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When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?

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Streetcar level of Detroit Superior Bridge open June 23-24. What to do with it? 
2 streetcar tracks and a multipurpose trail in a third rail RoW is my vote:

 

When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?

The event promo video looks nice:

 

When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?

^ It's approx. a 4-5 minute walk from Tower City to that bridge plaza/park. In my dream I'd love to see Tower City once again become a large retail center, with the bridge as an extension of small shops, kiosks, etc. that could co-exist with some level of a reborn streetcar system. Seamless activity from TC to OC in a lively pedestrian corridor, like we've all seen in old pictures. 

30 minutes ago, surfohio said:

^ It's approx. a 4-5 minute walk from Tower City to that bridge plaza/park. In my dream I'd love to see Tower City once again become a large retail center, with the bridge as an extension of small shops, kiosks, etc. that could co-exist with some level of a reborn streetcar system. Seamless activity from TC to OC in a lively pedestrian corridor, like we've all seen in old pictures. 

 

I also could imagine the lower level of the bridge being used as a streetcar subway.  The Detroit Avenue Corridor's steady growth is begging for better transit and the sooner it comes the better (and cheaper to build). From Tower City to W117th, maybe?

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1 hour ago, Dougal said:

 

I also could imagine the lower level of the bridge being used as a streetcar subway.  The Detroit Avenue Corridor's steady growth is begging for better transit and the sooner it comes the better (and cheaper to build). From Tower City to W117th, maybe?

There are four rail Right of Ways. Reserving two for future light rail still leaves plenty of space for a multipurpose path for walking or biking across the river, somewhat protected from the elements. One RoW currently has a massive water pipe, but even just one RoW is sufficient for the path.

 

I also think about where the Detroit corridor would be today if freaking Calabrese hadn’t killed @KJP’s Detroit streetcar proposal.

When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?

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I’m going to out this in the “Love” category / thread.  
 

CWRU National Championship tennis team repping Cleveland at the White House last week:

 

 

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We did our usual 4th July thing and hit Edgewater Beach from 10am (when this photo was taken) until 3pm - when it starts to get a little crazy and busy. What a phenomenal resource we have and right by downtown. 
 

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Huge asset of the city for sure. Is the Shoreway still a parking lot during fireworks? It used to be.

8 hours ago, metrocity said:

Huge asset of the city for sure. Is the Shoreway still a parking lot during fireworks? It used to be.

Years ago they used to shut the entire Shoreway down to allow room for more people .  Hopefully it gets back to those levels! 

Big ol’ cruise liner docked at the back of the Browns stadium. There’s also another, smaller one moored a few hundred yards away at the actual port. I think this first ship may have been too big to actually fit there. 
 

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Just found out about the wiki travel site on reddit:

 

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cleveland

 

At first glance it appears there's lots of room for more info. I mean the "Drinks" section alone could be several paragraphs instead of one measly arguably false statement, so have at it! 

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Good to learn that Daffy Dan is still around

 

When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?

^ whoa, what the hecks?!

 

a big blast from the past.

 

and he looks good, especially considering i figured he was long deceased.

 

well cool and i hope he has been living well off the money i gave him!

 

😂

On 7/30/2023 at 11:07 AM, Boomerang_Brian said:

Good to learn that Daffy Dan is still around

 

Sweet! I recall staying at my aunt's house in CLE for week, probably in the summer of 1979 or 1980. We took the rapid downtown and I got my first Cleveland T-shirt at Daffy Dan's at a shop located in CUT if I remember correctly.  

1 hour ago, mrnyc said:

and he looks good, especially considering i figured he was long deceased.

Glad to know I wasn’t the only one surprised that he’s still alive. 

When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?

I remember when the Prius was at the Cleveland Auto Show for the first time I sat in it to check it out and a few seconds later Daffy Dan got into the back seat behind me!  He'd been out of the spotlight for a while then, so it was cool to see him.

During my clubbing days, I used to see him occasionally at various locations.

good work etsy-ites!

