PLAIN DEALER: CLEVELAND HEIGHTS MANSION IN HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE DEMOLISHED FOR ENERGY-EFFCIENT ‘GREEN’ HOME

February 13, 2011 in Cleveland Heights

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — Steven Nissen and Linda Butler bought themselves a cut-rate historical mansion in December. But they don’t want it. They don’t want the giant tan stucco home built in 1920. The 8,500-square-foot structure with six bedrooms, six baths and a ballroom is too big for them. And it doesn’t matter that it [...]

FRESH WATER CLEVELAND: OAKWOOD DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR BETTER LAND USE PLANNING

January 20, 2011 in Cleveland Heights, Fresh Water Cleveland

The controversy over the proposed Oakwood Commons development reinforces the need for Cleveland Heights to plan for future development, says a local nonprofit leader. “We’re being forced to react to the developer’s plan because the city of Cleveland Heights does not have a plan,” says Deanna Bremer Fisher, Executive Director of FutureHeights, a nonprofit that promotes [...]

FRESH WATER CLEVELAND: OAKWOOD FOES ASK, ‘DO WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER MALL?’

January 13, 2011 in Cleveland Heights, Fresh Water Cleveland

When it comes to retail, how much is too much? That’s the question being raised by residents who live near the former Oakwood Country Club, a 154-acre parcel where First Interstate Properties proposes to build a shopping mall that would rival nearby Legacy Village in size. “There are moribund, vacant retail areas all over the [...]

GREENCITYBLUELAKE: CLEVELAND HEIGHTS BUILDS ON GREEN INHERENT IN PRE-WAR SUBURBS

January 11, 2011 in Cleveland Heights, GreenCityBlueLake

Zoning was a Cleveland invention, introduced to the world at the turn of the last century when the bustling town of Euclid faced a serious challenge known as incompatible uses. Industry was creeping east from Cleveland, and, faced with the health risks of a smoke stack on a residential street, Euclid moved to separate uses [...]