December 4, 201311 yr - St. Clair Superior has launched two new websites - one that's a redesign of the CDC website, with more focus on what you can find in the neighborhood, www.stclairsuperior.org, and one that focuses in on what gets made in the neighborhood and includes an online shopping feature that lets you explore some of the stuff emerging from Upcycle St. Clair and the Cleveland Flea (and also will profile some of the very long-term businesses that make things in the nabe, http://www.stclairsuperiority.com/ - St. Clair Superior is also marketing the Upcycle St. Clair effort by taking the show on the road with a new project called "Shop the Window" ... Going out to the suburbs and activating vacant storefronts with window displays of the upcycle artists. Passers-by will be able to point at QR codes of the products in the window and buy them on the spot, either shipped to them or picked up from upper St. Clair. First up is 20300 Chagrin in Shaker (Beachwood?): http://www.cleveland.com/shaker-heights/index.ssf/2013/11/shaker_pops_up_this_weekend_on.html - The holiday version of the Cleveland Flea was their biggest ever ... The event has climbed from an attendance of 2,000 when it launched in April to an attendance of over 10,000 just 7 months later. Hopefully, we'll see a similar success story when St. Clair Superior launches night markets in Asiatown, a series of evening markets that will showcase the neighborhood's arts community, restaurants and Asian culture all together. - Opposite all the early success of the Cleveland Flea and Upcycle St. Clair, a number of businesses have relocated to the neighborhood, including the Flea itself, Borrow Rentals (http://borrowrentals.com/) and Yates Apothecary (http://yatesapothecary.com/). The upcycling community itself now has a permanent home on St. Clair, as Collective Upcycle has opened up a storefront business (6202 St. Clair, TH - SA 12 - 8, SU 10 - 4, https://www.facebook.com/CollectiveUpcycle) ... Great place for holiday gifts :) Work is also underway on an Upcycle Parts Shop ... If Collective Upcycle is the store where people buy finished upcycled products, the Parts Shop is where you can go for raw, post-use materials for upcyle projects. - As interest starts to spill off of upper St. Clair onto East 55th Street, a number of neighborhood institutions are submitting a Transportation for Livable Communities application for planning of a more pedestrian-friendly/bike-friendly environment along the two streets. That's separate and apart from St. Clair Superior's TLCI application to plan for better multi-modal use of the marginal roads and increased pedestrian/bike access from the neighborhood to the lake. - The LoftHome partnership with the Cuyahoga County Land Bank continues (http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/03/loft_home_conversions_offer_a.html). It's a strategy that focuses on house-by-house conversion of obsolete vacant properties into lofted homes with open floor plans ... A move that makes them more marketable but also dramatically reduces rehab cost, reducing systems complexity in the properties. To date, the model has been employed on rentals, but St. Clair Superior is also exploring how an ownership model might work. The organization is also continuing to fundraise for the Edible History Project (http://clevelandmagazine.blogspot.com/2013/11/make-something-good-happen.html), which would restore a pre-Civil War Greek Revival on E. 71 St. and turn it into a locally sourced food co-op ... Basically converting a 19th century farm house into a farm house for the 21st century :) - A ton of public art is also popping up around Upper St. Clair, including large-scale quotes from residents and visitors going up on walls, sidewalks, etc. - Work has started on Year 2 of the popular Slovenian winter festival Kurentovanje, taking place on March 1: https://www.facebook.com/KurentovanjeCleveland - From what I've heard, there's also early conversations about how to celebrate the centennial of the Cultural Gardens (the eastern border of the CDC service area) in 2016 ... And how the centennial could be leveraged to get more ambitious with revitalization of the immediately adjacent neighborhood fabric on all sides (St. Clair Superior, Glenville and Hough). Now that they have two new websites and whatnot, maybe we can finally get that St. Clair Superior thread or merge it with the Asiatown thread :D
January 6, 201411 yr Author The proposed four-story apartment building at East 79th and Kinsman has been postponed by BZA again, this time to its Jan. 21 agenda... http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/bza/agenda/2014/crr01-21-2014.pdf "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 6, 201411 yr A couple updates... I hope to continue providing more as I'm spending a lot of time in the often 'forgotten' East Side neighborhoods. - Greater Cleveland Food Bank is expanding at their current location, south waterloo, just east of 152nd. They're adding additional storage space for freezers and produce. project will be done in late spring 2014. they started digging out for the foundation and laying the gas line in october or november. - League Park construction was coming along. 66th north of lexington was closed for construction. - orlando bakery is expanding at its current location. No idea what the in the expanded space, it's a taller building, looks to be high enough for 2 stories. EDIT: (1/9/2014): Drove by there today, the brick facade and large windows definitely suggest that it's office space. Pictures forthcoming. If you want a refresher of where these places are located, I made this little handy map: https://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v3/skorasaurus.goc2pl5i/page.html?secure=1#13/41.5037/-81.6155
