yanni_gogolak

Statistics: Acreage ~ Approximately 3,000 originally (1916). 70 acres today Rooms (Manor House) ~ 65 Bedrooms (Manor House) ~ 18 total-5 guest bedrooms, 5 family bedrooms, 8 servants bedrooms, along with 2 sleeping porches, a Nursery and Dormitory Bathrooms (Manor House) ~ 23 total- 14 complete baths, 9 half baths (lavatories) Fireplaces (Manor House) ~ 23 Chimneys (Manor House) ~ 12 Doors (Manor House) ~ 273 doors plus 20 sets of French Doors Windows (Manor House) ~ 21,455 panes of glass Heating/Cooling ~ Coal boilers originally located in the Manor House and all support buildings except the Gate Lodge which used coal fired forced air. Domestic Staff ~ 22-24, & the Gate Lodge, Gardener's Cottage, Carriage House, and Poultry Manager's House on Reynolds Avenue were also homes for domestics and their families. http://www.stanhywet.org/article/item-e36342aa-ac39-42bf-ac9e-c0845520f5f6.aspx "The position of the glass was so carefully articulated by architect Charles Schneider that on the summer solstice, the sun sets directly in the middle of the window." http://wp2.medina-gazette.com/2008/07/01/accent/discover-new-views-at-stan-hywet/ The 'Plane Tree Allee' is complete and they have moved onto the back terraced areas and Japanese Garden. They are restoring it to its original condition when it was first built. Over the years, maintenance and otherwise has distorted the original design. Here is what the Japanese Garden originally looked like: check out all the people on the terrace!

Yes and yes. Its on the Historical Register so they get grant money for restoration work along with fundraisers and donations. Its run by a non-profit.

Yes, they did. They had a master plan of their area done by Frederick Law Olmstead, the same person who did Central Park in NYC.

nope

Here is the current progress on the previous article building Right next to the Brown Mackie College building pretty typical office park garbage, across the street, in Park West, there is a building of better design note under construction right now also.

New office building under way on White Pond WEST AKRON — Zumpano + Hanson Building and Development has begun construction on a new office building in West Akron. The three-story, contemporary structure is located at 701 White Pond, adjacent to Interstate 77. Planning for the project, which is visible from the interstate, began nearly a year ago, according to partner Terry Hanson. http://akron.com/akron-ohio-business-news.asp?aID=5873

Knight Center to take over historic Greystone building O'Neil says he's put millions into building By Katie Byard Beacon Journal staff writer Published on Saturday, Jul 04, 2009 Developer Jeffrey O'Neil said his purchase 10 years ago of one of Akron's grandest buildings — the old Masonic Temple downtown — was ''a charity thing more than a business opportunity.'' Passionate about preservation of unique structures, O'Neil wanted to see the 1917 building — now called Greystone — preserved, not torn down or partitioned into offices. Now, facing a loss in investments amid the weak economy, O'Neil is cutting his ties to the building at Mill and High streets, across from the John S. Knight Center. http://www.ohio.com/news/49910702.html This is the former location of Piatto, which has been vacant for years.

The previous poster said they had 80% funding and want to break ground by winter of 2010. They can break ground on the retail and sell off the residential during construction. Either way it's over a year away.

I wasn't sure which project Uptown was, for others: http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2008/07/_click_on_image_to.html

As long as the base looks good, I would wait to see how it comes out, could end up being expense for no return.

What restaurant used to be west of Winking Lizard? Isn't that where Forti's is (what used to be Boneyard)? I forget what the last place was called (was part owned by former browns player), but before that it was Fire.

A grain of hope City talking to potential grocer to serve Highland Square area. Market study will be launched By Stephanie Warsmith Beacon Journal staff writer Published on Wednesday, Jul 01, 2009 The city of Akron might have found a grocer for Highland Square. City officials for several months have been in talks with Cornucopia Inc., a nonprofit corporation with an organic and fresh foods store in Lakewood, about opening a second store in West Akron. Mayor Don Plusquellic will hold a press conference today to announce that the city will conduct a survey to determine if such a store would meet the needs of Highland Square residents, who have been clamoring for a grocer for several years.

