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U.S. Courthouse
Estimated Completion Date: *** COMPLETED: SEPTEMBER 2002 *** Developer: General Services Administration Architect: Kallman McKinnell and Wood Architects (Boston), Karlsberger Architects (Columbus) Website: w4.gsa.gov/projects/r05/uscourthousecleveland Web cam: None |
| This site is adjacent to Tower City, between Huron Rd. and the Cuyahoga River, near the
foot of the Detroit-Superior (Veterans Memorial) Bridge. The entire art budget allotment
for this $180 million project was spent on a mammoth statue of justice above the
entrance. The original artist ended up passing on the project, so Jim Dine (an early favorite) has done the piece,
which is almost 40 feet high; it was installed as of October 2003. The courthouse, which had a floor
knocked off to keep within budget, stands at 24 stories, and is named after
Carl Stokes. It contains 20 premium grade courtrooms, and the wood used throughout the project is a premium
grade quarter-cut Honduras Mahogany. Here is a shot of the entrance taken by Don Giammo
in mid-September 2001. At night, the building is illuminated from the 18th floor to the cornice.
The following renderings courtesy of Jason Gerloff at the GSA. View 2. Very cool photo montage is View 3. View 4. View 5. Here are some construction shots, taken on 7/20/00 by Don Giammo: from the Flats, a side view , a close-up of the base, and a real close-up of the exterior, showing the slight variations in coloring of the panels. Also, more recent shots by Shawn Hoefler of Cleveland Skyscrapers (clevelandskyscrapers.com) on 2/07/01: pic 1, pic 2, and pic 3. A shot in early March 2001 by the site's author shows the brim; another shot on 4/28/01, from the Terminal Tower observation deck. Here are two great renderings of the Courthouse with the proposed Courthouse Plaza: #1 and #2. Lastly, two interior views of the entry rotunda and the three-story windows that will provide some magnificent views for visitors. A nice selection of photos taken by Shawn Hoefler of Cleveland Skyscrapers (clevelandskyscrapers.com) at the media tour of the building can be found here. |
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Health Museum of
Cleveland
Estimated Completion Date: Fall 2003 Developer: Health Museum of Cleveland General Contractor: Albert M. Higley Company Architect: Stephen J. Bucchieri Website: www.healthmuseum.org Web cam: www.healthmuseum.org/museum/museum.asp?detail=3 /td> |
| The Health Museum of Cleveland plans to break ground in the Fall of 2001 on a new building. The new building will replace the ugly, monolithic 1960's addition to the Lyman Treadway House (an original mansion from Millionaire's Row) at E. 89th St. and Euclid Ave., across from the Cleveland Clinic. The project will also remove what is left of the Treadway House and the former Carriage House. (For more information, visit The Ohio Preservation Alliance's website. The last we heard, about 3/4 of the $17 million needed for the project has been raised. The entrance will be located on the building's East side, surrounded by a sloping pool of moving water. The building was designed by Cleveland architect Stephen J. Bucchieri. The first phase of the project, a $1.4 million restoration of the neighboring White mansion (as museum offices), was completed in 06/00. Mike Fischer volunteered this link, showing some recent construction photos...thanks, Mike! |
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Cleveland Clinic
Inter-Continental Hotel and Conference Center
Estimated Completion Date: *** COMPLETED: SEPTEMBER 2003 *** Developer: Cleveland Clinic Foundation Architect: Brennan Beer Gorman Website: www.cleveland.interconti.com Web cam: None |
| The Cleveland Clinic razed the old Omni Hotel, and has constructed a new Inter-Continental Hotel (to complement the smaller Inter-Continental finished in late 1999 on Euclid Ave.) on the site. The hotel, which includes a conference facility, has 291 rooms. Here is a photo taken by Shawn Hoefler of Cleveland Skyscrapers (clevelandskyscrapers.com) in June 2002. |
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Osborn Square Apartments
Estimated Completion Date: Mid 2002 Developer: Joseph A. Bobeck Architect: Unknown Website: Unknown Web cam: None |
| Developers are hoping to turn the century-old Osborn building into 67 apartments and an assortment of retail shops. The project is estimated to cost $8 million, with a one-year timetable. The brick is being painted a red (brick) color, which looks far better than the white it had been painted before. As of 4/12/02, the outside looked pretty much complete. Here is a shot by Shawn Hoefler of Cleveland Skyscrapers (clevelandskyscrapers.com) in March 2002. |
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Cleveland Botanical