 

 

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the chef vs hot lava!  😂

 

 

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plz excuse muh humblebrag and foodie humor, but i was prepping a little today for our trip down under this fall and took a look at foods to try in aus/fiji — fwiw its surprizingly not much — but anyway when it got to aussie lamington cakes oh boy was that funny because in every article on them clevelanders jump in and pop off too about the local specialty coconut bars and cakes:

 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-16-fo-letters16.1-story.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/australia-food-blog/2014/may/16/lamingtons-provenance-unproven-but-tastiness-unquestioned

 

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So with the US rejoining UNESCO, I would think that the home of both a world class orchestra and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the recognized birthplace of the dominant musical genre of the postwar era, belongs on this list"

https://citiesofmusic.net/

21 hours ago, E Rocc said:

So with the US rejoining UNESCO, I would think that the home of both a world class orchestra and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the recognized birthplace of the dominant musical genre of the postwar era, belongs on this list"

https://citiesofmusic.net/

 

i know rejoining was important for pr purposes and so we can have a say, but i hope unesco has got their sh*t together. iirc that was a highly corrupt organization in the 80s and got tons of bad publicity.

Nice article 

 

 

"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

3 hours ago, mrnyc said:

 

i know rejoining was important for pr purposes and so we can have a say, but i hope unesco has got their sh*t together. iirc that was a highly corrupt organization in the 80s and got tons of bad publicity.

UNESCO has been a political football for years. When sensitive historical wrongs were recognized by UNESCO, many times the perps of those wrongs (like the US) would remove themselves and cry corruption. Talk about snowflakes. 

2 hours ago, westerninterloper said:

UNESCO has been a political football for years. When sensitive historical wrongs were recognized by UNESCO, many times the perps of those wrongs (like the US) would remove themselves and cry corruption. Talk about snowflakes. 

 

 

oh no doubt there was some of that too, but sounds like you are too young to remember it was financially corrupt and nepos and the like for a long time — this is from the 90s:

 

 

Leaked documents reveal extent of Unesco corruption

 

Jon Henley in Paris

@jonhenley

Sun 17 Oct 1999 21.04

 

 


 

To judge from the report, Unesco has also learned little from the 1980s accusations of fund-wasting on a huge scale.

 

 

more:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/oct/18/jonhenley1

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I’m going to try to do the BaRTA crawl next weekend 

 

https://x.com/jennaincle/status/1691640618747891832?s=46&t=7i2eCUyWNZMfcPIb8zesTg

 

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I’m doing the BaRTA crawl tomorrow night. I misspoke last time - it’s actually on the #26 bus line along Detroit Ave. Looks like we’re meeting at Riverwood in Lakewood at 6 and working our way to West 25th.  I don’t actually know any of these people, so I’m hoping some of you show up too, ha. @Blimp City @GISguy

When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?

Did a #22 bar crawl once:

 

B&G, McKenna's, Pride of Erin and some terrible bar on the south side of Lorain just east of W117th.

1 hour ago, Boomerang_Brian said:

I’m doing the BaRTA crawl tomorrow night. I misspoke last time - it’s actually on the #26 bus line along Detroit Ave. Looks like we’re meeting at Riverwood in Lakewood at 6 and working our way to West 25th.  I don’t actually know any of these people, so I’m hoping some of you show up too, ha. @Blimp City @GISguy

 

I let @mermaidlindsayknow and we were kicking it around. Also one of the organizers/the one tweet is Jenna w BikeCle. Should be a fun time... And a full bus bike rack! Lol

 

Throwing @ASP1984in this Convo too. 

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Numbeo is a site that ranks countries and cities based on quality of life and cost of living.  Columbus has always ranked highly even globally. Recently, Cleveland has popped up the rankings based on excellent healthcare and local purchasing power.  https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&country2=United+States&city1=Cleveland%2C+OH&city2=Columbus%2C+OH&tracking=getDispatchComparison 
 

On 8/16/2023 at 5:45 PM, Boomerang_Brian said:

I’m going to try to do the Red line bar crawl next weekend 

 

https://x.com/jennaincle/status/1691640618747891832?s=46&t=7i2eCUyWNZMfcPIb8zesTg

 

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On 8/25/2023 at 7:50 AM, Boomerang_Brian said:

