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September 5, 2012 What Public Spaces Like Cleveland’s West Side Market Mean for Cities The greatest public markets are the ones that simultaneously serve city residents’ daily food needs, while functioning as a tourist attraction for visitors who want to witness local culture in action. While brand strategists obsess over how to communicate “authenticity,” public markets are inherently one of the most authentic expressions of a place, and therefore an ideal symbol for a city to use when representing itself to the world—as long as they are thriving, of course. There are a number of good examples of market cities in the U.S., but one of the best is Cleveland, where the century-old West Side Market has become a key engine in the city’s revitalization. The market building itself is one of Cleveland’s finest architectural gems—a vast, red-brick terminal with stunningly high vaulted ceilings, book-ended with massive, arched windows. On the ground, as the vendors will attest, is an open opportunity for small-scale sellers to establish themselves in the market economy and build a livelihood. And, following PPS’s definition as a hub from which other market activities spin out and cluster, the West Side Market is now just one [albeit sizeable] node in a buzzing network of food-related endeavors—restaurants, farmers’ markets, urban farms—which are assembling into a whole new identity for the “Rust Belt” city. This month in Cleveland, PPS will host their annual Public Markets Conference, an event design to help more cities leverage their markets as engines for urban growth. I’ll be attending the event to learn more about the role of markets in the city of the future, from Santa Monica to Hong Kong; and I’ll be touring Cleveland’s urban and rural food hubs to get a better sense of how it all links together in one American city. I’ll be writing more about my experiences right here in a couple of weeks. Stay tuned. http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2012/09/what-public-spaces-like-clevelands-west-side-market-mean-for-cities/

Not sure where to put this, but interesting discussion on Case campus this Friday: Sep 7: "Cleveland's Downtown Rebound" at CWRU http://cwru-daily.com/news/?p=9643

With all the discussion on light and the atrium -- here's a pic from this weekend on a truly cloudy and rainy day:

Awesome, thanks! Excited to see the center block rise to 5 stories.

Case Football started its 2012 season with a W. And again, no PD coverage for this team in the city limits of Cleveland . Nice article from the Marietta Times though: College football: Pioneers come up short in opener September 3, 2012 By Mike Morrison - Sports Writer , The Marietta Times The Marietta College Pioneers bid for a season opening, come-from-behind, final quarter victory came up just short as the Case Western Reserve Spartans clipped the Pios 26-23 at Don Drumm Stadium Saturday night. The Pioneers jumped out to a quick 10-0 first-quarter lead, only to surrender 26 unanswered Spartan points before staging their fourth-quarter rally. With under two minutes to play and Case Western facing a third-and-12 at the Pioneer 49-yard line, running back Manny Sicre ripped off a 15-yard run that proved to be the deciding play on a night where there were no shortages of big plays. A short 24-yard field goal attempt by freshman kicker Conor Durina was wide left and the Pioneers had missed a golden opportunity to take control of the game against the heavily favored Spartans. "Any time you play a quality opponent you've got to take advantage of those kind of situations," said Pioneer head coach Jeff Filkovski. "We easily could have gone up a couple of touchdowns but we just made too many mistakes." www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/546391/College-football--Pioneers-come-up-short-in-opener.html

More arcade discussion: Arcades lease is a big retail play fit for a resurgent downtown Cleveland: editorial Published: Monday, September 03, 2012, 8:07 PM The Plain Dealer Editorial Board As the downtown areas of older, large American cities struggle to regain vibrancy, retail is often the last sector to rebound. And when it does, it rarely resembles the department-store-based shopping experience that an older generation remembers. Those stores long ago moved to the suburbs, then morphed into big boxes and what developers now call power centers. The retail that does seem to work these days -- as Paul Levy of Center City Philadelphia noted earlier this year during the first of the Cleveland Connects community conversations -- often starts out small scale, quirky and locally based. That reflects the reluctance of many national brands or chains to take a chance on neighborhoods that don't yet meet their demographic targets. But it also reflects the changing nature of America's new/old downtowns. Increasingly, they are filled not just with 9-to-5 commuters or out-of-town visitors, but with creative-class professionals who work and live in the heart of the city -- and who like to shop in places that are distinctive and local. www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/09/a_big_retail_play_fit_for_a_re.html

A few more adds. CO, much thanks for the kind words!

