Archive for the ‘Downtown Cleveland’ Category
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Creating a strong downtown requires public-private partnerships and a push to connect bustling districts, a panel of experts said Wednesday. The discussion, billed as “The State of Downtown,” attracted roughly 250 corporate leaders, property owners, developers and residents to the City Club of Cleveland… (go to article)
CLEVELAND, Ohio–Cleveland’s Las Vegas-style casino is expected to draw 5 million visitors a year — more than the Browns, Indians and Cavaliers combined. But where are all these people going to park? Thursday, officials with the developer, Rock Ohio Caesars, said for the first time that they intend to build a welcome center and valet [...]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Stanley Block, one of downtown Cleveland’s oldest buildings, could be the last man standing on a downtown block near the site of the city’s $350 million casino. The Cleveland Landmarks Commission voted unanimously Thursday to recommend landmark status for the building, in the path of a potential casino welcome center and parking [...]
CLEVELAND — Demolition of the Stanley Block building in downtown Cleveland would be a tragedy, a handful of speakers told the Cleveland Landmarks Commission on Thursday. Commission members conducted a public hearing about the four-story building, on Ontario Street, after members of the ownership group and the Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corp. asked that it be considered a [...]
CLEVELAND — A battle over historic preservation is brewing in downtown Cleveland, putting a little-noticed, stone-faced building in the spotlight. Built in the 1870s, the Stanley Block on Ontario Street is one of the oldest buildings in the center city… (go to article)
Back in June, it came to the public attention that the historic Stanley Block had beencondemned. The Stanley Block is located at 2121 Ontario Street, on the east side of the street, between Prospect and High. It was built circa 1874. It is one of a few stone-faced commercial buildings of this vintage still standing in [...]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Traffic engineers have called the shots for decades on the planning of public space in downtown Cleveland. Mayor Frank Jackson’s Group Plan Commission wants parity for pedestrians — if not the upper hand in certain spots. A series of recommendations from the commission, set for discussion at a meeting this morning at [...]
Powerful is the idea of transforming dead spaces of commerce, such as one defunct Cleveland shopping mall, The Galleria, into a greenhouse and local food resource. The Gardens Under Glass project garnered a spot on Travel + Leisure magazine’sWorld’s Most Visionary Cities feature. Speaking of great adaptive reuse stories, how about the $350 million investment by [...]
With help from Chicago architects, federal officials on Thursday unveiled an innovative design that leave the exterior of Cleveland’s aging federal building in place and wrap a new metal and glass skin around it. This type of design, known as a “double wall,” is expected to cut energy costs and give the stolid steel-and-glass building a fresh skyline identity, making its appearance change constantly [...]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The re-skinning of the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building in downtown Cleveland will be a skyline-sized loss and gain. Under a $121 million federal project funded under President Barack Obama’sstimulus program, the 32-story Celebrezze building, finished in 1967, will get an entirely new glass skin, which will be installed 2.5 feet outside the [...]
Downtown Cleveland is ripe for new retail development. That’s the message being conveyed by two local entrepreneurs who will open Dredgers Union, a 4,500 square foot apparel and home-goods store on East 4th Street in June of this year. One part mall alternative, one part purveyor of urban chic, Dredgers Union will sell private-label men’s and [...]
The two buildings of the Cleveland Public Library downtown contain some of the grandest and most beautiful public spaces in the city. They just aren’t being used in the most vibrant and visitor-friendly ways possible. Library Executive Director Felton Thomas said that a $90 million expansion and renovation of the downtown library, completed in 1997, [...]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — In a city built around the Cuyahoga River, the word “dredging” is synonymous with hauling up muck and opening the waterways to maritime traffic. But to Danielle DeBoe, dredging means clearing a path for retail in downtown Cleveland. Sean Bilovecky sees it asdigging back to a tradition of designing, making and selling [...]
The Van Sweringen brothers’ tale is as rich as the fortune they would ultimately accumulate… (go to article)
It’s big, it’s green, and it’s shaping up as a national test case on how to balance architectural preservation with the need to address climate change. Experts say the upcoming $121 million renovation of the A.J. Celebrezze Federal Building in downtown Cleveland could be the first time a high-rise tower in the United States is wrapped [...]
Civic booster Robert Carillio is quick to silence locals who denigrate his fair city, but walking down Prospect or Euclid Avenue can be a dismal trek for even the most devoted Clevelander. And nowhere is the evidence of the region’s economic hits to the chin stronger than along these historic thoroughfares. Pedestrians hunker into their [...]
“Whatever happened to . . .?” is a weekly series updating some of the most newsworthy and interesting local stories covered in The Plain Dealer. Have a suggestion on a story we should update? Send it to John C. Kuehner. Today, we answer these questions: Whatever happened to . . . . . . . [...]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — RTA has landed $2.2 million for a slew of new services in and around downtown Cleveland, including a night-time trolley service and a route serving the rock hall and science center. The money covers just one year of operation. The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority hopes that Gov.-elect John Kasich’s administration will support [...]
The Seattle based landscape architecture practice Gustafson Guthrie Nichol has recently worked on the submittal for the Downtown Cleveland Plan and we are fortunate enough to share their material with our readers. Read after the break for a architects description and additional images… (go to article)
CLEVELAND, Ohio — It can be hard to see Cleveland with fresh eyes. But that’s exactly what two talented designers from Seattle are asking Clevelanders to do. Where others would see the tired heart of a shrinking city with chronic low self-esteem, they see big opportunities. The core message of the planners — architect [...]
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