Posted October 8, 201113 yr Part II – Overlook Overlook may be considered part of Coventry Village, but there is no way I could cover both in the same thread (too much to capture). Overlook (at least as I see it) is the area sandwiched between Coventry Village to the east, Cedar Fairmount to the south, Little Italy to the west, and Lakeview Cemetery to the north. It is exclusively residential and very densely built with a variety of all types of residences. I think this neighborhood may have some of the best mixing of all types of residential and it has a real strength in being within just a short walk of all of the above as well as University Circle. Residents of all variety call this area home. This is looking right at the cusp of “the Heights”. If you were to follow the split to the right, you would go down a huge hill into Little Italy 1. Like I said, variety… 2. It’s not a neighborhood, without a park 3. 4. I see you hiding there, Jimmy… 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. I imagine if you have one of these units, you would have a nice view down upon the peasants in UC… 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Open air staircases are kind of rare ‘round these parts… 22. 23. 24. 25. One of the more interesting ‘re-purposings’ (is that a word?) in the region involved converting this church into condos and building luxury townhomes on the land around it 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Parking in the rear, of course 32. I love the transitions from single family to multi-family lots which this neighborhood is littered with 33. 34. 35. duplicate Some more new(er) stuff 36. Cleveland is hiding behind the brush and down the hill 37. Kind of out of place (the green space that is), but like I said… variety 38. Looking across Euclid Hts Blvd toward the Cedar Fairmount neighborhood 39.
October 8, 201113 yr Another very cool neighborhood full of variety. We looked at a couple houses around here. There are old mansions next to 70's apartment complexes. But the old apartment buildings are super cool.
October 8, 201113 yr Another very cool neighborhood full of variety. We looked at a couple houses around here. There are old mansions next to 70's apartment complexes. But the old apartment buildings are super cool. agreed
October 8, 201113 yr That area was originally known as "Euclid Heights." A large chunk of people that call the area home are CWRU students.
October 8, 201113 yr That area was originally known as "Euclid Heights." A large chunk of people that call the area home are CWRU students. Nice map, I see a misprint though lol. The called it Mayfield Raod on accident.
October 8, 201113 yr That area was originally known as "Euclid Heights." A large chunk of people that call the area home are CWRU students. Nice map, I see a misprint though lol. The called it Mayfield Raod on accident. There are some weird things going on with that map when I study it more closely. It's from over a century ago, though, so some things have certainly changed. I got it from here: http://www.clevelandmemory.org/SpecColl/barrow/thesis/chapter4.html#sh5
October 8, 201113 yr I think this photo thread should be required viewing for any UrbanOhioan. It is one of the most extensive and beautiful "brownstone neighborhoods" in the entire state. The Little Hollywood section of Hough looked similar to this in the 1920s. My father lived on Overlook after he got out of the army in the early 50s. Little did he know yet that his future wife and her mother lived nearby in the 8-story art deco apartment building shown in photo #39! It would be another decade before they would meet.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 9, 201113 yr It's a wonderful area. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 10, 201113 yr This looks like a really comfortable neighborhood with a nice mix of architecture and housing typologies.
October 10, 201113 yr Yeah that map makes no sense I think it makes some sense, but the I think roads have been moved, eliminated and/or renamed. I think you can still use it to get a general sense of what the neighborhood looked like back when it was originally developed.
October 10, 201113 yr Yeah that map makes no sense I think it makes some sense, but the I think roads have been moved, eliminated and/or renamed. I think you can still use it to get a general sense of what the neighborhood looked like back when it was originally developed. Are the neighborhood streets curvy and irregular like that map, or are they more on a regular grid now? I love areas that have streets designed like that map...very Olmstead-esque. There are a couple places in Cincy that follow that design (Glendale, and the Rookwood neighborhood of Hyde Park come to mind), and a section of St. Louis near Wash U that is absolutely beautiful because of the natural appearence of the streets.
October 10, 201113 yr Like you said, Hts121, a really dense and urban community. I readily agree with KJP's #7 comment that your photos of this mixed neighborhood ought to be required viewing for everyone on the UrbanOhio forum--or at least those of us who relish urban living. Once again, the density here (especially amongst those classic older apt. buildings) is amazing. (Urbanity at its best!) Thanks!
October 10, 201113 yr Like you said, Hts121, a really dense and urban community. I readily agree with KJP's #7 comment that your photos of this mixed neighborhood ought to be required viewing for everyone on the UrbanOhio forum--or at least those of us who relish urban living. Once again, the density here (especially amongst those classic older apt. buildings) is amazing. (Urbanity at its best!) Thanks! They curve but not to the extent as they do at the SH/CH border. The streets, in this area, to an outsider are confusing as hell. S. Park east of Lee Rd is the most confusing (series) of streets in Cleveland. There are at least 4 different S. Parks that run parallel and perpendicular at the same time. N. Park, if you're traveling East to West, which starts...then just stops out of the blue. Or if you're traveling West to East on N. Park the street suddenly turns to Shelbourne and at that "intersection" N. Park turns south.
October 10, 201113 yr the map above is a schematic of what was to come. elsewhere in the book online (i'm pretty sure) it goes over the revisions to the plat.
October 10, 201113 yr Yeah that map makes no sense I think it makes some sense, but the I think roads have been moved, eliminated and/or renamed. I think you can still use it to get a general sense of what the neighborhood looked like back when it was originally developed. Are the neighborhood streets curvy and irregular like that map, or are they more on a regular grid now? I love areas that have streets designed like that map...very Olmstead-esque. There are a couple places in Cincy that follow that design (Glendale, and the Rookwood neighborhood of Hyde Park come to mind), and a section of St. Louis near Wash U that is absolutely beautiful because of the natural appearence of the streets. Well, there are a few very curvy streets in that area, but for the most part, it's not nearly as extreme as the map I posted. I think I originally posted that map to give people a general idea of what were the original boundaries of the Euclid Heights development.
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