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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
SCENE Magazine: our friend Mike Lang helps us tie one on
Since he first moved into our neighborhood, Mike Lang has always been humorous, irreverent and fun to be around, a refreshing counterpoint to those who take themselves too seriously or are constantly fearful or bummed. Laughing in the face of massive government destruction of private commerce and industry along Euclid Avenue, Mike keeps lobbing those ads and quips. This is his latest ad from SCENE Magazine, page 22.
Monday, August 18, 2008
milestone: 700 LinkedIn Connections
LinkedIn: My Contacts: Connections -- As of this morning, I now have 700 connections on Linked In. It's getting interesting watching the seething, teeming mass of humanity assembled there, seeking knowledge of what they have in common, and not what keeps them apart.
I'd say it's a healthy phenomenon.
I'd say it's a healthy phenomenon.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
E-book editon of "Cities Within A City: On Changing Cleveland's Government," by Burt W. Griffin
E-book editon of "Cities Within A City: On Changing Cleveland's Government," by Burt W. Griffin -- I was talking this morning to Bill Callahan about the city charter hearings under way; Burt Griffin's 1981 book came up as an integral topic in our conversation. Burt worked in Washington for a while, and has some instructive thoughts to offer on urbanism.
Lo and behold, searching for data on the internet, I found that the entire text of the book is here. Just click on Table of Contents, and you'll find each section and chapter at your fingertips, or your mousetips, or however we would phrase that in this electronic age.
One of my points for Bill was that, since we have the PR weenies beginning to whack away at public opinion about Cleveland City Council, as evidenced by yesterday's PD masterwork, it's time to go on offense, to wit: Each ward of the City of Cleveland should have equal standing with similar-sized small towns or suburbs, each councilman should have the same authorities in and control over his ward as mayors have over their cities, and each ward should be relatively autonomous in governance and in the delivery of services to the constituency.
Here's a bit on Burt and his book, from the Cleveland Memory Project:
Cities Within A City: On Changing Cleveland's Government
by Burt W. Griffin
Originally published by
the College of Urban Affairs
Cleveland State University
1981
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Burt W. Griffin retired as judge of the Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 2005, after 30 years of service. From 1966 to 1975, he served as a legal aid lawyer in various capacities, including Executive Director of the Cleveland Legal Aid Society and National Director of the Legal Services Program, U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity.
He was Assistant Counsel to the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy during 1964.
Judge Griffin has been a lifelong resident of Greater Cleveland. He was born in Cleveland's Hough section in 1932, lived in the Shaker Square area of Cleveland from 1937 to 1960, and has resided in Shaker Heights since then. Judge Griffin was graduated cum laude from Amherst College with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1954, and from Yale Law School with a Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1959.
He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Urban Studies at Cleveland State University.
This edition contains the complete text as found in the 1981 print edition of the book, along with some enhancements developed to aid in navigating this site. The site is hosted by the Cleveland State University Library and is presented here with Judge Griffin's permission.
PERMISSIONS CREDITS DISCLAIMER
Lo and behold, searching for data on the internet, I found that the entire text of the book is here. Just click on Table of Contents, and you'll find each section and chapter at your fingertips, or your mousetips, or however we would phrase that in this electronic age.
One of my points for Bill was that, since we have the PR weenies beginning to whack away at public opinion about Cleveland City Council, as evidenced by yesterday's PD masterwork, it's time to go on offense, to wit: Each ward of the City of Cleveland should have equal standing with similar-sized small towns or suburbs, each councilman should have the same authorities in and control over his ward as mayors have over their cities, and each ward should be relatively autonomous in governance and in the delivery of services to the constituency.
Here's a bit on Burt and his book, from the Cleveland Memory Project:
Cities Within A City: On Changing Cleveland's Government
by Burt W. Griffin
Originally published by
the College of Urban Affairs
Cleveland State University
1981
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Burt W. Griffin retired as judge of the Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 2005, after 30 years of service. From 1966 to 1975, he served as a legal aid lawyer in various capacities, including Executive Director of the Cleveland Legal Aid Society and National Director of the Legal Services Program, U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity.
He was Assistant Counsel to the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy during 1964.
Judge Griffin has been a lifelong resident of Greater Cleveland. He was born in Cleveland's Hough section in 1932, lived in the Shaker Square area of Cleveland from 1937 to 1960, and has resided in Shaker Heights since then. Judge Griffin was graduated cum laude from Amherst College with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1954, and from Yale Law School with a Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1959.
