3 hours ago, LlamaLawyer said:

I'd also be cool with *not* building the Great Value Burj Khalifa here in Cleveland. Last time I checked there's not exactly a shortage of buildable urban land. How about a nice, normal ballpark village of walkable and mixed-use midrise buildings.

Exactly, take the apartment tower out and this is perfect. 

9 hours ago, ASP1984 said:

 

Most phallic site plan I've seen in my life.

 

You read my mind!

As silly as that building looks it’s kinda like how the Terminal Tower probably looked after it was completed in 1927…a giant tower in the middle of not much else.

No pic, but Bobby George’s tantrum-reward electronic billboards are going up on top of the Harry Buffalo on E4th. I’m pleased to report that they are amusingly small. 

From the Ohio Tax credit announcement.

 

^ now that's awesome news.

 

re the okc plan, and lol mega tower aside, while i like the idea of the glitzy fun buildings around the tower, it looks like they are all self contained and i absolutely do not like that kind of thing for the clev. no streetlife killing, everybody stay inside all the time type mega developments plz. the current gateway plans and visions are just fine thank you very much. 👍🤞

1 hour ago, freethink said:

From the Ohio Tax credit announcement.

 

Wonderful. This place *should* be a legit tourist attraction. 
Hopefully, it bodes well for the future of the rest of the block too. 

1 hour ago, freethink said:

From the Ohio Tax credit announcement.

 

This is incredible news. Though, knowing our local developers, the rest of that strip will get demolished for a parking lot. 

This should be fairly easy to re-create and turn it into a satellite exhibit of the RRHOF. Perhaps record store relics of the past?

 

Record Rendezvous building among historic renovation awards

By Ken Prendergast / December 21, 2023

 

An historic building in Downtown Cleveland that housed Record Rendezvous, where the term "rock and roll" was reportedly first used to describe the genre, was awarded tax credits to aid in its restoration. It was among dozens of historic buildings across the state that were awarded credits today by the Ohio Department of Development.

 

MORE:
https://neo-trans.blog/2023/12/21/record-rendezvous-building-among-historic-renovation-awards/

 

2 hours ago, Barneyboy said:

This should be fairly easy to re-create and turn it into a satellite exhibit of the RRHOF. Perhaps record store relics of the past?

Are they recreating it or just having a random commercial tenant occupy it?

8 minutes ago, cle_guy90 said:

Are they recreating it or just having a random commercial tenant occupy it?

My reading of the news reports is that the owner doesn't actually have a tenant.  Just trying to position the building with much needed renovation in order to make it marketable.  The above was just aspirational on the part of @Barneyboy and it is a fantastic idea.

Edited December 22, 20231 yr by Htsguy

With vinyl making a resurgence, do we think Record Rendezvous could as well? RRHF should back it

1 hour ago, dave2017 said:

With vinyl making a resurgence, do we think Record Rendezvous could as well? RRHF should back it

The Rock Hall should, as well as Cleveland's world-renown record manufacturer, Gotta Groove, based right on Superior. 

 

https://www.gottagrooverecords.com

From the article the two flanking buildings are not mentioned. Doesn't it seem reasonable that if the center is rehabbed at some point the outer two will be also? 

 

None of them are all that big so unless they haven't deteriorated too much from lack of maintenance let's hope it won't be too long before we have more good news here.

LOTS of dump trucks on Prospect lined up to go into the parking garage pit, must be the big move to get everything out before filling it in? No other day has been this busy over there (and the site is mostly dirt from what I can see).

They are, indeed, filling in the parking garage - that first day was crazy, it's been much more relaxed these past few days