Archive for the ‘Blog on the City’ Category
“Demand Freedom For Iranians…” (go to article)
“The designer of the POW/MIA flag has passed…” (go to article)
“As much as we don’t like it, the American built landscape churns. Two recent Plain Dealer stories tell two tales of demolition or impending demolition. One talks about the dismantling of the Catholic presence in Cleveland’s urban neighborhoods, the other talks about a developer wanting to demolish a piece of agrarian history embedded within the [...]
“For once, BOTC agrees with the Cuyahoga County Commissioners.
BOTC believes that the Mall site is a far better choice for the Medical Mart and Convention Center than the Tower City site. However, our reasoning is not based on money, but rather, based on what we believe is good for downtown urbanism…”
“BOTC become very upset this morning upon reading about Mayor Jackson’s trip to Chicago. How is it that Cleveland’s most important urban project is being hatched, designed, and thrown together in a secluded Chicago conference room with no public or critical comment…” (go to article)
May the enigmatic Free Stamp always remain enigmatic… (go to article)
“BOTC has long believed that Public Square is an archaic remnant of a past urbanism. Public Square does not seem to maintain a place in the collective memory of Northeast Ohioans like it once did (a la Dick Feagler). The Square is a glorified RTA stop with a Civil War monument and a statue of [...]
”Millions of dollars are going to be disseminated around the country for “infrastructure” related projects. Are our politicians and notable movers and shakers going to be ready to get our region a piece of the action? There is no excuse for Greater Cleveland and Cuyhoga County not to be at the front of the hand-out [...]
“However, what happens if no one comes to the parade? What if very little people actually spend a half-hour of their holiday participating in—just merely watching, mind you–the Memorial Day Parade? This is what occurred in Parma yesterday. Parma is a city of, according to the US Census Bureau, around 80,000 people. Approximately 9,300 veterans [...]
“While many of us play within the esotericism of current architectural and urban thought, Sinclair and his organization Architecture for Humanity acts, facilitates, and builds hundreds of buildings around the world, influencing thousands of people on many continents. Sinclair truly builds for the masses, all by utilizing decentralized and open networks of emerging global architectural [...]
“Carolyn Strauss, director of SlowLAB, a design think tank based in New York and Amsterdam, presented her work and thoughts to a small audience at the Idea Center on April 22. Her lecture was the second in the current Talalay Lecture Series “The New Face of Architecture” sponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art [...]
“Parma’s urban concerns have snagged the attention of the American Institute of Architects. The city will host a team of sustainability experts, designers, and planners who will conduct a study on Cleveland’s most populous suburb. See the story here…” (go to article)
“If one was to exhibit urban design speculations about the storied suburb of Parma, Ohio, where would that be? Of course, the exhibtion would be hung in Parmatown Mall. Work from Kent State’s CUDC Fall 2007 Urban Design Studio is now on display in a vacant storefront in the Mall. The student work considered a [...]
“Cuyahoga County has lost more people (97,887) in the last seven years than any other county in the country, except for Orleans Parish (New Orleans), which we all know was related to Hurricane Katrina. How and why is this happening? We have some of the country’s leading arts and cultural institutions, as well as leading [...]
“The placement of each building or buildings within the downtown context will impact how the city is used, how the city is experienced, and how the city will literally wear away or strengthen. The investment made in the near future will alter the dynamics of our downtown core for decades to come. The ramifications of [...]
“Other ‘details’ emerge after something like the recent blizzard, that exhibit a disregard for the city and the people who use it everyday. These ‘details’ are not design related, yet testify to the lack of care for the city. Namely, along Euclid Avenue, the phenomenom of un-shoveled and icy city sidewalks and public spaces in [...]
“BOTC is usually optomisitc about our fair city, despite its many faults. However, this morning, the literal belly button of Cleveland burst and then caved-in. A water main break at the heart of Public Square, at the intersection of Ontario + Superior, has created one hell of crater. See the NewsChannel 5 slideshow here. This [...]
“Unlike his soon-to-be Democratic opponent, the traditionally urban, Chicago-based Barack Obama, John McCain hails from the American Southwest, a surging, spawling, and very dynamic region of the country. Although Phoenix is usually panned, like sister city Houston, for its uncontrollable growth, these cities possess the DNA of true American urbanism–an essential suburban horizontalism. These new [...]
“So we offer our endorsement of Barack Obama for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. Although both talked about the investment in infrastructure, we feel that a President Obama would make more robust investment in urban infrastructures. Obama possesses an idealism that will most likely produce urban renewal-like programs on the scale of LBJ’s Great Society, which [...]
“The 32 Annual Cleveland International Film Festival has a ‘section committed to green awareness’ entitled ‘It’s Easy Being Green’ and features five films – The Green Chain Mountain Top Removal The Planet The Return of the Cuyahoga Flow, for the Love of Water…” (go to article)
Architecture and the Urban Landscape- Regional sustainability consortium to hold a Vibrant Northeast Ohio dialogue in Cleveland Wednesday at Brother's Lounge
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