In My Colombian War*, Silvana Paternostro reports that the average Colombian reads less than 2 books a year. Does the average northeast Ohioan top that number?
Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 12/23/2007 - 18:52.
George Nemeth, over on Fresh Brewed Daily, has picked up this bellweather post which has the metrics on blog discussions re topics of local interest around the US. The blog index is a new and, I believe, very important statistic.
Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 12/23/2007 - 13:28.
I stopped and spoke with these two fellows to check on the current prices paid for scrap steel- a nickel a pound or $100.00 per ton.
They were happy to converse, but weren't keen on being photographed up close.
Each of their shopping baskets had, I would estimate, between 100lbs and 200lbs of rusty cast iron and steel - a 1 inch diameter steel rod about 3 feet long, a piece of angle iron, what looked like a plate that goes under the rail road rail and through which the RR spikes are hammered, etc. These fellows had been gleaning the fields around the TriC area and were headed on Saturday to the scrap yard at E55th and 490.
Submitted by Jeff Buster on Fri, 12/21/2007 - 16:57.
Louie (on the left) is lugging one of the 75 pound precast concrete waffle blocks. Each block covers about 1.5 square feet. At $12.00 each, or $8.00 per square foot, this is a little more expensive than having a concrete driveway installed.
Submitted by Jeff Buster on Thu, 12/20/2007 - 20:51.
I know a friend in NY who has always admired neon, so, at Norm Roulet's suggestion, I visited the Dragon's Heir Neon Art Shop at 5900 Detroit Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Spend that Solstice present money on local ART!
Submitted by Jeff Buster on Fri, 12/14/2007 - 13:31.
Here is the sequence of events during the last week concerning Cleveland, Ohio's Myers University:
The President of the University, Mr. Scaldini, announces Monday that the University will close its doors at the end of this semester because the school is out of Money.
Submitted by Jeff Buster on Thu, 12/13/2007 - 16:41.
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, has been collecting a quarter percent more sales and use tax for almost 3 months now - since October 1, 2007. Projected by Commissioners Tim Hagan and Jimmy Dimora at about one million per week, that extrapolates to about 11 million in the County coffers from the added sales tax.
I accompanied Cleveland City Councilman Zack Reed, (center with clip board above) a number of times as he collected signatures in order to allow a County wide referendum vote to determine if the voters would support such a tax.
This post is a response to the RTA public informantion officer, Mr. Masek, and Anonymous (who seems to be responding for Mr. Masek also) here over on Tim Ferris' blog __________________________________________________________________
Submitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 12/05/2007 - 11:50.
As part of the Star Neighborhood Development planning for the Star Complex and surrounding one mile radius, I have been planning the redevelopment of the current Cleveland Institute of Art Gund Building and land, on East Boulevard in Cleveland, shown below (full size image here).
Submitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 12/04/2007 - 14:03.
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Chef Jonathon Sawyer's blog says "!!!Due to the Overwhelming Response!!!"... and I saw that first hand, last week... COOK CHEFIN' w/ Kids @ Bar Cento is now a weekly occassion for families to get together at the very cool Bar Centro, being the left side of the Bier Market, 1948 W. 25th Street, from 4.30pm-8.pm, for the kids (and adults) to make their own gourmet pizzas... Bar Cento provides a great spread of organic, fresh toppings and has fresh dough spread out to go. We took our son Claes last week and we all had such fun, and made the best pizza in town, so we're going back tonight and will be regulars... scene is today's header of the day, full size here).
Submitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 08:31.
November 28, 2007, renowned architect Carl Stein, FAIA, Principal of elemental architecture, llc, of New York City, shared his valuable understanding about the environment in Northeast Ohio and the world, focusing on the energy of buildings and a specific analysis of the Breuer Cleveland Trust Tower, in downtown Cleveland. This is the only high-rise by revolutionary architect Marcel Breuer, and it is globally appreciated as a masterpiece of modern design and construction... yet it is planned for demolition by Cuyahoga County Commissioners Dimora and Hagan. Stein worked with Breuer for many years, including when Breuer built the Cleveland Trust Tower, and Stein's conclusion is there is no rational excuse for demolishing the Breuer. As Stein states, "just that Breuer and this building are so important is enough reason to preserve the Breuer"... although Stein gives many other reasons!
Cleveland is rightfully championing local hero Mike Symon for his national recognition. Tremont has hung a banner in his honor. We should all be thankful, at this time of year, to live in a part of the country that knows how to live well.
Submitted by Jeff Buster on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 14:12.
Third and Last of 3 Bauhaus-Breuer events this week:Wednesday, November 28 at 6 pm at Judson Manor —Green building and modernism; are they antithetical? (I'm posting this for Susan Miller who's one of the organizers)
