April 8, 201015 yr Seriously? It certainly isn't Mentor! I gave my cousin and her husband a gift certificate to Lola for Christmas this year and the first thing out of her mouth was "Ooooo but it's not safe downtown". And she lives behind Lake Catholic in Mentor. Yea my experience has been that people from Lake County are the most afraid of downtown. I had a buddy who took a girl to prom from Cathedral Latin and drove her through downtown. She was absolutely terrified! huh?? I grew up in Lake County and I remember people going into Cleveland all the time to shop, etc. Then again, I date back to the 60's (the Pleistocene era :wink:) when there were still major dept. stores downtown; although people were leery of the Hough area in the late 60's because of the riots. (It just dawned on me how woefully outdated my perceptions are. I guess I didn't realize how things have really changed in the last few decades). http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
April 8, 201015 yr That kind of mentality happens everywhere. I still want to beat my head when people argue with me because I say that Ohio State's south campus didn't need to be bulldozed, maybe helped out, but not bulldozed. Then they tell me how bad and dangerous it was. When I ask them if they had ever actully been there, the answer is always no. So, no, its not just a Cleveland thing.
April 8, 201015 yr How's this for a feel-good virtual Cleveland experience? Click on the below google maps link; then go forward one click on the forward facing arrow. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Tremont,+Cleveland,+OH&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=45.284089,107.138672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Tremont,+Cleveland,+Ohio&ll=41.477517,-81.682545&spn=0.002628,0.006539&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=41.477516,-81.682674&panoid=DQQIvQZglBPU1UgeO5n9qQ&cbp=12,92.15,,0,1.53 Now that googlemaps updated the street view for many of the city's intersections, there are several such before and after experiences. A great reminder about awesome changes to our city in the last few years that we so often take for granted as soon as construction is completed. There is one of these for Battery Park as well - http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=41.486005,-81.736565&spn=0,0.011995&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.486008,-81.736379&panoid=yvv7WCaB_jwfT9ejWNSuwA&cbp=12,97.67,,0,5 Click on link and move back one. Same thing with the intersection behind it.
April 8, 201015 yr While you were outside having drinks on East Fourth Street, those of us here in Seattle have been enjoying the 30 degree mornings and the 40's/50's rainy outdoor cafe scene. We still haven't hit 70 degrees. Not atypical for a Seattle spring. Although, we can still go skiing!
April 9, 201015 yr Lots of good stuff along Euclid. Struck by 1. How I can understand people's frustration with the construction and 2. How worth it it was in the end. There's lots of activity captured ... old CSU Student Center v. New One + Collegetown, 668 getting a facelift, the Cancer Center going up at UH. I thought this one was pretty stunning ... the "after" almost looks like a rendering to me: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=41.503469,-81.621479&spn=0,0.002108&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=41.503463,-81.621677&panoid=jky5PYlE6WnIxoGAMa-sng&cbp=12,63.61,,0,-0.24.
April 9, 201015 yr And another good one: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=41.500928,-81.682009&spn=0,0.008433&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.500912,-81.682147&panoid=aIA9ybaT1n0ogoCULP6-Mw&cbp=12,228.49,,0,2.38.
April 9, 201015 yr This made my day. Thanks!!! How's this for a feel-good virtual Cleveland experience? Click on the below google maps link; then go forward one click on the forward facing arrow. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Tremont,+Cleveland,+OH&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=45.284089,107.138672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Tremont,+Cleveland,+Ohio&ll=41.477517,-81.682545&spn=0.002628,0.006539&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=41.477516,-81.682674&panoid=DQQIvQZglBPU1UgeO5n9qQ&cbp=12,92.15,,0,1.53 Now that googlemaps updated the street view for many of the city's intersections, there are several such before and after experiences. A great reminder about awesome changes to our city in the last few years that we so often take for granted as soon as construction is completed.
April 13, 201015 yr New member checking in. Re: Diversity. I only read the first 7 pages of the thread but I didn't see anyone mention that area that I call "Little Lebanon". Around West 125th and Lorain Road. It is probably more of a "Little Middle East" but the restaurant I ate at there served Lebanese food so I call it Little Lebanon. 2nd: We also have the highest concentration of Peregrine Falcons within this county then anywhere else in the Midwest. Columbus has one nest. Cincy has 2, Toledo has 2. Cleveland has 6, the county has 9. Columbus LIVE Falconcam: http://ohiodnr.com/wildlife/dow/falcons/columbus.aspx Cleveland Image Falconcam: http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php
April 13, 201015 yr Welcome Peregrine! :wave: Do you still have a nest perched on top of the Terminal Tower?
