9 minutes ago, Cleburger said:

Truly sad.  I went to the estate sale and the bones of the house were amazing.   For whatever the new owner is paying to tear it down and build new, they could have totally pimped out the existing structure.   I partially blame the city of Cleveland, which allowed newer homes to built with a much further setback, blocking the views from this much older home. 

 

Mold and/or asbestos could have made it impossible to bring up to code.   Plus the issue with the views.

On 12/22/2023 at 8:23 AM, Cleburger said:

Truly sad.  I went to the estate sale and the bones of the house were amazing.   For whatever the new owner is paying to tear it down and build new, they could have totally pimped out the existing structure.   I partially blame the city of Cleveland, which allowed newer homes to built with a much further setback, blocking the views from this much older home. 

 

such an awesome looking house, its a shame. but yeah as suggested i can imagine it being riddled with mold and rot ??? when you were in there did you happen to notice anything like that?

19 minutes ago, mrnyc said:

 

such an awesome looking house, its a shame. but yeah as suggested i can imagine it being riddled with mold and rot ??? when you were in there did you happen to notice anything like that?

I couldn't see anything obvious.   It looked as though it had been maintained, though was quite outdated. 

3 century-old structures up for demolition on Cleveland’s East Side

Published: May. 13, 2024, 3:21 p.m.

 

By Megan Sims, cleveland.com

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Three dilapidated buildings, all a century old, are in line for demolition to clean up a corner in the Forest Hills area of Cleveland’s East Side.

 

Plans submitted by the city to the Cleveland Planning Commission call for the razing of a two-story structure and two one-story buildings that once housed retail, a warehouse and apartments on Superior Avenue between East 124th and East 125th streets. They sit on about a third of an acre.

 

https://www.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2024/05/3-century-old-structures-up-for-demolition-on-clevelands-east-side.html

^ boo! hiss!

 

 

A two-story mixed-use building, along with two one-story structures are will up for demolition before the Cleveland Planning Commission.Google Earth

uh, I think that building fell over

https://neo-trans.blog/2024/05/14/ambassador-theatre-building-collapses/

Self-demo by neglect.  Very efficient.

when this happen?

Edited June 11, 20241 yr by Whipjacka

On 6/11/2024 at 11:51 AM, Whipjacka said:

when this happen?

 

Presumably something new going on in that area, it's at least lukewarm.

 

Since Ferry is an active concern one assumes they are either taking care of at least a portion of the cleanup, or perhaps cut a deal to stay in the area.

This little building at 1300 Carnegie Ave is proposed to be demolished. In the permit application by the owner MDM Realty Ltd, they write "proposed demolition of existing 2-story building at 1300 Carnegie and either re-pave and re-stripe for additional parking or demo building and grass in former footprint." I think you have to have a better plan than that -- and even then it's only supposed to be an interim use.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4969503,-81.6799757,3a,75y,89.65h,87.26t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8RIjPhTdw8CJkSh1PzIQiA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.7415214607506897%26panoid%3D8RIjPhTdw8CJkSh1PzIQiA%26yaw%3D89.6532085076921!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkyNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

 

BTW, Geis is also proposing to raze their parking garage off Prospect near East 9th. No news on what if anything would replace it.

Just now, KJP said:

This little building at 1300 Carnegie Ave is proposed to be demolished. In the permit application by the owner MDM Realty Ltd, they write "proposed demolition of existing 2-story building at 1300 Carnegie and either re-pave and re-stripe for additional parking or demo building and grass in former footprint." I think you have to have a better plan than that -- and even then it's only supposed to be an interim use.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4969503,-81.6799757,3a,75y,89.65h,87.26t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8RIjPhTdw8CJkSh1PzIQiA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.7415214607506897%26panoid%3D8RIjPhTdw8CJkSh1PzIQiA%26yaw%3D89.6532085076921!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkyNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

 

BTW, Geis is also proposing to raze their parking garage off Prospect near East 9th. No news on what if anything would replace it.

 

Hahahahahahaha - my high school friends had a part time job working a parking lot behind there for Indians games. The first time in my life I smoked weed was in that garage on the day Kenny Lofton returned to the Tribe in 2007. 

 

#SAVE1300CARNEGIE

24 minutes ago, YABO713 said:

 

Hahahahahahaha - my high school friends had a part time job working a parking lot behind there for Indians games. The first time in my life I smoked weed was in that garage on the day Kenny Lofton returned to the Tribe in 2007. 

 

#SAVE1300CARNEGIE

As much as I enjoy a little free time, I'm SO glad I'm starting a new position next week 😆

OMG, you may have started a trend with UO Historical Markers.

