Posted May 20, 200817 yr I finally went digital. Then I had to go to Cleveland for a meeting, so I took some shots with my new Olympus SP-56OUZ: Waiting for my ride at W. 150th A few shots of one of America's greatest urban vistas Public Square contrast in styles Euclidian rule: Parallel lines never meet Neverending BRT mess Taking aim at Key Bank? Rounded Science, angular Rock Hall Blue sky, blue water, Brown stadium Gold Coast and crane Assorted towers Towertops Euclid again. This part's done BRT: I just don't get it. Sorta like a regular bus, but not as convenient Caged skyline Pardon my ignorance of Cleveland. Is this the Cop Shop? Interesting building with no markings, not much activity OK. It has some neat details I like this building, but it's awfully lonely Same from ground level. Santa's keeping it company District of Design? Near the Avenue District? Or just the Parking Lot District? Looks like a prison tower. Still, I really like it. Superior streetscape, close-up Daffy Dan World Headquarters Guard tower and environs from the front. An artist colony, I gather? Near-east Side streetscapes Guard tower again Superior Streetscape, long view
May 20, 200817 yr Nice shots! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 20, 200817 yr "A few shots of one of America's greatest urban vistas" Indeed! Riding the rapid over the viaduct from the Airport is one of the best "welcome to the city" moments out there.
May 20, 200817 yr I just went into the Tower Press building yesterday for the first time and checked out some of the common areas. It definately feels like an artist colony in there, people seem very friendly and every other door is a coffee shop or studio of some sort. The basement is a little creepy crawly and in general the inside evokes college dorm. From the outside, it is very cool.
May 20, 200817 yr Reflection/smudged windows or not, this one wins it for me. Good job! clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
May 20, 200817 yr BTW I spoke to the building manager for some of Dave Perkowski's buildings (including Tower Press and the Erie Building) and he said the tower is absolutely haunted, and some workers won't go in there any more. He is a pretty level headed guy and it surprised me to hear him say that. Its an apartment now, by the way, a 5-storey walk up with a room or two at each level. http://www.towerpress.com/PDF/Suite218.pdf
May 20, 200817 yr Is that Marc's car from the Norton Furniture commercials? The plate has the store phone number on it. Talk about VIP parking :-D
May 20, 200817 yr Riding the rapid over the viaduct from the Airport is one of the best "welcome to the city" moments out there. Riding the rapid last summer a group sitting behind me from Texas were discussing how nice the view was from there. Nice work!
May 20, 200817 yr At first when I saw this one I couldn't figure out what that hand was doing in the sky. It took my about five minutes before I realized it was a reflection and smacked myself in the face. :roll:
May 20, 200817 yr Congrats on the new camera; you sure were ready for it, and you've put it to good use. Gorgeous photos!
May 20, 200817 yr Check out the Euclid Corridor thread. http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,2840.0.html
May 20, 200817 yr BRT: I just don't get it. Sorta like a regular bus, but not as convenient Except for the never getting stuck in traffic and never having to wait at red lights. Not that those things ever slow down buses...
May 21, 200817 yr And those darn pesky new timetables of running every five minutes - geez, that'll be horrible.
May 21, 200817 yr Well, maybe I'm wrong. It'll be interesting to see how well BRT on Euclid stacks up against the proven ability of rail to attract investment and new transit riders.
May 21, 200817 yr Great shots, UrbanSurfin! Tower Press is indeed an art enclave. Below-market rents on the ground floor for artist lofts (primarily occupied by painters photographers), market-rate on the upper floors, which are a mix of business studios and residents (leaning toward the doctor/lawyer/designer type crowd). The tower suite is amazing (the 360-degree views from the tower are among the best in the city ... definitely the best "balcony" in town). The building also has Artefino (a coffee shop), the Wooltex Gallery, Noteworthy (an arts-based credit union that does a lot of work with local musicians), the Community Partnership for Arts & Culture and RED DOT Gallery. Perkowski developed a similar building in the Broadway/Slavic Village called Hyacinth Lofts that caters to film artists, and he's working on one just down from Tower Press that will be exclusively work space for creative types. See http://www.tremontlofts.com/. This whole stretch of Superior has quietly been "taken over" by artists. My estimates suggest about 400 artists are living and/or working in industrial buildings between 19th and 40th in at least 13 different buildings. City Artists at Work provides a nice introduction to a portion of these artists and locations: http://www.cityartistsatwork.org/.
