On a positive note, that certainly is a structure that can be removed pretty easily in the future.

It will also be 15 feet back from the road with a landscaping buffer and an iron fence designed to make patrons more comfortable at night.  It actually says that in the proposal.

 

Then again, this is a car-oriented business and it's on Carnegie, so I wouldn't use the same standards I would for Euclid.  If this were on Euclid I'd be pretty upset about it.  To the extent that every neighborhood needs this kind of thing, it's better to cluster them on an appropriate strip, which is what we seem to be doing.  To the extent that the entire city needs better design standards, well... yes, it does.  The drug stores especially.

It will also be 15 feet back from the road with a landscaping buffer and an iron fence designed to make patrons more comfortable at night.  It actually says that in the proposal.

 

Then again, this is a car-oriented business and it's on Carnegie, so I wouldn't use the same standards I would for Euclid.  If this were on Euclid I'd be pretty upset about it.  To the extent that every neighborhood needs this kind of thing, it's better to cluster them on an appropriate strip, which is what we seem to be doing.  To the extent that the entire city needs better design standards, well... yes, it does.  The drug stores especially.

This area actually has nearly all of the other buildings around it built up to the street. I think it would be silly to all of the sudden reverse that.

 

A few shots of the newer Geis building, the redevelopment across the street and Erie Square apartments?:

IMG_2640 by lilblondiecan2003, on Flickr

IMG_2641 by lilblondiecan2003, on Flickr

IMG_2639 by lilblondiecan2003, on Flickr

There is a design overlay for much of what we consider Midtown, but not all of it.  The Third District building and the auto shop we've been debating are just outside of it.  It goes from the south side of Chester to the north side of Carnegie.

For those who feel the need to repeatedly take threads off-topic, take it to PM or start your own blog; the Admins have been tolerant long enough.

 

I do not think anyone on here has posted anything about this project. Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries (and North Presbyterian Church as a tenant) are moving to a new home at 4515 Superior Ave, into a heavily renovated building.  Check out pics below. Also, see here for more info about the project:  http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/01/lutheran_metropolitan_ministry_1.html,  http://www.clevelanddevelopmentadvisors.com/Projects/PrinterFriendly.aspx?id=50, and  http://www.lutheranmetro.org/capital-campaign.html

 

 

I happened to be on site this morning and snapped a few pics. See below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At E. 55th & Carnegie, W&S has started

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From an e-mailed agenda.....

 

Community and Economic Development Committee

TUESDAY, September 11, 2012

9:30 a.m.

MERCEDES COTNER COMMITTEE ROOM

217 CITY HALL

 

Ord. No. 904-12

By Council Members Cleveland, Brancatelli, and Sweeney (by departmental request)

 

An emergency ordinance authorizing the Director of Economic Development to enter into a Tax Increment Financing Agreement with Hemingway at 6555, LLC, to provide for the redevelopment of 6555 Carnegie Avenue as part of the Midtown Tech Park campus; to provide for payments to the Cleveland City School District; and to declare certain improvements to real property to be a public purpose.

 

Remarks by Director of Economic Development Department:  See Legislation.

 

At E. 55th & Carnegie, W&S has started

 

 

 

 

From the sign in the previous post, W&S is doing Environmental Remediation at E.55th and Carnegie.  But I dont remember hearing anything about what's going on with the property after that??

^KJP's post right before yours describes the project.

^KJP's post right before yours describes the project.

 

His post was about 6555 Carnegie, which would be further east.

Yikes, sorry about that. Hemingway (Geis) has also shown a lot of interest in the Warner and Swasey building, also for tech corridor redevelopment, so I read right over the address. The project won $13 million in federal grants and loans for remediation and redevelopment about a year ago, so makes sense there's finally some action on site.  Hopefully the full redevelopment is set now (or close to it), but I would have expected an announcement if that were the case.

So they're basically doing the remediation now to get the site ready for future development??

^I think so.  I think it's similar to the situation with the John Hartness Brown Building downtown: the county (or city in that case) got a public grant to fund the environmental remediation (in that case asbestos), but the developer still needs to arrange financing for redevelopment of the cleaned-up site.  So even if we see this stage of work, the real project isn't yet definite.

^Although I hope whoever in the bureaucracy has done a through investigation and analysis and is convinced that redevelopment in the near future will be a go since there are so many other places that money could be used.

