July 24, 201311 yr I still cant believe some of the hate spewed in the comments section of that article. There are literally people who are either jealous or want NO change in the area...and just wait for the opportunity to crack at someone with a vision. Huh, I didn't see any negative comments. the cleveland.com article from Sam. Alot of the comments accuse him and his businesses.
July 24, 201311 yr I still cant believe some of the hate spewed in the comments section of that article. There are literally people who are either jealous or want NO change in the area...and just wait for the opportunity to crack at someone with a vision. Huh, I didn't see any negative comments. the cleveland.com article from Sam. Alot of the comments accuse him and his businesses. Oh gotcha. For whatever reason sirens have always sounded 10x louder on W. 25th. Not sure what other route exists in this instance. Maybe dial down the sirens just a little?
July 24, 201311 yr "anyone catch Sam McNulty's letter to the editor in the PD the other day about excessive noise from emergency vehicles and rerouting truck traffic away from W. 25th?" No, but I complained to my councilwoman about this very thing on Clifton. The ambulances are the worst, with the fire trucks second. It's just stupid all the noise they make. In Toronto they use flashers and very little noise. Yet again we are behind the curve. I want to be the lawyer who represents the injured plaintiff against the city (igoring posbbible sov. immunity issues) after hit by an emergency vehicle plowing through an intersection and the head of the EMS department states in deposition "Yes it is city and department policy to make as little noise are possible on an emergency run as we don't want to bother people." Of course you do, because this is America and there is no way in hell we can reach a reasonable compromise wrt emergency vehicles because.....socialism?
July 24, 201311 yr I still cant believe some of the hate spewed in the comments section of that article. There are literally people who are either jealous or want NO change in the area...and just wait for the opportunity to crack at someone with a vision. Huh, I didn't see any negative comments. the cleveland.com article from Sam. Alot of the comments accuse him and his businesses. Oh gotcha. For whatever reason sirens have always sounded 10x louder on W. 25th. Not sure what other route exists in this instance. Maybe dial down the sirens just a little? Not to drive this off-topic, but anyone on West 25th has it easy compared to living ON Euclid Avenue on the border to East Cleveland and University Circle (where obviously UH and CC are a minute away) and having non-stop ambulances from East Cleveland, Euclid, Cleveland EMS... They are ridiculously loud and keep their sirens on and honking their horns heading down Euclid when there isn't a single car around them. I really wish they did implement some quiet zones. I could relax a little more. :|
July 24, 201311 yr I've got zero pity for sirens. I lived on Case's campus for 4 years and have lived practically next door to the downtown fire station for 5 years now. You learn to tone them out unless you're outside right next to them. And they wouldn't have to be so friggin loud if pedestrians would obey the law.... It's all part of living in an urban area. Move to BFE if you want peace and quiet!
July 25, 201311 yr McNulty raises a good point about this... Out-of-town friends of mine who I take to Ohio City often note that there are several fire trucks and/or other emergency response vehicles through W. 25th multiple times. Something needs to be worked out esp. given the increasing positive congestion in the Market Square area.
July 25, 201311 yr McNulty raises a good point about this... Out-of-town friends of mine who I take to Ohio City often note that there are several fire trucks and/or other emergency response vehicles through W. 25th multiple times. Something needs to be worked out esp. given the increasing positive congestion in the Market Square area. There is are 2 major hospitals on the opposite ends of 25th. This happens in any major metro where growth happens around hospitals. As long as the bar revelers aren't parking in the streets and blocking traffic around 2 am, it shouldn't be that big of a deal.
July 25, 201311 yr Try living on Broadway in NYC. It's part of living in a city which Cleveland is becoming again.
July 25, 201311 yr got to get down to hingetown: introducing ohio city's next hot block Lee Chilcote | Thursday, July 25, 2013 Over the next few months, a series of next-gen businesses will begin to open on W. 29th Street in the renovated Striebinger Block, complementing already thriving businesses like Rising Star Coffee Roasters and adding wattage to the Transformer Station’s already powerful jolt. http://freshwatercleveland.com/features/hingetownohiocity072513.aspx
July 25, 201311 yr Try living on Broadway in NYC. It's part of living in a city which Cleveland is becoming again. I have. I still see nothing wrong with complaining about noise. FWIW, lots of cities have tweaked operations of ambulance and fire crews to reduce noise. If vehicles are really heading downtown from Metro, for example, there's no reason they can't take the LC bridge. Truck traffic is a harder issue that's plagued the Flats and adjoining areas for years.
