This header is dedicated to David Beach, long time Cleveland environmental advocate, Green City Blue Lake guy,  now hosed (sic) in the mainstream Cleveland Natural History building.

 

Mr. Beach has been supplying information regarding Mr. Cosgrove’s Driveway, the mis-nomered “Opportunity Corridor” on his blog on GCBL.

 

The reason I am dedicating this post to Mr. Beach is because recently Mr. Beach has slipped/segwayed/co-opted into calling the new freeway the Opportunity Boulevard.  

 

That is a Bridge (way) too Far.  "Opportunity" is way too far too. 

 

Remember your Cambridge Roots Mr. Beach. See what CambridgePort has evolved into today.

 

Beat The Belt. Beat the Toby “Boulevard”!

 

 

The mural behind 727 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Mass was painted in 1980 by Bernard La Casse. Image August 9, 2009.   This is the description on the Cambridge Arts Council:

 

 The mural celebrates the triumph of people over

machines by depicting the successful effort of

neighborhood residents to block construction of the

Inner Belt Highway (extension of I-95) through

Cambridge in 1971. The city of Cambridge was the

first to organize against the eight-lane highway

project, which would have displaced the Brookline/Elm

Street neighborhoods and split the city of Cambridge

in half. Brookline, Boston, and Somerville soon joined

in a coalition that defeated the project and ended all

new highway construction in Metropolitan Boston.

 

You can read more about how the real people in Cambridge, Massachusetts stopped freeways from eating their neighborhoods here and here.

 

What Mr. Beach should be doing is helping the so called "forgotten triangle" folks raise their voice.  They are loyal Cleveland Citizens.  

 

Mr. Beach should not be helping justify Toby, the Dirty Dealer,  and the philanthropic establishment boys. .