Yeah...I like that (especially all the glass attached to the stone building...adds interest without taking away from the architecture in my opinion)...should add much to that corner and build some synergy with the Natural History Museum and its eventual expansion.

 

I take it that this is the carousel that once was going to go on the lakefront ?

Agreed.  Like the new MOCA, this design adds another showpiece corner intersection to University Circle.

 

Will it be operational?

 

yes. expected to break ground in late october and be complete by august 2012. Though the carousel itself will take quite a bit longer to restore, and it won't be operational until summer 2013. (FYI this is the carousel from euclid beach park)

Drove by today and noticed that construction on the Hazel Drive Apartments behind the Western Reserve Historical Society has begun in earnest.

 

Walked past today the soon-to-be Hazel Drive apartments and they're well into prepping the site.  Basically, it's all dirt...I'll update with some pics soon whenever it's not raining.

It's easy to lose track of all the construction taking place in one neighborhood of the city -- University Circle :D.  Here's a quick breakdown:

 

 

Under Construction (TOTAL $1.015 Billion):

Museum of Contemporary Art -- $32 million http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/11/moca_cleveland_board_approves.html

Uptown Phase I Apartments and Retail -- $44.5 million http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/developer_mrn_ltd_to_break_gro.html

VA Medical Center Expansion -- $526 million

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20100604/FREE/100609883

Cleveland Clinic Reference Laboratory -- $75 million http://www.medcitynews.com/2010/07/cleveland-clinic-breaks-ground-for-75m-reference-laboratory/

Cleveland Museum of Art Expansion and Renovation -- $258 million

http://blog.cleveland.com/top_entertainment/2007/08/taking_a_hardhat_tour_of_the_c.html

WXZ Circle 118 University Circle Townhomes -- $8 million http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/03/circle_118_townhouses_by_wxz_d.html

27 Coltman Little Italy Townhomes -- $11 million http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/02/luxury_townhouses_in_cleveland.html

WXZ Hazel Drive Apartments -- $10.5 million http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/03/councilman_clears_path_for_uni.html

Cleveland Insitute of Art Expansion -- $50 million http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2009/03/the_cleveland_institute_of_art.html

Cozad-Bates House Restoration (circa 1853) -- $350K http://universitycircle.org/annual2010/2010-UCI-AR.pdf

 

 

Planning Stages ($365 Million):

Advanced Energy Facility: -- $270 million http://development.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_development/en-US/CuyahogaCountyCORFNotice_1.pdf

University Circle Courtyard Marriott Hotel -- $27 million http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/developers_lined_up_to_build_1.html

Pedestrian Bridge (University Circle) -- $7.5 million http://blog.cleveland.com/architectu...bridges_p.html

Western Reserve Historical Society Crawford Auto Museum renovations (University Circle) -- $2.8 million http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011...tml#incart_hbx

Temple-Tifereth Israel Renovations into CWRU Performing Arts Center -- $25.6 million http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/03/the_maltz_family_foundation_do.html

Uptown/MOCA Plaza -- $1 million http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/11/uptown_plaza_design_to_be_unve.html

Abington Arms Apartments "Green Retrofit" -- $2.6 million http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/states/ohio/news/HUDNo.2010-10-05

Cedar-University Circle Rapid Train Station redesign: $12.5 million http://blog.cleveland.com/sunpress/2011/05/university_circle_rapid_statio_1.html

Case Western Reserve University ThinkBox -- $10 million http://intecsky.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/think-box-2-pg-l-083010-1.pdf

New Circle Vistas -- $6 million http://login.npwebsiteservices.com/mil/NCVSite.asp

 

Recently Completed ($1.137 Billion):

Tudor Arms (Circa 1931) Restoration into Double Tree Hotel -- $22 million COMPLETED 2011 http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/08/tudor_arms_renovation_is_bring.html