April 14, 201015 yr Thanks for the welcome Hts121. *I* don't have a nest perched on the *13th* floor of Terminal Tower. We do. ;) I am just someone that helps monitor some of the nests around town. Just a volunteer. The second link I posted is the WebCam that broadcasts the nest (actually called an eyrie) on TT. We have 3 eggs this year that should be hatching soon!!
April 14, 201015 yr welcome Peregrine! My HS mascot was a falcon, so I'll always be one! :) I've never found much in the way of gems in little lebanon area in terms of restaurants, but some of the shops are great. Spices for next to nothing, odd sized pans that go well with my style of cooking (greek/mediterranean), good addition to the list.
April 14, 201015 yr Yea, I have to admit I love ethnic food. Indian is my favorite. I didn't want to bias anyone about Lebanese food but in all honesty.... I kind of hated it. lol
April 14, 201015 yr I try to love Indian, but it's just something I rarely eat and enjoy. I like thai curries much more than Indian. I say that, of course, as I sit here eating a red curry frozen dinner but that is more of a cost-controlled nutrition and calorie delivery system than my choice of a fantastic lunch.
April 14, 201015 yr ummmm spicy food! love it. I swear, the one thing I don't like about UO, you people publicizing my dumpster diving haunts! Can you people keep secrets?! :whip:
April 15, 201015 yr Shaquille O'Neal says he 'loves' Cleveland and hungers to end city's title drought: Cavaliers Insider ATLANTA -- It may never truly be his home, but over the last nine months Shaquille O'Neal said he's developed a special feeling for Cleveland and especially Richfield Township, where he's rented a house. "I must say I'm very, very impressed and surprised at how Cleveland has been. Me only having been in a sunny environment, I wasn't sure how it would go. But I'm having a fabulous time. If they want me back, I'll be back [next season]. http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2010/04/shaquille_oneal_says_he_loves.html
April 15, 201015 yr i was laid off at nat city/pnc recently and it was really hard to find a job in cleveland, so i had to move to columbus where i did find a new job before my layoff date at pnc. i lived in cleveland for 4 years in coventry and ohio city. i explored the city on foot, bike, public transit and car. i am really really going to miss the city and all it has to offer. i'll miss walking to the westside market on saturday mornings. i will miss going to lolita at happy hour. i will miss taking my dog to the tremont dog park and dropping him off at the mutt hutt before work knowing he was going to have a great day. i will miss walking around in the flats on a saturday afternoon and it feeling like no one is around for miles. i'll really miss my daily walks around ohio city with my dog and all the random people i ran across every day who remembered me and would say hello. i'll miss riding my bike to voinovich park in the summer and watching the boats sail by. i'll miss going to sun luck garden and the wonderful food and service. i'll miss trudging through the snow from my apt to la cave du vine on a tuesday night. i'll miss sitting outside at great lakes on the patio. i'll miss having a viable public transit option to get around the city. i could go on forever. i may have only lived there for 4 years, but i feel like cleveland is a part of me, and i will really really miss it and plan on moving back as soon as i can.
April 16, 201015 yr dayglo, Im sorry that your situation took you away from Cleveland, and it sounds like you appreciated all it has to offer..... Heres to your return in the hopefully not too distant future! Best of Luck.
April 16, 201015 yr daygo, thanks for posting. We all hope you are able to make it back to Cleveland again one day soon. EDIT: And WHEN you do make it back, we'll for sure have an "UrbanOhio Happy Hour" gathering of your choice!
April 23, 201015 yr I found this old promo video via a Columbus Dispatch blog. Hiliarious: Apparently put out by a TV station in Cleveland.
