Posted October 20, 200618 yr I don't know if this was ever mentioned here, and I haven't found anything from searching the forum on the subject, so... http://www.chuh.net/chhistory/features/redevelopment.html It's interesting to think what would have been lost if they had actually built this. EDIT: Oops! I meant to post this in the Abandoned Projects subforum. Sorry.
October 20, 200618 yr Wow! First time I ever heard of that. Glad to see it didn't happen, though. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
October 20, 200618 yr I'd never heard of this before. We were so eager to demolish what we had already built. We still are to a lesser degree. But back then, demolition seemed to be the order of the day. I like the transit line though, and one proposal was close to being built. It would been routed up Cedar Hill, to Euclid Heights Blvd, Coventry, then generally east along Mayfield or just south of it into Severance Center. The reason it wasn't built is because Cleveland Heights thought the $16 million cost was too much. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 20, 200618 yr i dunno, granted i think that thing looks like its straight out of communism, it would have been a nice high density TOD. something cleveland lacks other than perhaps tower city. i wonder how tall that would have been?? would that be downtown heights?? heh
October 20, 200618 yr i dunno, granted i think that thing looks like its straight out of communism, it would have been a nice high density TOD. something cleveland lacks other than perhaps tower city. i wonder how tall that would have been?? would that be downtown heights?? heh Soviet Heights. heh
October 20, 200618 yr i dunno, granted i think that thing looks like its straight out of communism, it would have been a nice high density TOD. something cleveland lacks other than perhaps tower city. i wonder how tall that would have been?? would that be downtown heights?? heh Soviet Heights. heh Hey, it would fit right in with the Revolution Books store on Mayfield. :) This project reminded me of a larger version of Lakewood's ill-fated West End project. Granted, the apartment blocks and single homes they wanted to get rid of are nothing close to Coventry Village, it's sad how civic attitudes toward percieved blight hasn't really changed in 37 years.
October 20, 200618 yr to bad the train wasn't built. Funny, in another thread i was just saying how severance took the affluent shopper from downtown and this article proves Severance was the first poison pill for Cleveland downtown shopping.
October 20, 200618 yr i dunno, granted i think that thing looks like its straight out of communism, it would have been a nice high density TOD. something cleveland lacks other than perhaps tower city. i wonder how tall that would have been?? would that be downtown heights?? heh Soviet Heights. heh Hey, it would fit right in with the Revolution Books store on Mayfield. :) This project reminded me of a larger version of Lakewood's ill-fated West End project. Granted, the apartment blocks and single homes they wanted to get rid of are nothing close to Coventry Village, it's sad how civic attitudes toward percieved blight hasn't really changed in 37 years. The issue in Lakewood was much different.
October 20, 200618 yr yeah, bummer about the transit, but the rest was crap. there's still a great opportunity for development at the intersection of Cedar & Euclid Heights, though. Has anyone heard anything in recent years about that spot?
October 20, 200618 yr There should be a light rail connection between UC Red Line Station and atleast Severance or Warrensville
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