Cotman Vistas on E.115 has shot up to four stories:

Cleveland State University wind turbines at Progressive Field are overachievers Published: Monday, September 03, 2012, 3:07 PM Karen Farkas, The Plain Dealer The wind turbines attached to that distinctive plastic corkscrew atop Progressive Field are overachievers. The four mounted turbines are generating more than 4.5 times as much energy than if the turbines were standing alone, according to data collected by Cleveland State University. "In terms of the fluid mechanics aspects of the device, it is doing exactly what we predicted," said Majid Rashidi, the chairman of CSU's department of engineering technology who developed the system. "Usually theory and practice don't match." Rashidi's theory was that the structure would deflect wind into the turbine, creating more energy. CSU received a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy in 2008 to design and install two structures based on Rashidi's patented system. It involves a wind-deflecting structure with small-scale turbines able to generate power at low wind speeds. Rashidi revised his concept, including reconfiguring the cylinder to look like an ice cream cone with a twist. www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/09/cleveland_state_university_win.html

Hmm, anything to anticipate in world photos thread? Welcome back! Looking forward to Ingenuity on the lakefront this year. I did post a few from the Olympics here: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,27687.30.html Not sure if I can compete with the other photo threads that get posted here though...so I'll stick to making lists of events and projects...

Well I'm back from Europe and I started watching the Daily Show with my free time and decided...time to update Sept!

Case Western Reserve stays atop the "For Good" rankings of national universities: Case Western Reserve University ranks No. 7 in national magazine's list of top universities Posted: 08/28/2012 Last Updated: 7 hours and 23 minutes ago By: Carrie Nagorka, newsnet5.com CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University remained in the national top 10 this year in Washington Monthly's annual rankings of colleges that contribute to the best interests of students and the country. Last year marked the first time the university broke into the magazine's highest tier, leaping from 17th to seventh. For 2012, Case Western Reserve stayed in the same spot, while institutions such as Harvard and the University of Michigan fell out of the top 10. Also this year, Stanford University moved from fourth to third, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill jumped from 12th to fourth. Washington Monthly's ratings focus on three primary criteria: research excellence, social mobility of students, and campus commitment to service. Case Western Reserve's data placed it particularly high in service-related categories. Read more: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/Case-Western-Reserve-University-ranks-No-7-in-national-magazines-list-of-top-universities#ixzz24tLbcGEt

I agree this could be a game-changer. Good luck to Dick Pace!

Some more UC construction pics from today: 1) View of Cotman Vistas from E.116: 2) CWRU Tinkham Veale Student Center notice...right up against the parking garage: 3) Courtyard by Marriott: 4) WXZ Apartments behind Circle 118?? Or is this extra parking only? 5) Western Reserve Historical Society expansion: 6) Hazel 8 pushing along...work was being done this Sunday.

Looks like the Uptown Plaza is well on its way:

Im not saying this area should be developed as townhouses or like coltman27, but I did put this together just for fun to see how many units would fit. Based on this rough "rendering" I guess you could call it lol, I come up with about 54 units the size of coltman27. Im guessing it could hold about 80 Hazel8 style units. Good news. The rumor in the neighborhood is the building is officially condemned. Developers may get to strike at it sooner than we expected. All my connections on Coltman Rd have said the building "officially condemned." Not to mention half of the frikin roof is gone... Anyway to verify this info through the city/county? Speaking of new residential, a few pics from today: 1) Random Rd foundations: 2) Fairview Ave

I was only there for six days, but still long enough to soak up all the fanfare.