January 6, 201411 yr Author A couple updates... I hope to continue providing more as I'm spending a lot of time in the often 'forgotten' East Side neighborhoods. Glad to hear! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 28, 201411 yr Does anyone know what the story is with the Alhambra Apartments at Wade Park Avenue and East 86th Street? A segment by E. 86th was knocked down several years ago but the remainder has been left standing, with windows now out, etc. Why was some demolished and why does the remainder stand, and for years? I'm terribly sorry any was removed at all but why is it left in this state? Here's a photo when the building was in its heyday: http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/postcards/id/2515/rec/2 Would have been gorgeous if restored.
April 4, 201411 yr Author I posted the plans for it last spring, so they got whacked during the Great UO Crash of 2013. I don't remember specific users of this small retail development, but In pretty sure its not a Dollar Store/Family Dollar/Etc. EDIT: I haven't found anything yet about the above the project, but I found the demolition application for the Cedar Extension from the June 13 Landmarks Commission agenda.... http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/landmark/agenda/2013/06132013/index.php That demolition is well underway, to make room from this..... Update...... http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2014/04042014/index.php City Planning Commission Agenda for April 4, 2014 EC 2014-002 - The Cedar Lot - 3 Residential Demolitions Project Location: Cedar and E. 107th Project Representative: Josh Herman, MRN "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 11, 201411 yr Author Mt. Pleasant vacant lot begins its transformation, 80-year-old resident designs park (photo gallery, video) By Leila Atassi, Northeast Ohio Media Group Email the author | Follow on Twitter on April 09, 2014 at 5:11 PM, updated April 09, 2014 at 5:52 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Eighty-year-old Cecille Martin watched with a satisfied smile Wednesday morning as a crew of volunteers cleared debris from the vacant lot across the street from her home in Cleveland's Mt. Pleasant neighborhood. The lot had sat vacant, collecting trash, crabgrass and scraggly brush for about two years, Martin said. But thanks to a $10,000 grant, a fully loaded landscaping trailer and Martin's vision for the lot's transformation, it soon will become home to one of the most inviting little spaces in the East side neighborhood. See photo captions in the gallery above and watch the accompanying video for more on the project on East 147th Street. SEE MORE AT: http://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/index.ssf/2014/04/mt_pleasant_vacant_lot_begins.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 14, 201411 yr Author http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2014/05162014/index.php City Planning Commission Agenda for May 2, 2014 2. EAST2014-008 - Langston Commons Community Building New Construction Project Address: 3043 Project Avenue Project Representative: Scott Csutora, HGF Architects I can't show you graphics of this building as the CPC site isn't letting me open the images at their site. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 29, 201411 yr Regarding that ornate, yellow-brick apartment house (the Alhambra) on Wade Park Avenue and East 86th Street whereby demolition of the western end took place over a year ago but the rest had been spared thus far, it looks like now new windows have been installed on the west end of what remains. So can anyone here share any light on this situation? I've really been hoping some entity would come along and save this one-of-a-kind structure - or at least what's left of it (which is most of the original building, fortunately). 2011 write-up: http://www.clevelandareahistory.com/2011/10/lost-biggest-apartment-building-in.html
June 2, 201411 yr Author This is the northeast corner of Superior and East 105th. The building that's there is set back from the street and nothing spectacular. But a gas station for this high-profile urban intersection? I didn't think gas stations were getting built anymore.... http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2014/pdf/NE_Agenda_6-3-14.pdf Northeast Design Review District Agenda (8:00a.m., Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014) Memorial-Nottingham Branch, 17109 Lake Shore Boulevard 3. NE 2014-019 —105th/Superior Ave Retail & Gas – Demo & New Construction (C, B) Location: 10507 Superior Ave Glenville Design Review District Seeking conceptual approval for the demolition of a one-story retail building and new construction of retail spaces/gas station. Project Representative: Rory Turner, Square One Architects "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 2, 201411 yr A gas station.... :x They are already renovating the old BP gas station on E.110th and Superior, why have another literally RIGHT down the street?