University Hospitals Seidman (Ireland) Cancer Center -- $250 million COMPLETED 2011 http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2010/02/new_university_hospitals_cance.html

University Hospitals Parking Garage -- $30 million  COMPLETED 2011 http://media.cleveland.com/pdgraphics_impact/photo/14fguhnetworkjpg-9522855e3d84a04c.jpg

University Hospitals Center for Emergency Medicine -- $41 million COMPLETED 2011 http://media.cleveland.com/pdgraphics_impact/photo/14fguhnetworkjpg-9522855e3d84a04c.jpg

Hawken High School renovations and extension campus -- $6.6 million COMPLETED 2011 http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/08/hawken_school_to_open_new_lear.html

Cleveland Natural History Museum SmartHouse -- $500K COMPLETED 2011 [ttp://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2011/06/cleveland_museum_of_natural_hi_2.html]http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2011/06/cleveland_museum_of_natural_hi_2.html[/url]

Case Western Reserve Wind Turbine -- $6 million COMPLETED 2010 http://www.cwruobserver.com/home/news/2010/12/03/News/Nations.First.ResearchOriented.Wind.Turbine.Constructed.Near.Veale-3964332.shtml

Commodore Place Renovations -- $9 million COMPLETED 2010 http://www.universitycircle.org/uci.aspx?page=87

University Circle East Plaza -- $400K COMPLETED 2009 http://www.cmgsite.com/projects/all/university-circle-plaza/

Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center -- $11.3 million COMPLETED 2009 http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/01/hearing_speech_center_designed.html

Cleveland Clinic Heart Center -- $500 million COMPLETED 2008 http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/newheartcenter.aspx

Park Lane Villa Apartments Renovations (circa 1920) -- $21 million COMPLETED 2008 http://www.parklanevilla.com/

Euclid Corridor Bus-Rapid Transit Line connecting Downtown to University Circle -- $197 million COMPLETED 2008 http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/11/clevelands_euclid_corridor_pro.html

Montessori High School renovations and creation -- $2.6 million COMPLETED 2008 http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/06/new_high_school_in_university.html

Case Western Reserve Alumni House -- $2.5 million COMPLETED 2007 http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2007/10/01/dedication

John Hay High School (circa 1929) restorations -- $37 million COMPLETED 2007 http://www.cleveland.com/education/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/isedu/1230543009185070.xml&coll=2

 

 

Proposed ($200-$500 Million):

Case Western Reserve Field House -- $5 million http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/06/07/wyantfieldhouse

Case Western Reserve Student Center -- $60 million http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/05/20_million_gift_to_case_wester.html

Euclid Ave-E.119 Rapid Train Station -- $9 million  http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/05/plans_for_an_rta_station_in_li.html

Cleveland School of the Arts -- $30 million http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/10/cleveland_school_district_plan_1.html

Cleveland Natural History Museum Expansion -- $30-50 million http://www.cleveland.com/science/index.ssf/2010/07/gates_takes_helm_at_cleveland.html

Lot 45 -- $60 million http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2009/03/university_circle_inc_unveils.html

Uptown Phase II (Ford and Euclid)

Uptown Hotel TBA

E.119th three-story Office Building http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/08/developers_settle_dispute_over.html

Case Western Reserve West Quad -- $50 million http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/news/13032/

Add as planned: Little Italy-Mayfield-East 120 Rapid Station relocation -- $9.1 million. It is in the design phase.

Add as planned: Little Italy-Mayfield-East 120 Rapid Station relocation -- $9.1 million. It is in the design phase.

 

Thanks.

 

I think I did the exact same exclusion last time I tried to add everything up.  Also, I forgot my own recent announcement of the ThinkBox proposal, which has almost received its $10 million in funding needed for renovation.

 

When I can get to a computer... no IPhone... I'll make the additions.

 

EDIT: I've added it in as "proposed" since it hasn't actually received any funding. The Cedar-University Circle station on the other hand currently had $12.5 million in funding.

