Industrial Revival on Coit Rd?
That is when the policing will pick up on the area. The new business owners do not feel safe and start spending more on cops in the area. They are now there to protect and serve the property. Tale as old as urbanism.
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Cleveland: Public Services to Save Economy
Our current economic system dictates that the able bodies must work to survive. Social/Public Services for our communities should be the number one employer in the city. How has the city neglected its citizens?
Shake the Imperial Core
Why are we engaging with them about what they want us to engage with? Do you think the stuff in the news is REALLY what we need to spend a ton of time and resources on?
Cleveland Market Analysis: The East Side
Buses are much heavier and their rubber output much higher than personal vehicles. The city has an obligation to mitigate this impact by replacing the buses with trolley/trams.
East 105th: We Don't Blow Developers Here
They have made profit from the area, but the population not returning to even half of the previous peak in 30 years may indicate the system of CDCs are not remotely efficient.
Crash Course in American Industrial History via North East Ohio
We are reviewing Northeast Ohio history through the goggles of the industrial corporations that helped build the region and then turned their backs on it. What is the role that these corporations serve? They were major organizations of labor that secondarily benefited the local economy.
Middle Class is a PR/Marketing Term.
Of course you think the deal you got was good, your pride won't let you believe otherwise and you don't have to DO anything to rectify it. This is not you the individual, rather you the larger audience.
What was Taken: University Circle
That's right, University Circle legitimately had a circle in the past! The circle was where the streetcar lines split, with one continuing east on Euclid and one down Stearns Rd. and eastbound on Cedar Ave.
Akron's Hibernating Rubber Line: Real Opportunity
Akron's Main St. has been mauled on the northern and southern ends; both separated from downtown by infrastructure that cleaved through our neighborhoods. This would encourage new transit oriented development. What stops us from achieving this? Only "political will"?
What Was Taken: Cedar-Central Neighborhood
A few notable things happened over the next few decades that impacted many mid-west city neighborhoods; the construction of the highways, white flight, redlining, and euclidean zoning. Let's see how that has impacted this area:
F*ck You: Cyclists
You are the controlled opposition for the city of Cleveland. It benefits the establishment for you to be in the ears of the developers. The city can keep their stroads AND rehab some public opinion.
F*ck You: Warner-Swasey
The building was abandoned by 1989 and the city was deeded it in 1991. That means before the building had decayed for 30 years, the city could have worked to get this redeveloped.
What Was Taken: East Cleveland
East Cleveland has lost a ton of population since its peak. They also have 35% car-less households; higher than the 6% Ohio state average. This makes East Cleveland prime for a trolley system.
Auto/Rubber Lobby: Lasting Consequences
This requires a robust public transit system, and that starts with the urban core setting the standard. That is why grade or lane seperated electric trams are a must. We had it once, and we can have it again.