Indeed, within a couple miles of the destroyed urban core there once existed many of these patterns, the remains of which are still discernible and ignored or worse, refitted for automobiles.
Redevelopment in the city so far has been geared towards restaurants, bars, and other playgrounds which obviously succeed best when attracting suburbanites.
Some of my friends have resigned themselves to this pattern hoping that the neighborhood they saved as pioneering artists will return to livability once 'the next neighborhood' gets hot.
Our political leaders have finally noticed the bar-resto pattern for the misleading and fickle 'vibrancy' it provides. The business owners receive preferential treatment in zoning variances on a regular basis.
Pocket Neighborhoods, especially around a shared green-space and agricultural zone could provide the model for true urban rebirth.
In the city, a development like this would require some premeditation and multi-cultural cooperation: a particularly tricky business never successfully achieved to my knowledge.
How about a real future for CLE?
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