Garden Expansion
Estimated Completion Date: September 2003 Developer: Cleveland Botanical Garden Architect: Graham Gund Website: www.cbgarden.org Web cam: None |
| The Cleveland Botanical Garden, nestled in University Circle, is planning a $37 million expansion and renovation that will make the largely-unknown institution a hard-to-miss spectacle from the Wade Oval area. As of 4/16/02, most of the rounded building addition's steelwork looked to be in place, and perhaps half of the huge structural members of the glasshouse had been put in place. A two-level underground parking garage is also part of the mix. The 70 foot high glasshouse, designed by Graham Gund, brother of Cavs owner Gordon Gund, will house plants and animals from Costa Rica and Madagascar. Also part of the plan: a new circular main entrance with a two-story lobby. Here's an aerial view, a view of the entryway, and the glasshouse. Here is a shot by Shawn Hoefler of Cleveland Skyscrapers (clevelandskyscrapers.com) in March 2002. |
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Quay 55 Apartments
Estimated Completion Date: Spring 2003/Late Summer 2003 Developer: R. Fred Coffin, Mark C. Coffin Contractor: Marous Bros. Construction Architect: City Architecture Website: www.quay55.com Web cam: www.quay55.com/html/photos.htm |
| The long gutted Nicholson Terminal, located near the East Shoreway and E. 55th St., is finally being developed. City Architecture has designed a sharp apartment complex with 139 units and a variety of possible future phases. Phase I: 139 residential apartments with numerous tenant amenities, available in spring 2003. Phase II: Approximately 76 new townhomes. These will be for sale and are in the design phase, possibly available in late summer 2003. Phase III: Proposed new 80,000 square foot office building, currently under study. Phase IV: Proposed marina, currently under study. There will be approximately 1000 feet of public boardwalk and a park incorporated into the project, a welcome addition to the lakefront. The $26 million project was approved by the city in April 1999. Four phases are possible: As of 4/16/02, one floor's framing had been added to the top on the structure. Here is photo taken by Shawn Hoefler of Cleveland Skyscrapers (clevelandskyscrapers.com) in July 2002. More recent photos can be found at the project's website, above. |
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Plain Dealer Office
Building
Estimated Completion Date: *** COMPLETED: FALL 2002 *** Developer: Plain Dealer Architect: GSI Architects Website: www.cleveland.com Web cam: None |
| This $38 million development replaced the outdated headquarters of Cleveland's newspaper, located at E. 18th and Superior. This project should do wonders to brighten up this faded area of Superior, with its combination of warm brick and modern accents. See the two-story editorial area, the fourth floor's executive lobby, and an outside view. |
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Statler Arms Apartments
Estimated Completion Date: *** COMPLETED: 2002 *** Developer: Trebmal Construction Co. Architect: Richard L. Bowen & Associates Inc. Website: www.statlerarms.com Web cam: None |
| The former Statler Hotel (and then office building) at E. 12th and Euclid Ave. has been converted to 295 apartments. This $58 million rehab project includes a number of ground-floor shops, as well as 59 apartments reserved for middle-income people. The 14-story building dates to 1911 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is insuring the mortgage on the project. Some interior shots of the lobby, done by Richard L. Bowen & Associates: view 1 and view 2. As of 9/28/01, the project looked to be finishing up with the outside work. |
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Case Western Weatherhead
School of Business
Estimated Completion Date: *** COMPLETED: SEPTEMBER 2002 *** Developer: Case Western Reserve University Architect: Frank Gehry Website: weatherhead.cwru.edu/lewis Web cam: http://weatherhead.cwru.edu/lewis/webcam.asp |
| Legendary architect Frank Gehry has designed what can only be described as a bizarre building for the new $40 million, five-story Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. Sheets of stainless steel ebb and flow over a brick building that...well, sort of ebbs and flows itself. The site is rather removed from any main roads, sad for a building that is supposed to be such a landmark. The building includes 19,000 sq. feet of wood paneling, and Marous Brothers Construction, the general trades contractor for the project, was challenged by the task of installing over 475 wood doors into serpentine walls. Some shots, taken on 4/28/01: view 1, view 2, view 3, view 4, and view 5. Gehry is perhaps best known for his spectacular titanium Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. View of North face. View of West face. Wide view, with School of Law. One more view. A shot taken by Shawn Hoefler of Cleveland Skyscrapers (clevelandskyscrapers.com) in July 2002: pic 1. Read the interesting article, "Out of the Box" at: www.cwru.edu/pubs/cwrumag/fall1998/features/gehry/. |