He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Urban Studies at Cleveland State University.
This edition contains the complete text as found in the 1981 print edition of the book, along with some enhancements developed to aid in navigating this site. The site is hosted by the Cleveland State University Library and is presented here with Judge Griffin's permission.
PERMISSIONS CREDITS DISCLAIMER
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
something to look forward to
Meet.The.Bloggers will again Attend The Cleveland Weblogger Meetup at Fat Fish Blue (Wednesday, March 19, 2008) - Upcoming -- Tonight, we get to go over to Fat Fish Blue to see how the new space works for the Blogger Meetups:
CHANGE OF VENUE: Downtown Cleveland at Fat Fish Blue. As I said, you never know what might happen at our monthly blogger meetups. See you There! February turned in to a great blogger meetup. We had just heard that WKYC invited us to collaborate with them during the Presidential Debate. You want to attend if you can because you just never know what opportunity may have turned up.And the opportunity for great conversation and help with blogs and websites and gaining new perspectives to troubling questions is always available.
Homepage
http://meetthebloggers.net
CHANGE OF VENUE: Downtown Cleveland at Fat Fish Blue. As I said, you never know what might happen at our monthly blogger meetups. See you There! February turned in to a great blogger meetup. We had just heard that WKYC invited us to collaborate with them during the Presidential Debate. You want to attend if you can because you just never know what opportunity may have turned up.And the opportunity for great conversation and help with blogs and websites and gaining new perspectives to troubling questions is always available.
Homepage
http://meetthebloggers.net
Thursday, January 10, 2008
for the ferrets
Bowling Benefit at Meszar's Lanes (Sunday, January 13, 2008) - Upcoming -- One of my seldom mentioned alter egos, Tim Ferrets, really wants you to know about this one--there are very few similar events, anywhere, ever, so you might want to take advantage of this unique window in time and hurry on over to Meszar's this Sunday.
This event reminds me of the fact that we who live in Brooklyn Centre are in proximity to a lot of small community gathering places like this bowling alley--the bars, the restaurants, the libraries, the churches, and so forth. As a matter of fact, community places are really dense and readily available. We are already perfectly suited to form, or re-form, the type of community that takes care of itself and its own. But, back to the friendly, frolicking ferrets:
Sunday, January 13, 2008
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Meszar's Lanes
4231 Fulton RoadCleveland, Ohio 44144-1866
Ferrets Unlimited Ferret Shelter (The only ferret shelter in Northeastern Ohio) is having a bowling benefit on Sunday, January 13, 2008 at Meszar’s Lanes 4231 Fulton Rd Cleveland. The party goes from 4:00 - 8:00 PM and includes open bowling, pizza, raffles, door prizes and lots of fun. There is also a cash bar with reduced prices.Tickets are $20 advance (deadline for advance tickets is Jan. 8, 2008) or $25 at the door. Children's tickets (ages 6-11) are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. For ticket information please call 216-351-4694 and speak to Elaine or Sarah.Please help spread the word!
Homepage http://www.ferretsunlimited.org/
This event reminds me of the fact that we who live in Brooklyn Centre are in proximity to a lot of small community gathering places like this bowling alley--the bars, the restaurants, the libraries, the churches, and so forth. As a matter of fact, community places are really dense and readily available. We are already perfectly suited to form, or re-form, the type of community that takes care of itself and its own. But, back to the friendly, frolicking ferrets:
Sunday, January 13, 2008
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Meszar's Lanes
4231 Fulton RoadCleveland, Ohio 44144-1866
Ferrets Unlimited Ferret Shelter (The only ferret shelter in Northeastern Ohio) is having a bowling benefit on Sunday, January 13, 2008 at Meszar’s Lanes 4231 Fulton Rd Cleveland. The party goes from 4:00 - 8:00 PM and includes open bowling, pizza, raffles, door prizes and lots of fun. There is also a cash bar with reduced prices.Tickets are $20 advance (deadline for advance tickets is Jan. 8, 2008) or $25 at the door. Children's tickets (ages 6-11) are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. For ticket information please call 216-351-4694 and speak to Elaine or Sarah.Please help spread the word!
Homepage http://www.ferretsunlimited.org/
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
editing the editors, adjusting the attitude
Burke Lakefront Airport isn't going anywhere, so city must make the best of it - an editorial- cleveland.com -- I thought it was an incredibly good piece of news that Frank Jackson was acknowledging the permanent status of Burke Lakefront Airport, acknowledging that the dialogue swirling around it was something that never should have been started. As a development asset, it was never something that could ever be put on the table. I would really like to know who started beating the drum about it in the first place.
