Is that old school going to be market rate or no?

 

Doan School is affordable: http://www.famicos.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8&Itemid=46

 

Damn I would have loved to see those go market rate. Not sure how they would do though. But I do think market rate would have worked well with University Tower Apartments.

I believe Famicos focuses exclusively on affordable.

Anybody know the story behind these? They seem to be in bad shape and possibly abandoned?

 

http://goo.gl/maps/mmrt

 

http://goo.gl/maps/u2sU

 

 

And also those houses on East 115th? Better shape, but who lives there? The city shows that all of this is owned by University Hospitals.

I believe Famicos focuses exclusively on affordable.

 

They do market rate for sale housing as well- see Heritage Lane and League Park.

Anybody know the story behind these? They seem to be in bad shape and possibly abandoned?

 

http://goo.gl/maps/mmrt

 

 

And also those houses on East 115th? Better shape, but who lives there? The city shows that all of this is owned by University Hospitals.

 

If you just spin around in that google street view you see there is potential for lots and lots of improvement there,  aesthetically speaking.

^ Added a link to that view. I surprised these havent been renovated. Especially with its location near UH, CWRU, and Little Italy!

 

Anybody know the story behind these? They seem to be in bad shape and possibly abandoned?

 

http://goo.gl/maps/mmrt

 

http://goo.gl/maps/u2sU

 

 

And also those houses on East 115th? Better shape, but who lives there? The city shows that all of this is owned by University Hospitals.

 

 

 

I believe it's almost entirely Case students. I've walked that street countless times and I also park on it now and then... and that's the impression I get.

^ Added a link to that view. I surprised these havent been renovated. Especially with its location near UH, CWRU, and Little Italy!

 

That's exactly what is surprising. With the given proximity you've mentioned, how could this area still look so....unimpressive?

Anybody know the story behind these? They seem to be in bad shape and possibly abandoned?

 

http://goo.gl/maps/mmrt

 

http://goo.gl/maps/u2sU

 

 

And also those houses on East 115th? Better shape, but who lives there? The city shows that all of this is owned by University Hospitals.

 

Does that terrace really look to be in such bad shape?  They don't look bad to me from the street view (one of those shots is the back alley view so not really meant to look like much), but maybe in person they look worse.  I'm pretty sure UCI markets that property, and might even own it(I'm too lazy to look).  EDIT: here is the listing on UCI's web site: http://www.universitycircle.org/locations/2007-east-115th-street-apartments

 

I love that stretch of East 115th.  Unfortunately it's essentially UCI's land bank, so it' not clear how long they'll survive.  I believe UH made noise about demolishing them about 10-15 years ago which lead to (I believe) a long term lease to UCI, who renovated them and rents them out.

 

There is already a good-looking streetscape plan for this stretch of Mayfield (http://www.noaca.org/ucilittleitaly.pdf ) and I really hope it manages to snag some funding some day.

^ They definitely look worse in person. And the landscaping is terrible.

 

But they are owned by UH not UCI. All that property is owned by UH.

 

There is also a nice apartment building on the street.

http://goo.gl/maps/cFk9

 

I personally believe the whole street should be landmarked.

^That apartment building is one of my faves.  Those round pays are very atypical for the city. You might think about emailing UCI and nudging them on the landscaping if it looks really bad.  They seem like competent property managers so it's likely in their queue, but some complaining might get it taken care of faster.

 

Yeah Uh wanted to demolish all of it (the apartments and all of the homes) about 12 years ago for a bigger-footprint Wolstein Research Bldg.

Opposition to this plan saved the housing stock and made the Wolstein building plans conform to a smaller lot.

 

Was this on the chopping block as well? If so, unacceptable. These need to be protected!

 

http://goo.gl/maps/aVy6

 

Yeah Uh wanted to demolish all of it (the apartments and all of the homes) about 12 years ago for a bigger-footprint Wolstein Research Bldg.

Opposition to this plan saved the housing stock and made the Wolstein building plans conform to a smaller lot.

 

 

Thankful for that.

I personally believe the whole street should be landmarked.

 

Me too.  We can't afford to lose any historic apartment buildings at this point, not a single one.

 

Was this on the chopping block as well? If so, unacceptable. These need to be protected!

 

http://goo.gl/maps/aVy6

 

Yes.

 

Yeah Uh wanted to demolish all of it (the apartments and all of the homes) about 12 years ago for a bigger-footprint Wolstein Research Bldg.

Opposition to this plan saved the housing stock and made the Wolstein building plans conform to a smaller lot.