July 25, 201311 yr Try living on Broadway in NYC. It's part of living in a city which Cleveland is becoming again. You really are over exaggerating. No residential area on Broadway, from Battery Park to Inwood, is a comparison to Cleveland. City neighborhoods are starting to repopulate, but I would never compare anything in NYC to another American city.
July 25, 201311 yr Try living on Broadway in NYC. It's part of living in a city which Cleveland is becoming again. You really are over exaggerating. No residential area on Broadway, from Battery Park to Inwood, is a comparison to Cleveland. City neighborhoods are starting to repopulate, but I would never compare anything in NYC to another American city. actually this really applies mainly to Manhattan. Don't you see similarities to other American cities in parts of the other boroughs? http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
July 25, 201311 yr Try living on Broadway in NYC. It's part of living in a city which Cleveland is becoming again. You really are over exaggerating. No residential area on Broadway, from Battery Park to Inwood, is a comparison to Cleveland. City neighborhoods are starting to repopulate, but I would never compare anything in NYC to another American city. actually this really applies mainly to Manhattan. Don't you see similarities to other American cities in parts of the other boroughs? Honestly no. There are is one exception. Downtown Brooklyn and Philly.
July 25, 201311 yr Try living on Broadway in NYC. It's part of living in a city which Cleveland is becoming again. You really are over exaggerating. No residential area on Broadway, from Battery Park to Inwood, is a comparison to Cleveland. City neighborhoods are starting to repopulate, but I would never compare anything in NYC to another American city. actually this really applies mainly to Manhattan. Don't you see similarities to other American cities in parts of the other boroughs? Honestly no. There are is one exception. Downtown Brooklyn and Philly. really? Not that I'm that familiar with Shaker hts, but I see parallels with Forest Hills and Kew Gardens in Queens. Similar architecture (from the same era--1920's), density. (someone help me here, please! lol) sorry, this is way off topic. never mind http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
July 25, 201311 yr No exaggeration...I live on Broadway on the upper westside where many people live.
July 26, 201311 yr anyone catch Sam McNulty's letter to the editor in the PD the other day about excessive noise from emergency vehicles and rerouting truck traffic away from W. 25th? Couldn't agree more. Obviously the guy has a vested interest in reducing emergency response vehicles and heavy truck traffic, but there is really no other area in the city with a thriving entertainment district that has gravel trucks rumbling through the center every 10 mins... Yeah, it's too bad Lutheran Hospital and West 25th Street were built after Market Garden Brewery. Oh, wait...
July 26, 201311 yr No exaggeration...I live on Broadway on the upper westside where many people live. I too have residencies in Cleveland and Harlem. I disagree.
August 2, 201311 yr From Michelle. Skylight Financial Group plans to move offices, 100 jobs to Ohio City from downtown offices By Michelle Jarboe McFee Follow on Twitter on August 02, 2013 at 1:15 PM, updated August 02, 2013 at 2:11 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A financial-planning firm and roughly 100 workers plan to leave downtown Cleveland for Ohio City's West 25th Street, in the first significant white-collar migration to a neighborhood better known for bar-hopping and butchery. Skylight Financial Group, a privately owned business affiliated with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., has signed a 10-year lease on the top floor of the United Bank Building at West 25th and Lorain Avenue. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/08/skylight_financial_group_plans.html#incart_river_default
August 4, 201311 yr http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2013/08022013/index.php City Planning Commission Agenda for August 2, 2013 NEAR WEST DESIGN REVIEW 1. NW2013-013 – Horizon Education Center New Construction Project Address: 2520 West 25th Street Project Representative: Gary Fischer, Arkinetics "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 5, 201311 yr Interesting location for a school. I suppose it is good to see development move in this direction though Wonder why no site plan was submitted
August 6, 201311 yr Compared to the nothing that's currently there, it's a step up. School's aren't typically known for their design...it's pretty much what one would expect (but it is definitely a lazy rendering).
