Ten Good Reasons to Live Downtown
That is, besides opening up my RTA-friendly job options.
1. The City Club Forum. The "citadel of free speech" is one of the best civic institutions anywhere, let alone Cleveland. Living near it would make me go more often.
2. Cleveland Public Library. Which has a reading garden and, God bless America, is open on Saturday. (And Sunday, during the school year.) Maybe I would even be able to cancel my Netflix subscription.
3. Phoenix Coffee. As if Phoenix coffee wasn't fresh enough already - you can't get much fresher than living 20 blocks from the roastery itself. There are also rumors that they'll be a cafe opening up soon at E.9th and Superior.
4. Walking to Gund Arena. (Sorry, I refuse - and will continue to refuse - to refer to it by its new name, Check Into Cash Arena or whatever.)
5. Escape routes. Easy access to the airport via the Red Line, and that enticing new Amtrak route to New York....
6. Heritage sites. There's something that feels good about living near places of significance for my family. For instance, the Federal Building, where my dad worked for 25+ years (highlights included getting his nose busted by an angry taxpayer, and winning an award for his Eskimo Pie tie ca. 1982). Or the bar at the Ritz Carlton, where my sister met her future husband. (It was a very romantic story.)
7. The building to the left of the Old Stone Church. You know, this one:
1. The City Club Forum. The "citadel of free speech" is one of the best civic institutions anywhere, let alone Cleveland. Living near it would make me go more often.
2. Cleveland Public Library. Which has a reading garden and, God bless America, is open on Saturday. (And Sunday, during the school year.) Maybe I would even be able to cancel my Netflix subscription.
3. Phoenix Coffee. As if Phoenix coffee wasn't fresh enough already - you can't get much fresher than living 20 blocks from the roastery itself. There are also rumors that they'll be a cafe opening up soon at E.9th and Superior.
4. Walking to Gund Arena. (Sorry, I refuse - and will continue to refuse - to refer to it by its new name, Check Into Cash Arena or whatever.)
5. Escape routes. Easy access to the airport via the Red Line, and that enticing new Amtrak route to New York....
6. Heritage sites. There's something that feels good about living near places of significance for my family. For instance, the Federal Building, where my dad worked for 25+ years (highlights included getting his nose busted by an angry taxpayer, and winning an award for his Eskimo Pie tie ca. 1982). Or the bar at the Ritz Carlton, where my sister met her future husband. (It was a very romantic story.)
7. The building to the left of the Old Stone Church. You know, this one:
I have never bothered to look up this history of this building, or what it is used for, but I have always loved it. I'm sure the city will find some reason to tear it down.
8. Access to the lakefront. The thing that makes me nervous about living in Cedar Fairmount, as opposed to downtown or Edgewater, is that I'd feel landlocked. I am a water creature. The lake - for good or ill - is in my blood!
9. My friend Kim works downtown. I can have lunch with her every day (because I will surely be unemployed...wait, I'm trying to be positive.)
10. Cleveland State. The idea of going back to school, especially because my skills aren't necessarily matching up with the job market, is highly appealing.
8. Access to the lakefront. The thing that makes me nervous about living in Cedar Fairmount, as opposed to downtown or Edgewater, is that I'd feel landlocked. I am a water creature. The lake - for good or ill - is in my blood!
9. My friend Kim works downtown. I can have lunch with her every day (because I will surely be unemployed...wait, I'm trying to be positive.)
10. Cleveland State. The idea of going back to school, especially because my skills aren't necessarily matching up with the job market, is highly appealing.
posted by Christine at 10:16 AM
2 Comments:
simply... 75 Public Square.
http://www.clevelandskyscrapers.com/cleveland/cleskymisc.html
eek... thank you, audient.
this is the boyfriend's favorite website - he's going to be aggravated that i didn't think of it myself. he's going to think i tune out everything he says.
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