May 7, 20232 yr Author 5 hours ago, sonisharri said: Just noticed the blue accents on The Davis from Superior... looking sharp, though the rest of the photo is about as gloomy as it gets I realize this is like the fourth photo posted of this infill site, but *damn* these things go up quick... no wonder I rarely notice them being built And still no movement on Gold Coast Lofts. Turns out they don't have all of their financing for Gold Coast Lofts yet. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 7, 20232 yr Turns out they don't have all of their financing for Gold Coast Lofts yet. Well at least it's not dead yet I guess. Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
May 10, 20232 yr Just noticed the blue accents on The Davis from Superior... looking sharp, though the rest of the photo is about as gloomy as it gets I realize this is like the fourth photo posted of this infill site, but *damn* these things go up quick... no wonder I rarely notice them being built And still no movement on Gold Coast Lofts.It sure does go up fast. I hate the orientation of the house though. I can’t help but feel that if that flipped it to match the other homes we could’ve gotten another house out of it. But that house has to have a garage I guess. I Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
May 10, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, MyPhoneDead said: I hate the orientation of the house though. I can’t help but feel that if that flipped it to match the other homes we could’ve gotten another house out of it. But that house has to have a garage I guess. It's on an odd corner, but I can see how it makes sense to face Ashbury which is more of a main road in this case and put the garage access on a side street.
May 15, 20232 yr Two vacant Cleveland school buildings will become apartment buildings in Glenville, Jefferson By Lee Chilcote • May 11, 2023 Quote Beacon Communities plans to turn Glenville’s former Empire School into affordable senior apartments. https://thelandcle.org/stories/two-vacant-cleveland-school-buildings-will-become-apartment-buildings-in-glenville-jefferson/
July 17, 20231 yr Author Seeds & Sprouts XXX – Apartments at Bolivar starting, Slavic Village school site reuse, Glenville apartment to get reno By Ken Prendergast / July 17, 2023 In downtown Cleveland, the Apartments at Bolivar are scheduled to break ground by the end of the month after demolition work. Reuse of Fullerton School site in Slavic Village is in works. And a Glenville apartment building is proposed to be renovated. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2023/07/17/seeds-sprouts-xxx-apartments-at-bolivar-starting-slavic-village-school-site-reuse-glenville-apartment-to-get-reno/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 17, 20231 yr Seeds & Sprouts XXX – Apartments at Bolivar starting, Slavic Village school site reuse, Glenville apartment to get reno By Ken Prendergast / July 17, 2023 In downtown Cleveland, the Apartments at Bolivar are scheduled to break ground by the end of the month after demolition work. Reuse of Fullerton School site in Slavic Village is in works. And a Glenville apartment building is proposed to be renovated. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2023/07/17/seeds-sprouts-xxx-apartments-at-bolivar-starting-slavic-village-school-site-reuse-glenville-apartment-to-get-reno/ Love that this building is getting renovated but I hate the blades. Looks out of place. Also, isn't this the St.Clair-Superior neighborhood? I thought the St.Clair portion of Glenville started up by Yale near East Blvd. I know there is a Glenville sign over there. Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
July 17, 20231 yr Author 12 minutes ago, MyPhoneDead said: Love that this building is getting renovated but I hate the blades. Looks out of place. Also, isn't this the St.Clair-Superior neighborhood? I thought the St.Clair portion of Glenville started up by Yale near East Blvd. I know there is a Glenville sign over there. Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk I thought it was too. But Google maps say Glenville is north of St. Clair here, east of East 72nd. St. Clair-Superior is south of St. Clair, east to between East 78h-79th. To me, the blades look out of place. But I usually don't criticize architectural designs because they are art -- unless they violate principles of urbanism such as offering a street presence, pedestrianism, interaction with surroundings, etc. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 17, 20231 yr I thought it was too. But Google maps say Glenville is north of St. Clair here, east of East 72nd. St. Clair-Superior is south of St. Clair, east to between East 78h-79th. Yeah that's weird I looked it up myself and even the news outlets identify this as St.Clair Superior. Ah it doesn't matter, I'm just happy to see development. This stretch from here to 55th has so much potential, especially if they redo St.Clair to be more pedestrian and bike friendly. Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
July 18, 20231 yr ^ thats a very interesting old school clevelandy building thats much larger than it looks from st clair with walk ups along e76. while i like the old brick just fine, i like this reno a lot, it makes a statement in being modern and striking that this is a worthy area. which of course it is. and of course more importantly that people will now actually be able to live there decently instead of the boarded up wreck that it is. i hope it inspires something to get rebuilt on the old teardown lot across the street on e76 next. we’ll see. plus i see there is a mr hero in an old lawson’s right across st clair. awesome nostalgia for me lol!