I’m doing the BaRTA crawl tomorrow night. I misspoke last time - it’s actually on the #26 bus line along Detroit Ave. Looks like we’re meeting at Riverwood in Lakewood at 6 and working our way to West 25th.  I don’t actually know any of these people, so I’m hoping some of you show up too, ha. @Blimp City @GISguy

Transit oriented drunkenness was outstanding! It was great to see @GISguy  @mermaidlindsay @marty15 and lurker Ryan who needs to set up a handle already. Top attendance was roughly 40, to the point where the east-bound #26 said “hell no” and rolled right past us. We ended up walking all the way to the red line to get back to Ohio City, but the company was good so it didn’t feel too long. 

https://x.com/jennaincle/status/1695798021026435163?s=46&t=7i2eCUyWNZMfcPIb8zesTg

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When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?

2 hours ago, Boomerang_Brian said:

 

Transit oriented drunkenness was outstanding! It was great to see @GISguy  @mermaidlindsay @marty15 and lurker Ryan who need to set up a handle already. Top attendance was roughly 40, to the point where the east-bound #26 said “hell no” and rolled right past us. We ended up walking all the way to the red line to get back to Ohio City, but the company was good so it didn’t feel too long. 

https://x.com/jennaincle/status/1695798021026435163?s=46&t=7i2eCUyWNZMfcPIb8zesTg

Was the 26 bus that full that it couldn't have taken you on?  

24 minutes ago, Cleburger said:

Was the 26 bus that full that it couldn't have taken you on?  

Actually yes! It was probably 2/3rds full as it pulled up. Technically we might have all fit, but it would have been insanely packed with standing room only. Legit 40+ people in our group - articulated bus and up routes only for future BaRTA crawls. 

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Lol the only pic I have from the evening @Boomerang_Brian live on stage: 

 

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Some YouTube Cleveland promotional videos can be very cheesy. Music aside this one is very well done. Holden Arboretum? Beautiful! It's on my itinerary for my next visit to Cleveland. 

7 hours ago, Florida Guy said:

Some YouTube Cleveland promotional videos can be very cheesy. Music aside this one is very well done. Holden Arboretum? Beautiful! It's on my itinerary for my next visit to Cleveland. 

Wow they packed a LOT in! And yes, Holden Arboretum is great. If you can make it in the Fall when the leaves are turning, the view from the tower is stunning.

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i saw this in my local news, but also in the cle dot bomb: 😂🕷️🎃

 

 

The top 10 most haunted roads in the U.S., according to SIXT’s rankings, are:

 

1. Clinton Road in West Milford, New Jersey (8.7 million views on TikTok)

2. Riverdale Road between Thornton and Brighton, Colorado (5 million)

3. Dead Man’s Curve in Cleveland, Ohio (4.3 million)

4. Resurrection Mary in Justice, Illinois (721.7K)

5. Route 375 in Rachel, Nevada (534.8K)

6. Highway 666 (now U.S. Route 491) in Gallup, New Mexico (433.1K)

7. Sandhill Road in Las Vegas, Nevada (225.7K)

8. Boy Scout Lane in Stevens Point, Wisconsin (202.2K)

9. Shades of Death Road in Warren County, New Jersey (89.6K)

10. Bragg Road in Hardin County Park, Texas (86.8K)

 

^ honestly tho, obviously they went for the numbers game because gore orphanage road should totally be on that list. 👻

6 hours ago, mrnyc said:

^ honestly tho, obviously they went for the numbers game because gore orphanage road should totally be on that list. 👻

Gore Orphanage is for sure more haunted than Dead Man’s Curve lol. 

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^Thank you!!😊 Always enjoy sharing my love of and experience in Downtown.

its doesnt get any bigger than this in the comics world -- a new bill watterson book --

 

it's a collab dark fairy tale for adults and far from calvin&hobbes visually -- 

 

also, if you watch close you can catch a few cle and ne ohio nods -- 

 

note -- this review goes thru the whole book page by page, so heavy spoilers alert -- 

 

 

https://youtu.be/kPv7BrPmP6k?si=zwKgn5KW03fUPE4b

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This channel does short videos about North American cities and finally covered Cleveland:

 

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