Thursday, July 12, 2007

Vice Versa: CAC

The Cleveland Athletic Club may have to shut its doors due to huge debts. Part of this is due to the Euclid Cooridor Project.

On one hand, this is yet another example of the this stupid project is killing what remains of Euclid. And no one--I repeat no one--that I have talked to, Average Joe, Professor Smarty Pants, Native Clevelander, Yuppie, etc. knows what the hell this project is designed to accomplish. All anyone knows is that it costs a ton of money and has created a traffic nightmare for Clevelanders.

And this project that is supposed to make Euclid flourish is driving businesses away. Hence, part of CAC's problem. It's been around for almost 100 years and now it may need to close.

On the other hand, while the CAC is an historic landmark, it also represents the beacon of closed-door, old boys network that has characterized Cleveland's power structure for the past several decades. It's racist, elitist, sexist, change-ist. So maybe this new project symbolizes out with the old, in with the new.

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