March 10, 20223 yr 13 hours ago, MrR said: 🤣😂😆 "expecially absurd" - what did you want the steeple to look like? 🤪 i'm not stating that it is or isn't worth saving, but this actually looks like the least absurd orthodox church onion dome i've ever seen. Your photo zeros in on just the upperworks. A larger shot shows the wild mismatch between the short and narrow upper steeple and its broad and bulky base. Edited March 10, 20223 yr by Dougal Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
March 29, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, freethink said: Metro part 2 It's funny how little press that office building and parking deck has gotten. I think I had only one or two articles on it. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 19, 20223 yr MetroHealth Begins Work on Northeast Ohio's Only CAR T-Cell Cancer Lab https://news.metrohealth.org/metrohealth-begins-work-on-northeast-ohios-only-car-t-cell-cancer-lab-opening-set-for-september/
April 20, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, freethink said: MetroHealth Begins Work on Northeast Ohio's Only CAR T-Cell Cancer Lab https://news.metrohealth.org/metrohealth-begins-work-on-northeast-ohios-only-car-t-cell-cancer-lab-opening-set-for-september/ Where will this be located?
April 20, 20223 yr 18 minutes ago, marty15 said: Where will this be located? Inside renovated labs of the Rammelkamp Research Center.
May 6, 20223 yr On 3/10/2022 at 12:16 AM, Dougal said: Your photo zeros in on just the upperworks. A larger shot shows the wild mismatch between the short and narrow upper steeple and its broad and bulky base. Demo looming “St. Nicholas Belarusian Church, left, and Farnsworth House, to make way for a new park.” https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/05/cleveland-planning-commission-oks-metrohealth-proposal-to-demo-two-historic-buildings-to-make-way-for-next-stage-of-hospital-in-a-park-vision.html
May 9, 20223 yr Today's bike in (and a couple night shots from a week or two ago) Sorry it's blurry, night and biking don't get along...
May 9, 20223 yr Love Ukrainian colors on the building. Means a lot to my Ukrainian wife to see all of the support around town. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 29, 20223 yr I’m not against that new logo per se, but branding has to be functional and this just completely disappears against a white background, which is the dominant background color in the medical industry and it also has almost no visual acuity at any kind of distance. It’s almost impossible to discern as you drive past on 71. Form over function. My hovercraft is full of eels
July 26, 20222 yr I take it the building in the foreground will be razed? "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 26, 20222 yr 17 minutes ago, KJP said: I take it the building in the foreground will be razed? That’s the roof of the cafeteria within the new hospital
August 10, 20222 yr Sorry about the weird angles (was biking into work and didn't get a light), but the parking lot is gone and they're moving dirt now..
September 12, 20222 yr The house/building next to the church on the Metrohealth campus has been demolished. Edited September 12, 20222 yr by freethink edit words
September 19, 20222 yr My cell phone is conveniently broken but the former parking lots facing W.25 are pretty much completely grass now - lots of benches and seats on the ready to go in the new 'park'.
September 25, 20222 yr These four buildings across from MH between 3366 West 25th and Trowbridge Ave. appear to be up for final approval demolition. A 60 unit senior apartment building and Metro Health Police Hdqs. new construction is planned.
September 25, 20222 yr 53 minutes ago, freethink said: These four buildings across from MH between 3366 West 25th and Trowbridge Ave. appear to be up for final approval demolition. A 60 unit senior apartment building and Metro Health Police Hdqs. new construction is planned. I guess this means Bugsy’s won’t be reopening 🥲 Metro has certainly mastered the tearing things down part of community development.
September 26, 20222 yr Why not leave the buildings circled in GREEN and build on the empty lot circled in RED??? The same LLC owns both, doesn't really make sense. These two older style brick buildings are beautiful and would be a shame to lose instead of a nice rehab to bring them back to life.... especially when there is a grassy knoll right next store.
September 26, 20222 yr Why does campus police even need to be on 25th anyways. Put it on the campus where 3/4 of the area is grass/"park". Why knock more buildings down?