April 29, 201015 yr Another reason to love Cleveland: One of CSU's professors may have found a cure for cancer! I thought this was pretty interesting, though the article is obviously short and lacking a lot of detail. It's also from March, but someone just now sent it to me. Has Cleveland State professor found a cure for cancer? By Tim Botos CantonRep.com staff writer From the article: "In a Cleveland Clinic lab, human cancer cells were inserted into mice and allowed to grow into tumors. Kalafatis’ CancerX drug then was injected into the tumors. Doses of the drug eradicated and reduced seven different types of cancer. All told, the drug has worked on nearly 60 types of cancer, either in a petri dish or in mice. Recently, the drug substantially reduced brain tumors created from gioblastoma cells — the kind of cancer that killed Sen. Ted Kennedy. Most important, the drug didn’t harm surrounding healthy cells." http://www.cantonrep.com/communities/carroll/x1526474743/Has-Cleveland-State-professor-found-a-cure-for-cancer
May 11, 201015 yr If you're bored...vote Cleveland: http://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2010/5/11/1466921/the-ultimate-sporting-city-debate I think it's just some random guys blog.
May 12, 201015 yr I still love CLE and the Cavs even if I am mad at the cavs right now. That was embarrassing.
May 12, 201015 yr I now remember another reason why I love Cleveland. The storms aren't nearly as bad as the rest of the Midwest. It's 5am, I've been up for the past hour and a half, and it's suposed to keep on like this for at least another 3 hours. Eff Missouri weather. I guess I should look on the bright side that I haven't heard the tornado sirens...
May 19, 201015 yr CLEVELAND MAGAZINE -- BEST OF CLEVELAND 2010! vote for your favs http://clevelandmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=E73ABD6180B44874871A91F6BA5C249C&type=forms&mod=Smart+Forms&sfid=FC6F5883346A47ADB71B46C61228441F&tier=1
May 19, 201015 yr CLEVELAND MAGAZINE -- BEST OF CLEVELAND 2010! vote for your favs http://clevelandmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=E73ABD6180B44874871A91F6BA5C249C&type=forms&mod=Smart+Forms&sfid=FC6F5883346A47ADB71B46C61228441F&tier=1 Is it bad that I don't get out enough to have an opinion on half of those categories?
May 19, 201015 yr CBC, I thought the same thing. I used to love participating in stuff like this and I followed the link this morning and was like huh, I have no idea.
May 19, 201015 yr Welcome to parenthood... I guess I will have to wait for the rate the suburbs survey and stuff the ballot box...
May 19, 201015 yr No favorite coffee shop? No favorite park??? I pronounce this survey, lame. p.s. at least for Best Suburban Hot Spot I put "Wal Mart"
May 19, 201015 yr Stop hatin' on us suburbians. Hello, Huntington beach is in a suburb, and it's beautiful. So are the metroparks.
May 19, 201015 yr Stop hatin' on us suburbians. Hello, Huntington beach is in a suburb, and it's beautiful. So are the metroparks. Huntington Beach doesn't hold a candle to Edgewater Park. And..the metroparks are also in the City.
May 19, 201015 yr Where are the metroparks in the city of Cleveland? I am only familiar with the Rocky River and Mill Stream Run Reservations and those don't run in city of Cleveland I don't believe. Would be good to know. I am not a fan of Edgewater, sorry. Every time I went there, there are a lot of guys who look like they're crusing for other men sitting in their cars by themselves, it creeps me out.
May 19, 201015 yr Brookside and the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo are in Cleveland, as well as Garfield Park on the east side. Also, half of the Rocky River Reservation is in Cleveland (the river is the border between Rocky River and Cleveland). I'm not so sure about the Edgewater comment.
May 19, 201015 yr I don't mean to make anyone mad who likes Edgewater, I just don't go there anymore and that's why. I know the zoo is "part" of the parks system, but when people say the metroparks, I don't think that's what they're thinking of, so I wouldn't have thought of that. I have never been to Garfield park; is it nice? I thought the RR Reservation was in North Olmsted, Rocky River and Lakewood? I suppose technically part of it might fall over into the city limits but I think most people would think of that as either RR/Lakewood or N Olmsted at the start and end of the reservation, no?
May 19, 201015 yr Where are the metroparks in the city of Cleveland? I am only familiar with the Rocky River and Mill Stream Run Reservations and those don't run in city of Cleveland I don't believe. Would be good to know. I am not a fan of Edgewater, sorry. Every time I went there, there are a lot of guys who look like they're crusing for other men sitting in their cars by themselves, it creeps me out. Take a look at any map of Cuyahoga County and you'll see that the City borders a good amount of the metro parks. The upper portion of Edgewater is expansive, active and offers the best views in the city. Huntington is dominated by a parking lot and doesn't provide much space to enjoy yourself. The beach is ok, but there are no views.