 

 

Are you sure it was for Wolstein?  I think that's actually a Case project, not UH, but maybe they were talking land swaps and the like to make it work.  In any case, I'd be very happy to see that whole street landmarked; it's just such a great oasis from the Big Institutional Blandness that's otherwise taken hold around there.  It's not quite in his ward but seems like councilman Johnson would be pretty amendable to that given his recent landmarking enthusiasm.

Wolstein is on CWRU land. Everything else mentioned is on UH land. If Case wants to expand they have the west quad and I wouldn't mind them demolishing the dental and nursing buildings and having that large lot to redevelop.

 

UH on the other hand is pretty landlocked. I would love to see them demolish those parking garages over there, but that would require some major residential development over there for their employees.

 

I cant really answer that

THe relationship between UH and CWRU is a very complex one and involves so many layers of contracts and agreements to create the symbiotic relationship where both benefit.

Of course because these agreements have expiration dates, a lot of time is spent every so many years re-working the relationship. Among many other things, I think a recent overhaul of the "relationship" was partly to blame for the ouster of former CWRU prez Edward Hundert. Not to go off-topic but his problems were many-layered.

Im digging into my memory bank now so dont quote me on anything.  :-)

^I think much of that recurring dance centers on sharing credit for NIH grants and branding, plus the teaching hospital arrangements.  Operationally, though, I think UH and Case are pretty separate.  But I'm no expert on this stuff either.

 

Interestingly, it looks like the apartment building at the corner of Cornell and East 115th that ClevelandOhio linked to is not part of UH's big block of land.  It seems to be owned by "Zahler Holdings".  It's possible this is entity is owned, in turn, by UH, but FWIW, the building is managed by Montlack, not UCI: http://www.universitycircle.org/locations/fayne-apartments

According to President Barbara Snyder, the $50 million Tinkham Veale University Center will break ground May 31.  Construction equipment will be on site that day.

 

Refresher of the project: http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2011/10/architect_ralph_johnsons_new_t.html

 

So where the hell is all the chatter on a huge new project that broke ground in University Circle??

 

 

Case Western Reserve University breaks all-time philanthropy record for second straight year

Announcement comes as campus celebrates groundbreaking of Tinkham Veale University Center

 

 

President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that Case Western Reserve University's alumni and friends have broken the institution's all-time record for philanthropy for the second consecutive year. As of today—one month before the end of the fiscal year—giving totaled $134.5 million, more than $8 million ahead of last year's landmark achievement.

 

President Snyder shared the campaign news as part of the groundbreaking ceremonies for the $50 million Tinkham Veale University Center, the first major project of Forward Thinking, Case Western Reserve University's $1 billion capital campaign. The commitments to date for Fiscal Year 2012 put the university's campaign total at $713.7 million - a gain of more than $50 million since the campaign's public launch on October 13, 2011.

 

http://case.edu/universitycenter/

So as I was looking for a pic of Cumberland Falls, I found my pic of the Doan school renovation...looks great!:

IMG_2454 by lilblondiecan2003, on Flickr

Awesome Murray Hill. Should be a great addition. By the way, Im amazed that the Kelvin Smith library is actually a newer structure. By the look of it, you could never tell.

 

And thanks james, It looks really good!

So where the hell is all the chatter on a huge new project that broke ground in University Circle??

 

I'm excited!!  I'm still king of surprised (in a good way) they're going in this more imaginative direction. I was really expecting a meh building plunked down on the old Freiberg site.

 

Looks like we'll have a web cam too: http://case.edu/universitycenter/webcam/

 

 

 

^Agree, exciting!

 

 

...a Circle construction update

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, June 07th, 2012

Sight Center to have re-opening

 

The Cleveland Sight Center’s grand re-opening is from 4 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 20, at 1909 E. 101st St. in University Circle. It will celebrate a yearlong $10 million dollar renovation of the Cleveland Sight Center building. When completed, the building will be a “best-practices model of design” for the visually impaired population. Keynote speaker at the 5:45 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony will be Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald.

 

http://www.universitycircle.org/news/2012/06/sight-center-to-have-re-opening

 

A couple homes on (really nice) Wade Park Ave are getting some TLC

 

 

 

 

 

And the PNC Smart Home that was on Wade Oval..now at Wade Pk Ave & E. 118th

 

 

^ Good to see!

 

 

And on their facebook page, Hazel8 told someone they are looking at early August 2012 for occupancy!

 

 

Also wondering if this ever happened?

From March...