Anyway, we have below a PD editorial, which I have included in its entirety, that points up the attitudinal shortcomings of our newspaper's vision of who we are and what capital we have as a city and as a region. This editorial is about as shabby as the PR flak job they tried to pass of as reporting of the abrogation of our voting rights with last sales-tax-hike, the one that starts October 1st.
A far more positive take would be that the builders of Burke created usable land where there had been none prior. They created an asset of value using garbage. They were early-adapter recyclers. They were The Forest City, and they were green, too.
Another positive point is that dealmakers can fly into Burke discreetly, be whisked up to corporate or professional offices where big deals are made, and be taken out to wine and dine in celebration of the closed deal at classy hotels and restaurants before being whisked back down to the field to depart for home. WORTH Magazine has been attentive all this year to how people are using small planes--leased, shared, bought, and so forth.
Yet another positive point is that very few other cities have an asset like this, collocated with the fanciest hotels and the main business district with all the corporate headquarters and big law firms.
Another interesting fact is that this little airport takes the shipping burden off Hopkins and can handle a heck of a lot of courier business from the downtown business district.
Another neat thing is that our airport is nestled right between Edgewater Park and Whiskey Island to the west and Gordon Park and Bratenahl to the east. Really, how much "access" does the PD editorializer want? What about that Stadium thing? We had the chance to redesign the lakefront during the final days of the White administration, and where was the PD when that was all kicking off?
Since the PD's content usually disappears after a while, here is the editorial in all its cheesy, yet resplendent, negativity. See how you would make it more positive, try shucking the Ambrose Bierce pose without becoming Holly Golightly or Mary Poppins. The bold parts are things I think could stand an attitude adjustment, or some backup with facts.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Mayor Frank Jackson's announcement that Burke would remain open indefinitely was probably the right decision.
Seventy years ago, when Cleveland's city fathers were looking around for land on which to build a new airport, they made a horrible decision.
Booming business at Cleveland Municipal Airport (now Cleveland Hopkins International Airport) was creating a desperate need for a reliever airport to handle smaller aircraft. So, city officials looked around and settled on the worst possible site - the city's lakefront.
World War II delayed construction, but by 1947, enough waste, garbage and other fill had been piled on the Lake Erie shoreline to open Burke Lakefront Airport, a 480-acre land-grabber that has blocked access to Cleveland's most precious asset ever since.
Almost from the day it opened, Burke has been cited as an example of atrocious land-use policy. But calls for closing Burke have often conveniently ignored the enormous difficulties that would be involved.
Replacing Burke with an airport located more sensibly would cost hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions.
Redirecting light aircraft to Hopkins would risk intolerable delays to the major air carriers so important to the region's economy.
Any move to close Burke would probably meet fierce resistance from the Federal Aviation Administration.
For all of those reasons, Wednesday's announcement by Mayor Frank Jackson that Burke would remain open indefinitely was probably the right decision. Wisely, the mayor also wants to increase development around Burke, an idea that could be facilitated by moving the port and Coast Guard headquarters. Smart development near Burke would not only represent a first, but would be consistent with the long-term lakefront plan advocated by
Jackson's predecessor, Jane Campbell.
But if Burke is to remain, it is essential that it be turned into an honest-to-goodness airport that serves the city's needs - not just a little-used landing strip serving a few dozen corporate jets and student pilots.
Until that changes, Burke will continue to be a complete waste of priceless lakefront land. The burden now falls to Jackson and airport director Ricky Smith to make the best of Burke's bad location by implementing their good ideas.
Anyway, we have below a PD editorial, which I have included in its entirety, that points up the attitudinal shortcomings of our newspaper's vision of who we are and what capital we have as a city and as a region. This editorial is about as shabby as the PR flak job they tried to pass of as reporting of the abrogation of our voting rights with last sales-tax-hike, the one that starts October 1st.
A far more positive take would be that the builders of Burke created usable land where there had been none prior. They created an asset of value using garbage. They were early-adapter recyclers. They were The Forest City, and they were green, too.
Another positive point is that dealmakers can fly into Burke discreetly, be whisked up to corporate or professional offices where big deals are made, and be taken out to wine and dine in celebration of the closed deal at classy hotels and restaurants before being whisked back down to the field to depart for home. WORTH Magazine has been attentive all this year to how people are using small planes--leased, shared, bought, and so forth.