I don't know about L'albatros, but I know WRL (Westlake Reed Leskosky) was the Architect for Parallax.

Martha Avenue As part of the Goodyear Redevelopment, Martha Avenue (Seiberling Street to 2200’ north) will be reconstructed to include four (4)-12' lanes of full depth asphalt reconstruction with 6x18 concrete curb, sidewalks, water main, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, street lighting, a modern day roundabout with concrete pavement at the existing Seiberling/Martha intersection, traffic signalization with fiber optic interconnect, and an underground utility duct bank. A center landscaped median will be installed on Martha Avenue. The center of the roundabout will also be landscaped. Executive Drive will extend to the west off of the roundabout. Eagle Street will extend to the east off of the roundabout for a future roadway. Drop off lanes will be installed on the west side of Martha Avenue along with access points into the future parking garage and hotel. http://ci.akron.oh.us/engineering2/requestsconsultserv.asp This sounds pretty ambitious.

I agree, this bldg was better off not being remembered. The Sahara on the other hand would have been great.

Falls to raze State Road plaza soon http://www.ohio.com/news/49387862.html By Gina Mace Special to the Beacon Journal POSTED: 05:20 p.m. EDT, Jun 28, 2009 CUYAHOGA FALLS.: State Road Shopping Center should be gone by fall. Cuyahoga Falls is expected to award a nearly $2 million contract Monday to demolish the run-down, vacant plaza. The council approved the expenditure June 22. The city received $2 million from the state to pay for the demolition.

very clean looking renovation, looks like a good contractor based on the architects website: http://sc-aia.com/home.html I would say that you got some of his best work, congrats!

I think the developers have a good understanding of it, it's getting the people that live in Akron to understand it. There is still a lot of old money here and people like their 3,000 s.f.+ homes on 2 acres. The only housing that has been downtown in a long time is low-income. Now they have these lofts & brownstones and some new student housing. All great ideas, but it will take a while for the density to get anywhere near where it was 100 years ago.

I don't disagree with you, but you could build new for cheaper than that in that area. It is still and industrial and blighted area. It is not in walking distance to a grocer. The whole point of living in an urban area is so you don't have to rely on car and there are lots of amenities. The towpath is great, but I would doubt that the rail gets used very often by residents, especially after a few years and the nostalgia has worn off.

Some progress being made at the former location of The Grotto in the Merriman Valley.

Blaze guts former home of Wally Waffle By Beacon Journal staff Akron firefighters battled a blaze at a Marion Avenue building that formerly housed Wally Waffle around 7 p.m. Tuesday. The Wallhaven-area restaurant, which was the original in the local group of breakfast spots, closed in 2007. http://www.ohio.com/news/48209087.html So long Wally Waffle

Photo of the completed Northside Lofts developed and built by Testa Architect - City Architecture http://www.northsidelofts.com/ I believe these start at $375,000, guessing about 1,500 s.f. 20 of 32 condos sold, but I believe some are unoccupied and owned by Testa as models. The new brownstones on Main St., an extension of Northside Lofts developed and built by Testa Architect - ? (I don't believe City did these) http://www.northsidelofts.com/index2.html The brownstones start at $235,000, guessing about 1,500 s.f. 2 bedrooms & loft space They are currently finishing the first 7 units in phased construction. 5 of 14 total units sold, according to the website. I don't know who is buying these at this price, but I don't see how you could get your money's worth.

Here are the renderings for the Roe Green Center (Music & Speech) They are on the Acoustical Engineer's website (David Crossfield Associates) but not the Architects (Holzman Moss)? http://daviscrossfield.com/kent.htm

This sounds like a win-win for everybody. Maron's are quickly moving up the list of great developers for downtown.

Isn't that what the mall is already?