After years of delays, construction is finally set to begin at Cedar Center North. Keith Benjamin made a preemptive defense of the city’s purchase of the old strip after years of enduring the rants of guttersnipes like Joe Liptow and his buddies at South Euclid Oversight.
Benjamin admitted that South Euclid will probably never recoup its costs for purchasing the old strip, but defended the decision anyway:
“The city has a chance to do nothing, or do something for the good of the community. Inner ring suburbs have a choice, and you can drive around and see the cities that have done nothing.”
Benjamin is right, but he doesn’t go far enough. Can you think of any suburbs which have not improved their public spaces? East Cleveland comes to mind, and even they have partnered with University Circle to improve part of their city. Do the naysayers want South Euclid to become the next East Cleveland? Some probably do, especially those who don’t actually live here.
Full article here:
http://blog.cleveland.com/sunmessenger/2011/09/building_on_first_phase_of_ced.html
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