August 6, 201311 yr Laziest "rendering" I've ever seen. This is going on West 25th Street? Guess you didn't see this site plan: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,25255.msg667223.html#msg667223
August 6, 201311 yr Ohio City lands 'Palace of Fermentation' food retail and production center next year: Restaurant Row Cleveland's market district will gain a major food shopping and tourism destination next year, when restaurateur Sam McNulty and his business partners open The Palace of Fermentation in the old Culinary Arts Building at 1849 West 24th St. at Bridge St. in Ohio City. http://www.cleveland.com/dining/index.ssf/2013/08/ohio_city_lands_palace_of_ferm.html
August 6, 201311 yr Laziest "rendering" I've ever seen. This is going on West 25th Street? Guess you didn't see this site plan: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,25255.msg667223.html#msg667223 Yeah that's a nice one. At least sharpen those crayons before using them.
August 6, 201311 yr Compared to the nothing that's currently there, it's a step up. School's aren't typically known for their design...it's pretty much what one would expect (but it is definitely a lazy rendering). That wasn't always the case, was it?
August 7, 201311 yr I can't speak for always and of course there have been beautiful schools; however, I wouldn't say they are or have ever been the majority.
August 12, 201311 yr Board of Zoning Appeals August 19, 2013 9:30 Ward 3 Calendar No. 13-139: 2843 Franklin Boulevard Joe Cimperman Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners, owner, and Welcome House, Incorporated, prospective purchaser, appeal to convert an existing office and warehouse building to a use for 24 apartments with a 15 space accessory, off-street parking lot on an acreage parcel located in a B1 TwoFamily District; the proposed use not permitted and first permitted in a Multi-0Family District pursuant to Section 337.03 and one accessory off-street parking space is required for each dwelling unit, in accordance with Section 349.04(a) in the Cleveland Codified Ordinances. (Filed 7-16- 13) http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/bza/agenda/2013/crr08-19-2013.pdf "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 14, 201311 yr http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2013/08022013/index.php City Planning Commission Agenda for August 2, 2013 NEAR WEST DESIGN REVIEW 1. NW2013-013 – Horizon Education Center New Construction Project Address: 2520 West 25th Street Project Representative: Gary Fischer, Arkinetics technically i think this belongs in the o.c. developments. if i'm not mistaken, any commercial on the east side of w. 25th typically falls under ocnw, and once you cross the street to the west, it's all o.c. until you get to clark/metro area.
August 14, 201311 yr Yes, you are correct! The west side of this section of West 25th is Ohio City Inc. The East Side is Tremont West Development Corp. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 14, 201311 yr Looks like Orale is expanding into Maggies Vegan Bakery. I didnt know she closed. Disappointing, i liked her stuff.
August 28, 201311 yr Remember the building at 3000 Bridge Ave (see article and picture of it at http://www.cleveland.com/rentals/plaindealer/index.ssf/2013/04/renters_enjoy_ohio_citys_walkable_streets_and_growing_retail_base.html)?? Well, looks like it's moving forward next week at BZA......... http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/bza/agenda/2013/crr09-03-2013.pdf Board of Zoning Appeals 601 Lakeside Avenue, Room 519 September 3, 2013 9:30 Ward 3 Calendar No. 13-164: 3000 Bridge Avenue Joe Cimperman WSCH LLC, owner, and Damon Taseff appeal to change use from office and educational to a store and 21 apartment units [in] a four-story vacant structure located in a B1 Two-Family District; subject to the limitations under Section 337.03 the use for apartments is not permitted and first permitted in a Multi-Family District and a commercial use is first permitted in a Local Retail Business District according to Section 343.01; and contrary to Section 349.04 a proposed 15 parking spaces are provided contrary to 23 off-street parking spaces required; and a gross floor area of 25,926 square feet is proposed contrary to Section 355.04 and a maximum lot coverage of 6,264 square feet that is allowed. (Filed 8-6-2013) "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 28, 201311 yr Looks like Orale is expanding into Maggies Vegan Bakery. I didnt know she closed. Disappointing, i liked her stuff. iirc, Maggies is moving, not closing, although I forget where.