September 26, 20222 yr 3 hours ago, NR said: Why not leave the buildings circled in GREEN and build on the empty lot circled in RED??? The same LLC owns both, doesn't really make sense. The grassy lot circled in red is where the apartment building will go. After seeing its listing with the four building demolitions on the design-review cases, now I'm not so sure. I left a message with MetroHealth to confirm/clarify. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 27, 20222 yr Source says there's no plans/renders yet which is surprising to hear considering that the city's Design-Review has opened a case file for this project despite there being no designs to review. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 27, 20222 yr On 9/26/2022 at 11:24 AM, NR said: Why not leave the buildings circled in GREEN and build on the empty lot circled in RED??? The same LLC owns both, doesn't really make sense. These two older style brick buildings are beautiful and would be a shame to lose instead of a nice rehab to bring them back to life.... especially when there is a grassy knoll right next store. yes and both of those buildings are also a very emblematic and idiosyncratic classic cleveland style. so yeah they definitely need to stay -- there is no reason they can't be rehabbed, fixed up and built around.
September 27, 20222 yr ^ its even much deeper than that. sorry i’m on a roll lol. but the subtext of saving and rehabbing those two locally iconic style structures says ‘hey you back in the day working class people you had good architecture taste, you were there and you meant something.’ those could really be even more attractive tied in with the new development surrounding them. just doing the restoration would bring untold good will and sync the old to the new of the project and to the area. also, really this is a golden opportunity because a big hospital is really in thee best position as the driver of development with unlimited backing for them to take the lead and do the best good with these sites as they can. ok i’ll get off my horse now …! 😅 Edited September 27, 20222 yr by mrnyc
September 30, 20222 yr A sneak peak at MetroHealth’s new $759 million Glick Center set to open Oct. 15 (photos) Published: Sep. 29, 2022, 5:35 p.m. By Julie Washington, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Workers are putting the final touches on the MetroHealth System Glick Center ahead of its opening on Saturday, Oct. 15. The 370-bed hospital will replace the old towers on MetroHealth’s W. 25th Street campus. The hospital system will celebrate its new facility on Saturday, Oct. 8 with a MetroHealth Glick Center Community Day. The free public event, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., includes the Cleveland Metroparks mobile nature center, the Cleveland Museum of Art mobile art studio, dance performances and more, gathering in the Glick Center’s green space. https://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/2022/09/a-sneak-peak-at-metrohealths-new-759-million-glick-center-set-to-open-oct-15-photos.html
September 30, 20222 yr MetroHealth starts West 25th development work By Ken Prendergast / September 30, 2022 MetroHealth System, developer The Community Builders and RDL Architects Inc. have begun conversations with the City Planning Commission on the early stages of advancing the development of two large buildings on the west side of West 25th Street, across from the hospital’s main campus. The two buildings, to be located in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood, would provide market-rate apartments and affordable units for seniors, plus a new police station and ground-floor commercial uses along West 25th’s sidewalk. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2022/09/30/metrohealth-starts-west-25th-development-work/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 4, 20222 yr See that article above? It sucks. But the city was more helpful and open to sharing MetroHealth's/RDL's plans for the West 25th corridor and shared with me their plans. So I wrote a new article below..... City reveals MetroHealth’s West 25th plans By Ken Prendergast / October 4, 2022 Conceptual plans made publicly available this week for the next phase of development near the MetroHealth medical center along West 25th Street show a slightly scaled-back design compared to previously released massings by the MetroHealth System and shared by NEOtrans last week. Specifically, a proposed new headquarters for the hospital’s police department will be built next to rather than on the first floor of a new 60-unit senior apartment building at the northwest corner of West 25th and Trowbridge Avenue in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood. A future apartment building at the southwest corner may be considered at a later date. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2022/10/04/city-reveals-metrohealths-west-25th-plans/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 4, 20222 yr I hate pretty much everything Metrohealth has proposed so far. They’re about to Fairfax that entire neighborhood, Clinic style
October 4, 20222 yr 21 minutes ago, bumsquare said: I hate pretty much everything Metrohealth has proposed so far. They’re about to Fairfax that entire neighborhood, Clinic style Have what the Clinic has done in Fairfax, and what this proposal would do for this neighborhood, been good or bad for the city as a whole?
October 4, 20222 yr 4 hours ago, E Rocc said: Have what the Clinic has done in Fairfax, and what this proposal would do for this neighborhood, been good or bad for the city as a whole? From the perspective of someone who enjoys urbanity, the urban form, and frequently visits a site called Urban Ohio, bad
October 5, 20222 yr 11 hours ago, bumsquare said: From the perspective of someone who enjoys urbanity, the urban form, and frequently visits a site called Urban Ohio, bad The urban form is evolving, to attract people for whom the suburbs would otherwise be the clear choice.
