership is the real campaign issue. More at http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=119851&catid=3

Couldn't eminent domain be used here?

I know of a Sohio sign [and station?] still standing if you're feeling nostalgic and want to go visit.

sounds exciting. how much is the rent? (since you want questions!) and i agree with you, vertical blinds are horrible and a pain to deal with....

Sorry about that--I misread a previous post. I know 3-C is intercity--I had thought the poster above was advocating DMU technology for commuter routes and was calling Columbus-Cleveland such a route. Sorry for any confusion.

Cleveland-columbus or columbus-youngstown or columbus-akron aren't really commuter patterns. I guess folks could commute daily/weekly from columbus to cleveland (or vice versa), but the others aren't really commuter markets. Akron to Cleveland--yes, but for Columbus, it would have to a town nearby where people live at night, but head into the columbus during the day to work.

sure--they could even be feeder services to the main 3-C system or serve their markets in their own right. A Canton-Akron-Cleveland line would do very well. The DMU's i'm assuming would be commuter rail. Southern NJ just built a new line (called the River Line) from Trenton to Philly, but its a DMU-Light rail. For safety reasons, you can't have light rail mixed with regular freight trains---so we should not do this in Ohio. NJ has to operate under certain hours when there is no freight service, so you can't be very flexible with operations. But regular DMU's would be great for commuter service.

Some grass where people can play frisbee or catch or something would be nice....or just lie out a picnic....Retail (and bathrooms) would be nice to have. it'd be like going to NY's central park on a Saturday afternoon. Bathrooms may be tough, but retail is easy, actually. Some vendors on mobile carts like the hot dogs stands we have---but some variety---an ice cream one, a fruit dealer, a kabob cart, a local artist selling cloths or jewelry, stuff like that.

If tracks are gone, new tracks can be laid. Or are you saying the right-of-way is gone? If so, to where? is it now parking?

they did vote, and as expected, it passed. But i second your question, what's the next step?

Agreed CVS is not a convenience store---its a drug store. the area needs a place you pop into and get a box of spaghetti and a jar of sauce or a pint of ice cream or a cup of coffee or a sandwich made for you at the deli counter--all at 3:30am--like on any corner in NYC.

Try Guitar Center in North Olmstead at Great Northern or Cleveland Music in Parma at Pearl & Ridge.

I guess it means, its owner is still thinking about it, but has slowed things down for the economy. Maybe this project will pick up once things improve. Their website is still up (though no data).

What kind of stuff do they do? I just was curious but couldn't find any info on them upon doing a quick search.

article from the PD.... Is this being done to create land to develop on? If so, what's there now they need fill dirt? Also isn't there plenty of other land around? Or is this being done as the current holding space at BKL will run out of room. In which case, why not start to build the new port at E55 instead of dragging the dirt upstream? What am i missing here? Cleveland wants to use dredgings to create industrial-park site in Cuyahoga River Valley Thursday, May 21, 2009 Tom Breckenridge Plain Dealer Reporter Mounds of dried river muck would be dumped and leveled to help create a large industrial park in the Cuyahoga River valley, under a unique plan crafted by Cleveland officials. The city is working with the Army Corps of Engineers on an effort to scoop 500,000 cubic yards of dredged muck from dikes north of Burke Lakefront Airport. The dirt - enough to fill 154 Olympic-sized pools - could be taken to a valley west and south of Pershing Avenue and Interstate 77, officials say. ..... http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1242894638124650.xml&coll=2

Are you kidding? If i were the owner I would take a hotel or office/residential building any day over a parking lot across from me--particularly one with street level retail with pedestrian activity. all parking should be underground or in garages on the streets (not avenues).

Didn't Barnes & Noble have plans to build a megastore across from CSU (wholly separate from the CSU bookstore)? Is that idea still on the table? If so, the area from Public Sq to the E 20s couldn't support two.

This would be sooo good for the city. Improved cargo capacity + fresh waterfront land downtown.... i hope it keeps moving forward.

An article in Scene today and discussion of the sewer infrastructure rehabilitation underway: “Even though the Wolstein project is temporarily stalled, the infrastructure necessary to make the project have vertical [elements] is continuing on,” says [executive director of the the Flats Oxbow Association] Newman. “So that’ll all be ready to build upward on when the economics of it all make that viable.” http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2009/05/12/remember-the-flats

Thats great but a little misleading as March 09 had 22 week days vs. Feb's 20 (and overall March has 3 more days than Feb). Using the 'average' number in the release would mean march traffic is up by around 119,000 passengers (200,000-3x27,000). month to adjacent month comparisons are not always the best to make (holidays, summer vacations, shorter/longer months, etc.), that's why traffic is generally reported as a specific month of one year to the same month in a previous year.

when is City Council scheduled to vote on it?

I'm talking about scheduled commercial service not Cleveland Clinic or sports team charters or other special flights. Yes, of course CLE can handle 747s and DC10s (which UA still operated into CLE til about 10 yrs ago or so). I would love more TATL service out of CLE. And had my hopes on CLE-AMS, til CO announced its leaving Skyteam (and thus severing all the KLM connections in Amsterdam). Our hope now is a 762 CLE-FRA on Lufthansa (or possibly CO) if CO gets full approval to join UA's Star Alliance. (It may be possible on a 757--but that's really pushing its limits.) Yes, it is true, once CO gets some 787 deliveries it frees up other aircraft--lets hope they're used for service from CLE and not expansion at EWR or IAH. CO, though will NOT, put a 787 on CLE-LHR, as that route is best served by a 757--the 787 is intended for long, thin routes, for which you need the distance but not the capacity--for example, if you wanted to fly CLE-Warsaw. A 757 could never do it, but a 767 or 747 can -- but no airline would be able to fill it to make it a viable route. thus enters the 787.

ah yes! I haven't heard that for years--but you've removed it from the recesses of my mind.

Just a quick question--though the street name purists among us may like it--I'm working on a project and trying to figure something out. Is it Martin Luther King Jr "Drive" or "Blvd"? On the city's GIS maps, it seems to show MLK as "Blvd" North of E 105 to the Lake, but MKL "Drive" south of 105th to Chester. Does it really change names when you cross 105th? or did the whole thing change recently from one to the other, but some lingering parts of the old name exist? From memory, I always thought it was "Drive", but checked to be completely sure--now i'm not sure at all!

unfortunately, other than Fedex, no one is looking to fly 767s or 777's to/from CLE...