Archive for May, 2008
“Waterloo Village Artist Housing Symposium
Sunday, June 8th
Arts Collinwood Gallery
Free and Open to the public
11am :: brunch at the Beachland Tavern - DELICIOUS!
1-3pm :: Arts Collinwood Gallery, 15605 Waterloo…” (go to article)
“Cleveland’s top developers committing to LEED is a good start. What we need now is to set a more aggressive goal – such as all green buildings will achieve at least LEED-Silver – in order for Cleveland to compete with Chicago, Pittsburgh, and even Grand Rapids.
We need to set a goal that all developments receiving [...]
“Locally, we are also working on an archiving project with the Cleveland Public Library. It is part of a project called Downtown Through the Public Eye. When you attend the Sketch Crawl…be sure to scan your drawings and then email them to jtaylor@dcacleveland.net. All Sketches will be archived at the Library’s Downtown Branch. Once the [...]
“We’ll sketch our way past The “Q” and Progressive Field, and then head over to the Erie Street Cemetery across the street from Progressive Field. The cemetery houses some of the city’s oldest graves and while it is in the center of the city…it isn’t a well visited site. There are tons of great perspectives [...]
“Over the next few months, the City of Cleveland Heights is conducting a comprehensive study of the Cedar-Fairmount District in order to enhance the mixed-use nature of the area. By analyzing existing traffic patterns and current street and sidewalk conditions, the study will focus on managing and calming vehicular traffic, maximizing parking opportunities and creating [...]
“You wouldn’t think these little binders of materials would amount to much, but last year ZeroLandfill diverted 50,000 pounds by simply providing a dumpster for artists and schools to dive into. They’re starting up again, setting out a dumpster at 3631 Perkins Avenue on June 6 and collecting from noon to 6 pm this and [...]
“The proposed high-rise is nothing new in its design or use of materials. The building is clearly a developer-driven project that proposes open floor plates with leasable space and does not strive for innovation. The design is based on the Miesian skyscrapers that was further articulated with the Mies/Johnson Seagram’s Building - pancake floor slabs [...]
“As “Farmers markets increase, creating competition for local produce” look for land at the edge of the city (or in the city) to increase in value for agriculture. A robust local food market does more than reduce food miles—it also makes the case for preserving farmland, especially in Northeast Ohio where most of our fertile [...]
“Cameron Sinclair Lecture. Blog On the City provided a review of the Sinclair (Architecture for Humanity) lecture that was spot on. Frankly every damn architect and designer in the city should have been there, but we only saw the usual suspects. For those who did attend and heard Mr. Sinclair’s speech, please visit the AFH [...]
“The Jacobs-Hines project, currently known as Public Square Tower, aims to scoop up some of these existing tenants and potentially lure other office users from outside of downtown. The companies will share ownership and development responsibilities for the project, which includes 500,000 square feet of offices, about 4,800 square feet of street-level, tenant-serving retail and [...]
“Next AFH-Cleveland get together is scheduled for…
Tuesday, June 10th
Blind Pig Cleveland (out on the “patio” if weather permits)
6pm to whenever
Remember the next Homeless Congress meeting is…
Thursday, June 5th
Bishop Cosgrove Center
1pm…” (go to article)
“Gas prices have Clevelanders thinking for the first time about the cost of their commute. Scooter sales are up, but what changes need to happen before you feel comfortable commuting by bike? Can cars and bikes coexist on the roads in Northeast Ohio? Would a bike lane on your route to work make you feel [...]
“Mauk plans to buy homes in foreclosure that homeless people will work to renovate and resell. He also wants to open a drop-in shelter for the homeless.
His effort got a kick-start from a $40,000 award he received recently as part of the William E. Simon Fellowship for Noble Purpose. It’s the top award given nationally [...]
“Just a reminder… there will be no movie night this week at Bela Dubby, as it is the fifth Thursday of the month. We will return to our regular schedule next week with Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin… ” (go to article)
“Look for Rockitecture. to be re-tooling itself in the couple months, with a fresh, new, ironically hip design, consistent posts and a return to its roots, whatever those where…” (go to article)
“Preservationists want to display two of the old Huletts near the lake freighter William Mather next to the Great Lakes Science Museum. Some estimates say that could cost as much as $6 million.
The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority probably wants the Huletts to go away. Permanently. But, port authority officials are not talking publicly about their [...]
“However, what happens if no one comes to the parade? What if very little people actually spend a half-hour of their holiday participating in—just merely watching, mind you–the Memorial Day Parade? This is what occurred in Parma yesterday. Parma is a city of, according to the US Census Bureau, around 80,000 people. Approximately 9,300 veterans [...]
“On top of the energy saved from reusing an existing building, architects mbi | k2m are seeing multiple benefits from their green renovation of an older building in Ohio City. Cleveland Green Building Coalition is helping them tell their story in a series of workshops that explore the LEED-certification process. Read more…” (go to article)
“I have to admit that I have always been partial to the design of the station. Built in Art Moderne and designed by Cleveland architect J. Milton Dyer the station was a beautiful homage to nautical design. Years of neglect have compromised the structure but the current owner (the City of Cleveland) are currently looking [...]
“An article in the same issue of NACE explores the possible development of algae farms in the Midwest to supply biofuels. The strength of our agriculture-based economy and a recent breathrough called a closed-loop bioreactor system makes it possible to grow algae year round, even in cold Midwestern winters. ‘When commercial-scale algae production becomes viable, [...]