^Agreed, and I'm sure the city tries to do its best to weigh certainty against the need to keep projects moving. FWIW, from reporting as recently as this summer (http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20120723/SUB1/307239973&template=mobile) sounds like Geis/Hemingway is very much involved and plans to take on the site. I don't know when these docs are dated or which grant program they were prepared for, but these materials include some detailed info about the proposed project and Hemingway's involvement (and the tons of subsidy): http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/clnd_images/ED/WS_CORF_ApplicationInfo.pdf

 

Great to see this old facade+ on Euclid saved, they could've easily leveled it.

Erie Square

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wasn't some sort of renovation done to this place a few years ago?

Wasn't some sort of renovation done to this place a few years ago?

 

You know about the fire, right?

There was a renovation, then a fire.

I didn't know about the fire!

 

Well I guess after a fire is as good a time as any to completely rebuild even if there was recently a renovation.  :-)

I didn't know about the fire!

 

Well I guess after a fire is as good a time as any to completely rebuild even if there was recently a renovation.  :-)

 

See article at:

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/04/residents_rescued_from_windows.html

 

See photo gallery at:

http://photos.cleveland.com/4501/gallery/fire_at_clevelands_erie_square_apartments_/index.html

City Planning Commission

Agenda for September 21, 2012

 

Ordinance No. 1261-12(Ward 8/Councilmember J. Johnson): Designating the Agora (also known as the Metropolitan Theatre, the Koblitz Building, and the WHK Building) as a Cleveland Landmark.

 

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2012/09202012/index.php

More....

 

East 55th Street and Euclid Avenue Crossroads - NOACA TLCI Study

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2012/09202012/index.php

 

The 41mb plan:

http://www.noaca.org/tlciE55andEuclidStudy.pdf

More about this:

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,3435.msg638508.html#msg638508

 

http://www.clevelanddevelopmentadvisors.com/Projects/

 

Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

www.lutheranmetro.org

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Cleveland Development Advisors provided $8 million of Federal NMTCs coupled with $2.5 million of Ohio NMTCs, along with a $2,249,548 bridge loan to Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry for the development and relocation of Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry new headquarters, known as the Richard Sering Center. Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry is a non-profit 501©(3) social service organization established in 1969 to serve and advocate for people currently and previously involved in the criminal justice system, youth at-risk, people with disabilities, people dealing with long term care needs and people who are homeless. More than 10,000 people a year come to LMM for life-changing help, yet LMM does not have enough space for private conversation and intake, counseling and workshops. LMM advocates with people with disabilities, yet they occupy a building that is largely inaccessible, affecting those who are served, volunteer, and work there. LMM is establishing the new 46,774 s.f. Richard Sering Center to more fully serve marginalized people, locate and expand services closer to those who need them, and invest in the infrastructure of Cleveland. A larger, fully accessible facility is needed to fulfill LMM’s mission of service and advocacy and to strengthen their capacity to respond to community needs. The board of LMM determined that now is the time to own an accessible, energy-efficient building rather than continue to lease a crowded, inaccessible, inefficient one.

 

PROJECT INFORMATION

Address: 4515 & 4516 Superior Avenue

Date Close: 5/23/2012

Developer: Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

 

TOTAL PROJECT COST: $8,080,094

New Markets Tax Credit Allocation: $8,000,000

CDA Loan or Equity: $2,249,548.00

 

 

Development News

sculptor opens new gallery and artist-representation firm in historic carnegie building

Thursday, September 20, 2012

 

Giancarlo Calicchia, the Italian-born sculptor and artist who has been a fixture in the Cleveland art scene for decades, is opening a new gallery and offices in a historic, restored building at 4600 Carnegie Avenue in the Midtown neighborhood.

 

Calicchia still owns a large building at 6550 Carnegie Avenue, where his studio is currently located. However, he may be selling it to Fred Geis, who is developing space for high-tech and biomedical companies along the Health-Tech Corridor.

 

The building at 4600 Carnegie will soon become home to Artisan Direct, a company that represents over 1,000 artists from around the world. Artisan Direct helps artists to market, show and sell their original work to a diverse audience. Previously, the company was headquartered in Rochester, New York.

 

http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/giancarlocalicchia092012.aspx

 

 

Frost Bldg Upate

 

 

 

Nice shot of the dude with the sledgehammer.

 

Foreman: "Hey Mikey, can you open a window up?"

Mikey: "Sure thing. Let me go get my sledgehammer."

Awesome! Open up all those former windows. I hope that guy with the sledgehammer is kept really busy around CLE for the next ten years.

 

Nice shot of the dude with the sledgehammer.

 

Foreman: "Hey Mikey, can you open a window up?"

Mikey: "Sure thing. Let me go get my sledgehammer."

Nice shot of the dude with the sledgehammer.