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West Side Market Renovation
*** COMPLETED: LATE 2001 *** Developer: City of Cleveland Architect: GSI Architects Website: www.westsidemarket.com/renovation/ Web cam: None |
| The city of Cleveland has embarked on a $5 million renovation of the city's beloved West Side Market on W. 25th St. Renovations, which began in September 2000, include replacing all counters in the L-shaped produce arcades that surround the main building, installing rolling doors in the produce areas (to better control the temperatures during winter months), and replacing counters and architectural details in the counters in the main building. Additionally, a huge new parking lot is being created to the north of the market, to serve the market and businessed along W. 25th St. Here is a view of the progress on the produce stands as of late 2000. As of 2/30/02, the inside and outside stands had been completed, and work looked complete on the sidewalk and streetscape of W. 25th St. |
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Cleveland Museum of Natural
History - Shafran Planetarium
*** COMPLETED: JANUARY 2002 *** Developer: Cleveland Museum of Natural History Architect: van Dijk Pace Westlake Website: www.cmnh.org/planetarium/construction.html Web cam: None |
| The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has broken ground for a new $6.6 million planetarium with a 41-degree sloping roof (to help visitors locate the North Star). The interior dome will have a diameter of 40 feet, and the facility will be vastly improved over the planetarium it is replacing. The tower will be clad in reddish-gold titanium-coated stainless steel, and will glow at night with soft fiber optic lights. Bronze markers on the grounds of the museum will represent the planets, with the planetarium tower representing the sun, to give a sense of the scale of the solar system. The planetarium is expected to seat about 100, giving the audience a relatively intimate experience with the heavens. As of 1/25/02, the structure was done, the planetarum had opened, and it looks great. Here is a shot by Shawn Hoefler of Cleveland Skyscrapers (clevelandskyscrapers.com) in March 2002. |
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FBI Headquarters
Building
*** COMPLETED: JANUARY 2002 *** Developer: Penrose Corp. (La Jolla, Calif.) Architect: Penrose Corp. (La Jolla, Calif.) Website: Unknown Web cam: None |
| This $44.9 million project at Lakeside and E. 16th St. is located next to the new WKYC building. It is set back from the street, because of security concerns in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing. 300 people will work in the completed building, moving from the Federal Building on E. 9th St. As of 1/08/02, landscaping is in, the front fence looks done, and the building seems to be open for business. Here is a shot taken on 4/28/01. |
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Gateway Hilton
Garden Inn
*** COMPLETED: MARCH 2002 *** Developer: Harvey Schach Architect: City Architecture Website: Unknown Web cam: None |
| This 11-story building is just southeast of Jacobs Field, adjacent to the former Power Brake Service & Equipment Building. The Power Brake Building is part of the $25 million project, serving as conference and banquet rooms, and has left exposed an old overhead crane, as a creative touch. The hotel includes 241 rooms and parking for over 250 vehicles, will have its main entrance located on E. 9th St, due to space constraints on the Carnegie side of the property. Metal art deco detailing along the top of the hotel really add to the finished look of the whole structure, and really brings the whole thing together nicely. Here is a shot by Shawn Hoefler of Cleveland Skyscrapers (clevelandskyscrapers.com) in March 2002. |
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Hyatt Regency Cleveland at The Arcade
Completion Date: May 1, 2001 Developer: LR Development General Contractor: Marous Brothers Construction Architect: Sandvick Architects, Inc. Website: www.mbcmarous.com/workinprog/arcade.htm Web cam: None |
