Tremont

Our Lady of Mercy

lmcshane — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:10:23 -0700

Our Tremont residents aware that Our Lady of Mercy is slated to close?

Please ask your councilman to speak out against the diocese's soulless actions.

http://www.realneo.org/content/wheres-god

Demos and Development at W. 11th and Fairfield

jeffschuler — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:50:20 -0700

I'm glad the huge hedges on W. 11th just south of Fairfield have been cut back. The sidewalk was like a cave. But I wonder what all of the demolition is leading to...

Early last month, Telecom Acquisition Corp bought 6 parcels on that corner. Telecom is Vegas-based Mike Tricarichi -- who recently bought $3.3 million in property and clubs on the East Bank of the Flats.

From the Auditor's site -- Telecom Acquisition Corp's properties in Cuyahoga County:

That's much of that block. I can hear backhoes tearing down the funeral home as I write this. The Greek Coffee Shop and the rest of the land has already been bulldozed.

Almost simultaneously, the old house on the other side of W. 11th -- next to the SouthSide -- just came down, and its lot has been cleared.

Those properties were transferred early this year from Jeffrey Eisenberg (the owner of SouthSide and La Bodega, I believe, and an agent for Progressive Urban) to SouthSide Holdings:

(Telecom Acquisition Corp's properties in green, and SouthSide Holdings' in red.)

In a Tremont Leaders list thread, "lot next to the southside", Sammy Catania says:

The house is being torn down. It was fatally compromised due to years of neglect by the previous owners.

For now it will be cleaned up somewhat.
There is talk of potentially a parking lot for the business next door

Or perhaps in the future, housing

The owners have also purchased the lot across the street on the corner of w 11.th and fairfield and it will be parking at least till the economy and a logical business plan develops

Are Telecom Acquisitions and SouthSide Holdings developing together, then?

Are really about to be bulldozed with a few acres of asphalt? Does it really make sense to do that before a "logical business plan develops"?

The real story behind the Innerbelt and ODOT Covering their tracks!

Henry Senyak — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:00:09 -0700

Plain Dealer review finds Inner Belt Bridge problems worried ODOT for months
Posted by dsims November 07, 2008 22:14PM

• Two more Inner Belt Bridge lanes, three more downtown ramps shut down

Suddenly, they were closed -- two Inner Belt Bridge lanes shut down midday Sept. 30.

Then, the following day, two more lanes were shut.

Commuters were caught by surprise. But the Ohio Department of Transportation shouldn't have been.

ODOT called the lane closings precautionary because recent inspections showed steel chords deteriorating faster than anyone anticipated.

Even though the exact timing and scope of the action was unexpected, ODOT engineers began worrying about closing lanes as far back as February, according to The Plain Dealer's review of nearly 6,000 pages of ODOT internal e-mails and news releases.

ODOT did not release about 130 e-mails, claiming lawyer-client confidentiality or that the e-mails were not relevant to the department's work.

"The department is no longer confident it will provide reliable service for all eight lanes of I-90 traffic," ODOT Director James Beasley wrote to the Federal Highway Administration in June. "The deterioration of the truss structure has advanced to the point where partial or even total bridge closures for emergency repairs are possible within the next several years."

ODOT has watched the bridge closely since at least last year.

Last spring, 34 bowed and corroded steel gusset plates, which connect the beams that hold up the bridge, had to be replaced. A gusset plate is the same piece blamed for the major bridge collapse in Minneapolis last year.

Over the summer, ODOT spent $10 million reinforcing more gusset plates and other segments of the bridge.

ODOT decided to close lanes this fall, it said, because of unexpected problems with corroded steel chords, where the truss meets the arch and pier.

As it announced the first lane closings, ODOT held back in telling the public exact details of the problems. Local ODOT spokeswoman Jocelyn Clemings wrote in a draft news release that a preliminary inspection report showed 16 locations that could support less than 100 percent of a fully loaded bridge, with five spots that rated below 75 percent.

