Who shall ride to the rescue after decades of incompetent misuse of Cleveland’s priceless lakefront? Perhaps the Cleveland Browns, according to the PD.
Sketches provided to the paper show a greenworld of — gasp! — actual stuff surrounding Cleveland Browns Stadium. The team, which has been meeting with Cleveland officials, envisions a “mixed-use project,” with buildings, a possible location for a Cleveland Clinic center, new parking, and pretty, pretty trees.
“We would like to be known as a catalyst,” Mike Holmgren said to the PD. “We’re not developers. We’re in the football business … but we have a wonderful stadium down there and a great piece of property.”
This article appears in Apr 20-26, 2011.
