dave68

This website provides a very informative view/guidelines from The Burnham Plan. http://groupplan.dhellison.com/

I presume they will build out to Ontario, If The Global Center is a huge success and in they would need to expand they could always add on towards Ontario. The Hotel would land lock any further expansion north.

The interesting note I take from the rendering is that Geis is involved! They are very involved in the revitilazation of downtown. I have a link which shows the similar look and feel Clevelanders should expect from the build. http://hungrywanderers.com/blog/2010/09/01/hofbrauhaus-pittsburgh/

The June 14, 2011 Medical Mart and Convention Center presentation to the county council shows the available footprint area as well as the connection areas to the facilities. http://council.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_council/en-US/20110614_MedMartPresentation.pdf The development area is 60,200 sf. This would take into account the setback along Lakeside Ave. to match the setback defined by Public Auditorium .

Will this hotel be under the same transparency as the convention center and medical mart were? If so I would love to see all the applicants presentations to council.

I don't know if anyone else has seen this nice video CMA had done. This shows the construction of the atrium area. It has turned out to be a magnificent space.

http://www.indian-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/38880_uptown Uptown Ohio is home to enough starchitect-designed buildings—by the likes of Coop Himmelb(l)au, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, and SANAA—to make the state a must on any archi-tourist's radar. But cultural icons alone, like Farshid Moussavi's MOCA Cleveland, do not a city make. Neighborhoods are built on housing, retail, and public space, and MRN's Uptown development next to MOCA is an excellent example of how these core pieces can work alongside cultural anchors. Architect Stanley Saitowitz answered some questions about Uptown, which recently saw the completion of its first phase. - See more at: http://www.indian-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/38880_uptown#sthash.WUx80oWS.dpuf

I put them here because they are only City photos. Please feel free to move it if you so feel the need.

http://photos.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/2013/07/city_of_light_monument_install_2.html

Before the website crashed I had suggested BIG! So excited. I am attaching one of their projects

http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga-county/index.ssf/2013/07/seventeen_architects_interested_in_designing_cuyahoga_hotel.html CLEVELAND, Ohio --Seventeen firms are vying to design a new convention center hotel for Cuyahoga County. Only one Cleveland-based company – Richard Fleischman & Partners Associates – presented qualifications last week for the $260 million, I am surprised LMN Architects aren't on the list. They did an amazing job with the overall site that it would be nice to keep the same architect involved knowing all the concerns

I was researching the history of the Schofield Building and came across the article dated February 26,1969. This was the announcement of the two million dollar renovation of the exterior and interior. The exterior was made from a product called Glasweld/ This was a weatherproof asbestos reinforce material with an enamel surface. The architects were Bialosky and Manders. The tower was renamed The Euclid Ninth Tower. It is a fascinating read to see no objections to this project and to see 40+ years later the damages brought about by material with asbestos. If you want to read you need to go to the paid archives of the plain dealer to see the article

http://www.clevcc.com/?CFID=13651966&CFTOKEN=bdaa7dc3619901ed-A7B25F6B-97BB-7E85-D38B88A54DF9453B The new website lists all the events scheduled for the new convention center.

Well said

2. EAST2013-004 – Demolition of UH Parking Garage & pedestrian bridge Project Location: Cornell Road & Circle Drive Project Representatives: John Berkebile, Donley’s Inc. Christopher Trotta, LevelHEADS 3. EAST2013-005 – University Hospital Garage 59 Concept Review Project Location: Cornell Road & Circle Drive Project Representatives: John Berkebile, Donley’s Inc. Christopher Trotta, LevelHEADS Has anyone heard or know further info on this project from The Cleveland Planning Commission Design Review on Feb 15.

The webcam on the official website last was updated on Jan 11. It is hard to tell how construction has progressed

I am surprised the renovation of the tower leaves the brown metal panels. I remember when The Bond Court Hotel was all brick and these panels were added later. The renovation of the lower section now seems as an add on rather than a complete integration. It also appears the original presented design has been altered.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1484795-do-the-cleveland-browns-really-have-the-hottest-wags-in-the-nfl Do the Cleveland Browns Really Have the Hottest WAGs in the NFL? Let's face it. The sports situation has been bleak in Cleveland for quite awhile. The Cavaliers have been in the toilet since LeBron took his talents to South Beach. The Indians have been rebuilding for the better part of a decade. And the Browns haven't won a playoff game since 1994. Like I said—it's bleak. But that being said, I have noticed a positive development in The Cleve that may, or may not, be a sign that things are improving for the beleaguered Browns. The positive development being the uptick in the number of hot WAGs that have been linked to the players.

I always heard the real reason The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame and Museum moved was when Forest City leased a store to a record store. Under the original agreement there waste be no competing business in the development and the deal was off. I agree that Tower City killed all retail street life along Euclid Ave. It has never recovered.

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2013/01042013/index.php west 73rd street connection up for design review

The official website has some further plans and renderings for phase 2. http://www.flatseast.com/image-gallery/index.htm

That's certainly the root of the issue. There ought to be a "landmarks caretaker" law. If a building is declared a landmark or is in an historic district and is considered by the building department to be in a state of disrepair, then a city property tax kicks in because this is the first indication the building will become a source of added expense to the city in terms of blight, crime, safety, code enforcement and a potential demolition expense to the city. The property owner can appeal and have X days, weeks or months to bring the building up to code. If the owner does not, then the added tax kicks in. If the owner fails to pay the tax, then the city becomes the lien-holder of first priority and can then take legal action to seize the property from the owner. If the owner still does not bring the property up to code, then the city takes the property and adds it to the land bank for sale. Well said and i completely second that.

Shouldn't Dan Gilbert's company and The Maloof's split the $400,000 demolition bill now being footed by the City? I agree The Stanley Block was doomed all along. Unfortunately another part of Cleveland is lost to the wrecking ball.

Has the new design been chosen from the competitive choices?