 

If I'm missing anything else from the list, let me know.

I think there were pictures of the Hazel Dr apartments prep site here.  Where'd they go?

NVMD... They were in Uptown thread.  C'mon people, let's keep things in the proper headings.  Sorry, my military attention to detail is showing through..

 

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjames0408/6161346136/#

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjames0408/6161345268/#

 

Sorry:( There's so many different headings....Uptown to me is University Circle...I know it's really just the one corner, but it's part of the same thing....my bad.

Redirected from Uptown thread:

Hazel Drive site prep and MOCA:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjames0408/6161346136/#

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjames0408/6161345268/#

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjames0408/6160809609/#

 

 

 

Read more: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,11359.630.html#ixzz1YWothWRE

You're missing New Circle Vistas.  They're building a new building of maximum accessible housing, and then their old building will be sold to Case, and should be used in future expansion of Uptown.  Construction is estimated at $6 million, of which they have most of the financing line up.

 

http://login.npwebsiteservices.com/mil/NCVSite.asp

You're missing New Circle Vistas.  They're building a new building of maximum accessible housing, and then their old building will be sold to Case, and should be used in future expansion of Uptown.  Construction is estimated at $6 million, of which they have most of the financing line up.

 

http://login.npwebsiteservices.com/mil/NCVSite.asp

Thanks for the addition!  I've updated the list and the totals.

 

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UPDATE: My friend forwarded this to me. The survey is over, but it look like the new Case Western Field House may be in the works very soon:

 

Students,

 

Time is running out on your to win an iPod Touch or a one-semester membership to 121 Fitness. Just follow the survey link below by 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, and we’ll award one of each prize to randomly selected participants. Feedback received in this questionnaire will help guide the planning process for the Wyant Fieldhouse, which will be adjacent to the football stadium and the North Residential Village. The field house will be an approximately 24,000-square-foot facility and will include a 5,000-square-foot weight training and cardiovascular area, a Varsity Club lounge, and multipurpose space. Learn more at http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/06/07/wyantfieldhouse.

 

 

Your input is important. Thank you for your participation.

 

Survey: http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e46955tpgp9zs63a/start

 

Stephen Campbell

Vice President, Campus Planning and Facilities Management

Chair of the Wyant Fieldhouse planning team

 

Here's some information on Stephen Campbell: http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/05/13/stephenmcampbell

Any info on whether or not this will welcome adult rec leagues? Cleveland badly needs a fieldhouse that welcomes community leagues. Might not seem important, but plenty of other cities offer this to young professionals in the city. Here, most of the leagues ship you out to the suburbs.

Any info on whether or not this will welcome adult rec leagues? Cleveland badly needs a fieldhouse that welcomes community leagues. Might not seem important, but plenty of other cities offer this to young professionals in the city. Here, most of the leagues ship you out to the suburbs.

 

Not to my knowledge unfortunately.  I'm about 95% sure it'll be mostly for the student athletes and students. 

 

I have seen poeple use the Case Stadium and/or track before for exercise and unofficial events.

UPDATE:

 

I was given a mini tour of the new Tudor Arms Doubletree Hotel:

 

- They haven't advertised yet and they were 1/3 occupied when I was there.

- Ballrooms are stunning. 

- Pool in the basement is still being restored, and should be ready sometime next year.

 

I'm happy to report the addition of a new restaurant, Canopy, is almost open is will have good Mediterranean cuisine.  When I was there, the bar was open, and I ate the best homemade hummus and baba ganoush I've ever had in Cleveland. 

 

According to this article, they will be having outdoor seating and patio early next year:

 

Guests and passersby are welcome at the hotel’s restaurant and barroom, the Canopy, Mina said. The

restaurant serves Mediterranean and American-style food and there are plans to add outdoor dining.

 

http://www.neighborhood-voice.com/business/hotel-opened-in-historic-building/

^when are they going to actually pave their parking lot?  Looks kinda tacky right now.