2 hours ago, KJP said:

This little building at 1300 Carnegie Ave is proposed to be demolished. In the permit application by the owner MDM Realty Ltd, they write "proposed demolition of existing 2-story building at 1300 Carnegie and either re-pave and re-stripe for additional parking or demo building and grass in former footprint." I think you have to have a better plan than that -- and even then it's only supposed to be an interim use.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4969503,-81.6799757,3a,75y,89.65h,87.26t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8RIjPhTdw8CJkSh1PzIQiA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.7415214607506897%26panoid%3D8RIjPhTdw8CJkSh1PzIQiA%26yaw%3D89.6532085076921!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkyNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

 

BTW, Geis is also proposing to raze their parking garage off Prospect near East 9th. No news on what if anything would replace it.

 

The owner of the bar I used to work at bought the old Forest City Auto Parts building in Bedford with the intent of tearing it down for parking, after he let the fire department do some training in it for awhile.  It's not uncommon with buildings that wouldn't be worth what it would cost to rehab them.

2 hours ago, MayDay said:

As much as I enjoy a little free time, I'm SO glad I'm starting a new position next week 😆

 

Put it in the Louvre!!!

On 9/27/2024 at 10:12 AM, KJP said:

This little building at 1300 Carnegie Ave is proposed to be demolished. In the permit application by the owner MDM Realty Ltd, they write "proposed demolition of existing 2-story building at 1300 Carnegie and either re-pave and re-stripe for additional parking or demo building and grass in former footprint." I think you have to have a better plan than that -- and even then it's only supposed to be an interim use.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4969503,-81.6799757,3a,75y,89.65h,87.26t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8RIjPhTdw8CJkSh1PzIQiA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.7415214607506897%26panoid%3D8RIjPhTdw8CJkSh1PzIQiA%26yaw%3D89.6532085076921!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkyNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

 

BTW, Geis is also proposing to raze their parking garage off Prospect near East 9th. No news on what if anything would replace it.

 

I live two buildings from this garage and I'm very happy to hear they plan to demolish it. Right now its an unlit corridor that sometimes has people sleeping in it. Its quite spooky.

 

Personally, I think it would be a great location for a little park. The Winton Manor next door is a very large Senior CMHA building that always has folks sitting in camping chairs outside along the street and in the parking lot/garage.  A park would do wonders for their quality of life as well as the people in the Osborn Building, Halle Building, the future Bolivar Apartments, as well as the other smaller buildings. Not to mention the County HQ is right across the street. 

On 10/1/2024 at 9:48 AM, Zagapi said:

Not to mention the County HQ is right across the street. 

 

Yeah, but it's downwind of county HQ.  

 

It could end up being like when I lived by Northfield Park and the wind shifted to blow from the northeast.   :phew:

There's literally a park right across the street from that garage in front of said County Building.

23 hours ago, w28th said:

There's literally a park right across the street from that garage in front of said County Building.

 

This snip shows the "park" in its entirety. Using GIS, the park is about 5,600 sq ft, with the garage and the attached surface lot totaling around 36,000 sq ft.

 

This is an actual baseball-toss from my apartment window. Its always has 1-4 homeless people sleeping on the benches and recently a tent has popped up.

 

There's another parking structure that lets out to Huron and has a surface lot on its roof that is at grade with Prospect. Its been taped off for months now and I assume that its set to be demolished soon as well. Its owned by Playhouse, so maybe when that segment of Huron is pedestrianized, this lot will be apart of the project scope in some way.

 

Another bad idea, making a pedestrian only Huron Road...

On 10/16/2024 at 3:56 PM, w28th said:

Another bad idea, making a pedestrian only Huron Road...

 

Why are we pretending like a park that is less than one acre where a decrepit parking structure rots is such a bad idea? This part of downtown does not have a proper greenspace.

 

Also, how is a cut-through road with minimal use being pedestrianized in the second largest theater district in the country a bad idea? Its just the area from the end of that screenshot to Euclid.

 

Just kind of feels like you're not being very constructive in your criticisms.

I think my stance on pedestrian only zones has been made clear on this site. Also it's off topic here.

However, as someone who walks down Huron nearly every day, I don't understand what positive is going to come out of removing auto access and parking on the street. At any given point in time on weekdays, weekends, game days, there is likely less than 10 people walking down the already oversized sidewalks on both sides of the street as it is.

