So, just some food for thought: I made this map which contains some (most?) of the surface parking lots in the CBD of Cleveland highlighted in Blue.  I kept th scope to the WHD and Corridor from Carnegie to Euclid from PS to I-90. 

 

In my opinion this map reveals a few things of interest. 

 

1) There really is quite a bit of infrastructure covering the downtown corridors that simply remains unpopulated.  It reminds me that, though I get excited at the thought of new construction, it is very important that we encourage the rehabilitation of buildings along with new projects.

 

2) The area surrounded by Carnegie, Euclid, 18th and 14th contains large swaths of open land surrounded by CSU, Gateway, Playhouse Sq. and I-90.  Doesn't anyone else think this would be an ideal place for a large multi-use development.  If it were my vote a "Stark" like project could do more good in this area.

 

3) In the category of Transit, we've discussed finishing the waterfront loop up 18th to Prospect and then back to Tower City.  After starring at these streets and areas I think a second loop would split off when the Prospect line hits Huron.  One would go up Huron to Tower City and continue the outer loop, (or go westbound) the other would go up prospect, north on Ontario, W on Frankfurt, North on W6, East on St. Clair and then South on Ninth until it hit the Prospect/Huron junction.  These loops would thus hit the major areas inside of downtown, and also hit the Waterfront areas.  When connected to the Red line's University Circle of W25th stations we would have a fairly comprehensive downtown+ metro transit system.

 

 

 

Could you please change the thread title to indicate this thread is about Cleveland, not Ohio in general?

 

Edit: Thanks for the fix.

Stark himself was once planning something big in that area south of Playhouse Square.  I think he was calling it Gray's Green.  No idea where that stands now.  Also, there's a major concentration of surface parking in the NE part of downtown too.  Much of it is owned by CSU and earmarked for their campus expansion, but not all of it.

Stark himself was once planning something big in that area south of Playhouse Square.  I think he was calling it Gray's Green.  No idea where that stands now.  Also, there's a major concentration of surface parking in the NE part of downtown too.  Much of it is owned by CSU and earmarked for their campus expansion, but not all of it.

 

Quite a few parking lots exist just to the northeast of the E 9th corridor. I'm amazed that the bluffs parking lot on Davenport hasn't turned into something yet. Sitting on the bluff it has unobstructed lake views perfect for a townhome development. IMO the development along the avenue district would have sold much better had it been placed on the surface lots near the beach cliff, but of course would have spread downtown out a bit more.