June 2, 201411 yr ^Opportunity Corridor- speculative building, perhaps? I'm literally laughing and shaking my head at that.
June 2, 201411 yr Author ^Opportunity Corridor- speculative building, perhaps? I'm literally laughing and shaking my head at that. It's nowhere near Opportunity Corridor. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 11, 201411 yr Author Now the above Cedar Extension redevelopment is moving from conceptual into detailed design...... http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/landmark/agenda/2014/06122014/index.php Cleveland Landmarks Commission June 12, 2014 SECTION 106 REVIEW 1. Cedar Extension Redevelopment Phase I Ward 5 Cleveland Sure beats the hell out of what's there now.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 12, 201410 yr This is the northeast corner of Superior and East 105th. The building that's there is set back from the street and nothing spectacular. But a gas station for this high-profile urban intersection? I didn't think gas stations were getting built anymore.... http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2014/pdf/NE_Agenda_6-3-14.pdf Northeast Design Review District Agenda (8:00a.m., Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014) Memorial-Nottingham Branch, 17109 Lake Shore Boulevard 3. NE 2014-019 —105th/Superior Ave Retail & Gas – Demo & New Construction (C, B) Location: 10507 Superior Ave Glenville Design Review District Seeking conceptual approval for the demolition of a one-story retail building and new construction of retail spaces/gas station. Project Representative: Rory Turner, Square One Architects Does anyone know the status of this proposal?
July 25, 201410 yr Good. l There was a substantial plan for that intersection about 20 years ago, when East 105th between Magnolia Drive and Superior was entirely different. We can see how little came of all of it. I went to the dedication of that small shopping strip, I think it was.
August 28, 201410 yr Author Proposed demolition of an attractive church convent on tomorrow's Landmarks Commission docket. See more and discuss at: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,7006.msg723992.html#msg723992 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 3, 201410 yr Author Proposed demolition of mixed-use building at 13503 Kinsman: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,7006.msg724433.html#msg724433 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 20, 201410 yr Author Housing First opens newest apartments in work to end homelessness By Tom Feran, The Plain Dealer on September 16, 2014 at 5:03 PM, updated September 16, 2014 at 6:25 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Eight years after starting its work to end long-term homelessness in Cuyahoga County, the Housing First initiative is taking another step closer to its goal. The coalition on Wednesday will hold the ceremonial grand opening of Buckeye Square, an $11 million building with 65 furnished and subsidized studio apartments. The four-story complex, on Buckeye Road near East 116th Street, is the ninth opened by Housing First, a coalition of more than 40 private and public organizations. With the expected opening next year of a 10th building in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood, Housing First will be more than halfway to its goal of building 1,271 units for chronically homeless individuals, said Mark McDermott, Ohio market leader for Enterprise Community Partners Inc., the national nonprofit leading the Housing First Initiative. PHOTOS AND READ MORE AT: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/09/housing_first_opens_newest_uni.