“What: Cleveland’s King of Speed Bike Race + King Of The Court Bike Polo
When: Friday, July 18th 5:00PM
Where: Starts @ Cyrus Waterfront Lounge & Patio
Cost $$: Its Free!!!
For More Info Email: dizi4444@yahoo.com…” (go to article)
“Westlake Reed Leskosky on Wednesday unveiled the design for a 13-story office building that will be built immediately south of the 29-story Ameritrust Tower on East Ninth Street and announced it will become the building’s first tenant…” (go to article)
“Following the abrupt departure last November of Toronto architect Steven Fong as dean, the administration decided not to seek a long-term successor immediately.
Instead, the university recently brought back James Dalton, the school’s long-serving former director, for a new, two-year term as dean.
Dalton returned as interim dean last winter after Fong’s departure. He said that the university asked him to serve three years as dean. He agreed to two, on the condition that the university start a national search for a new dean next year.
In the meantime, he said, the faculty of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, as it’s now known, will debate the school’s future…” (go to article)
“1/3 Movie Night
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Bela Dubby
13321 Madison Ave. Lakewood, OH 44107
7.30pm to 10pm
Free and open to the public…” (go to article)
“Before the committee can make a recommendation, it still needs a consultant to firm up complicated cost estimates.
The mall proposal, for example, suggests keeping the exhibit hall underground to preserve downtown’s historic malls. To raise ceiling heights, though, crews would need to dig 13 to 28 feet below the water table. The deeper the dig, the more money it will cost to build a foundation and walls capable of keeping the water out.
And at Tower City, the consultant needs to determine the cost to upgrade roads in the area, including possibly reopening the Eagle Avenue bridge, widening Canal Road and improving highway access to handle extra traffic…” (go to article)
ClevelandDesignCity is back and almost nearly as better than ever after a couple of weeks of watching (and recovering from) the full “Death Wish” pentalogy.
If curious or confused, be assured that the Charles Bronson CDC logo will preside over this page’s sidebar for a limited time only (or until another movie is made in which the lead character is an architect - whichever comes first).
Apologies from CDC for bated breath or other maladies caused by not receiving your daily dose of CDC.
-ClevelandDesignCity staff
“One of the things I enjoy most about the summer time (besides the ’surprise’ rainstorms, the longer sunny days and the prevalence of cooking out) is that so many local communities are now having ‘farmer’s markets’ which as far as I can determine are just wonderful excuses for wandering around a parking lot on a sunny day and buying delicious veggies and fruits, possibly locally or organically grown, meeting your neighbors and enjoying the fact that you have a very legitimate reason for being outside…” (go to article)
“One of GCBL’s dedicated interns, Lora DiFranco, is featured in an interview on MTV’s social activism site think.mtv.com. Lora publishes a ‘zine’ (a homemade magazine) for young people interested in becoming active in sustainability. It features tips on how to reduce your environmental impact, do-it-yourself projects, art, and personal stories written by high school and college students in Northeast Ohio…” (go to article)
“The Cleveland Museum of Art, which reopens its 1916 galleries at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, announced June 16 it had raised $204.5 million for an expansion and renovation designed by Rafael Vinoly. If you haven’t seen our special online reportage about the project, please take a look.
Not to be outdone, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston announced today it has raised $500 million for a project designed by Lord Norman Foster of England…” (go to article)
“Jacobs and Hines haven’t released more than a single image of their proposed tower, which tells us only that they intend to build a glassy, elegant slab, possibly with beveled corners.
At 21 stories, the building won’t have a tremendous impact on the city’s skyline. However, it could have a very positive effect on Public Square. It could help enclose the square, giving it a sense of form and definition it now lacks. It could also increase pedestrian activities, add amenities and create a greater sense of connectivity…” (go to article)
“A recommendation for the site of a new convention center and medical mart will take at least a few more weeks. A Greater Cleveland Partnership committee originally hoped to suggest a site to Cuyahoga County commissioners in May. The group is collecting data to compare costs for the top two choices - renovating and expanding at the current mall site or building a new riverfront center behind Tower City Center connected to a medical mart in the old Higbee Building. The group is also considering other factors, such as proximity to hotels, restaurants and potential for expansion…” (go to article)
“GreenCityBlueLake is supporting pop star Jack Johnson’s Village Green, an area at all of his shows featuring local and national non-profit groups. For a limited time, we’re giving away four pairs of tickets to his June 17 show at Blossom Music Center (email here if you want them)…” (go to article)
“More than a year after preservationists, designers, architects and environmental advocates banded together and presented a case to adaptively reuse the Breuer Tower, K&D, the developers who bought the tower and the Ameritrust site from the county, have inked a deal for a boutique hotel to occupy 14 floors of the tower.
This move promises to elevate Cleveland to the center of an important national debate about Modern architecture. This month, Metropolis features the fight over renovating JPMorgan Chase headquarters, a modernist classic in New York…” (go to article)
“Cleveland City Planning Commission last Friday approved a request by developers of the $500 millon Flats East Bank Neighborhood to demolish the former Crooked River Brewery building at 1101 Center St.
That’s right — on the Flats’ West Side.The site will be used for Hustler Club’s new home, which Flats East Bank developers agreed to provide in order to secure the former Hustler Club property on Old River Road on the Flats’ East Bank…” (go to article)
“Construction is expected to begin this fall on the adaptive reuse of the landmark tower designed by famed Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer. An opening is slated for spring 2010.
InterContinental Hotels said the historical significance of the building will be preserved, with the 12 lower floors redeveloped into the 140-room Hotel Indigo and the upper floors reserved for residential space. Westlake Reed Leskosky of Cleveland is the lead architect for the conversion…” (go to article)
“MSN.com features Cleveland in today’s post “Smart(ish) Cities: 12 unexpected urban areas that are doing good green stuff.”
It’s a nice recap of the Grist feature on Cleveland...” (go to article)
“By spring 2010, the InterContinental Hotel Group could be running a 140-room boutique hotel on East Ninth Street, where K&D Group plans a redevelopment of the tower and adjoining buildings.
The tower’s floors are too small for modern offices, but Price believes they’ll be a perfect fit for hotel rooms, topped by between 165 and 180 apartments. A bonus: Near East Ninth Street and Euclid Avenue, the tower is a short hop from restaurants, entertainment venues, offices, shopping and residences - the broad, dense blend of uses that InterContinental likes to see around its boutique hotels…” (go to article)
“The project is comprised of three intertwining triggers for displacement – culturally, politically, ideologically, materially, ecologically, etc. – that afford intense modulation between the natural and cultural systems of the Cuyahoga River and downtown Cleveland, during the 48-hour period of Ingenuity Festival (Friday, July 25, 6pm, through Sunday, July 27, 6pm)…” (go to article)
“|re|design cleveland has launched the second query based upon rethinking and reusing a ‘public’ space.
This particular site for intervention is located at West 54th North of Detroit Avenue in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood and runs from June 4th to August 4th.
You can find more information here…” (go to article)
