March 16, 201015 yr Sounds like Constantino's Market in the Bingham Building will be expanding - one notable addition, a beer cave! clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
March 16, 201015 yr WOW, I never knew how much putting together two words I liked into a phrase would get me SO EXITED Beer Cave! BEER CAVE! :clap:[glow=red,2,300]BEER CAVE[/glow] :clap: If I ever put another plan together to open a bar, we have a new name front runner (This next plan will have a contingency for global economic collapse...I failed to plan for that last time)
March 16, 201015 yr Great news! They are expanding further back into the building? Or should I take "Beer Cave" more literally and assume they are going into some basement space?
March 16, 201015 yr Great news! They are expanding further back into the building? Or should I take "Beer Cave" more literally and assume they are going into some basement space? Yes, the article said that they're expanding further back into the building, including taking up one of the apartments for office & storage space.
March 16, 201015 yr Author Yes, the article said that they're expanding further back into the building, including taking up one of the apartments for office & storage space. Why? There's a large unused retail space facing the parking lot -- between the main pedestrian entrance to the Bingham and the street. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 16, 201015 yr Yes, the article said that they're expanding further back into the building, including taking up one of the apartments for office & storage space. Why? There's a large unused retail space facing the parking lot -- between the main pedestrian entrance to the Bingham and the street. I guess it wouldn't be a cave then!
March 16, 201015 yr Where is the article? To be honest, I read it yesterday in either Crain's or Cleveland.com, but I can't find it today. Yes, the article said that they're expanding further back into the building, including taking up one of the apartments for office & storage space. Why? There's a large unused retail space facing the parking lot -- between the main pedestrian entrance to the Bingham and the street. By "back into the building", I was envisioning the same unused portion that you're describing. There wasn't a clear description in the article. But they're taking up an additional 4,500 sq. ft. btw -- no small chunk of space.
March 16, 201015 yr http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20100315/BLOGS02/100319900?template=mobile ..."The expansion will increase the store's real estate by about 4,400 square feet, from 9,600 square feet to about 14,000 square feet, said owner Constantine “Costas” Mavromichalis. When construction is complete, the store will have a salad bar, a larger deli with more prepared foods and cheese, a larger bakery, an expanded produce section, a flower case, a beer and soda cave, a larger frozen foods area and a gourmet pizza kitchen. The store also will feature more café seating. The expansion utilizes vacant space in the back of the store, and one nearby apartment in the Bingham Apartment complex for storage and office space. "...
March 16, 201015 yr Great week so far in downtown news... bigger grocery, plus a late-nite diner at 1890.
March 18, 201015 yr Cleveland loan program helping turn vacant property into productive space By Michelle Jarboe, The Plain Dealer March 17, 2010, 4:28PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A brewpub in Ohio City. A business park at a former truck plant. The U.S. headquarters of an Irish biomedical company. A concrete plant relocation. An eclectic array of projects is finding support from a little-known city of Cleveland loan program. Since fall 2008, the city has approved more than $21 million in loans through its Vacant Property Initiative, which aims to help property owners revive empty lots, vacant buildings and little-used structures. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/03/cleveland_loan_program_helping.html
March 31, 201015 yr Wind turbines planned for Erie Four to eight in lake could provide energy to thousands of homes. Tax breaks proposed By Bob Downing Beacon Journal staff writer CLEVELAND: Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. on Monday released its request for proposals for a pilot wind project off the Cleveland shoreline. The nonprofit corporation hopes to select a wind development company to oversee the $100 million project by late May, President Richard Stuebi said. http://www.ohio.com/news/89490712.html
April 1, 201015 yr Still waiting on the big announcement... In regards to what? Oh, I don't know. Maybe something like a totally new facade for Erieview. Those types of announcements always seem to pop up about this time of year.
April 2, 201015 yr Does anyone have a subscription to Crains? I saw this posted earlier in the day and was able to snag the rendering and intro but the next time I clicked on the article, it was removed. https://home.crainscleveland.com/celebreezefederalbldgfacade041010ab35124 By Stan Bollard One of the most high-profile Cleveland area projects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act should be well underway by next year, but it will also transform the downtown Cleveland skyline. The Recovery Act funded roof and facade replacement is scheduled to begin in spring 2011 but could start as early as this summer. "Green" energy-saving elements of the project include increased water/energy conservation from the roof/facade improvements and modernization of various mechanical systems, including installation of a support pole for a wind turbine to be installed at a later date. The work is expected to be completed in 2015. GSA completed a prospectus level renovation on the building in fall 2009 that included plaza renovation, installation of a new fire management system, and replacement of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system. What most passersby will notice is the installation of a new glass facade containing photovoltaic LED lighting; this will enable GSA engineers to monitor HVAC system output as well as detect energy loss. The LED cells will register energy loss or transfer by a change in color; the cells will also be tested in certain windows and if successful, will be used for those not included in the original test. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
April 2, 201015 yr ^Good job, Mayday! I've been fooled too many times by your excellent photoshop skills! I was expecting it this year!!