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 25, 201410 yr Author Two landmark nominations on the east side.... http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/landmark/agenda/2014/09252014/index.php Cleveland Planning Commission CITY HALL - ROOM 514 - 9:00 AM AGENDA - September 25, 2014 CLEVELAND LANDMARK NOMINATION Central High School (Carl and Louis Stokes Academy) 2225 East 40th Street Also on the east side... Carpenter's Hall 13503 Kinsman Road "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 1, 201410 yr Author Considering who the representative is, it makes me wonder if they have a new project to replace the old building.... http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2014/10032014/index.php City Planning Commission Agenda for October 3, 2014 EAST DESIGN REVIEW 1. EAST2014-019 - Proposed Demoltion of former Mixed-Use Building converted into a Church Project Address: 7605 Kinsman Road Project Representative: Pastor Lockhart & Minister Hudson, The Church of God in Christ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 6, 201410 yr Fairfax neighborhood...there certainly is new life! Late victorian Romanesque masterpiece Calvary Presbyterian at 79th & Euclid is now New Life Calvary. Throughout the summer there has been work to unearth the stained glass and leaded glass windows. WOrk appears to be ongoing In a time when Euclid Ave has lost 3 historic churches to avoidable reasons, this is a welcome sight ~3 yrs ago for comparison Now
October 6, 201410 yr Author Wow, beautiful! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 14, 201410 yr Author Coil project idea for St. Clair-Superior! https://www.crowdrise.com/designrebuild/fundraiser/stclairsuperiordevel "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 15, 201410 yr Author http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2014/10172014/index.php City Planning Commission Agenda for October 17, 2014 ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS 1. Ordinance No. 1329-14(Ward 5.Councilmember Cleveland): Changing the Use, Area, and Height Districts of lands bounded by East 75th Street, Grand Avenue, East 80th Place, the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, the Pennsylvania System Railroad and the Cleveland Interurban Railroad from General Industry, a 'B' Area District and a '3' Height District to a Semi-Industry District, a 'C' Area District and a '2' Height District. Presenter: Kim Scott, Staff Planner _____________ The NYC&Stl RR was more commonly known as the former Nickel Plate Road RR now Norfolk Southern's Lake Division tracks along the GCRTA Red Line. The Pennsylvania System Railroad is now Norfolk Southern's Cleveland Line that crosses the Euclid/East 55th intersection. The Cleveland Interurban Railroad was an early name for the Shaker Rapid, now the GCRTA Blue & Green lines. Based on that, this appears to be the area of rezoning.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 15, 201410 yr Author ^ I wonder what the motivation is here. To leverage the Opportunity Corridor -- and marginalize GCRTA's rail transit. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 10, 201410 yr Author Nice article and photos, Justin! east boulevard is a hidden gem among cleveland neighborhoods JUSTIN GLANVILLE | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 06, 2014 If you’ve lived in Cleveland for any length of time, chances are you’ve driven Martin Luther King Boulevard between Interstate 90 and University Circle. Every day, about 26,000 people do, on their way to and from the Circle’s huge employers or its stalwart cultural institutions. You’ve also probably gawked at the two dozen or so cultural gardens that dot Rockefeller Park, especially eye-catching in spring, when the flowers are in full bloom. What you may not know is that East Boulevard, the road that runs along the upper level of the park, parallel to MLK, is perhaps even more beautiful. It offers not only additional gardens, but one of the grandest residential districts in the city, chock full of stone-detailed apartment houses and immaculately landscaped mansions. READ MORE AT: http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/features/eastboulevard110314.aspx "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 19, 201410 yr Author Yay, another Dollar Store on BZA's (Dec. 1) docket...... http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/bza/agenda/2014/crr12-01-2014.pdf 9:30 Calendar No. 14-211: 12915 Buckeye Road Ward 6 Mamie J. Mitchell 17 Notices Buckeye-FDBTS, LLC, owner, proposes to construct a new Family Dollar store on parcels located on the northwest corner of Buckeye Road and East 130th Street located in C2 Residence -Office and C2 Local Retail Business District. The owner appeals for relief from the strict application of the following sections of the Cleveland Codified Ordinances: 1. Section 337.10 which states that discount department stores are not permitted in a Residence- Office District but first permitted in a Local Retail Business District. 