September 2, 20231 yr Author Seeds & Sprouts 32 – Glenville library turns page, Cliff Hangers to Clifton, Microcosm Publishing expands, PB Express’ Big Creek container yard By Ken Prendergast / September 2, 2023 Glenville branch library to turn a new page Planning and design work is moving forward on a proposed, significant renovation to the 44-year-old Cleveland Public Library’s Glenville Branch located at 11900 St. Clair Ave. in the Glenville neighborhood. While the most noticeable change to passersby will be a new façade on the library, the building’s mechanical-electrical-plumbing and technology systems will be updated, the interior renovated and the building expanded by 9 percent while parking lots will be improved and slightly expanded, according to plans submitted to the city. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2023/09/02/seeds-sprouts-32-glenville-library-turns-page-cliff-hangers-to-clifton-microcosm-publishing-expands-pb-express-big-creek-container-yard/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 5, 20231 yr It's not necessarily a development but with so many historic buildings getting demolished in Cleveland, especially in the East Side, seeing the preservation of this absolutely gorgeous building on 105th street made the nerd in me happy. Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
September 5, 20231 yr Author @MyPhoneDead That building and the one across the street were in the headline photo for the about the renovation of 20 buildings https://neo-trans.blog/2021/10/07/investor-putting-big-money-into-glenville/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 5, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, marty15 said: Too bad they couldn’t put in properly sized windows. I thought maybe it was intentional for PTAC units or something. But doesn't appear so. I know that residential style double-hung windows like we see here rise in price astronomically beyond a certain measurement. Maybe they're economizing here as a way to get the project to pencil out? The good news is this isn't a damaging alteration and easy to "fix" in the future should a new owner...and rents... legitimize doing so.
September 5, 20231 yr 17 minutes ago, TheCOV said: I thought maybe it was intentional for PTAC units or something. But doesn't appear so. I know that residential style double-hung windows like we see here rise in price astronomically beyond a certain measurement. Maybe they're economizing here as a way to get the project to pencil out? The good news is this isn't a damaging alteration and easy to "fix" in the future should a new owner...and rents... legitimize doing so. I don’t know what the thinking was. The cost to modify every single opening verse just popping in a properly sized replacement window…… If they even just used Anderson Windows instead of Pella, they could’ve paid the same for the right window. Pella are some of the most $$$
September 5, 20231 yr [mention=2643]MyPhoneDead[/mention] That building and the one across the street were in the headline photo for the about the renovation of 20 buildings https://neo-trans.blog/2021/10/07/investor-putting-big-money-into-glenville/Yeah I remember this. I noticed they were working on another corner apartment building on St.Clair by East Blvd.Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
September 5, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, marty15 said: I don’t know what the thinking was. The cost to modify every single opening verse just popping in a properly sized replacement window…… If they even just used Anderson Windows instead of Pella, they could’ve paid the same for the right window. Pella are some of the most $$$ I'm not inside the building, obviously, but it's older and there are modern code requirements for double hung windows that say that there has to be a minimum height above floor level before the bottom of the window begins. This prevents accidental falls out of the window, typically by children. It appears that they may have had to adjust the windows upward and kept the symmetry by adding the same amount to the top. Edited September 5, 20231 yr by sizzlinbeef
September 6, 20231 yr 22 hours ago, marty15 said: I don’t know what the thinking was. The cost to modify every single opening verse just popping in a properly sized replacement window…… If they even just used Anderson Windows instead of Pella, they could’ve paid the same for the right window. Pella are some of the most $$$ If you look at the pic in KJP's article from 2021, you'll see the window opening size had been modified prior to this renovation.