April 7, 201015 yr I found this interesting in the Planning Commission agenda: Ordinance No. 329-10 (Ward 3/Cimperman): Authorizing the Director of Public Service to issue a permit to Hyde Park Restaurant Systems, Inc. to encroach into the public right-of-way of West 6th Street and St. Clair Avenue by installing, using, and maintaining new sidewalk café amenities to include railing, decorative lighting, new awnings, streetscape and signage. http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2010/040910/index.php
April 7, 201015 yr Hey all, I found this on the design review committee's website today... Ordinance No. 414-10 (Ward 5/Cleveland): Authorizing the Director of Economic Development to apply for and accept a Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund grant from the State of Ohio Department of Development for environmental cleanup and demolition of St. Vincent Charity Hospital campus buildings in order to prepare the site for redevelopment and other major renovations to the campus located at 2351 East 22nd Street in the City of Cleveland; and authorizing the Director to enter into one or more contracts with St. Vincent Charity Medical Center to implement the project. This is in regards to the proposed $75 million redevelopment of the hospital, which could help further link CSU, St. Vincent Hospital, and Tri-C. Since urban planning is about making connections to the existing assets, it will be interesting to see what happens with eastern edge of downtown in the near future. There was a previous story from the PD in regards to the proposed redevelopment... Sisters of Charity Health System plans $75 million revamping of St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland By Mary Ann Whitley, The Plain Dealer May 16, 2009, 10:53PM Sisters of Charity Health System plans a $75 million transformation of its downtown St. Vincent Charity Hospital in the next few years, creating a new health campus and possibly reaching out to adjacent institutions to improve the neighborhood. Sister Judith Karam, who has led the nonprofit health system since 1998, says the hospital's campus needs to be overhauled. Some of the 1917 buildings should be torn down or renovated, technology infrastructure needs to be updated and a new closed-in parking garage would benefit patients. More at: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/05/sisters_of_charity_health_syst.html
April 7, 201015 yr ^ This is for the new outdoor amenities of the Metro Kitchen & Bar (formerly Metropolitan). When I first read this post early this morning, I almost yelled out a big "YES", thinking that it was for Blue Point Grill. ...As an aside, I have written Hospitality Restaurant Group (Blue Point, Salmon Dave's etc.) before about the lack of outdoor seating/amenities at W. 6th & St. Clair for BP Grill. The first time I wrote them was about 4 years ago now...they responded back to me telling me that outdoor seating would be added in a couple months. They just had to get a fire hydrant moved and the city utilities dept. was working with them, or something to that effect. They said it was the only obstacle. 4 years later the fire connection is still there and there is no outdoor anything. :-(
April 11, 201015 yr I was beginning to get worried about the Renaissance Hotel on Public Square. The facade on the 1918 building has been in such terrible shape and recently getting worse. I know there were improvements to the roof and cornice last summer and fall, but then all of the scaffolding came down and I thought we'd have to wait years for the remainder to be fixed. Well it looks like we don't have to wait for facade features on the first, second, or third stories to be repaired... (Anyone know if/when the entire building will be overhauled?) This is the restoration of the ornamentation above and below the lobby/mezzanine windows: These decorative vases were not looking very good and are being removed/restored: The other side of the building they all were removed rather quickly (it's a good thing, they weren't looking very stable):
April 11, 201015 yr ^ Actually after thinking about all of this... maybe a large part of this is to prep the entire building for scaffolding? In addition to restoring the ornamentation too of course. The building's E shape requires some extra consideration unlike a building that's a perfect square.
April 11, 201015 yr ^I hope they restore those missing reliefs/medallion thingies in the circular frames- the blank discs look terrible, IMHO.
April 11, 201015 yr So true. I don't know why those 2(?) are blank like that. I have no recollection if they ever had a relief inside them.
April 13, 201015 yr ...Some more sprucing up downtown. This is the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank. It's amazing how fast and efficient this has been, at least so far. I've seen other projects like this downtown that seem to laboriously drag on. And maybe this one will drag on, but for now... Getting an exterior scrubbing The difference is striking The base of one of the front door statues I can think of about 12 buildings downtown where I'd like to see this occur.