Sorry for my delayed pics, but here are a few: 1) Parliament light shows are night: 2) Crowded train to the Olympic Village 3) Outside the Olympic Village -- craziness at all hours: 4) Projection screens all over Hyde Park 5) Obligatory shot

Very cool -- thanks for the update! I just went on a hostel pub crawl in Dublin, Ireland two weeks ago. It looks like there can be a very cool Ohio City/Cleveland version as well.

Very interesting... We'll see tomorrow. Probably is the good news we're expecting.

Does this look correct to everyone? DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND NEW RESIDENTIAL New apartment units 2012: Avenue District Luxury Apartments (59 apartments) http://www.zaremba.net/community/index.php?cid=2667 The Langston Apartments -- Building 1 (48 apartments) http://www.19actionnews.com/category/240218/video-landing-page?clipId=7650974&autostart=true Under Construction: The Langston Apartments -- remaining (260 apartments) -- $45 million http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/06/new_neighborhood_to_rise_on_cl.html Rosetta Center Building (85 apartments) -- $7 million http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/06/cleveland_developers_win_prese.html Hanna Annex Apartments (102 apartments) -- $23 million http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/12/playhousesquare_to_sell_downto.html In the pipeline: 1120 Chester Ave (36 apartments) http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/bza/agenda/2012/crr04-30-2012.pdf Truman Building at 1030 Euclid (26 apartments) -- $9 million http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/06/cleveland_developers_win_prese.html The Park Building and Southworth Building apartments (34 apartments) -- $21 million http://development.ohio.gov/Urban/OHPTC/documents/Round7ApprovedApplications.pdf Schofield Building (50 apartments) -- $40 million http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/06/four_northeast_ohio_projects_i.html Planning Stages: Flats East Bank Phase II Residential (140 apartments -- $120 million http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/04/flats_east_bank_project_lines.html East Ohio Building at 1717 East Ninth St (223 apartments) http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/03/kd_group_plans_to_buy_redevelo.html 1224 Huron Rd (12 apartments) http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/09/kd_group_closes_hanna_building.html Proposed: Warehouse District mixed-used Transit Hub http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/11/post_536.html Halle Building at 1228 Euclid Ave (200 apartments) http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20120716/SUB1/307169992 Arcade (100 apartments) http://crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=TOC Baker Building at 1940 E 6th Street When pigs fly: 515 Euclid Ave (240 units) http://www.desman.com/hotproperty/task,view/id,59/Itemid,168/ Huntington Bank Building at 917 Euclid Ave http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/11/huntington_moving_to_200_publi.html Standard Building at 1370 Ontario St http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/01/railroad_union_nhttp://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/Themes/default/images/bbc/glow.gifations_oldest.html Lakefront Residential http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2011/11/new_lakefront_plan_from_clevel.html Playhouse Square parking lot across from Palace Theater http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/12/playhousesquare_to_sell_downto.html

Any reason the Schofield Building has went from 24 proposed apartments above a hotel to 50 apartments ?? (according to the Downtown Cleveland Alliance report -- page 8. ) http://www.downtowncleveland.com/media/71567/downtownmarketupdate_q2-2012.pdf

Mandel Foundation donates $7.5 million to Cleveland Museum of Art expansion and renovation Published: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 6:00 PM Updated: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 6:36 PM Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer The much-beloved Armor Court at the Cleveland Museum of Art was in its second decade in the 1930s when a young Morton Mandel visited for the first time on a school trip. He was electrified by the shields, broadswords, tapestries and battle armor on view — and savors the memory. “The Armor Court is in my psyche,” he says. “I’ve always been dazzled by it.” Now a highly successful businessman and philanthropist, Mandel is showing gratitude by donating $7.5 million through his family’s foundation to push the museum’s eight-year, $350 million expansion and renovation closer to completion. http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2012/08/mandel_foundation_donates_75_m.html

New bike lane on Case Quad encourages safe interaction among bikers, pedestrians http://cwru-daily.com/news/?p=9306

Correct. http://cwru-daily.com/news/?p=9315