2. Section 343.18(d) which states that the maximum width of a driveway is thirty (30) feet and the proposed driveways are fifty five (55) and thirty eight (38) (filed October 30, 2014). "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 3, 201410 yr Author Proposed demolition.... http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,7006.msg735813.html#msg735813 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 16, 201410 yr Author Euclid buys property as part of East 185th Street redevelopment By Andrew Cass, The News-Herald POSTED: 12/16/14, 12:44 AM EST As part of an effort to help redevelop East 185th Street, Euclid has purchased three parcels on the former Lakeshore Chevy site that have sat vacant since 2008. The property, located at 543-553 E. 185th St., was purchased for $50,000 using money from the Bennington Hamlet Urban Redevelopment Tax Increment Equivalent Fund. Kristian Jarosz called the site an “eyesore” and said that Euclid Hospital tells people to enter its campus from 200th Street and not 185th Street. MORE: http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20141216/euclid-buys-property-as-part-of-east-185th-street-redevelopment "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 16, 201410 yr ^ :clap: I've wondered if someone would invest in those properties. With the possible extension of the HealthLine, this could have some TOD potential.
December 18, 201410 yr Author Boom! Another redevelopment got a boost..... Win some and lose a big one: Cleveland-area preservation projects receive funding, Cincinnati takes main prize By STAN BULLARD Originally Published: December 18, 2014 2:06 PM Modified: December 18, 2014 3:23 PM Conversions of the old Cleveland Board of Education Building to a Drury Plaza Hotel, and of the Standard Building near Public Square to a mixed-use project with apartments, both received maximum $5 million state Historic Preservation Tax Credit awards from the Ohio Department of Development Services.... LaSalle Theatre (Cleveland) Total project cost: $3,248,742 Total tax credit: $249,999 Address: 819-829 East 185th Street, 44119 A centerpiece in the East 185th Street Business District bordering the cities of Cleveland and Euclid, the LaSalle Theatre opened in 1927 with a single screen, storefronts and three apartments. Northeast Shores Community Development Corporation purchased the property several years ago and intends to convert the building into the LaSalle Arts and Media Center. The theater space will be used for community and private events. Storefront and residential spaces will be used for their original purposes. MORE: http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20141218/FREE/141219830/win-some-and-lose-a-big-one-cleveland-area-preservation-projects "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 14, 201510 yr Author I don't know about you, but I like these types of developments in lower-income neighborhoods at least as much as the glitzy developments downtown and other hot neighborhoods.... http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/bza/agenda/2015/crr01-26-2015.pdf Board of Zoning Appeals JANUARY 26, 2015 9:30 Ward 1 Calendar No. 14-256: 13205 Miles Road Terrell Pruitt 11 Notices Union Miles Development Corp., owner, and Cleveland Housing Network, prospective purchaser, propose to construct a 4 story, 51,390 square foot, 66 unit apartment building with an accessory 21 space parking lot on a 53,775 square foot parcel located in a B1 Local Retail Business District. The owner appeals for relief from the following sections of the Cleveland Codified Ordinances:3 | P a g e 1. Section 355.04(b) which states that in a “B” Area District the maximum gross floor area cannot exceed one-half the lot size or in this case 26,887 square feet and 51,390 square feet are proposed. 