The more I look at those planters, the more I don''t like them. Especially with the dying trees.  But I agree with @skiwest - too many, too big. 

It's called "attention to detail."

 

While we have all raved about the fantastic restoration of this Cleveland landmark, this little oversight detracts from the entire project. Someone should fix it and someone should be held accountable for letting this happen at a newly leasing building in the first place.

4 hours ago, Frmr CLEder said:

It's called "attention to detail."

 

While we have all raved about the fantastic restoration of this Cleveland landmark, this little oversight detracts from the entire project. Someone should fix it and someone should be held accountable for letting this happen at a newly leasing building in the first place.

 

I agree.

 

The building should have a maintenance person, right??  Think they'd be in charge of "maintaining" the outside, which IMO should include watering the 9-10 plants outside??

But that's how we do things here, right? Put all the effort into the design (or not) but little or nothing into the maintenance.  Just like the plantings on the Shoreway and others. I get it that funds are hard to come by but that being the case I'd prefer we do less building/planting and include downroad maintenance in the budget. In which case less would really be more.

 

 

I don't think we can even blame lack of funds as a reason these trees have died (for the city, I agree, that's likely a major factor). How difficult is it to have someone water your planters a few times a week? This should already be in someones job to do, whether the maintenance staff or the leasing office. For perspective, I work full time and somehow still am able to find the time to water the planters at my condo building. 

I found it interesting that at today's meeting the Planning Commission gave final approval (with basically no discussion) to the planters on Prospect as well as other out door touches on Prospect even though they have been in place for a couple of months now.  Wished somebody would have brought up the dead trees.  Also would like to see what would happen if they were voted down.

OCP - Contractor for renovation work has some interesting numbers of the materials that went in to this project:

 

46,608 square feet of cold-formed metal framing (over an Acre)

1,430,822 square feet of drywall (32.8 Acres)

639,908 square feet of interior wall framing (14.6 Acres)

226,682 square feet of ceiling framing (5.2 Acres)

1,430,822 square feet of taping and finishing (32.8 Acres)

 

"The design of the atrium/green space on the rooftop of the 6th floor features concrete 4x10 foot Taktl panels to give the area a modern industrial look. Weighing 200-300 pounds each"

Pete Marek (@PeteMarek) Tweeted:
May Company building looks gorgeous!!! #wow https://t.co/LqBX0nwMjD

 

 

On 8/11/2020 at 3:39 PM, dar124 said:

I stopped a few days ago to get a pic of the bushes / trees in the planters out along Prospect.  For the love of God throw some water on them!!!

 

 

 

 

Looks like they've replaced the dead trees in the planters along Prospect!!

 

 

So how long will the new ones last?

The clock is ticking!!!

Looks nice, better get your pictures now while they’re alive haha. 
 

...side point- the May Co. Building is so spotlessly clean that I really thought that was a rendering, not a real photo. 
 

EDIT: On the right side of that pic you see the dead trees lining the Casino Welcome Center, which apparently will just stay there forever. Next to the broken streetlights 

^Are we back to the woe is me Cleveland mindset or should I just blame 2020 for the level of negativity in the comments? 

9 minutes ago, Sapper Daddy said:

^Are we back to the woe is me Cleveland mindset or should I just blame 2020 for the level of negativity in the comments? 

Not from me buddy.  I am a proud Clevelander who loves dead street trees and poorly maintained landscaping on a major street.  Won't see me whining about land owners or the city when something is unkept.

Edited September 24, 20204 yr by Htsguy

Yea I don’t think you will find much ‘woe is me’ on this forum... we just care deeply about our city and don’t feel there is an excuse for the very poor lack of maintenance that plagues many aspects of our town. 

16 minutes ago, Htsguy said:

Not from me buddy.  I am a proud Clevelander who loves dead street trees and poorly maintained landscaping on a major street.  Won't see me whining about land owners or the city when something is unkept.

Then you’re going to hate outside the May Co. building where they’ve done a beautiful job.

From Euclid Ave. last nite- I was pretty impressed! 

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/apartments-mixed-with-retail-help-liven-up-prospect-avenue-as-cleveland-waits-for-retailers

Excellent article on The May Company renovation with lots of great pictures in October’s Properties Magazine. Digital copy link:

 

http://digital.propertiesmag.com/publication/?i=676571&p=11&pn=

 

 

 

Cool concept, but presumably also means that around 20% of the building’s apartments are currently not occupied. 

 

The May, the new apartment complex in the renovated May Co. department store at 200 Euclid Ave., will offer a new twist on long-term corporate stays, building owner Bedrock announced Tuesday, Aug. 24.

The Roost Apartment Hotel is a hospitality concept by Philadelphia-based Method Co., a design, branding and real estate concern. Roost brings boutique hotel features to an apartment stay. It will be installed in three floors of The May. It is scheduled to open in early 2022, Bedrock said.

In addition to offering 62 apartments, Roost will offer guests concierge, housekeeping and maintenance services, antique elements, custom artwork, vintage Oriental rugs and functional custom work spaces.

https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/may-complex-cleveland-will-get-roost-apartmenthotel-concept?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=crainscleveland&utm_content=e5db6c9f-57e4-4493-9434-7a9e37ad6577

 

^The more hotel rooms, the better! It enables the city to draw and host more major events without running out of hotel rooms like it did during the RNC and people had to stay over an hour away. Granted, this is only 62 units, every little piece helps. I wonder if it will have a dedicated space and front desk on the ground floor like typical hotels and maybe a dedicated elevator. Usually buildings with a hotel and permanent residents (apt/condo/office tenants) are segregated so that hotel guests don't get access to areas of the long-term lease holders. 

Edited August 24, 20213 yr by Pugu

Construction permit applications getting ready to be submitted to the city for the Roost Apartment Hotel at May Co.

When do ya think this building last had window washers??

 

 

Roost Hotel opens. https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/roost-apartment-hotel-opens-inside-the-may-company-building-on-euclid-avenue

Downtown Department Stores Get a Residential Revival

The giant flagships of 20th century retail chains like the May Company are finding new uses as high-end apartment buildings.

Vince Guerrieri

 

April 28, 2022, 7:07 AM PDT

 

When it opened in 1915, the May Company building in downtown Cleveland was billed as the largest department store in Ohio and the third largest in the United States. Designed by noted architect and urban planner Daniel Burnham at the height of the City Beautiful movement and famed for its gleaming white terra cotta façade, the eight-story Beaux Arts edifice drew people from around Northern Ohio — and not just to shop, either.

 

During World Series games in the late 1930s, passersby could follow the action on an animated scoreboard affixed to the building’s exterior. In the 1960s, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx sold sporting goods on the second floor after his playing career ended (it was a time when retired ballplayers were most assuredly not set for life).

 

But by the 1970s, changing times and shopping habits were catching up with the giant May Company chain; like many department stores, it had branched out into the suburbs, following its customers, and its downtown flagships had become less of a destination. Urban renewal projects in downtown Cleveland brought competition, too, in the form of new malls at the Galleria and the Terminal Tower. The store closed for good in 1993.

 

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-04-28/downtown-department-stores-make-a-comeback-as-luxury-housing?utm_content=citylab&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0-7pWOJ49M7Y4xVFK8zD4BW_hhwj_Ob5tnlr1nM-M-Eo0vNJurnrRumNc