April 19, 200718 yr You gotta love the wide bowties and mustaches. Remember "the dry look"? LOL :mrgreen: MRNYC, I think in another thread that the K&Q was in almost famous. That place is legendary. When I was at Warner Music, older acts would ask me all the time if I'd ever been to the K&Q? This place should be reincarnated somewhere near the Q, it would be awesome on the corner of Huron/Ontario or attached somehow to the Rock Hall.
June 29, 200717 yr The Asiatown website is up and running (http://www.asiatowncleveland.com/), although it doesn't look like anything is on there yet. At least you can see the new Asiatown logo, which incorporates all 12 of the Asian Zodiac animals. I've gotta give props to St. Clair Superior for their "out-of-the-community-development-box" branding efforts. In the past year, they've installed new banners along the St. Clair and Superior corridors; continued their "Year of the" public art project, with a greatly expanded Year of the Pig; launched a discussion about modern "box" homes to be marketed to first time buyers; planned an Asiatown Scavenger Hunt; launched an industrial retention initiative; created a design competition for salvaged materials from demolished homes; and launched (sorta) the Asiatown website. All in all, I think they're doing a good job of positioning not only Asiatown but the entire nabe ... although it does seem like almost all of their efforts are focused on the area to the area west of E. 55th.
October 11, 200717 yr I don't see absolutely eye-to-eye with this reporter on the overall isolated, desolate vibe of Asiatown as is ... there does seem to be a large concentration of non-senior Asian residents (and the Census numbers seem to agree), present crime rates are very low (according to St-Clair Superior, my census tract has the lowest crime rates citywide) and while there are a lot of low-income residents, increasingly there's a group of moderate-income educated individuals living in the neighborhood, particularly from the arts and culture sector ... including the couple who runs Artspace Cleveland, the directors of the Front Room Gallery and the membership director for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Of course, my viewpoint might be a little skewed since it's the neighborhood I live in. Overall, though, an interesting and detailed article. How Do You Get To Chinatown? New Retail Development And A Fresh Marketing Strategy Aim To Put Asiatown On The Map. By Charu Gupta Cleveland's Chinatown is a connect-the-dots kind of place. Roughly 30 Asian-American businesses are sprinkled between East 30th and 40th streets, and Payne and St. Clair avenues. (The C & Y Restaurant, at East 21st, is a throwback to where Cleveland's Chinatown once stood.) The same area is home to businesses owned by Eastern-European immigrants and African Americans. Just Like Mom's soul food, on East 30th, testifies to the neighborhood's ethnic diversity. What dominates the landscape here are abandoned, 10-story-tall warehouses, their small square glass windows rattling as railcars pass. Drivers exiting I-90 at Superior may not even realize they've just entered the heart of Cleveland's Chinatown ... ... More at http://www.freetimes.com/stories/15/23/how-do-you-get-to-chinatown
October 13, 200717 yr To be perfectly honest, I was woefully ignorant of there being a Chinatown in Cleveland until I read this threat
October 18, 200717 yr To be perfectly honest, I was woefully ignorant of there being a Chinatown in Cleveland until I read this threat We'll thank goodness you've come here! Thats what this forum is all about, educating the masses, unlike ultra negative forums of cleveland.com.
January 4, 200817 yr The Asiatown website is up and running and looking pretty great ... now let us Urban Ohioans go out and spread the good word that, yes, Cleveland does have a Chinatown, one of the larger Chinatowns in the U.S. and perhaps the largest in the Midwest. http://www.asiatowncleveland.com/
January 4, 200817 yr The Asiatown website is up and running and looking pretty great ... now let us Urban Ohioans go out and spread the good word that, yes, Cleveland does have a Chinatown, one of the larger Chinatowns in the U.S. and perhaps the largest in the Midwest. http://www.asiatowncleveland.com/ I'm pretty sure Chicago's is larger, but good for Cleveland to start promoting its Asiatown. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 6, 200817 yr I might have gotten a little overzealous ... not sure how they stack up in terms of #s of establishments and residents (I assume Chicago wins out on both counts), but Chicago's Chinatown IS slightly spatially larger ... a perimeter of 2.1 miles to Cleveland's 1.9 miles.