But Columbus-based ODOT spokesman Scott Varner e-mailed her back: "Hmm .¤.¤. I would suggest not getting into the 16 locations with the "below 100% limit" - instead, what about something like . . ."

That sentence was replaced with, "Previous inspections of the Inner Belt Bridge have shown that the steel members are aging faster than expected."

Inspectors later found that only two, instead of 16, supports had seriously deteriorated.

ODOT issued that release about 1:40 p.m. Sept. 30. But the agency had not decided whether to close one lane -- or two -- in each direction, until that morning.

The next day, about 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 1, ODOT closed two more lanes.

The lanes have remained off-limits ever since.

No e-mails explain what changed ODOT's decision about closing additional lanes Oct. 1.

"The director just wanted to be as cautious as possible," Varner said Friday.

Long-term plans for the bridge include spending about $140 million in 2010 to replace the roadway deck and many steel supports.

Those improvements would extend the bridge's life 20 years. And after a $400 million companion bridge is built for westbound traffic, the current bridge would carry only eastbound traffic.

E-mails, though, show discussions about the long-term future of the bridge.

In February, an ODOT employee drew up sample detours for the bridge "in case something is found that would cause a reduction in lanes on the bridge or a closure of the bridge."

In May, a construction engineer questioned even keeping the bridge.

"I still feel the old truss will be a nightmare to maintain and a new structure is the way to go," wrote Raymond Bencivengo. "I have had at least six Inner Belt projects since 1997, and due to the daily traffic volumes and all of the special events downtown, each problem required serious planning and execution . . ."

In June, ODOT employees met for a three-day workshop to discuss risk assessment of alternative plans for the bridge and its future.

And in July, an ODOT transportation manager wrote, "Just about every expansion joint is falling apart on the bridge. We also have many holes out there that need to be replaced with concrete."

In its last two inspections, the bridge was rated "poor," or a 4 on a scale of 0-9.

Since the lane closures, experts have measured the strain on key areas of the steel trusses. And e-mails show that ODOT engineers have contemplated closing the bridge to trucks, counting out how many signs and posts would be needed to detour trucks to I-490 and I-77.

No long-term decisions have been made, Varner said.

But records show ODOT has spent $60,000 on the lane closures and inspections

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/11/plain_dealer_review_finds_odot.html

Reprinted from Cleveland.com and the Plain Dealer.

CHILDREN'S STORY HOUR

visiblevoicebooks — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:26:10 -0700

Start: 2008-11-08 11:00

End: 2008-11-08 12:00

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2008

CHILDREN'S STORY HOUR 11:00AM-NOON

VISIBLE VOICE BOOK STORE

1023 KENILWORTH, CLEVELAND'S TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

BRING THE KIDS AND RELAX IN VISIBLE VOICE'S COMFY MEETING ROOM. SELECTED BOOKS FROM VISIBLE VOICE'S CHILDREN'S SECTION WILL BE READ, WHICH IS ALWAYS A TREAT!

www.visiblevoicebooks.com

216-961-0084

Santiago asks TWDC to take over Clark Metro's plan (Priceless)

Henry Senyak — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:48:04 -0600

Santiago plan depends on Clark Metro

Thursday, October 30, 2008

By Ken Prendergast kprendergast@sunnews.com

West Side Sun News

Ward 14 Councilman Joe Santiago's desire for creating an "international village" along West 25th Street could rely on a study developed by the Clark Metro Development Corp.

But folks at Clark Metro aren't feeling too generous these days when it comes to giving the councilman what he wants. Clark Metro is no longer a city-recognized community development corporation after it failed to meet city standards.

Clark Metro representatives have said that's because Santiago cut off its funding. Santiago has said he cut off funding because Clark Metro wasn't performing.

Regardless, Santiago said he needs the study submitted to the city by 2009 so it can be incorporated into the Planning Department's long-range plans. If the study isn't submitted in time, International Village likely will not be acknowledged in the citywide long-range plan and therefore be ineligible for additional funding.