| LR Development, a Chicago-based firm, is rebuilding the historic (109 year old) Arcade downtown as a 294-room Hyatt hotel. The cost will be in the neighborhood of $60 million. Ten-story towers on either side of the arcade, along with the upper three floors of the atrium will be converted to rooms, which will overlook the retail boutiques in the atrium below. Due to the complexity of the Arcade's floor plan, the Hyatt Regency Cleveland at The Arcade will offer 57 different room designs - whereas a typical hotel will offer only a handful of room plans. The hotel lobby, restaurant and lounge will be located at the top of The Arcade's grand staircase. It will also include two banquet rooms, two meeting rooms and four boardrooms totaling 11,000 square feet of meeting space. Interior design is being handled by Brennan Beer Gorman Monk / Architects & Interiors. Retail space will be maintained, and will consist of a food court, boutiques, specialty shops, restaurants and a U.S. post office. Current retailers had to vacate for approximately 18 months, while the reconstruction takes place. As of 6/26/01, the hotel had opened, but the retail shops have not yet opened. The structure of the Superior Ave. porte cochere is in place (it doesn't look like it fits in very well, a disappointment) and the patina areas have been painted or cleaned (as opposed to what we were told during a tour of the site on 3/27/01). Based on the tour, it is simply spectacular. Hyatt has taken pains to preserve the Arcade's historic detailing that Clevelanders love, while enhancing it. The skylight is spectacular, with the trusses painted a creamy white. The third floor has had the woodwork all stripped, and it, too, looks amazing. Flurry of pics from the tour: railings, view of arcade from 3rd level, detail of woodwork, Key Tower view from a guest room, view of E. 4th St. from a room, view of arcade from 5th floor, detail of roof, gargoyle, top of roof from above, great window from one of the 2 penthouse suites. On the Euclid side, the entire front of the first floor has been removed, including the burgandy awning that used to sit above the entrance. |
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WKYC Headquarters
Building
Completion Date: February 2001 Developer: Donley's, Inc. Architect: Gensler/Vocon Design, Inc Website: www.wkyc.com Web cam: www.wkyc.com/livecams/wkycpic.html |
| WKYC, the Cleveland NBC affiliate, is planning a glassy building for its new headquarters on 2.4 acres near the corner of Lakeside and E 13th, in the Davenport Bluffs area. The building is to be 3 stories and should comprise about 80,000 sq-ft. Underground parking for 102 vehicles will be included in the design. Groundbreaking took place on 10/05/99. As of 2/21/01, the building was complete, and a tall Triple Doppler weather tower had been added. This building is very impressive and modern from the shoreway and the south and west sides, but, sadly, the east side somewhat resembles a warehouse. Here is are two nice photos taken in mid-2002 by Don Giammo Photo 1 and Photo 2. |
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Cleveland State
University Urban Affairs Building
Completion Date: November 2000 Developer: Cleveland State University Architect: Collins Gordon Bostwick Architects with Ellerbe Bequeath Website: urban.csuohio.edu/index.htm Web cam: urban.csuohio.edu/newb/live2.htm |
| CSU has now finished its new Urban Affairs Building, the third and final phase of its E. 17th - E. 18th redevelopment project. A key part of this building is the Civic Forum, an atrium that will serve as a gathering space for public meetings and the like. As of 12/12/00, demolition of the former Urban Affairs Building was about 95% complete; the webcam is now focused on that task. View of Civic Forum. Another view. |
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Taussig Cancer
Center Building (August 2000)
Developer: Cleveland Clinic Foundation Architect: Cesar Pelli Website: www.ccf.org/cc |
| The Cleveland Clinic's building spree is going strong, and this handsome, curvaceous building designed by Cesar Pelli, is the latest jewel. I was able to take a construction tour of the $30 million, four-story Taussig Cancer Center on 06/15/00, and it is quite impressive; Corian countertops and beautiful light wood are used throughout, along with taupes and Earth-tones. The only negative was that many 3rd and 4th floor offices fronting Euclid looked out across the rooftop (due to the setbacks) and the raised lip of the building's edge blocked most of their view. |
The beautiful home of the Cleveland Orchestra has been renovated and expanded to make it a more enjoyable home for the musicians and the audiences. The four-story addition, located at the rear of the hall, really keeps so in tune with the original Walker & Weeks architectural design that someone who had never seen the building before might not even realize that the rear part was added later. The building has opened to astonishing reviews, especially for the new art deco orchestra shell and stage. View of East Blvd. elevation. Here is a stunning composite view of the interior taken by Frank Gerlak a few days before the reopening: interior view.
