Great photos, ASPhotoman!

I've always felt good black and white photography has its own unique aesthetic quality.

Thanks for the fresh look.

4 hours ago, shack said:

color or black and white are pretty much the same this time of year

 

I think it's beautiful. 

3 hours ago, ArtMasterCLE said:

Great photos, ASPhotoman!

I've always felt good black and white photography has its own unique aesthetic quality.

Thanks for the fresh look.

Thank you! 

@ASPhotoman absolutely love the raindrop shot. Great shots all around!! If you don't mind me asking, what type of equipment were you using?

33 minutes ago, GISguy said:

@ASPhotoman absolutely love the raindrop shot. Great shots all around!! If you don't mind me asking, what type of equipment were you using?

Thanks! All shot on my iPhone XS. I plan on going up sometime in the next week and doing some exploring with my Canon 5D Mark III. 

They are starting to take down the yellow protective screens

Almost all of the panels are now off!! Also- the view from the east side especially is incredible. Truly a transformative project for downtown and the skyline?

 

Edited December 6, 20195 yr by urbanetics_

What a great contributor to the urban fabric. Love the "looming" feeling the Lumen gives upon Euclid. I also really appreciate how much it makes CSU feel like an extension of Downtown in terms of the skyline rather than just the street grid. It starts to feel a lot less like a transition zone. The shots of Rhodes tower from the innerbelt hammer this home.

...and we even have pedestrians on the north side of Euclid Ave!

That last pic is a cozy little urban scene. Let’s get some density on the north side of Euclid CSU...

On 12/5/2019 at 2:37 PM, mack34 said:

They are starting to take down the yellow protective screens

glass behind glass doesn't happen too often in this town. I think this is a positive development and would like to see more.

She looks so clean with all of the yellow cage gone!

Crossing my fingers there will be some sort of illumination at the top. Like this ?

Edited December 13, 20195 yr by ASPhotoman

Cannot wait to tour this building.  Really nothing like it in Cleveland.

Is that going to be an electronic sign in front of the parking garage that can display different ads throughout the day?

3 hours ago, skiwest said:

Is that going to be an electronic sign in front of the parking garage that can display different ads throughout the day?

 

On 9/1/2019 at 9:31 AM, CbusTransit said:

If I remember correctly, they said the sign would be projected onto the garage, but don’t quote me

 

Sorry @CbusTransit ?

 

Start of original conversation on the garage wrap from the renders:

 

Looking good this morning from the 26th floor of 1111 Superior!

 

Damn.....That's outstanding!!!!

We need another ten of these!

 

Thanks for the pic

18 minutes ago, Oldmanladyluck said:

We need another ten of these!

 

Thanks for the pic

 

Patience.

Any rumblings about the retail spaces?

None. I haven't see them marketed yet.

2 hours ago, Oldmanladyluck said:

We need another ten of these!

 

Thanks for the pic

At the least, hopefully more that are 550’ or taller.  

 

I’m excited about the potential second PHS tower!  I’m hoping The Lumen fills up at a record rate and they move on with the second tower, and hopefully it is substantially taller.

Agreed.  Hopefully we will see many cranes downtown over the next few years.

Anyone have any insight as to the prospective demographics on Lumen residents? Primarily local suburbanites looking to downsize? Or YP's who are new to the region? This is going to be interesting to see. I suppose the waiting lists for other downtown residential would help shed some light. 

1 minute ago, surfohio said:

Anyone have any insight as to the prospective demographics on Lumen residents? Primarily local suburbanites looking to downsize? Or YP's who are new to the region? This is going to be interesting to see. I suppose the waiting lists for other downtown residential would help shed some light. 

 

Depends on the pricing - most of the fellow downtown residents that I've met (including myself) are not from the area.

19 minutes ago, skiwest said:

Agreed.  Hopefully we will see many cranes downtown over the next few years.

The crane should be the official Cleveland city bird.

 

Discussion of fast food joints has been cut.  Back on topic, please.

33 minutes ago, ASPhotoman said:

 

What a substantially less gray day than just the other day when @GISguy was showing off MetroHealth's progress. This building looks great without the yellow! Is this the natural white balance lit from the exposure you took these at?

yarr! its really amazing to see this rise -- thanks for the update pics!

I love this building! It has quickly moved up to the number 3 spot of my favorite Cleveland high rise buildings (behind TT & Key). Thank you for the great pictures.

When does pre-leasing begin for the Lumen?

^Next month. 

On 12/19/2019 at 7:04 PM, infrafreak said:

 

What a substantially less gray day than just the other day when @GISguy was showing off MetroHealth's progress. This building looks great without the yellow! Is this the natural white balance lit from the exposure you took these at?

Yeah it's pretty close! It was sunset, so there was a bit of an orange/yellow hue ?

9 hours ago, roman totale XVII said:

^Next month. 

Really, email I received said March?

Amazingly sunny and mild today in Cleveland for Dec. 21. A great day for taking a shot from an angle that puts the Lumen in a larger perspective.

Very nice!

When complete, the building will be absolutely stunning.

 

https://images.app.goo.gl/fVoVe5H3diAWHsw96

Edited December 21, 20195 yr by Frmr CLEder

15 hours ago, Ruken said:

Really, email I received said March?

Now I look at the email I got from them, it actually says February. I’m sure I’d seen something though that said January. I guess we’ll see. 

On 12/21/2019 at 3:23 PM, KJP said:

Amazingly sunny and mild today in Cleveland for Dec. 21. A great day for taking a shot from an angle that puts the Lumen in a larger perspective.

Great shot. The Lumen is spreading that skyline! Love its color and the modernizing effect- also, love the Ohio Bell Building in that perspective as well! 

Edited December 22, 20195 yr by CleveFan
Grammar

On 12/21/2019 at 3:23 PM, KJP said:

Amazingly sunny and mild today in Cleveland for Dec. 21. A great day for taking a shot from an angle that puts the Lumen in a larger perspective.

Where is this photo taken?

7 minutes ago, simplythis said:

Where is this photo taken?

 

From right about here....

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4958823,-81.674313,3a,75y,299.97h,93.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTm0DBQfMGgLnw8tiJNds7w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

5 hours ago, KJP said:

 

From right about here....

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4958823,-81.674313,3a,75y,299.97h,93.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTm0DBQfMGgLnw8tiJNds7w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

My Opthamologist's office is in the medical building on the right.

 

No matter how many times I see this building or photograph it, I can never get enough of it.

 

And it will look even better when it is completed.

Cleveland needs a few more of these to change the feel of the City from a old to a nice blend.  I really like cities that have a good mix of old and new such as Chicago.  

It's phenomenal. I just hope that the SW HQ building and the new JC utilize a similar reflective glass design.

I'd love as many new towers as possible (10! more!) but I would hope they wouldn't all be glass.

During Winter, Spring and Fall months, including the next week in NEO, reflective glass tends to brighten the otherwise dreary overcast skies.  There's plenty of brick and mortar (brown, beige, black) in the existing urban Cleveland fabric. NYC has learned the lesson of dark, urban streets and Cleveland should heed the warning too; almost every new building in NYC is glass (the entire WTC site, 125 Greenwich, One Vanderbilt, 111 Murray St., all of Hudson Yards).

Edited December 31, 20195 yr by Frmr CLEder