Diaried at Kos. This week, Cleveland's city planning commission denied permission for Nike to replace the giant 10 story Lebron James banner across the street from Quicken Loans arena with this new one... ...for obvious reasons. Commission member Norman Krumholz called James' image ...Read More
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It's been posted all over the Cleveland blogosphere today, but just in case you missed it: Via GLUEspace - I Will Stay If... Cleveland Edition When: Wednesday, 18 November 2009 from 5:30 to 8:30pm. Where: Underneath the Bier Market, 1948 West 25th Street How ...Read More
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Not. To. Miss. In short, Gotta Groove was nothing like I expected. I suppose had I taken the time to contemplate what it takes to press a record I would have imagined something a but more industrial, but in my fairytale ...Read More
Some publication just named Cleveland's Little Italy the #3 Little Italy in the world, behind New York and San Diego (?). Cleveland's Little Italy made our list for its contributions to Italian culture. In addition to all the restaurants, the area ...Read More
Via the Plain Dealer: Cuyahoga voter approval of Issue 6 could cost four officeholders nearly $700,000 in pay Four elected Cuyahoga County officials who have publicly opposed Issue 6 stand to lose a combined $700,000 in pay if the ballot measure passes. Commissioners ...Read More
Please allow me a point of personal privilege to announce that my personal blog, Blogger Interrupted, is closing shop, and I'm moving to the new Plunderbund 2.0. For the hilarity surrounding the flubbed launch, see this. I'll still be doing ...Read More
You have to check this out: Dear Cleveland Enthusiast: ... The Rockometer is a uniquely designed and themed retro-tech banquet and multi purpose events facility to further interrelate with Cleveland’s rock music legacy. Here's what it will look like. My mind is blown. (This is also ...Read More
Posting has and will continue to be somewhat intermittent for at least the next few days, as I'm doing a bunch of work on the Cleveland Independent website. Here's a recent Toby Radloff video to help you get by: [youtube]4fDYkSMVDx8[/youtube] Read More
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At some point in the Cleveland’s history, it must have been home to some of the finest stonemasons and ironworkers in the world. Now that working stonemasons and ironworkers–craftsmen–are mainly a thing of the past, their legacy endures and continues to ...Read More
I voted against both Issues 5 & 6, but Issue 6 passed big. So what's a blogger with a recognizable last name to do? Taking suggestions for council seats to run in next year! I'm also open to campaign slogan ...Read More
If this were a presidential election with high turnout in the Tremont area of Cleveland, where I voted today, there'd be chaos right now in at least two polling places. Because it's an off year municipal election, it's only a ...Read More
