Generation X grew up in malls, spending our weekends roaming the concourses with friends and our allowance buying pizza at Sbarro’s or earrings at Claire’s. Summit, Rolling Acres, Great Northern, Richmond Town Square: When we needed a ride home, we used a pay phone to call home. Now, Gen X is middle-aged and pay phones are a relic. And so, mostly, are malls. While Cuyahoga County boasts vibrant outdoor lifestyle centers, only three suburban malls remain. And they’re reinventing themselves to attract customers. Take the American institution of Sears, which closed up shop in 2020. At SouthPark in Strongsville, the massive space is being transformed into an immersive Dick’s House of Sport. At Great Northern, Sears will become a showroom, office and workshop for a company tied to Mercedes-Benz. — Laura P.S. Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Cleveland! Go get your green on. |
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Clockwise from left, the new Phoenix Theatres in the Great Northern Mall, construction for a Dick’s House of Sport in the former Sears space at SouthPark Mall, and the center of Beachwood Place. (Rich Exner, cleveland.com) |
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Rethinking malls: Most of the indoor malls that once operated in Cuyahoga County are gone. Where they still exist, the mixture of tenants has changed. And nowadays, there often are concerns about how to keep the foot traffic flowing. Rich Exner reports that in North Olmsted and Strongsville, home to two of the three remaining largeindoor malls in the county, city officials have been reworking zoning rules to provide flexibility aimed at keeping the properties vibrant hubs of activity. CLE imprisonment: Roughly one in seven people arrested last year by Cleveland police and booked into Cuyahoga County’s jail was never charged with a crime, reports Lucas Daprile. The city’s officers place arrested people into the facility and later release them without charges at a far higher rate than any other law-enforcement agency in the county. The issue is at the heart of a city-county dispute and one that experts say raises deeper concerns about criminal justice in Northeast Ohio. Protests: The eruption of protests were inevitable, given the politically polarized times we live in and the number of demonstrations that followed Trump’s first presidential victory in 2016. However, Jeremy Pelzer reports Northeast Ohio anti-Trump organizers and political experts say there are some differences between today’s protests and the rallies of eight years ago – both in terms of more sophisticated tactics and an increased feeling of urgency and desperation among participants. Today in Ohio: Sports betting companies make big money off Ohioans betting on pro sports. So why not tax those companies to build the stadium for those pro sports? On Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast, we’re talking about why Ohio legislators would rather spend hundreds of millions out of the state budget to build a $2.4 billion Browns stadium in Brook Park. (Hint: we think lobbyists are involved.) |
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School days? Are kids today in school fewer days than in the past? Laura Hancock checked old district calendars and, generally, students are in class fewer days today than 20 years ago. |
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St. Pat’s parade: Cleveland’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade will return to Superior Avenue today, but an ongoing dispute over a new bike lane that will cut through the route has put the parade’s future at a crossroads. Sean McDonnell reports the issue at hand is a 28-foot-wide bike lane built on a raised platform that will dissect Superior into two 24-foot roads. Skate park: Ams, thrashers and, yes, even posers who’ve been waiting all winter to drop in at the redesigned Lakewood Skatepark finally got their chance on Friday, reports Cory Shaffer. After being closed since Labor Day, the weather and calendar aligned for the park to kick off its 20th season on the warmest day of the year so far. Helicopter crash: A pilot died Friday morning after his helicopter crashed into the water at the Mogadore Reservoir in Portage County, reports Olivia Mitchell. Our Best Life: About 30% of Americans are considered perfectionists. We’re not all perfectly perfect Martha Stewart. But we do strive toward ideals – and that can be a good thing, writes Laura Johnston. |
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Cancer study: Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals are testing a new technology that could screen for abnormal cells in the esophagus – which could develop into cancer – during a routine doctor visit. A multi-site study will test medical technologies invented by UH and CWRU scientists and developed by the New York-based biotech firm Lucid Diagnostics,CWRU said in a recent news release. The research is supported with a new five-year, $8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, reports Julie Washington. Eaton acquisition: Eaton Corp. announced on Tuesday that it is buying Fibrebond Corp. for $1.4 billion, aiming to enhance its presence in the multi-tenant data center market. Molly Walsh reports Fibrebond, headquartered in Minden, Louisiana, specializes in designing and constructing pre-integrated modular power enclosures for sectors including data centers, industrial, utility and communications. |
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Suspect shot: Police in Ravenna shot and killed a man who was using a person as “a human shield” during a confrontation with officers early Sunday, authorities say. Police said in a statement that the man pointed a gun at officers moments before the shooting took place. The man’s identity was not released. State agents are investigating the incident. DNA unit: Cuyahoga County deputies on Friday arrested a man and accused him of raping a woman 30 years ago, reports David Gambino. Edmund Scott is the seventh suspect recently identified through sophisticated DNA investigation techniques in connection with Cleveland-area cold-case sexual assaults. AI warrant: Ohio’s top law-enforcement official has sided with Cleveland police in the controversial use of artificial intelligence to justify a search warrant in a murder investigation, reports Lucas Daprile. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s office filed a friend-of-the-court brief this week asking an appeals court to allow evidence into a murder case that was collected after Cleveland police used artificial intelligence software to justify a search warrant at the home of a murder suspect. |
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Classic CLE: We’re headlong into Lent and for Northeast Ohio, that means one thing for many residents: fish fry. What if you’re vegan or vegetarian? Prosperity Social Club in Tremont has essentially perfected vegan fish 'n' chips as a dish. It’s served year-round and is part of its Friday specials (during Lent) and late-night eats menu, paired with Sibling Revelry’s Gotta Haddock beer, Peter Chakerian reports. Shamrock Showdown: More than 3,000 youths served up a weekend of volleyball at the first-ever Nike Shamrock Showdown at the I-X Center, Megan Sims reports. It drew athletes from 303 teams, including 174 from Ohio. Mitchell’s reopens: Mitchell’s Homemade Ice Cream reopened its Rocky River shop on Friday after being closed for several weeks because of renovations. Alex Darus reports the ice cream parlor at 19700 Detroit Road closed its doors on Jan. 6 to kick off renovations. Grilling out: Cleveland celebrity chef Michael Symon is dropping his ninth cookbook on March 25. “Symon’s Dinners: Cooking Out” is a collection of 100 temptingly illustrated recipes designed for outdoor cooking, Paris Wolfe reports. |
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