May 21, 200817 yr About a year or so ago I went to check out the "prison tower" because it was for rent.....MY GOD would living there be either a complete nightmare OR you would be in the BEST shape of your life once your lease expired (if you didn't first!). The bedroom was at the top with about 170 stairs seperating it from the rest of the living space... interesting, but not for me...(can't imagine trying to get to bed after a night at the pubs!)
May 21, 200817 yr Bah, just throw some padding on the steps before you head out - if you can't make it up on the return trip, just collapse on the steps! clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
May 22, 200817 yr anytime I have an out of towner, I always make them stand on the right hand side of the train, coming over the viaduct, never get sick o' that view. nice work. And yes, Norton's rocks.
May 22, 200817 yr Well, maybe I'm wrong. It'll be interesting to see how well BRT on Euclid stacks up against the proven ability of rail to attract investment and new transit riders. BRT is certainly the poor man's version of an actual rail line. With that said, it is still a step in the right direction. Cleveland remains the only Ohio city to have a rail line, and will be the first with BRT. Hopefully Cincy and Cbus can get the job done on their respective streetcar plans.
May 22, 200817 yr Well, maybe I'm wrong. It'll be interesting to see how well BRT on Euclid stacks up against the proven ability of rail to attract investment and new transit riders. BRT is certainly the poor man's version of an actual rail line. With that said, it is still a step in the right direction. Cleveland remains the only Ohio city to have a rail line, and will be the first with BRT. Hopefully Cincy and Cbus can get the job done on their respective streetcar plans. I hate to steer off topic, but its hard to say certainly
May 22, 200817 yr Thanks for the info on the BRT line. It is a great way to entice more to use transit, and can easily be repurposed for a streetcar.
May 22, 200817 yr Well, maybe I'm wrong. It'll be interesting to see how well BRT on Euclid stacks up against the proven ability of rail to attract investment and new transit riders. BRT is certainly the poor man's version of an actual rail line. With that said, it is still a step in the right direction. Cleveland remains the only Ohio city to have a rail line, and will be the first with BRT. Hopefully Cincy and Cbus can get the job done on their respective streetcar plans. I hate to steer off topic, but its hard to say certainly No it certainly is not.
May 22, 200817 yr "Cleveland remains the only Ohio city to have a rail line, and will be the first with BRT." Not just "a", but three - a heavy rail line (Red Line) and two light rail lines (Blue & Green). :-) clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
May 22, 200817 yr You Clevelanders need to learn how to take a compliment. :laugh: They do. They take it, and then they expand upon it. :wink:
May 24, 200817 yr UrbanSurfin, that "cop shop" picture you posted is the old Central Police Station. It was built in 1926 and designed by Herman Kregelius. When the Justice Center was opened downtown on Ontario Street in 1974, the Central Police Station became the headquarters for the CPD's Third District. Since CPD earlier this month made a major redeployment, including reducing from six to five police districts, the Third District headquarters was moved out and a Downtown Services Unit for the CPD was moved in. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 24, 200817 yr great pics! great pics! "Cleveland remains the only Ohio city to have a rail line, and will be the first with BRT." Not just "a", but three - a heavy rail line (Red Line) and two light rail lines (Blue & Green). :-) yeah! and the waterfront line makes four. hey -- that's how the maps present it. :wink: oh and we had real commuter rail too. well, we did. :| BRT: I just don't get it. Sorta like a regular bus, but not as convenient Except for the never getting stuck in traffic and never having to wait at red lights. Not that those things ever slow down buses... And those darn pesky new timetables of running every five minutes - geez, that'll be horrible. i would hope service is improved, that's how they are selling it, but i'm a bit dubious at this point. my only experience is with changing from regular bus service to regular "articulated" bus service. bottom line is with that change in ny we actually lost service. sure you can get a seat much easier, but now there are fewer busses coming by. a brt on a dedicated route will certainly make up for speed, but i still wonder if overall service will be lost because there could be bigger, but fewer busses (they're expensive!). we'll see.
May 25, 200817 yr UrbanSurfin, that "cop shop" picture you posted is the old Central Police Station. It was built in 1926 and designed by Herman Kregelius. When the Justice Center was opened downtown on Ontario Street in 1974, the Central Police Station became the headquarters for the CPD's Third District. Since CPD earlier this month made a major redeployment, including reducing from six to five police districts, the Third District headquarters was moved out and a Downtown Services Unit for the CPD was moved in. Thanks. Clearly it had some police connection -- by the look of the building, if not the cop cars in the back lot. But it was way too quiet to be an active HQ or anything. It's a shame a building that interesting doesn't have a greater presence.
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