"WXZ Development Inc. will build rentals as the last phase of Circle 118, a for-sale townhouse project at East 118th and Euclid Avenue. The Fairview Park developer plans to start construction next month on 10 apartments in a three-story building."

 

 

Also did RTA approve this? They better have lol

"And the company is trying to buy nearby land from the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, for a 20-apartment development. The transit agency's board is set to vote Tuesday on the potential sale, of 0.38 acres for $147,500. Once a bus waiting zone and turn-around, the property has not been used for years.........the company hopes to start construction on 20 apartments in late 2012 or early 2013 - if the transit agency approves the deal."

 

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/03/wxz_development_plans_30_apart.html

Also its nice to see that in a couple months, there will be atleast 185 new build market rate housing units built since 2011. Not including Little Italy.

Does anyone know what the current population of University Circle and Little Italy is?

Does anyone know what the current population of University Circle and Little Italy is?

 

I have it at 6,135 according to census numbers. Im guessing that number is getting closer to 6,500 now

Does anyone know what the current population of University Circle and Little Italy is?

 

I have it at 6,135 according to census numbers. Im guessing that number is getting closer to 6,500 now

 

Thanks. Hopefully we'll keep building to get to 10,000 and then 25. I've heard Chris Ronayne say that they have roughly 10,000 people in UC. I wonder what other neighborhoods he's counting in that. Does that 6,135 number you have count students too?

Does anyone know what the current population of University Circle and Little Italy is?

 

I have it at 6,135 according to census numbers. Im guessing that number is getting closer to 6,500 now

 

Thanks. Hopefully we'll keep building to get to 10,000 and then 25. I've heard Chris Ronayne say that they have roughly 10,000 people in UC. I wonder what other neighborhoods he's counting in that. Does that 6,135 number you have count students too?

 

Yes it includes students.

 

I recounted using borders I found here http://media.cleveland.com/business_impact/photo/10264606-large.jpg

 

I still only came up with 7,612 and that is with Little Italy included, so I strayed slightly from the map in that case only.

 

Kind of weird that both Downtown and University Circle claim that they have 10,000 residents when its just not true.

 

 

Webcam for the new student center is up and running... Looks like the Turning Point statue has been moved already:

 

http://case.edu/universitycenter/webcam/

^ Cool thanks for the link. Im going to add it to the Cleveland Webcams list.

 

Work has started at 11327 Bellflower where the original ZBT house recently stood. Don't know what for.

 

 

 

 

Parking lot for now.

 

Aha. As I suspected.

 

Cotman Vistas coming out of the ground...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yay density!

New CWRU student center

 

Anyone know what this is about?

 

Ordinance No. xxx-12(Ward 9/Councilmember Conwell): Concerning the sale of air rights at 1641 East 118th Street.

 

 

Edit: Nevermind, its what I originally thought. Googemaps just had the wrong location.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/03/wxz_development_plans_30_apart.html

Has anyone heard any updates on the proposed Miguel Rosales S-shaped pedestrian bridge that CWRU was considering? Rosales' website says completion 2013 (http://www.rosalespartners.com/project.php?proj=pedestrian/cwru), but I'm guessing that's just wishful thinking on his firm's part.

Thank you for bringing that up, I loved that idea.  No updates that I know of though.

Its cool, but as of now, its a bridge to nowhere. Also its kind of expensive and too long of a bridge. I think the same connection can be made for way less money and also be more practical.

Agreed, I'm not a fan of building expensive pedestrian bridges, they're overkill bandaids for poorly designed roads that don't balance pedestrian and vehicular needs.  Ditto the bridges over the lakefront rail lines to get to Wendy Park, and the ones down in the Cuyahoga river valley for the Towpath Trail further south.

^ Yeah, the one to Wendy Park seems like a huge waste of money to me. Will the actual usage be worth the cost?

Have you ever tried to walk to Wendy Park from Downtown? Oh wait, you can't. I'm sure the usage will be worth the cost, especially with the final leg of the towpath being completed. Same applies to the Rosales bridge.  It's meant to link UC with Rockefeller Park and with the lake to lakes trails this will be a vital piece. 

And the UC bridge is not a bridge to nowhere; Case's performing arts center will be in the old synagogue at the southern end. Though with one more at grade street crossing.

And the UC bridge is not a bridge to nowhere; Case's performing arts center will be in the old synagogue at the southern end. Though with one more at grade street crossing.

 

Not enough of traffic to warrant that much for a bridge that costs way too much, and is way too long. The bridge will isolate you from everything else. I think the same goal can be achieved with a nice pathway through the park, instead of over it.