There are barriers to releasing the study, being held by architectural firm Arkinetics. It has filed a lawsuit against Clark Metro seeking payment for it and former Clark Metro staffer Abe Bruckman, who agreed to continue working on the study as a consultant after he left the CDC.

"We completed the plan and are still awaiting final payment," said Arkinetics partner Mark Duluk. "As much as anyone, I would like the plan to be out there for people to see. Our only issue is getting paid. It's not the politics."

He said that if a request by the Ohio Canal Corridor and sponsored by Santiago for $15,600 in a Community Development Block Grant through the city is approved, $6,067 will go to Arkinetics and $5,300 for Bruckman. Those are the amounts due them from Clark Metro. If the grant is approved, Duluk said the lawsuit would be dropped.

"Upon payment we will release it (the study) to whoever is the designated steward organization," Duluk said.

Therein lies another barrier. No CDC can oversee an economic development initiative in Clark Metro's service area unless another CDC amends its own bylaws. Santiago said he is seeking collaboration by other CDCs so they can take on the plan.

"That's our plan," Rebecca Kempton protested. She was recently the vice president of Clark Metro until she resigned, citing family matters. "He's taking our plan. We commissioned the plan and raised the funding for it. We have a claim to it."

However, the economic development committee at Tremont West Development Corp. is considering taking on the West 25th plan, even though its jurisdiction comes one block shy of West 25th.

"I'm to the point where I need a CDC" to take on the plan, Santiago said. "It should never be about a boundary issue. It's about servicing the West Side."

He added that, depending on a vote on a City Charter amendment Tuesday, city wards could change. CDC boundaries also might change, he said. Santiago also noted that a CDC's boundary could also be adjusted by contract, not just by amending a CDC's bylaws.

Compliments of the West Side Sun News, re-posted from Cleveland.com

http://www.cleveland.com/westsidesun/news/index.ssf?/base/news-0/122538115584040.xml&coll=4

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How many Tremont residents want our CDC's personnel working outside our territory? How much did Santiago promise? Will Clark-Metro file suit against TWDC too?

The Article fails to express Clark Metro has a counter-suit against these parties.

Happy Halloween.

Tremont Neighborhood Team for Barack Obama

ScottR — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:14:57 -0600

For all of you in Tremont who would like to participate locally in the campaign to elect Senator Barack Obama the next President of the United States ,

Please join us at 3:00p.m. on Sunday September 7th.

Michael Hernandez with the Obama Ohio for Change Campaign will be present to educate us all on the volunteer assignments. We need volunteers in four basic categories of participation:

Canvas the community and speak to your neighbors.
Voter registration.
Phone calls for early voting.
Volunteer recruitment and organization.

Scott Rosenstein, Sammy Catania and Roberta Rocco, as individuals and Tremont residents, are the Co-Team leaders for the Barack Obama for Change Campaign in our Tremont neighborhood.

We are seeking resident volunteers in order to accomplish this momentous, historic and most importantly, needed action.

Please invite any of your neighbors whom you know would like to volunteer to come with you on Sunday:

2237 West 11th Street - at 3:00p.m. on Sunday September 7th.

Call 216.696.5675 - or e-mail rlrocco@ameritech.net - and let us know how many will attend. Hope to see you on Sunday.

Scott, Sammy and Roberta

GCRTA cuts will have a HUGE impact on Tremont

merrickhouse — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:55:40 -0600

The proposed changes/cuts in the RTA routes are really going to distress the lives of Tremont residents and people who work here. http://www.riderta.com/hearings/

Call or email me if you want to get out and fight this. I will be driven by your reponse. Amy Weahry 216-771-5077 amyw@mhsettlement.org

Taste of Tremont & Roosevelt Post 58

Terry Zacharyj — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:47:07 -0600

Start: 2008-07-20 13:00

End: 2008-07-20 20:00

Roosevelt Post 58, of the Polish Legion of American Veterans. USA at 2442 Professor Av. Tremont will be not only part of this years Taste Tremont but will have the doors open to the public for the first time since 1945 which was it's founding by American Veterans of Polish Decent returning home from WWII.

