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Totally agree! Such a generic and lame name for this project. Even the hotel name wasn't thought out very well. It's like the City Hotel on 9th Street...really?

That's all fine and dandy but where in the hell do you hold courts, house prisoners etc. if the current one is demolished? In my opinion I think the only way that building is going to get reduced to rubble is build a whole new Justice Center some place else and reuse the current site for new construction with housing, offices etc.

The May issue of Architectural Record has an article by Steven Litt about this facility.

Michelle J. McFee (@mjarboe) tweeted at 11:35 AM on Mon, Apr 28, 2014: #CLE Board of Zoning Appeals just affirmed Planning Commission decision to reject Herold Building demo. Property owner headed to court. #CRE

This is missing one key component to the chandelier.....

^two level parking garage with one level under ground.

I don't know about in the state but it's big. Procter & Gamble's offices in Cincinnati are pretty huge too. If 925 was converted to residential, man they could probably get 500-600 units out of that one.

Does anyone else think that Urban Farmer sign is a little bit POW! in your face and oversized? And judging by the additional standoffs higher up, the sign will be even bigger.

It appears the microwave alcove in the one apartment didn't have the trim ring on yet.

The PD's article on the County Council approval... http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga-county/index.ssf/2014/04/cuyahoga_county_council_approves_plans_for_convention_center_hotel.html#incart_river

And the cleaning continues..

I got a chance to tour The 9 this evening. Moving along quickly. Some of the apartments will be ready in August. Several hotel rooms and apartments are already finished for models. They are damn sexy if I may say so myself. The top floor of the hotel levels will be the Reserve at the 9.....essentially ultra upscale rooms. The top four residential levels will be sky suites...4 suites per floor. Those are the penthouse type large apartments. The largest 3000sf apartment will rent for almost $6000 a month! Chump change. But the views and those apartments are bad ass. By the way, out of those 16 total larger suites...13 are already spoken for. The apartments have 8 ft tall Zebrawood doors and cabinets with cork flooring. A little Bruer Tower tidbit. During the tower's construction the president of the Cleveland Trust was adament about having a large fireplace in the lobby and Marcel said absolutely not. So during construction, the president had a secret chimney constructed into the tower. When Marcel was onsite, the contractors would lead him away from the chimney area. Once the final punch list was completed, the president had the fireplace installed. The theater seating will be pretty comfortable. Also the original Bruer E. 9th street lobby facade will be reconstructed and repeated in the hotel room bed headboards. They built little details into the furniture like gold bar coffee tables. Apartments open bathrooms into the bedrooms or really open bathrooms within the bedroom...you can practically roll out of bed into the tub. You can practically shit, shower and shave and watch the Indians too. Geronimooooo!

Caisson drilling getting serious.

The Garfield doesn't look very wide. Maybe they will be single loaded to the E. 6th and Euclid sides to avoid views into the light well.

Well, we don't know yet where the 200 employees will end up in the CBD. Garfield will be apartments and retail. As the story notes, Millennia is looking at other downtown buildings for a mixed-use redevelopment that would include its headquarters. So that would mean more apartments, plus the offices. Michelle Is the Leader Building still for sale? I don't know if it is occupied or the occupancy percentage but I could see that as a mixed use office/apartment conversion for Millenia. Plus right down the street from the Garfield.

A quick google search shows what the building looked like originally... It would be nice to get some more windows back into the base. Does anyone know when they modified it? Not sure but it sure looks like hell compared to the rest of the building's Ionic pilaster exterior & large windows. I also hope they return the rest of the E6th and Euclid sides to match the rest.

You can see on the right side they have started installing the panels that will cover the garage. Compare it to the rendering.

Interestingly, the yellow crane with the blue mast closer to Lakeside almost didn't make it down the slope drive. I watch them try to turn in with the semi, and the bottom of the trailer bed got stuck on the sidewalk.

Make Huron The Next East Fourth A couple weeks ago I was finishing up a bike ride heading north on E. 14th from Slavic Village. After passing the sprawling madness of the Innerbelt and its on and off ramps, I finally came to a tad more scenic setting for a welcoming to Downtown Cleveland. Rolling past Erie Cemetery toward Prospect, I saw the Playhouse Square arches had risen. Riding underneath, it felt like I had actually entered a city. Unlike the aforementioned highway monstrosity, Playhouse Square is distinctively Cleveland. Similar arches had been put up at Huron and Prospect; a setting that I believe has great potential for a pet dream of mine. That dream is to close Huron from Prospect to Euclid in a bid to create the next East Fourth pedestrian thoroughfare. Cleveland is less than half its peak population, yet we have the road infrastructure of our glory days. At the same time, Downtown is the region’s fastest growing neighborhood. I can think of no better nod to this welcomed trend than to begin strategically selecting roads in our core that are overbuilt and underused for road diets or rezoning entirely to make the most of our infrastructure in a way that supports sustainability and vibrancy. Let’s start with Huron. Huron, especially between Euclid and Prospect, serves little purpose for Downtown Cleveland. The only action it sees is during rush hour when cars try to essentially cut lines to the highway off E. 9th. The result is a bottleneck that forces the city to send out traffic cops to help continue the flow of overeager drivers trying to flee the city. Is this really the best use of our resources? Methinks not. Read more: http://www.coolcleveland.com/blog/2014/04/make-huron-the-next-east-fourth/

They laid down some engineered fill over either a vapor barrier or a geo-textile fabric. and erection of a crane has started...

I'm not saying I'm in love with the design, but new buildings should be a product of their time, not try to emulate every detail of the surrounding buildings....imho.

With the windows starting to be put into Schofield, are there or were there plans to replace the Breuer Tower windows?

Well they are running two shifts plus a third may be added. That's working overtime alright.

Nice work!

:cry:. This has to change.