Archive for the 'Design Rag' Category

DESIGN RAG: THE FUTURE FLATS

June 29, 2008 in Design Rag

 
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DESIGN RAG: FRITZ HAEG LECTURE AT CIA - MONDAY, MARCH 31ST

March 30, 2008 in Design Rag

“Fritz Haeg
Monday, March 31
7pm, Aitken Auditorium
Gund Building
CIA, 11141 East Boulevard
Lecture is free and open to the public…” (go to article)

DESIGN RAG: SETTLER’S LANDING II

March 24, 2008 in Design Rag

“Settler’s Landing and Heritage Park, Cleveland Flats…” (go to article)

DESIGN RAG: POP-UP STOREFRONT CLEVELAND?

March 23, 2008 in Design Rag

“Throughout the year, the Storefront will pop up in cities around the world to host exhibits for a limited time only. As described on their website, they ‘will avoid the conventional gallery format by temporarily taking over unoccupied spaces in unexpected neighborhoods, to exhibit and discuss pressing topics in art and architecture…’
In April, Pop-up Storefront [...]

DESIGN RAG: MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE CITY OF CLEVELAND

March 16, 2008 in Design Rag

“While I can’t say I’ve noticed this Mission Statement posted in other locations around Cleveland (and I first noticed this one today after unknowingly walking past it daily for the last year), I find humor in the placement of this sign: at the entrance to a city-owned parking lot under the Veterans Memorial Bridge in [...]

DESIGN RAG: TIME TO REVISIT AND REVISE PLANS FOR THE LAKEFRONT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE

March 8, 2008 in Design Rag, Flats East Bank

“It is time for the City’s plans to be revisited at this portion of the lakefront so that one corporation’s move doesn’t negatively impact the viability and accessibility of future development and public amenities or set a precedent for similar narrowly conceived developments. The images below illustrate the significant (and sprawling) footprint that the Eaton [...]

DESIGN RAG: EVIL FLOWS THROUGH PUBLIC SQUARE

March 8, 2008 in Design Rag

“While many of us viewed the Public Square disaster this week from local news video taken from helicopters above, distant photos of the site in the Plain Dealer, or from a bus window safely behind caution tape marking off Public Square, I had suspicions that something much more ‘evil’ was behind all of this.
Why the [...]

DESIGN RAG: COMING SOON, THE NEW CLEVELAND FLATS

March 6, 2008 in Design Rag, Flats East Bank

“After Friday’s Leap Night celebration, it looks like the remaining East Bank buildings will finally fall and the construction of streets and utilities will begin. The demolition request and master plan update will be a ‘Special Presentation’ item at March 7th’s Planning Commission meeting (9am in City Hall, Room 514)…” (go to article)

DESIGN RAG: NO CHOICE?

February 1, 2008 in Design Rag

“Another glorious piece by Mr. Kunstler commenting on the finer aspects of our wonderful culture (or lack there of). Here is a taste of what is in store for you:
‘What remains for now is a terrible grandiose inertia among people who really ought to know better: our culture leaders. The cutting edge has become a [...]

DESIGN RAG: ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

January 16, 2008 in Design Rag

“The picture included with this post, taken this morning (01.16.08), shows the new highway signage located at the intersection of E.4th and Euclid. Is there some off-ramp schedule to plow through the gateway district right onto E.4th? Why in the world would you need to locate a highway sign at the intersection of 4th and [...]

DESIGN RAG: TEMPORARILY UNBELIEVABLE

January 16, 2008 in Design Rag, Flats East Bank

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“Recently, Pop Up Cleveland, an initiative founded by Terry Schwarz, has received funding from the Civic Innovation Lab, the Sears Swet-land Foundation, and additional support from Kent State University’s CUDC. Attempting to create ‘temporary events and installations that occupy vacant buildings and activate vacate land in ways that shine a spotlight [...]