August 28, 201311 yr Looks like Orale is expanding into Maggies Vegan Bakery. I didnt know she closed. Disappointing, i liked her stuff. iirc, Maggies is moving, not closing, although I forget where. According to their FB page they will continue taking orders online. But no new location was listed.
September 16, 201311 yr Ohio City nabs Piccadilly Artisan Yogurt shop, to open this fall By Joe Crea, Northeast Ohio Media Group on September 16, 2013 at 3:30 PM, updated September 16, 2013 at 3:31 PM CLEVELAND, OHIO -- Ohio City continue to blossoms with food spots of every stripe, such as a second location of Piccadilly Artisan Yogurt shop. The new store is planned to open sometime next month. "I’ve learned to be cautious about predicting opening dates, having already changed it three or four times!” says co-owner Adrian Bota, 31. The new shop will be sandwiched between Crop Bistro & Bar and Bonbon Pastry & Cafe in the 2500 block of Lorain Avenue, near the corner of West 25th Street. http://www.cleveland.com/dining/index.ssf/2013/09/ohio_city_nabs_piccadilly_arti.html
September 16, 201311 yr "So we’re not going into the suburbs. Our interest is to be part of urban renewal, to take part in what’s happening, and be an active part of it," he says. Bota's original store is at 1767 Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights, former home to the legendary Grog Shop. He intends to open only in urban settings, and is currently negotiating for a space in the Clifton Avenue-West 117th area. A downtown Cleveland location may be in the locally based chain's future. Bota and his partners see growing potential. "We're also looking at what Heinen’s has planned for its Cleveland store. We’re looking at downtown. We’ve had two developers approach us to go downtown, and we’re really contemplating and want to go downtown. Pretty Cool :)
September 17, 201311 yr Nice one, Piccadilly! But does anyone have clarity on site? I don't understand how it will be "sandwiched between Crop Bistro & Bar and Bonbon Pastry & Cafe" ... Aren't those two businesses directly next door to one another? Is this going across the street, or is Crop vacating part of their floor space? Or am I just crazy and Bonbon only uses part of their street frontage?? Haha.
September 17, 201311 yr I believe there are technically three storefronts on that building, and Bonbon only uses the rightmost two of them.
September 17, 201311 yr Thanks! I could picture the two in operation but guess I just disregarded the third :)
September 17, 201311 yr jam40jeff is correct. I was hoping for a Menchies in OC or downtown, but this is better. And this is a great quote: "We're also looking at what Heinen’s has planned for its Cleveland store. We’re looking at downtown. We’ve had two developers approach us to go downtown, and we’re really contemplating and want to go downtown." Just shows the power of the Heinen's move to lure other businesses downtown.
September 17, 201311 yr ^is this the plan for Heinens moving to FEB? I didn't know that was still alive, if so (which would be great).
September 17, 201311 yr ^is this the plan for Heinens moving to FEB? I didn't know that was still alive, if so (which would be great). They're talking about the Rotunda only.
September 17, 201311 yr ^is this the plan for Heinens moving to FEB? I didn't know that was still alive, if so (which would be great). They're talking about the Rotunda only. Wow thanks Murray... interesting... that one got by my totally. Hope they can pull it off... Back to Ohio City stuff...
September 20, 201311 yr Photo from Councilman Cimperman's twitter account of site prep underway for Mariner's watch apartments at Detroit Ave and West 30th.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 20, 201311 yr ^Thanks! I'm still blown away by how straightforward the process has been for this development team. Northern Ohio City is really taking off, it would seem.
September 20, 201311 yr I have heard that Ohio City Pasta may make a retail space/bar type place at their current location, which is right next to Mariners place.
September 20, 201311 yr What's the timetable on Mariners watch? (too lazy to google) Too lazy to respond. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 20, 201311 yr What's the timetable on Mariners watch? (too lazy to google) Too lazy to respond. yet....you did respond....
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