I get it, some pedestrian zones are great and necessary due to the amount of people who walk down a particular street in cities. I simply don't think Huron Road, at this point, warrants removing the only thing that I can foresee giving it life; people using parking at meters, going into the little restaurant or smoothy joint, and then moving along. I'm not some advocate for cars, but it does allow the businesses on the street to be successful and I believe they would struggle without it.

As for the idea of making another park on the current parking garage you mentioned, in my opinion, we should be building more residential buildings with ground floor retail to increase downtown residents and overall density as opposed to creating more under utilized green space. Not to mention that on Huron specifically there are lightly used green spaces at either end of the street.

1 hour ago, w28th said:

I think my stance on pedestrian only zones has been made clear on this site. Also it's off topic here.

However, as someone who walks down Huron nearly every day, I don't understand what positive is going to come out of removing auto access and parking on the street. At any given point in time on weekdays, weekends, game days, there is likely less than 10 people walking down the already oversized sidewalks on both sides of the street as it is.

I get it, some pedestrian zones are great and necessary due to the amount of people who walk down a particular street in cities. I simply don't think Huron Road, at this point, warrants removing the only thing that I can foresee giving it life; people using parking at meters, going into the little restaurant or smoothy joint, and then moving along. I'm not some advocate for cars, but it does allow the businesses on the street to be successful and I believe they would struggle without it.

As for the idea of making another park on the current parking garage you mentioned, in my opinion, we should be building more residential buildings with ground floor retail to increase downtown residents and overall density as opposed to creating more under utilized green space. Not to mention that on Huron specifically there are lightly used green spaces at either end of the street.

 

From Ken's Article: "The goal is to effectively expand US Bank Plaza and create a venue for a street market of pop-up vendors and artists." Think of this more as E. 4th, one of the most scenic areas of downtown.

 

This would expand retail and hopefully allow for some of these businesses to be open on the weekends or even past lunch on weekdays. I fail to see how the a couple dozen meters are keeping the business successful.... There is hardly anything there other than 1942 Mexican restaurant and the back door to get to Yours Truly. T

 

And lightly used green spaces? The "park" I showed earlier and the US Bank Plaza are not green at all. They have trees but it's entirely brick concrete everywhere else.

 

I don't disagree that density and ground level retail would be great here. A park was just a suggestion. 

 

Regardless, I hope they demo this garage quickly! It's particularly spooky to see the silhouettes of people in the unlit, crumbling structure.

16 hours ago, Zagapi said:

From Ken's Article: "The goal is to effectively expand US Bank Plaza and create a venue for a street market of pop-up vendors and artists." Think of this more as E. 4th, one of the most scenic areas of downtown.

They should test this goal by shutting down the street a few days a week year round and see what happens.   If it's a sucess, game on.  

18 hours ago, Zagapi said:

 

From Ken's Article: "The goal is to effectively expand US Bank Plaza and create a venue for a street market of pop-up vendors and artists." Think of this more as E. 4th, one of the most scenic areas of downtown.

I'd fully support removal of the vacant burger hut and renovating the west end of the plaza to provide more space for pop-up vendors. 

 

Temporarily shutting down the street (at the Euclid end) also would be a worthwhile trial.  There are multiple parking garages in that section of Huron, plus deliveries to the hotel, for which some vehicle access will need to be maintained.

20 hours ago, w28th said:

As for the idea of making another park on the current parking garage you mentioned, in my opinion, we should be building more residential buildings with ground floor retail to increase downtown residents and overall density as opposed to creating more under utilized green space. Not to mention that on Huron specifically there are lightly used green spaces at either end of the street.

I actually agree that this is not a good site for a park.  The Prospect side is a full story above the Huron side.  And one of the adjacent buildings is another old parking garage.  Building something on this site actually seems like the better alternative in this case.

news report of the cuyahoga and williamson bldg demo 1982 — 💥

 

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFnd6_ZuGuR/?igsh=MWs3MGNhY2I3NHlmeA==

Cuyahoga County to demolish former juvenile justice center with help of state grant

 

Cuyahoga County is moving ahead with plans to demolish its long-vacant former juvenile justice center on East 22nd Street with the help of a state grant.

 

County leadership next week is expected to request approval from Cuyahoga County Council to accept a $6.8 million grant from the Ohio Department of Development Brownfield Mitigation Program to help pay for abating and demolishing the former justice center, which overlooks the Innerbelt freeway at East 22nd Street near downtown Cleveland.

 

"The demolition of the former juvenile justice center is a first step towards transforming a vacant, obsolete property into a redevelopment opportunity that benefits our residents," said Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne said in a statement.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2025/02/21/cuyahoga-county-juvenile-justice-center-demolition.html