 

Foreman: "Hey Mikey, can you open a window up?"

Mikey: "Sure thing. Let me go get my sledgehammer."

 

KJP.  That's not what happened. 

 

 

This is what took place.

 

Re: Artisan Direct moving to Cleveland, I got rather excited about having a national art agency moving to Cleveland.  Checked their website and they state that they're opening their first gallery here in Cleveland, but not that they're moving their HQ here.  Anybody know what's actually happening?

Regarding the proposed Lutheran office building shown on the previous page, this is the very first I've seen of it and I find it exciting. What is the true address? It says "4515 and 4516" - implying it's on both sides of Superior.... what gives? Meanwhile, when is construction expected to commence?  What is or has been on that site? 8-)

I see the "4515" on the building in the plan, so I take it that's the correct address and it's to be on the north side of Superior. Now, why does it look like the word "Presbyterian" is to be on the building???

 

Victory Bldg renovation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great to see the progress. Wasn't this building renovated in the early- to mid-1990s?

Anyone know what's happening with this building at 3101 Euclid? It's been marketed for conversion into student housing. The property, located just east of the WEWS-TV5 studios, has been owned since 2009 by Crystal Kingdom Development. At first, I was ready to say it's going on the market later this month, but this listing hasn't been updated in more than a year, so I wonder what is going with it....

 

http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/15903378/3101-Euclid-Avenue-Cleveland-OH

Victory Building has undergone various renovations. I recall in the late '70s it was turned into the Arts Building; we went to an open house of artists' studios and I purchased a ceramic mug.  Was constructed originally as an auto showroom and repair shop, like many others along Euclid and around Prospect, Carnegie, and Chester.

I see the "4515" on the building in the plan, so I take it that's the correct address and it's to be on the north side of Superior. Now, why does it look like the word "Presbyterian" is to be on the building???

 

lafont, North Presby Church is a tenant within the building. Most their congregation is homeless and/or receives social service assistance from LMM in one form or another.

Regarding the proposed Lutheran office building shown on the previous page, this is the very first I've seen of it and I find it exciting. What is the true address? It says "4515 and 4516" - implying it's on both sides of Superior.... what gives? Meanwhile, when is construction expected to commence?  What is or has been on that site? 8)

 

They own buildings on both sides of the street. They are using 4516 as a warehouse / shop space (they have a very cool bike rack building program that will be housed there) and for employee and visitor parking. 4515 is where their main offices and most of their sub-organizations are going to be housed (Most of their sub-organizations have been spread all over the city for years).

 

They buildings were both empty for a number of years. They had both warehouse / light manufacturing over the years. I don't think either were ever home to anything of significant note or cache.

 

I believe they are moving in November.

^ Opening November 26th.

 

It looks like a sizable portion of the 6700 Euclid (new build Geis(?) project) that fronts Euclid Ave will be a school of nursing.

Signage is up and interior work is moving fast. Evidently, classes start on January 7.

 

http://www.chamberlain.edu/nursing-schools/campuses/Cleveland-Ohio

 

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Sorry for being obtuse, the tap talk app only lets me do one picture a post

"Search" button isn't working here.... Can anyone find that old photo of the Erie Square apartment complex someone posted here earlier this year?  I know the buildings had different names, too, but there is a ca. 1920s photo here somewhere.  Thanks.

"Search" button isn't working here.... Can anyone find that old photo of the Erie Square apartment complex someone posted here earlier this year?  I know the buildings had different names, too, but there is a ca. 1920s photo here somewhere.  Thanks.

 

Damn I'm good........

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,3435.msg574820.html#msg574820

Yes, thanks. I wanted to see if te original windows had muntins - perhaps six over one, but one can't tell.  I wouldn't say this was a real luxury apartment complex, like Upper East Side in Manhattan in the '20s for example, but it was pretty good. The "best" ones in 1923 were being built around Shaker Square, Lake/Edgewater, and Unversity Circle.

Yes, thanks. I wanted to see if te original windows had muntins - perhaps six over one, but one can't tell.  I wouldn't say this was a real luxury apartment complex, like Upper East Side in Manhattan in the '20s for example, but it was pretty good. The "best" ones in 1923 were being built around Shaker Square, Lake/Edgewater, and Unversity Circle.

 

That would be true.  However there were grand apartments in East Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Prospect as well

Many wonderful buildings but not quite up to the 1920s types I refer to, as the top. For Cleveland Heights I suppose the complex called "Owners Apartments" was about tops in 1923 in that suburb. Yes, bldg. on N. Park very good, etc., but still not quite as high as some buildings constructed in the three areas I mentioned.