Thanks for the update! Was curious about the restaurant and pool. Can anyone go in and take a look around and see the ballrooms?

any idea if their signage for the outside of the hotel is permanent? white times new roman type looks awfully tacky for a hotel that is upscale.

Agreed.

Stopped by the Tudor Arms couple months ago and was greeted at the door and given a tour of all public rooms and a variety of the suites.  Very gracious staff member appreciated showing the rooms with a view.

OK, I did take a few pics, so I guess I'll share  :wink:

 

Chef giving me a tour of the Ballroom:

 

 

Fireplace:

 

 

Breakfast Area:

 

 

Additional side Ballroom:

 

 

Another Fireplace:

 

 

Hotel room bathroom:

 

 

 

 

Thanks!  Wow, that all looks great!  Oh how I wish this thing were on Euclid somewhere.

 

EDIT: oh, man MuRrAy HiLL has a psychic link with Steve Litt!

 

Hot off the presses:

 

Tudor Arms Hotel gleams after a $22 million renovation as a Hilton Doubletree by MRN Ltd. of Cleveland

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2011/09/tudor_arms_hotel_gleams_after.html

 

 

What a classic. Just stunning, interior and exterior.

Stunning is right! WOW!!!!

 

EDIT: This is the kind of architecture Cleveland needs to show off. You just won't find this in any sunbelt city.

Gorgeous!! We need more of this in Cleveland. We need to quit tearing down the old buildings and start embracing them.

Yeah, that's...better than I expected. Well done. The article is right, the Marons have done a lot, and done it right.

Stunning is right! WOW!!!!

 

EDIT: This is the kind of architecture Cleveland needs to show off. You just won't find this in any sunbelt city.

You got that right! Pure elegance. Since this has been, for the most part, a restoration, it is fantastic to see how Clevelanders used to live. So classy. So magnificent. Glad to see we're rediscovering ourselves.

Eventhough this is a different style....for some reason I can almost hear Jack Nicholson yelling...

"WENDY......  I'M HOME! Love it!  And who didn't put the toilet seat down!  :oops:

WOW!!! This hotel is STUNNING!

Stunning is right! WOW!!!!

 

EDIT: This is the kind of architecture Cleveland needs to show off. You just won't find this in any sunbelt city.

You got that right! Pure elegance. Since this has been, for the most part, a restoration, it is fantastic to see how Clevelanders used to live. So classy. So magnificent. Glad to see we're rediscovering ourselves.

 

Some of us, Cleveland City residents,  continue to live well!

 

"Gorgeous!! We need more of this in Cleveland."

 

We've got the Calfee coming up soon. A smaller building, but it should have a comparable 'wow' factor.

 

 

 

"...for some reason I can almost hear Jack Nicholson yelling..."

 

LOL. Yes especially the Tudor Room. It reminds me of 'The Overlook'. Halloween's coming, ha.

 

 

 

 

Anybody have any new inside information on Lot 45 (even a morsel....seems like "actual news" on the board has been slow lately, and all we do is argue about parking)?  I believe RFP's were due August 19, 2011.

Whoa, film location scouts would have a field day with that first pic.

 

Think old old money....a long opulant table....dinner....everyone is uncomfortable...butlers waiting in the wings....stilted conversation lol.

"...for some reason I can almost hear Jack Nicholson yelling..."

LOL. Yes especially the Tudor Room. It reminds me of 'The Overlook'. Halloween's coming, ha.

 

The ballroom would be a great spot for a costume party!

