Posted September 7, 200420 yr Sprucing up suburban downtowns Competition for dollars, pride sends cities to drawing boards Tuesday, September 07, 2004 Thomas Ott Plain Dealer Reporter Article Removed Im mixed on whether or not this is a good thing. It really could mean the death of the suburbs. To me that seems interesting that these suburbs want to be become more "neighborhood-ish" which sounds like a more universal effort to stop the sprawl. I think the fact that Cleveland "came back" people got a taste of what its like outside of the Parmas and Strongsvilles and therefore want their own cities to become more of a sense of place rather than a big box wal mart. I see it with my family, who live in the same suburb on the same Col-de-sac in North Royalton. One trip to Coventry and whats the first thing i hear? "Why dont we have something like this???".
September 8, 200420 yr however, someone should tell chagrin falls that scenic improvements (lighting, bushes, etc.........isn't there something called the Five B's?) wont do much in the long run....
September 13, 200420 yr I with all honesty don't see why suburbs (inner/outer ring in Cuyahoga County) need downtowns, but if it helps the region I'm all for it.
September 14, 200420 yr I with all honesty don't see why suburbs (inner/outer ring in Cuyahoga County) need downtowns' date=' but if it helps the region I'm all for it.[/quote'] Well, either you had a town center or you didn't. Some of these suburbs are nothing more than overgrowned subdivisions, while others were their own little entity that found itself next to or part of a bigger city. I can rattle off all the edge towns and "overgrowned subdivisions" in reference to Columbus/Franklin County, but I'm not as knowledgeable about the other Ohio metropolises to try stating those town comparisions.
September 14, 200420 yr ^^ The whole thing about our suburbs is that they're built around the city that is the hub of business and culture in the region. I like Cleveland Heights' Coventry (and who dosen't) but manufactured downtowns in suburbs just don't seem right to me. But like I said, if they help out the region then I'm all for it.
September 14, 200420 yr manufactured, boo original, yay (improvements are allowed, see hudson article) mcnulty's, yay CHPD, boo
January 28, 200520 yr well poo, i might as well direct people towards my cracker park thread.......... http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=1692.0
January 28, 200520 yr Well, I got a chance to see the wonderfull Hudson, and it ranks up there as one of the best townscapes in Ohio. And that shopping center they are building adjacent to downtown seems to "work" too, as they are tying it into the existing street pattern. This has the potential of being a model "new urbanist" approach to incorporating modern shopping into a a traditional "small town" environment.
August 28, 200717 yr Not sure where to put this, but there was a delegation from the "City of Chagrin Falls" being taken through Crocker Park by Bob Stark himself. I saw it today on Main Street Westlake.
August 28, 200717 yr man i dont even remember making this post... delegation for what, Chagrin is cute and small-town "perfection"...
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