October 2, 20231 yr Author Glenville’s Cory Church, nee Park Synagogue, to be renewed By Ken Prendergast / October 2, 2023 Cory United Methodist Church (UMC), the first stop on Cleveland’s Civil Rights Trail and a landmark in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood for more than 100 years, is about to undergo major repairs to its worn exterior. Thanks to recent grants and donations, the façade of the former Park Synagogue will see significant restoration work to include fiberglass replacements of missing pieces of masonry, repairs of cracked concrete and bricks, plus a rebuild of its columns, cornices, parapets, granite stairs and more. Plans for the repairs were recently submitted to the city. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2023/10/02/glenvilles-cory-church-nee-park-synagogue-to-be-renewed/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 3, 20231 yr Glenville’s Cory Church, nee Park Synagogue, to be renewed By Ken Prendergast / October 2, 2023 Cory United Methodist Church (UMC), the first stop on Cleveland’s Civil Rights Trail and a landmark in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood for more than 100 years, is about to undergo major repairs to its worn exterior. Thanks to recent grants and donations, the façade of the former Park Synagogue will see significant restoration work to include fiberglass replacements of missing pieces of masonry, repairs of cracked concrete and bricks, plus a rebuild of its columns, cornices, parapets, granite stairs and more. Plans for the repairs were recently submitted to the city. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2023/10/02/glenvilles-cory-church-nee-park-synagogue-to-be-renewed/Yeah it's been under construction for a month or soSent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
January 5, 20241 yr These renovated Glenville houses are starting to pull some serious rent: STREETVIEW: https://maps.app.goo.gl/rQ7AxHEAsMYmWPfW8 ZILLOW: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1512-E-106th-St-Cleveland-OH-44106/33408774_zpid/ Edited January 5, 20241 yr by MuRrAy HiLL
January 5, 20241 yr 6 minutes ago, MuRrAy HiLL said: These renovated Glenville houses are starting to pull some serious rent: STREETVIEW: https://maps.app.goo.gl/rQ7AxHEAsMYmWPfW8 ZILLOW: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1512-E-106th-St-Cleveland-OH-44106/33408774_zpid/ Who needs an 8 bedroom house? Seems like the layout would be less than desirable for only 3400sqft. Impressive though that they can charge $4800.
January 5, 20241 yr 5 minutes ago, cle_guy90 said: Who needs an 8 bedroom house? Seems like the layout would be less than desirable for only 3400sqft. Impressive though that they can charge $4800. Students?
January 5, 20241 yr 10 minutes ago, X said: Students? Yeah don’t know why I didn’t think of that. That’s honestly perfect. 8 students at $600 a piece covers it.
January 5, 20241 yr 54 minutes ago, X said: Students? My first thought was that they wouldn't be so foolish to rent to a frat.
January 5, 20241 yr 22 minutes ago, bjk said: My first thought was that they wouldn't be so foolish to rent to a frat. Not a frat, but lots of students would take a place like that and split it 8 ways with each getting a bedroom.
January 5, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, cle_guy90 said: Who needs an 8 bedroom house? Seems like the layout would be less than desirable for only 3400sqft. Impressive though that they can charge $4800. Corporate housing.