2. Section 349.04(a) which states that one accessory off-street parking space is required per dwelling unit. 66 spaces are required and 21 spaces are proposed. (Filed December 31, 2014) EDIT: the apartment building is planned for this lot. Note the shopping center in the background which has a grocery store and bank. A health center is to the right.... EDIT2: just saw this on SE Design Review. So it's only conceptual at this point.... http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2015/pdf/SE2015-01-14Agenda.pdf 2. SE 2015-001–CHN Permanent Supportive Housing © Project Type: New Construction Project Address: 131st and Miles Project Representative(s): Jillian Watson Approval Type: Conceptual "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 23, 201510 yr Author Looking past downtown's development and talk of pedestrian bridge to the potential of Cleveland's overlooked Buckeye Road: Mark Naymik By Mark Naymik, Northeast Ohio Media Group on January 23, 2015 at 11:59 AM, updated January 23, 2015 at 3:16 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Downtown continues to get all the notice, with its new hotels, restaurants, housing and talk of the yet-to-be-built magical pedestrian bridge to the lakefront. The attention to such progress got me wondering what progress looks like at, say, Buckeye Road and East 116th Street, far from the downtown hipsters and their trendy hangouts. What's the speed of development around this busy East Side intersection? Who's the muscle behind the deals? Does anyone even care? MORE: http://www.cleveland.com/naymik/index.ssf/2015/01/looking_past_downtowns_develop.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 28, 201510 yr Author @EdwinsCLE plans dormitory-style housing for homeless workers @BuckeyeDev http://t.co/ZZnrdNXxes "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 28, 201510 yr Wow...exciting stuff Brandon is doing. Cleveland is so lucky to have a guy with all his talents and passions. On February 23rd, Chrostowski will host NEXT, a six-course dinner fundraiser to build student housing. Chrostowski is working with the Cleveland Land Bank to buy an abandoned two-building parcel on Buckeye. “The whole idea behind Next is to take things to the next level for Edwins students,” he says. “I had a vision to build dorms near the school. I thought it would be a bit later, but the needs of the students – some of them are in shelters, some of them are homeless – made it happen sooner.” “This is one example of the community coming together, and Buckeye is a neighborhood I believe in,” Chrostowski says. “We’re talking about someone without a home who is struggling. We have to change that. It’s a very real problem and we have the power to change it.”
January 28, 201510 yr Looking past downtown's development and talk of pedestrian bridge to the potential of Cleveland's overlooked Buckeye Road: Mark Naymik By Mark Naymik, Northeast Ohio Media Group on January 23, 2015 at 11:59 AM, updated January 23, 2015 at 3:16 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Downtown continues to get all the notice, with its new hotels, restaurants, housing and talk of the yet-to-be-built magical pedestrian bridge to the lakefront. The attention to such progress got me wondering what progress looks like at, say, Buckeye Road and East 116th Street, far from the downtown hipsters and their trendy hangouts. What's the speed of development around this busy East Side intersection? Who's the muscle behind the deals? Does anyone even care? MORE: http://www.cleveland.com/naymik/index.ssf/2015/01/looking_past_downtowns_develop.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co As frustrating as Mark Naymik can be sometimes, I applaud him for articles like these... he's really be focusing hard on the blight and potential upgrade in the Shaker-Buckeye corridor for over the past year. Lots of solid buildings along Buckeye... Essentially this neighborhood is the mirror image of Larchmere physically-- lots of solid buildings along a narrow main drag; it just has been allowed to deteriorate while Larchmere, sitting along the edge of an upscale Shaker Heights neighborhood, has received considerably more TLC over the decades. Hopefully things are changing for the good for Buckeye. Access to the Blue/Green Rapid lines supplemented by the #11 bus gives this area a major plus as well.