May 19, 201015 yr The upper level of Huntington has great picnicking spots and has a nice ice cream shop. I agree it's not a ton of space. I think the beach is nice though, and I like the views. Like this one: http://www.cleveland-ohio-funguide.com/images/hunting8.jpg
May 19, 201015 yr I am not a fan of Edgewater, sorry. Every time I went there, there are a lot of guys who look like they're crusing for other men sitting in their cars by themselves, it creeps me out. I definitely know what you mean. Last time I used the men's room at Edgewater I had to give a very determined "no really, I'm just here to use the bathroom" look to a disappointed guy hanging out in there. Perhaps I flatter myself by assuming he was disappointed. But anyway, I'll go with Wade Oval as my favorite park.
May 19, 201015 yr To be fair, I've also seen these guys at the metroparks in a variety of areas but it's easy enough to leave and move on to another spot since there are so many places to alight along the reservations. It really, really, really annoys me but WTF can you do? You can't report someone to the police for sitting in their car looking lecherous. But it annoys me even more now that I'm a parent. You know, can't you just go home and whack off to the internet or meet in a motel? Why do you have to ruin nice parks with your sleazy behavior?
May 19, 201015 yr To be fair, I've also seen these guys at the metroparks in a variety of areas but it's easy enough to leave and move on to another spot since there are so many places to alight along the reservations. It really, really, really annoys me but WTF can you do? You can't report someone to the police for sitting in their car looking lecherous. But it annoys me even more now that I'm a parent. You know, can't you just go home and whack off to the internet or meet in a motel? Why do you have to ruin nice parks with your sleazy behavior? Not an excuse but this happens in many parks in many cities. Remember the old parma dude who was arrested last year for this same thing? It takes a strong park movement. If the edgewater had a conservancy (and I pray this post doesn't lead to someone add on with an even longer post) to help clean, coordinate park functions with the neighborhood and market the park that wouldn't happen or it would not be so obvious.
May 19, 201015 yr Stop hatin' on us suburbians. Hello, Huntington beach is in a suburb, and it's beautiful. So are the metroparks. You may be on the wrong website. This one is for you: Http://www.SUBURBANOHIO.com ;)
May 19, 201015 yr Stop hatin' on us suburbians. Hello, Huntington beach is in a suburb, and it's beautiful. So are the metroparks. You may be on the wrong website. This one is for you: http://www.SUBURBANOHIO.com ;) Oh, don't pick on RnR too much. We like her. Besides, I don't think any of us can truly state that we don't appreciate a jaunt out of the concrete jungle every once in a while.
May 19, 201015 yr LOL. Perhaps an opportunity for me to start a new board. I'm sure you'd all be pleased.
May 19, 201015 yr R@R, your definately correct about Edgewater, and yes it has a reputation for that. Im sure not everyone (hopefully) would notice though, although I think its pretty obvious, but then.......
May 20, 201015 yr In regards to Metroparks, while situated in the southeast microburbs, the Washington Reservation and the Ohio & Erie Canal both are pretty accessible from the Near East Side ... I think a lot of us forget we have Metroparks access in the E. 40s ... including a pretty freaking amazing stretch of bikeway that wanders through nature and industry and plops you onto the Towpath. And with all the thoughtful cycling plans of CDCsof the Towpath and its feeders, we should see increasing connectivity between the Metroparks and neighborhoods like Tremont, Old Brooklyn and Slavic Village.
May 21, 201015 yr I thought the RR Reservation was in North Olmsted, Rocky River and Lakewood? I suppose technically part of it might fall over into the city limits but I think most people would think of that as either RR/Lakewood or N Olmsted at the start and end of the reservation, no? RR Reservation is accessible from Westpark (Hogsback Rd, right near the lakewood border and also off of Mastick/Puritas) in addition to Lakewood, Rocky River, Fairview Park and North Olmstead. Not sure which city the park land actually resides in.
May 25, 201015 yr I only tease about suburbs. ;) I grew up in them, but now live in Cleveland (Westpark). Don't forget the 3rd "Westpark" entrance behind my house (and behind Fairview Hospital) although it is closed now while they replace that bridge. ;) I could be wrong but I thought the river itself WAS the border of Cleveland/Fairview, and Rocky River/Lakewood. Can't seem to find concrete proof of that though.
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