January 6, 200817 yr That's a very nice website! Spread the word!! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 7, 200817 yr Thats very cute!! Way to go AsiaTown! I love that we are unique and not just another chinatown!!!
May 1, 200817 yr I got this by e-mail today..... ____________________ Subject: please come down to Cleveland's City Hall today at 1pm! Dear Friends, My apologies for this short notice but we would be grateful for your support. Please come to Cleveland City Hall today at 1pm as the planning committee of the council will make a decision regarding a rezoning request by CTS for two parcels on 33rd and Perkins. This is largely a residential area with over 50% of residents who are Chinese. ASIA is deeply concerned about the public notification process to rezone the area from residential to industrial/residential due to the fact that none of the notification materials or the door to door canvas was done in Chinese. Our hope today is to request an extension to the public notification process and to have CTS canvas the neighborhood with a bilingual person, provide written materials in Chinese and hold a community discussion that provides for an interpreter to ensure the Chinese residents and their inputs are fully acknowledged. We would be grateful if you can come down. Please give me a call if you have any questions (330) 612-0483. Please let others know and if you have media contacts, I’d be grateful if you could forward them to me. Michael Byun Acting Executive Director, Asian Services In Action (e) [email protected] www.asiainc-ohio.org "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 1, 200817 yr Great, as we're trying to build up a neighborhood the city does something like this. Sounds suspect to me! A great way to build distrust in the neighborhood.
September 12, 200816 yr I totally forgot that there's a new supermarket in Asiatown, and I had no idea how big it is! It looks at least as big as Dave's on Payne... _________________ 4) Park to Shop 1580 E. 30th St., 216.916.0177 Asiatown's newest and likely largest grocery, Park to Shop seems to go on forever. Given the name, you can expect plentiful parking. But shoppers also can look forward to binfuls of hard-to-find Asian produce like green daikon, bitter melon, fresh water chestnut, lobok, jackfruit and über-stinky durian. P2S also carries fresh seafood, roast ducks and chickens, and frozen quail, squid, mussels and frogs legs. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 12, 200816 yr I totally forgot that there's a new supermarket in Asiatown, and I had no idea how big it is! It looks at least as big as Dave's on Payne... _________________ 4) Park to Shop 1580 E. 30th St., 216.916.0177 Asiatown's newest and likely largest grocery, Park to Shop seems to go on forever. Given the name, you can expect plentiful parking. But shoppers also can look forward to binfuls of hard-to-find Asian produce like green daikon, bitter melon, fresh water chestnut, lobok, jackfruit and über-stinky durian. P2S also carries fresh seafood, roast ducks and chickens, and frozen quail, squid, mussels and frogs legs. So it's like a cross between Tink Holl and an american grocery store.... Interesting....
September 12, 200816 yr I went by there the other day and muttered "What the heck is that?!?!" "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 12, 200816 yr The proliferation of grocery stores in Asia Town is so intriguing. It goes against all the "laws" of demographic & market analysis, but it seems to work.
September 12, 200816 yr I think that is because these grocers are serving a niche market that geographically stretches beyond the usual catchment of a neighborhood grocery. So it's like a cross between Tink Holl and an american grocery store.... Interesting.... Yeah, but they all have ample parking, which is necessary if I'm right about what I just said above.