October 5, 20222 yr 5 hours ago, E Rocc said: The urban form is evolving, to attract people for whom the suburbs would otherwise be the clear choice. If this were true (spoiler: it isn't) the fastest growing areas in the region wouldn't be the ones adding the most units while rebuilding classic/true urban form. Can't wait to the see the mental gymnastics you'll need to perform to dispute this factual statement.
October 5, 20222 yr 39 minutes ago, Clefan98 said: If this were true (spoiler: it isn't) the fastest growing areas in the region wouldn't be the ones adding the most units while rebuilding classic/true urban form. Can't wait to the see the mental gymnastics you'll need to perform to dispute this factual statement. People aren't moving into Fairfax? If you want suburbanites you can't simply ignore their preferences. Of course....naw, I don't want to get deleted again by making factual statements.
October 5, 20222 yr 7 minutes ago, E Rocc said: People aren't moving into Fairfax? Knez is building multiple homes/owns a bunch of property in Fairfax. Some properties in Clark-Fulton/Metro neighborhood have jumped substantially based on the hospital plans. Platform opened Phunkenship and expanded, coffee shop has gone in, etc. I'd enjoy living off of Scranton but those homes are up in value a bunch too. Edited October 5, 20222 yr by GISguy
October 5, 20222 yr 10 minutes ago, GISguy said: Knez is building multiple homes/owns a bunch of property in Fairfax. Some properties in Clark-Fulton/Metro neighborhood have jumped substantially based on the hospital plans. Platform opened Phunkenship and expanded, coffee shop has gone in, etc. I'd enjoy living off of Scranton but those homes are up in value a bunch too. Notice I didn't specify SFH by the way, that doesn't look like it in those Metro plans either.
October 5, 20222 yr 1 hour ago, E Rocc said: People aren't moving into Fairfax? Not at the rate that people are moving into Downtown, the near westside and UC. Not even close. Fairfax has lost 4.4% of its residents since 2010. See how the numbers don't really jive with your feelings and opinions? Edited October 5, 20222 yr by Clefan98
October 5, 20222 yr 1 hour ago, E Rocc said: People aren't moving into Fairfax? If you want suburbanites you can't simply ignore their preferences. Suburbanites are moving into the city because they're tired of auto-centric, non-walkable neighborhoods. On my street alone we've had people (even families!) move in from Solon, Westlake, Broadview and Eastlake so far in 2022. According to them, the grass is greener. Edited October 5, 20222 yr by Clefan98
October 26, 20222 yr 2 hours ago, GISguy said: Photodump from yesterday's bike home. Very happy to see the high quality bike racks! When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
October 27, 20222 yr On 10/4/2022 at 11:11 AM, KJP said: See that article above? It sucks. But the city was more helpful and open to sharing MetroHealth's/RDL's plans for the West 25th corridor and shared with me their plans. So I wrote a new article below..... Thank god they replaced all that repulsive looking color in the original renderings with grey. For a moment it seemed like the architects behind the project had blood running through their veins!
October 29, 20222 yr I just realized that this could also go in this thread although it's not at the main campus MetroHealth adding more clinics at CMSD schools By Ken Prendergast / October 28, 2022 A mix of federal and state funds along with a partnership of MetroHealth System and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) have come together to spur construction of additional health clinics at four Cleveland school sites to increase basic health care services closer to where people live. A wide variety of health care services will be available at these clinics, including treatment of illnesses, mental health, sports injuries and even dental care. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2022/10/28/metrohealth-adding-more-clinics-at-cmsd-schools/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 3, 20222 yr Stopped by biking home last night - you can tell metro has safety in mind - the park is lit up like its day:
November 22, 20222 yr https://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/2022/11/metrohealth-board-fires-ceo-akram-boutros-over-questionable-bonuses.html Paying yourself $1.9 million in bonuses is a nice way of saying embezzlement! He should be prosecuted as anyone else would be! Dr. Hill the previous MetroHealth CEO was for much less. Edited November 22, 20222 yr by newyorker
November 22, 20222 yr I'm going to reserve judgment. https://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/2022/11/attorney-for-the-metrohealth-ceo-fired-over-19m-in-bonuses-accuses-hospital-board-of-retaliation-for-improper-hiring-of-next-ceo.html
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