The neighborhood is getting more and more densely developed. This is on the northeast corner of Euclid and East 115th Street......

http://tinyurl.com/6ev6ta7

 

 

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/bza/agenda/2011/crr10-17-2011.html

 

City of Cleveland

BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS

October 17, 2011

9:30

 

Ward 9

Calendar No. 11-170:

          11607 Euclid Avenue           

Kevin Conwell

 

 

9 Notices

Maximum Accessible Housing of Ohio appeals to construct a four (4) story apartment building on consolidated parcels located in a D2 Local Retail Business District, subject to the limitations of Area Regulations under Sections 357.04 and 357.08(b)(2) a distance of 10 feet is proposed and 30 feet is required from the front yard line to the street line and  a rear yard depth of 3 feet contrary to 30 feet that is required.  A gross floor area of 45,496 square feet is proposed and under Section 355.04 the maximum coverage permitted is 22,748 square feet with 24 off-street parking spaces, contrary to Section 349.02(a) and a requirement for 36 spaces; and a landscape strip 3 feet wide  along East 116th Street, where a width of 6 feet is required under Sections 352.08-10; and an ornamental fence 6 feet high in the actual front yard is proposed along East 116th Street, contrary to Section 358.05(2) that limits the maximum fence height to 4 feet according to the Cleveland Codified Ordinances.

(Filed 9-8-11)   

^ So this is different from the New Circle Vistas?

 

When I read KJP's post I thought it was Circle Vista...can't see how it can be anything else.  Clearly more on East 115th than actually on the northeast corner of Euclid and E. 115th as suggested in his post.

When I read KJP's post I thought it was Circle Vista...can't see how it can be anything else.  Clearly more on East 115th than actually on the northeast corner of Euclid and E. 115th as suggested in his post.

 

It is Circle Vista, and the Euclid address is the current address for Circle Vista. 

Did Snavely start the new Hotel in UC yet (I belive it's a 10-story)?  I can't remember the name of it. 

No...just drove by today and does not look like they are even close...wonder what is happening with this?

It is Circle Vista, and the Euclid address is the current address for Circle Vista. 

 

Just posting the address listed on the BZA's agenda.

^ The "E.116" throws me off.  I wonder if the footprint is different.

Well the only thing I can figure is the parking lot would abut E. 116.  They mention a fence which would make sense, just no mention of E. 115 though. 

From the statement it appears they consider E 116th front yard,  maybe because a drive and parking abuts this street.

 

In any event I am sure we can all agree this is Circle Vista....are we just beating a dead horse due to a lack of fun stuff to discuss (you know like a new 50 story building on Public Square)(by the way this is my lame attempt at humor...let's not go on for three pages now about some proposed 50 story building on PS).

When I read KJP's post I thought it was Circle Vista...can't see how it can be anything else.  Clearly more on East 115th than actually on the northeast corner of Euclid and E. 115th as suggested in his post.

 

It is Circle Vista, and the Euclid address is the current address for Circle Vista. 

 

Yeah, and what makes it even more confusing is that the addresses are messed up on that part of Euclid.  Mi Peublo is 11611 even though it is west of E. 116th St., meaning it's address really should be less than 11600.

Yeah, and what makes it even more confusing is that the addresses are messed up on that part of Euclid.  Mi Peublo is 11611 even though it is west of E. 116th St., meaning it's address really should be less than 11600.

 

That threw me off, too, when I was looking on GoogleMaps to see exactly what/where this is.

Architect Ralph Johnson's new Tinkham Veale University Center at Case Western Reserve University will bring a 21st century flair to University Circle

Published: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 6:00 AM    Updated: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 6:52 AM

  By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Case Western Reserve University has long been something of a Tin Man among American universities — a place in search of a heart.

 

Born out of the union of Western Reserve University and the Case Institute of Technology in 1967, CWRU has grown over the decades without a strong campus center to unify its two halves.

 

That’s about to change. The university plans to break ground next spring on the $50 million Tinkham Veale University Center, a centrally located building intended to give CWRU a 24/7 student hangout, a home for student organizations, a jumping-off point for campus tours and a big community gathering space.

 

READ MORE AT:

http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2011/10/architect_ralph_johnsons_new_t.html