September 14, 200816 yr MASS DELETIONS TO STAY ON TOPIC OF "DEVELOPMENT" -- NOT HOW SOME CHINESE FOODS LOOK LIKE A MASS BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT!!! Really, people.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 2, 200816 yr I couldn't quite decide where to put this, so I figured it e. 47th and Payne fit best into the Asiatown area.: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Works On Paper Morgan Papermaking Facility Opening Soon By Michael Gill Volume 15, Issue 74 Published October 10th, 2008 "It is exactly what academia is not these days," says printmaker Claudio Orso about the Morgan Conservatory, a studio that will teach and practice the art of handmade paper, book arts, letterpress and other fine printmaking techniques. Orso has been volunteering in the DIY tasks of converting a former machine shop into an art studio: patching concrete floors, building walls and endless cleaning. "This is grassroots," he says. "This is inspiring. They let these things die in academia, and now it lives here. It takes a madman like Tom to gamble two years of his life to make this kind of thing." More at http://www.clevescene.com/stories/15/74/works-on-paper
October 2, 200816 yr fantastic news. what a cool business. and they are even re-greening the city! i wonder if the geo-thermal heating system will work and if it is an option for others to use? interesting idea.
October 2, 200816 yr Veddy nice! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 3, 200816 yr i wonder if the geo-thermal heating system will work and if it is an option for others to use? interesting idea. You know one of the largest public geothermic heating buildings in the us is in NE Ohio. Anyone want to guess where it is?
October 3, 200816 yr i wonder if the geo-thermal heating system will work and if it is an option for others to use? interesting idea. You know one of the largest public geothermic heating buildings in the us is in NE Ohio. Anyone want to guess where it is? Is it Akron Univ? I thought I read it was at some school or university.
October 3, 200816 yr Is it Akron Univ? I thought I read it was at some school or university. Close, it is a school. North Royalton Middle School
October 5, 200816 yr ^yea!! i went to middle school there!! also, i was just at the morgan conservatory this evening, great place, and a really nice turn out for their opening event
October 5, 200816 yr i saw a show on the travel channel about this restaurant in iceland that uses geo-thermal heating for everything. the food is steam cooked almost instantly. edit -- i found the cable show & restaurant links: http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Bizarre_Foods/ci.Iceland.show?vgnextfmt=show http://www.kjotogkunst.com/
June 4, 200916 yr Taiwanese immigrants opening vegetarian restaurant, temple at former Shanghai Restaurant Posted by Trevor Hunnicutt / Plain Dealer Reporter June 03, 2009 18:06PM Thomas Ondrey/The Plain Dealer Jennifer Liu of Taiwan arranges an altar for a ceremony Wednesday to mark the opening of the Tianrin Temple on Rockwell Avenue near East 24th Street. The Happy Buddha Precious Temple Inc. is behind the creation of the temple and wants to open a vegetarian restaurant in the building as well. CLEVELAND -- A group of Taiwanese immigrants hope healthful vegetarian cuisine mixed with a dose of spirituality helps revive a scruffy street on the eastern edge of downtown. They are transforming the former Shanghai Restaurant on Rockwell Avenue into a vegetarian restaurant and are using a space above as a temple. More at cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com
June 4, 200916 yr About a dozen people are involved in the project. They hope their efforts will breathe new life into Rockwell Avenue between East 21st and East 24th streets, which was once the center of Cleveland's Chinatown. In recent years, the community's center has moved to Asia Plaza on Payne Avenue, which houses a restaurant, several food stores and a gift boutique. The community's center is at Asia Plaza? How did this little building become the focus of a large Asian neighborhood. Sometimes I don't think reporters leave their desks and get out into the neighborhoods -- including Asiatown which is practically next door. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 4, 200916 yr Well I believe the City and the community development folks have been promoting it as such for at least a decade. The reporter is probably just regurgitating that. Anyway, this is exciting news. I remember how excited I was when I learned that Cleveland had a Chinatown on the edge of Downtown, and how disappointed I was when I realized it was pretty much dead.
June 4, 200916 yr let's hope the involvement of On Leong doesn't re-ignite the tong wars! :shoot: okay, I kid. apparently the google car didn't take any pictures there, but the address of the building is 2150 rockwell. and here is the website for happy buddha in flushing: http://www.happybuddha.com looks like yum to me. :clap:
June 4, 200916 yr when will we see new Asia Town be done? I've been selling that project for 2 years now!