January 5, 20241 yr Author Glenville civil rights site may become homes, park By Ken Prendergast / January 5, 2024 When the Cleveland Metropolitan School District put 19 former school properties up for sale in 2021, some of them had school buildings on them. Even those that didn’t anymore still had historical value to them. One of those was the former site of the Stephen E. Howe Elementary School in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood which was the scene of a fatal incident in the fight for desegregation of the school district. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/01/05/glenville-civil-rights-site-may-become-homes-park/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 26, 20241 yr Author Saw a building permit application for Dominion Energy to do work in front of this house which is one of the coolest-looking, IMHO. It certainly supports what the planning commission chair calls Glenville's "Front Porch Culture." Might be the biggest front porch I've seen on a house -- certainly when scaled to the rest of the house. Also look at it from the Thornwood side.... https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5283061,-81.6058328,3a,75y,81.21h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skDfz9OA8LWML9V9zvYxWyg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 17, 20241 yr Author @MyPhoneDead Is that the Garrett Square Apartments on Superior? "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 18, 20241 yr [mention=2643]MyPhoneDead[/mention] Is that the Garrett Square Apartments on Superior? Yes it is, near the East Cleveland border.Sent from my Pixel 8 Pro using Tapatalk
February 27, 20241 yr Author Cross-posted in the Fairfax and Hough threads.... Fairfax, Glenville, Hough developments unveiled By Ken Prendergast / February 27, 2024 The economic development boom in Cleveland’s University Circle continues to be felt in the neighborhoods surrounding this epicenter of the local eds-and-meds jobs sector. Four new apartment development plans were revealed this week as they go on the design review docket at the City Planning Commission. Combined, all four projects could add more than 150 workforce housing units with many more in later phases. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/02/27/fairfax-glenville-hough-developments-unveiled/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 5, 20241 yr i do really like and appreciate the thoughtfulness of the league park throwback apt building facade. thats a nice touch to liven up a standard design.
May 13, 20241 yr Author Unfortunately the urban prairie/doughnut hole is about to claim another one.... 12408-12412 Superior Avenue is proposed to be demolished https://www.google.com/maps/@41.523067,-81.5988894,3a,90y,151.71h,90.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNf2dMJkVCBUxo7zjQmb6mg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 13, 20241 yr Author OK, now it's gone from a whatever demo to a possible story. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 14, 20241 yr Author Definitely a story now.... Ambassador Theatre building collapses By Ken Prendergast / May 14, 2024 Despite multiple warnings over the past month by city officials of a potential collapse of the old Ambassador Theatre building, the building partially collapsed into Superior Avenue while a demolition request was due to be heard by a design-review committee in five days. Officials had instead urged an emergency evacuation of the occupied building and an expedited demolition. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/05/14/ambassador-theatre-building-collapses/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 14, 20241 yr Just because a small segment of that wall collapsed, does not necessarily mean it can't be restored. It's too pretty and historic not to make it productive again.
May 14, 20241 yr 3 minutes ago, Growth Mindset said: Just because a small segment of that wall collapsed, does not necessarily mean it can't be restored. It's too pretty and historic not to make it productive again. Check out the County Aerials and use the EagleView widget (maps.cuyahogacounty.us) to see just how bad the theater is...you can run through the different years to see it's decay...real shame. FWIW the front of the building's roof is still there (and looks in decent shape). These images are from Spring 2023.
May 14, 20241 yr I'm a big proponent of historic preservation, but if anything is a valid reason to tear something down, actively falling apart (in a potentially unsafe way) is.
May 19, 20241 yr Stinks because Glenville gains Density literally across the street and loses it right back.
May 19, 20241 yr Glenville has lost much of its streetwall along both St. Clair and Superior. I’m hoping that with the infill comes renewed interest in developing on the vacant lots taking up large swaths of land along both thoroughfares. We may be 5-10 years away from that happening though, realistically. The city just has to do its part in holding the building owners responsible for the upkeep.
May 20, 20241 yr Author Cleveland-area affordable housing wins financing By Ken Prendergast / May 20, 2024 While only one proposed affordable housing development in Cuyahoga County was awarded the coveted 9 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) from the state, four others in the county got conditional approval, putting them in a good position to get financing in the near future. All five developments, if built, would add 247 total units of affordable housing in the county. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/05/20/cleveland-area-affordable-housing-wins-financing/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 21, 20241 yr Kills two birds with one stone - adds population/density while at the same time it addresses the need for affordable housing as the cost of normal housing keeps going up. Not everyone can afford a half a million dollar home.
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