The first floor is a full service bar/club with oldie juke box and regulation pool table. Basement has a monumental display to the veterans that have never returned from the various duties worldwide. The 2nd floor is the clubrooms where the actual meetings are help monthly and the Posts Military History.

Terry Zacharyj/Commander

An Evening of Words and Sound

visiblevoicebooks — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:03:26 -0700

Start: 2008-02-18 20:00

End: 2008-02-18 23:00

An Evening of Words & Sound @ Visible Voice Books

18 February 2008

Visible Voice Books - 1023 Kenilworth Ave. - Cleveland, OH 44113

216-961-0084 - www.visiblevoicebooks.com

Cost: Donations Accepted

ALL AGES

Performances by:
-BBOB DRAKE & MATTHEW WASCOVICH
-GEOFF MULLEN
-ELI KESZLER
-DAVE CINTRON
-SKIN GRAFT

[BBOB DRAKE & MATTHEW WASCOVICH]
From Cleveland, Ohio.

BBOB DRAKE & MATTHEW WASCOVICH play together in Thee Scarcity of Tanks and participate with other collabs fluxmonkey, Andrew Klimek's Army, Scott Pickering's Snare Stares, Ted Flynn's Head on a Stick.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVph_AaiMDA
Link: http://theescarcityoftanks.blogspot.com/

[GEOFF MULLEN]
From Providence, Rhode Island.

GEOFF MULLEN is a solo artist from Providence, RI USA.
He constructs intensely beautiful soundscapes with banjo, guitar and electronic scrape. Previous recordings for Last Visible Dog, Barge Recordings and Keith Fullerton Whitman's Entschuldigen label have each showcased the diversity of Mullen's craft.
Multiple gushing reviews in the Wire - five in 2007!

Link: http://www.secreteye.org/b1/artists.html#GEOFF

[ELI KESZLER]
From Hudson, New York.

ELI KESZLER is a New England/Upstate New York based multi instrumentalist who primarily uses percussion to create his sound, which balances droning harmonics created from bowed percussion with intense and fast free rhythm. In addition to his solo performance and releases on his REL label, he has performed, recorded with artists such as JANDEK (performance at ICA Boston), ROSCOE MITCHELL (Art Ensemble of Chicago) Greg Kelley, Steve Pyne (Redhorse), ANTHONY COLEMAN (recording for New World Records), T Model Ford (Fat Possum Records), RAN BLAKE (pianist on PATTY WATERS'
"College Tour" ESP record) and legend of Jamaican music LYN TAITT. Keszler has recently released his second solo record on REL records, which along with his first were featured and received high praise from Wire Magazine. ELI is currently finishing work for an LP on Geoff Mullen's Rare Youth label. yeah, Eli played with Jandek.

Link: http://www.myspace.com/elikeszler

[DAVE CINTRON ]
From Cleveland, Ohio.

DAVE CINTRON has played in a bunch of Cleveland/Kent bands including Terminal Lovers, The Downside Special, Dimbulb, Burning Lesbians, SxOxTx. Tonight, Dave performs solo electronics and guitar.

Link: http://davecintron.com/

[SKIN GRAFT]
From Lakewood, Ohio.

SKIN GRAFT is Wyatt Howland, "putting the pieces into understanding i slipped today frozen water spilled."
He also jams in DPI and SxOxTx.

Link: http://www.myspace.com/skingraftsksk

Visible Voice Movie Night Presents: Double Feature February

visiblevoicebooks — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:00:12 -0700

Start: 2008-02-24 19:00

End: 2008-02-24 23:00

For the entire month of February, Visible Voice Books' Sunday Movie Night will be: DOUBLE FEATURE FEBRUARY!

Every Sunday at Visible Voice Books
1023 Kenilworth Ave. in Tremont
Cleveland, OH 44113 - 216.961.0084
www.VisibleVoiceBooks.com

Movies start at 7:00pm each Sunday

Schedule:

Sunday 02/24: "The Virgin Spring" & "Last House On The Left"

Movies are projected from DVD. Admission is FREE! B.Y.O.B.