June 5, 200916 yr This might be the first news I have jumped and screamed about in a long time! Holy shit! A vegetarian restaurant downtown! That's a freaking first and it's perfect because I am vegetarian and I've been praying for one. Happy Buddha is an amazing place!!!!!!!!! I can't wait!
May 22, 201015 yr The Asiatown festival had a HUGE attendance. I'm hoping publicity like this will help the neighborhood and spur more development! Cleveland's first Asian Festival draws thousands to the city By Mark Puente, The Plain Dealer May 22, 2010, 3:53PM CLEVELAND, Ohio-- The idea Vi Huynh hatched on a sleepless summer night last year ended up drawing more than 5,000 people Saturday to Cleveland's first Asian Festival. The region's Asian-American community broke new ground when nearly a dozen independent groups worked together, often behind young leaders, to plan the event. Ninety minutes after the festival opened, people were walking shoulder-to-shoulder in and around Asia Plaza at East 30th Street and Payne Avenue. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/05/cleveland_first_asian_festival.html
May 22, 201015 yr I was trying to find this thread :( and u posted this like 30 seconds before i posted a thread on it. Can someone please delete my post.
May 22, 201015 yr ^^well maybe they should delete my post! Yours seems more appropriate since mine is in "Projects and Construction"
May 24, 201015 yr I'd be happy if this neighborhood got any new development! We went almost 11 months between posts (July 2, 2009 to May 22, 2010) on this thread. I realize we just came out of a bad recession, but jeez... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 24, 201015 yr I'd be happy if this neighborhood got any new development! We went almost 11 months between posts (July 2, 2009 to May 22, 2010) on this thread. I realize we just came out of a bad recession, but jeez... Came out? Honey, we're still in a recession.
May 24, 201015 yr Has anyone been into the new plaza on Superior @38th (forgot the name)? Asia Foods moved there recently from the St. Clair location. It is huge, hopefully more vendors are coming in. The Asia Food store is great, it has always been my favorite but having a nicer space makes it even better. If anyone cooks Asian food, or likes interesting different produce, check out any of the markets . My favorite is the fresh baby bok choy, broccoli greens, ...mystery greens.Also if you like roast duck, Asia Foods has the best. It goes without saying that items like soy sauce, seasame oil, chili paste, Nori, sushi rice, and so on are at least 1/2 of the cost of the grocery store.
May 24, 201015 yr Shopped in there a few weeks ago, love it. Great piece for the neighborhood and a nice amenity for companies renting over at Tyler Village as well. The build out on the inside is fantastic.
August 17, 201014 yr It looks like a new store is opening in Asiatown: • Lenox Beauty Supply will have a grand-opening party at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at the store, 3820 Superior Ave., Cleveland. It will include a fashion show by designer Lanne Kim, cocktails, food, music and dancing. Cost is $35 in advance and $45 at the door for general admission; VIP tickets, which include food and drink, are $100. Call 440-725-0567. http://www.cleveland.com/style/index.ssf/2010/08/stylish_events_in_cleveland_ar.html
August 21, 201014 yr Here are some pictures taken last month of Asian Town Center's interior. These are a couple businesses on the 1st floor. Not the best pictures but you get the idea. Part of the expansive (and mostly unfinished) 2nd floor
August 21, 201014 yr I love Asia Foods. I shopped there in the old location but the produce section was pretty weak when it was over on St. Clair. Now they have produce like baby bok choy, ginger, avocado, chilis and nappa cabbage that is really fresh and about 1/2 the price of the grocery store. Plus they make the best whole roast duck... Now if this plaza would only open was of those Asian massage (not prostitute!) I would be set . I got the best massages of my life in NYC Chinese places and in Beijing. You know they are not messing around when they hang from a bar on the ceiling and start walking on your back.
August 21, 201014 yr the best thing about the Asiatown market?....the live frogs available for purchase.
August 21, 201014 yr Might as well throw in the last few... The location on Superior right across from Tyler Village A couple more from the 2nd floor
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