February 3, 201510 yr Author While at the RTA board meeting this morning where discussion of rebuilding the East 79th Red Line and East 34th Blue/Green/Red lines rail stations came up, Cleveland's Chief of Regional Development Ed Rybka said he would meeting later today with a company that is planning a "mixed-use development" on East 79th Street. While I don't know where this development would be located or what "mixed use" actually means in this instance, a person involved in the station project speculated that it would probably be located between the Opportunity Corridor (where Grand Avenue is now) and the Blue/Green Rapid station. In his words, he said "where else would you build it?" And considering that the chief of regional development (#2 below Mayor Jackson) is meeting with the unidentified developer, it would probably be either a large developer and/or a large development. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 7, 201510 yr Author After the events I outlined in my prior message, I've been doing some poking around at properties along East 79th Street between the Red Line and the Blue/Green lines which is, of course, where the Opportunity Corridor will be passing through. I was expecting to find many properties owned by the Cleveland Land Bank. In fact, most properties in this area are owned by the city. Only a couple dozen are not. A couple are a few remaining residential properties. A few more are a few remaining churches. And the rest belong mostly to companies that associated with Native Americans in some way. These include the Seventh Generation Development, Inc., Kersdale Property Investors and Sidakco-E79 LLC. Seventh Generation Development may be related to a Vermont-based company called Seventh Generation that makes environmentally benign cleaning and household products. Seventh Generation takes its name from the Great Law of the Iroquois, which states that "in our every deliberation we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." This company is growing fast, about 20 percent a year. It had $150 million in retail sales in 2009 and last year grossed more than $300 million. Their previous CEO Chuck Maniscalco, from 2009-11, was from suburban Cleveland. I hope Seventh Generation has a manufacturing plant or warehouse in mind for this neighborhood. Another property owner is Kersdale Property Investors IX, owned by Ed Kowit of Pepper Pike. As you might expect there are more than nine (hence the IX) different Kersdale Property Investors, as well as a Kersdale Limited Partership which owned the former two-level parking garage property on Superior Avenue at West 6th Street in the Warehouse District. That property was bought by Forest City Enterprises a few years ago. The East 79th properties were bought by Kersdale a couple years ago. Kowit is into managing real eastate, investing in properties and marketing real estate -- almost always commercial properties. I could see him buying up land along the Opportunity Corridor and then sitting on it to wait for the right offer(s). And Perk Company owns a decent-sized chunk of land in the neighborhood, mostly along and south of Grand Avenue -- properties that will be taken for the Opportunity Corridor. Ironically, Perk is a heavy construction and transportation contractor. It was the main contractor on the Euclid Corridor project that became GCRTA's HealthLine. Perk has other properties in the path of the Opportunity Corridor. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 7, 201510 yr After the events I outlined in my prior message, I've been doing some poking around at properties along East 79th Street between the Red Line and the Blue/Green lines which is, of course, where the Opportunity Corridor will be And Perk Company owns a decent-sized chunk of land in the neighborhood, mostly along and south of Grand Avenue -- properties that will be taken for the Opportunity Corridor. Ironically, Perk is a heavy construction and transportation contractor. It was the main contractor on the Euclid Corridor project that became GCRTA's HealthLine. Perk has other properties in the path of the Opportunity Corridor. Connected to the former mayor's family?
February 7, 201510 yr ^No...but veerrryyy connected. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/09/rta_didnt_know_about_its_contr.html
February 7, 201510 yr Author I also noticed McTech's name in that article. Guess who also owns land in/around the future path of the Opportunity Corridor? Yep, McTech Corp! They own a decent sized property (several acres) between the east end of Rawlings Avenue and the NS railroad right of way. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 14, 201510 yr ^ Awesome article about an awesome person. I'd love to see all the local restaurants with some Chateau Hough vintage on the menu. It's truly a great cause.
February 20, 201510 yr Author This modern building at 4102 Lee (from a Sept. 2014 Streetview) that was recently the Premier nightclub is proposed for demolition... http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2015/pdf/SE2015-02-25_Agenda.pdf Southeast Region Design Review District Agenda 5:00 pm, Wednesday, February 25, 2015 York –Rite Mason Temple, 13512 Kinsman Road 1. SE 2015-005–Commercial Building © Project Type: Demolition Project Address: 4102 Lee Road Project Representative(s): Rich Liuzzo Approval Type: Final 2. SE 2015-004– Fresenius Medical Care Cleveland (N) Project Type: Renovation Project Address: 4071 Lee Road Project Representative(s): Ben Gingrich, Robert Gamperl Approval Type: Final "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 21, 201510 yr Really good detailed look from Politico magazine on the successes and challenges in having University Circle help out in surrounding neighborhoods http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/02/what-works-cleveland-115324_Page4.html#.VOjQLkZOLCR
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