Landmark Management Co. and Marous Brothers Construction have developed this complex of four old (1911-1918) warehouses along W. St. Clair into approximately 248 apartments and 20,000 square feet of office/retail space in a $36 million project. The first 50 of the apartments opened in June 1999, with 70 in August 1999; the remainder will become available between December 1999 and March 2000. The warehouse comprises some 500,000 square-feet! A 7,900 square-foot "elegant Italian" restaurant has opened on the ground floor. Interestingly, there are three large interior atriums and a cluster of skylights in the center. Many apartments are designed to view directly into the atrium space. As of 12/27/99, outside work looks to be wrapping up; the restaurants look open, and the buildings look very sharp!
Located next to the new Taussig Cancer Center, this 163-room hotel at Euclid and E. 89th St. looks very nice. It opened for business on 11/22/99. The first floor's facade is more of a polished marble-looking material than the higher floors, and it really helps give the structure a more finished look...as do the interesting detail on the first floor windows. Next, the Clinic plans to raze the current Omni Hotel a few blocks east, and replace it with a more luxurious 14-story Intercontinental Hotel, with lots of meeting space, scheduled to be finished in August 2002.
Roulston & Co. is building the $7.5 million Midtown Corporate Center on two acres on Euclid Avenue, between E. 36th and E. 40th. Originally scheduled for completion in April 1999, clearing of the site did not begin until February 1999. As of 12/28/99, the building looked pretty much complete. The structure's facade juts right up to the sidewalk, a nice contrast to the nearby Applied Industrial Technologies building, which is set back from the road, as though in a suburban office park. This building looks fantastic now that it is done. Exposed structural work supporting a steel-colored outcropping at the top of the building gives a really modern look to the building. Also, the two-toned brick is very sharp; see a photo, taken 2/26/00.
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One Huron Square
Apartment Building
Estimated Completion Date: Summer 1999 Developer: Playhouse Associates Ltd. Architect: Sandvick Architects, Inc. Website: Unknown Web cam: None |
| Marous Brothers Construction renovated the historical exterior and interior of this handsome old 11-story building located at 1001 Huron Road, just west of the old Halle Building, within a short walk of Jacobs Field. The building originally functioned as an office building; Marous converted the offices into 70 luxury apartments along with indoor tenant parking. As many of the original terra-cotta tiles had been destroyed over time, molds were cast of the exterior details and new GFRC tiles were installed to match the originals. Any element that was not originally part of the building façade was removed and the exterior was painstakingly returned to its original condition. With rehabs, it is sometimes necessary to convert existing spaces in order to make the design more functional. Here, the entire basement and half of the first floor were converted into a parking garage, including a heated ramp. |
The new Cleveland Browns Stadium has beautiful lines, interesting slices (allowing for city views from inside), and a lot of muscle showing through. Inside view 1. Inside view 2. Inside view 3.
RTA has built a $3.9 million, three-story glass station on its Waterfront line to give riders access to the new Cleveland Browns Stadium. Whether by coincidence or not, the station strongly resembles a football helmet as viewed from the south...a cute touch.
Old Stone Church spire (May 1999)
Two previous sprires were damaged by fire, and after more than 100 years, the Old Stone Church has a new steel and aluminum spire, topped by an 8-ft high cross. Workers lifted the new structure into place on April 30. The church, which was blackened by years of pollution until a comprehensive cleaning last year, now looks completely different, with lighter stone and this elegant 100-ft spire. The photo at left was an original drawing from 1995, when plans were to have the spire erected in time for the city's bicentennial in 1996...See the Plain Dealer photo of the spire being lifted into place, to see what it actually looks like.
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NOACA Headquarters
Completion Date: January 1999 Contractor: Drake Construction Company Architect: Richard L Bowen & Associates Inc. Website: www.noaca.org Web cam: None |
| This $2.3 million renovation of the former Levy Furniture Store at E 13th and Superior remade the run-down building into an attractive, modern-looking structure. The building is three stories and 26,500 square feet, and houses NOACA, the federally-designated Metropolitan Planning Organization for Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and Medina Counties in Northeast Ohio. The first floor houses administrative staff and environmental planning, the second floor houses transportation planning, and the third floor is the Governing Board's meeting room. Renovation began in March 1998. |