Yet another positive point is that very few other cities have an asset like this, collocated with the fanciest hotels and the main business district with all the corporate headquarters and big law firms.
Another interesting fact is that this little airport takes the shipping burden off Hopkins and can handle a heck of a lot of courier business from the downtown business district.
Another neat thing is that our airport is nestled right between Edgewater Park and Whiskey Island to the west and Gordon Park and Bratenahl to the east. Really, how much "access" does the PD editorializer want? What about that Stadium thing? We had the chance to redesign the lakefront during the final days of the White administration, and where was the PD when that was all kicking off?
Since the PD's content usually disappears after a while, here is the editorial in all its cheesy, yet resplendent, negativity. See how you would make it more positive, try shucking the Ambrose Bierce pose without becoming Holly Golightly or Mary Poppins. The bold parts are things I think could stand an attitude adjustment, or some backup with facts.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Mayor Frank Jackson's announcement that Burke would remain open indefinitely was probably the right decision.
Seventy years ago, when Cleveland's city fathers were looking around for land on which to build a new airport, they made a horrible decision.
Booming business at Cleveland Municipal Airport (now Cleveland Hopkins International Airport) was creating a desperate need for a reliever airport to handle smaller aircraft. So, city officials looked around and settled on the worst possible site - the city's lakefront.
World War II delayed construction, but by 1947, enough waste, garbage and other fill had been piled on the Lake Erie shoreline to open Burke Lakefront Airport, a 480-acre land-grabber that has blocked access to Cleveland's most precious asset ever since.
Almost from the day it opened, Burke has been cited as an example of atrocious land-use policy. But calls for closing Burke have often conveniently ignored the enormous difficulties that would be involved.
Replacing Burke with an airport located more sensibly would cost hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions.
Redirecting light aircraft to Hopkins would risk intolerable delays to the major air carriers so important to the region's economy.
Any move to close Burke would probably meet fierce resistance from the Federal Aviation Administration.
For all of those reasons, Wednesday's announcement by Mayor Frank Jackson that Burke would remain open indefinitely was probably the right decision. Wisely, the mayor also wants to increase development around Burke, an idea that could be facilitated by moving the port and Coast Guard headquarters. Smart development near Burke would not only represent a first, but would be consistent with the long-term lakefront plan advocated by
Jackson's predecessor, Jane Campbell.
But if Burke is to remain, it is essential that it be turned into an honest-to-goodness airport that serves the city's needs - not just a little-used landing strip serving a few dozen corporate jets and student pilots.
Until that changes, Burke will continue to be a complete waste of priceless lakefront land. The burden now falls to Jackson and airport director Ricky Smith to make the best of Burke's bad location by implementing their good ideas.
Monday, August 13, 2007
DAM: back from the future
Nead Brand Partners :: Nead in the News -- David Allen Moss (DAM) is now in the for-profit sector, which means the region will begin winning again for the first time in years. David has good instincts. Click through for a synopsis of the formation of the new team and a teaser as to their plans for the guy back from the FUTURE.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
LAUNCH PARTY tonight at the IdeaCenter, from Mike DeAloia
Good-Day My Friends:
I just wanted to send a reminder for you to get ready for the Best Damn Tech Show Period (“BDTSP”) Launch Party sponsored by our good friends at ASM International. The show will take place on June 28th @ IdeaCenter (1375 Euclid Avenue) – Fourth Floor. Get to see the new ASM Design Studio and the expansion of the IdeaCenter. You will also be able to sign up as an exhibitor or general attendee for the BDTSP. The Launch Party is FREE! Let’s get a good crowd at the event.
Also, take the time to enjoy the Flavor Oasis featuring Woo City Ice Cream brought to you by Flourish – a Cleveland, OH-based design and ad agency. This is a BDTSP exclusive! I have seen the Flavor Oasis and it is awesome. Kudos to Flourish!
Send the gospel far and wide – we want great attendance for the launch party and a lot of excitement for the upcoming BDTSP.
What: The Best Damn Tech Show Period – Launch Party Sponsored by ASM International
Where: IdeaCenter (1375 Euclid Ave.) – Fourth Floor
When: June 28th – 6pm to 9pm
Why: To launch the Best Damn Tech Show Period and to show the cool ASM Design Studio (and get some Woo City Ice Cream as brought to you by Flourish)
To RSVP please email mary.adams-morrow@asminternational.org. I look forward to seeing you there!