April 13, 201015 yr That's dirtier than I realized. Was it cleaned when the expansion was built in the 90's, or is this a longer accumulation of soot?
April 13, 201015 yr ^ I'm gonna have to say that it was cleaned in the 90s and this is about 10-15 years worth of soot. One of the other buildings I wish would get a cleaning is the Old Branch of the Public Library. It's renovation was completed in 1999 and it was all cleaned up to complement the new Louis Stokes Wing. Now, 10 years later, it needs a scrubbing! Of course this part of Superior has a lot of bus traffic/layovers and also the dedicated bus lanes right up next to these beauties. The buildings in question are white, light grey or salmon-pink. So that must be why.
April 14, 201015 yr Thanks, Clueless. BTW, I agree about there being a number of buildings in need of a cleaning like this. A #1 on my list is the Bulckey Building in Playhouse Square. As soon as the Ideastream building got cleaned, it's sootiness really stuck out like a sore thumb to me.
April 14, 201015 yr #1 on my list is Landmark, particularly the southwestern wall. It blights the skyline from the south IMO
April 14, 201015 yr 1. A small project with a big impact... The lower level front half of the Osborne Building was vacant and boarded up for almost a decade. Now new windows and filled with the offices of Richard Fleischman Architects. People like walking by active restored building fronts... boarded up and abandoned? Not so much. 2. Just a little shot of Huron. One of my favorite streets in the city. It will need a major catalyst type development to transform it to what it should be, but in the meantime... still one of the prettiest most pedestrian friendly streets in town. There is currently a TLCI study taking place with this street one of the focus areas can't wait to see the results. 3. Anyone have $30-50 million? Please call 440.746.0400 talk to Marie, and build me a game changing mixed use building on this god forsaken parking lot.
April 14, 201015 yr Nice pics, Huron has tons of potential. I always thought that the red brick building next to the Halle garage would be a great apartment building. It could be a nice, quiet residential street.
April 14, 201015 yr What is TLCI? Transportation for Liveable Communities Initiative. It's a competitve grant used to reimagine "complete" infastructure changes and promote pedestrian connectivity and ease of use. The money is only recieved for the "study" once that is complete you still have to figure out how to pay to make it happen. 2 good examples of streetscape projects started with TLCI grants... Detroit Avenue in Gordon Square and E. 12th Street.
April 14, 201015 yr ^Thanks again. I learned something today. I can turn off my brain for the rest of the day.
April 14, 201015 yr ^Thanks again. I learned something today. I can turn off my brain for the rest of the day. I could go so many places with that one. Man did you leave the door open! However, I'm in a very very very good mood, I'll give you a pass. Merry Christmas! ;D
April 14, 201015 yr Looks like the Flaming Ice Cube is coming to public square. Taking over the old Susy's Soup location. Coming Soon signs are up in the window.
April 15, 201015 yr ... A #1 on my list is the Bulckey Building in Playhouse Square. As soon as the Ideastream building got cleaned, it's sootiness really stuck out like a sore thumb to me. The Bulkley Building is actually my #1 too. I shake my head everytime I see its stunning cornice wrapped up in that net, let alone the cleaning it needs. I have written the property manager. The last email I sent was the end of September '09 (so 6 or 7 months ago). Here is part of the reply: "We are currently looking at bids to clean the Bulkley exterior within the historic standards of the U. S. Secretary of the Interior, and we hope to do that within the next 12 months... We will restore the cornice, but that will have to wait for several years after we have cleaned the exterior. In the mean time the netting that is installed over the cornice is a safety measure..." So it sounds like the exterior should either be cleaned in ~6 months, or bids will be accepted for 6 more months. I'm not sure how to interpret that sentence. Either way, it's a good thing. Sad to hear about such a long wait for the cornice though... :-(
April 15, 201015 yr OOOOH! http://www.flamingice.com/ That's great! The news is confirmed on their Facebook page, too.
April 15, 201015 yr ^ The Facebook page says they're aiming for end of May / beginning of June. Yaya!
April 16, 201015 yr New artsy Lebron billboard Downtown (E.9th and Prospect): http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2010/04/rise_up_cavs_fans_and_post_you.html
April 19, 201015 yr I looked around, but couldn't find any news about what is going on with the W6/Superior Parking Garage. It is all fenced off. Just curious what they are doing with it...
April 19, 201015 yr I looked around, but couldn't find any news about what is going on with the W6/Superior Parking Garage. It is all fenced off. Just curious what they are doing with it... It's been closed for some time now... since the Fall at least. I think I heard that it was a structural issue that forced the closure, but I'm not 100% sure.
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