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WCPN this morning: The State of the (Euclid) Corridor


What fascinates me about the lede for this show is that, as I read it, I thought, “You know, I moved here in August of 1988, and there were signs along the midtown corridor area of Carnegie, then, that said something like, “Coming soon, the Midtown Corridor!”

Now it’s 20 years later and we have this:

The State of the (Euclid) Corridor
Just picture this: An afternoon downtown, in and out of furniture stores and other design shops, lunch at a nice restaurant. Lots of pedestrians. Imagine that: Euclid Avenue. That’s right, you heard me. The Euclid Corridor project is coming along, and local boosters say the time is perfect for turning downtown around. It can’t be done? Well, commercial real estate values have already bounced back in midtown.
Could downtown be next? We’ll find out, Monday morning on at 9 o’clock. [emphasis w/italics mine]

Guests:
Joe Marinucci, President and CEO, Downtown Cleveland Alliance
Tom Einhouse, VP, Real Estate Development, Playhouse Square
Jim Haviland, Executive Director, Midtown Cleveland, Inc.
Joe Calabrese, CEO, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Additional Information:
Read recent coverage from Crain’s Cleveland Business.

What’s the real story? I don’t know – but I’ll be listening.  I’d like to know if this time lapse is typical for what it takes to turn around an area that looked like Midtown did.  Also, what diversity is there in that area, or is it all the Cleveland Clinic and planned housing developments?  These questions probably say more about my lack of knowledge and connection to that area than just how much has gone on in that section, which is why I’m glad CPN is doing this show.

I haven’t driven down Carnegie many times in the last year, so I don’t know what’s up, where those signs used to be.  From the sound of it, not those signs anymore.

And that would be a good sign.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:34 am April 7th, 2008 in Announcements, Business, Cleveland+, Economy, Government, Ohio, WCPN/SOI 

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