Regards,
Michael C. DeAloia
"Tech Czar"
Senior Executive for Technology Development
City of Cleveland
216.857.2628 (M)
216.664.3644 (O)
I just wanted to send a reminder for you to get ready for the Best Damn Tech Show Period (“BDTSP”) Launch Party sponsored by our good friends at ASM International. The show will take place on June 28th @ IdeaCenter (1375 Euclid Avenue) – Fourth Floor. Get to see the new ASM Design Studio and the expansion of the IdeaCenter. You will also be able to sign up as an exhibitor or general attendee for the BDTSP. The Launch Party is FREE! Let’s get a good crowd at the event.
Also, take the time to enjoy the Flavor Oasis featuring Woo City Ice Cream brought to you by Flourish – a Cleveland, OH-based design and ad agency. This is a BDTSP exclusive! I have seen the Flavor Oasis and it is awesome. Kudos to Flourish!
Send the gospel far and wide – we want great attendance for the launch party and a lot of excitement for the upcoming BDTSP.
What: The Best Damn Tech Show Period – Launch Party Sponsored by ASM International
Where: IdeaCenter (1375 Euclid Ave.) – Fourth Floor
When: June 28th – 6pm to 9pm
Why: To launch the Best Damn Tech Show Period and to show the cool ASM Design Studio (and get some Woo City Ice Cream as brought to you by Flourish)
To RSVP please email mary.adams-morrow@asminternational.org. I look forward to seeing you there!
Regards,
Michael C. DeAloia
"Tech Czar"
Senior Executive for Technology Development
City of Cleveland
216.857.2628 (M)
216.664.3644 (O)
Thursday, May 31, 2007
"little ambassadors"
Meet the Bloggers » David Gray, Publisher, Gray & Company --David Gray, on May 16th, described his local publishing house's 75+ titles as "little ambassadors" for Cleveland+ and the NEO region. That got me to thinking about the CVB and how they should be promoting locals who are themselves doing significant regional promoting. They at The Bureau, and "The Partnership," do not yet link to David Gray, who has a business model predicated on publishing local flavor and lore. Gray's is a business model that could succeed anywhere, and perhaps we will see more like it in other areas with stories to tell and intrinsically valuable features to promote, areas like Cleveland and its environs+.
What's odd is that nobody paid specifically to promote the area has figured out there could be leverage, or synergy, in promoting Gray.
Gray's books, the little ambassadors, fall into two categories: guide books, and gift books. I would have loved to get most of them when I was living away from home, in college, in the service, as a "Yankee boy" in the booming Atlanta of the late'70s. They are appreciative books, and will be appreciated by any recipients who are fond of--or just interested in--our area.
David is one of the businesspeople who's helping wake us up around here to the fact we must take care of each other, that we can all move forward if nobody is left behind.
He also brings us to a awareness that books are media, just as are the newspapers, radio, TV, and MTB. Listen. It's instructive. And be sure to browse the site. Mike O' Malley at the PD tells us that Michael Heaton, another "ambassador," but under the guise of "minister of culture," has a book coming out about now through Gray's.
What's odd is that nobody paid specifically to promote the area has figured out there could be leverage, or synergy, in promoting Gray.
Gray's books, the little ambassadors, fall into two categories: guide books, and gift books. I would have loved to get most of them when I was living away from home, in college, in the service, as a "Yankee boy" in the booming Atlanta of the late'70s. They are appreciative books, and will be appreciated by any recipients who are fond of--or just interested in--our area.
David is one of the businesspeople who's helping wake us up around here to the fact we must take care of each other, that we can all move forward if nobody is left behind.
He also brings us to a awareness that books are media, just as are the newspapers, radio, TV, and MTB. Listen. It's instructive. And be sure to browse the site. Mike O' Malley at the PD tells us that Michael Heaton, another "ambassador," but under the guise of "minister of culture," has a book coming out about now through Gray's.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
historic, art deco building available for third-wave business & owner
art deco historic Jednota office building for lease -- Our friend Dennis just let us know that he is ready to lease out his office building on East 55th at Broadway. This is an incredibly attractive property for someone who wants to live luxuriantly above his or her business -- Dennis and Georgia did for years with their medical electronics company. Now, they're in a renovated loft down the street. This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity in an unbelievable property. Near I-490, Broadway, Hyacinth Lofts, & I-77, and a short hop to two airports.
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