Parade the Circle 2009
Saturday, June 13th
Wade Oval, University Circle in University Heights, Cleveland Ohio
The Parade, which begins at Noon, incorporates the drama and artistry of colorful floats, puppets, costumes, dancers, and musicians. Circle Village invites visitors onto Wade Oval for an afternoon of activities, live music, and delectable food.
Tons of things to do, check out the website to see a list of the happenings.
Also,
Why not ride your bike to Parade? Ohio City Bicycle Co-op is providing a free, secure bicycle corral at the corner of Bellflower Rd. and East Blvd.
resources:
Parade the Circle 2009 brochure .pdf
Friday, June 12, 2009
Lakewood Artwalk - June 2009
Lakewood Artwalk
Saturday, June 13th, 2009
12-8pm
Various locations in Lakewood, Ohio
In a brilliant maneuver Lakewood is hosting their artwalks the second Saturday of each month which coincides rather nicely with Tremont's second Friday of each month plan. This allows for a fantastic weekend of art/culture/wandering.
The Lakewood Artwalk is broken up into 4 sections along Madison with various shops and artists concentrating in each section. However some shops/artists are only participating in certain Artwalk's so plan accordingly.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Tremont Art Walk - June
Tremont ArtWalk
Friday, June 12, 2009
Tremont Neighborhood of Cleveland Ohio
6-10 pm
Friday, June 12, 2009
Tremont Neighborhood of Cleveland Ohio
6-10 pm
Detail - Curve Set 4
Jayce Renner
On display at Brandt Gallery
Jayce Renner
On display at Brandt Gallery
Cedar Hill Station Public Presentation : Reduction
There was a fine turnout at 1 Montecello in the Cleveland Heights Community Center tonight for the rather well advertised public meeting/unveiling of the new Cedar Hill Red Line and inter-modal station. Most sat rather politely through the introductions and Mehrdad Yazdani's presentation which included collaborative efforts of URS and the myriad of community and city organizations whose voices must all be heard.
The presentation went much better than I had expected, the breadth of the proposal included Cedar Glen Parkway down to MLK and included a complete redesign of the "jug handle" and south side of Cedar as well as the new station. The station proposal itself is a nice conversation on the relating to the site, the program and cost restrictions and an identifiable image to demarcate the area. The most successful component (in my view) was the celebration of the fringes of defined area, the boundary that defines neighborhoods instead of simply using a local vernacular as an applique to force a contextual relationship. Playing with the idea of under/over as it relates to entering the site as well as the structure allows the park to be a grand public space built upon cascading levels as well as defining the experience through the existing conditions of constant passage/threshold.
The public Q/A session went the typical route which is difficult for someone who can read architectural diagrams to sit through but necessary to understand how important it is to be entirely clear to the general public. It seems painful but learning how to communicate to those who are not "trained" as the designer is can mean the difference between a successful project and a complete failure. For all the commotion (around 30 - 45 minutes of public comment, Maribeth Feke (I think that is who it was) ran the meeting with much more patience and understanding than I would have been capable of. Not to say that all the comments brought up were bad, in fact most were rather well thought out and interesting.
If the station can be built near enough the manner as presented it will be a rousing success.
The presentation went much better than I had expected, the breadth of the proposal included Cedar Glen Parkway down to MLK and included a complete redesign of the "jug handle" and south side of Cedar as well as the new station. The station proposal itself is a nice conversation on the relating to the site, the program and cost restrictions and an identifiable image to demarcate the area. The most successful component (in my view) was the celebration of the fringes of defined area, the boundary that defines neighborhoods instead of simply using a local vernacular as an applique to force a contextual relationship. Playing with the idea of under/over as it relates to entering the site as well as the structure allows the park to be a grand public space built upon cascading levels as well as defining the experience through the existing conditions of constant passage/threshold.
The public Q/A session went the typical route which is difficult for someone who can read architectural diagrams to sit through but necessary to understand how important it is to be entirely clear to the general public. It seems painful but learning how to communicate to those who are not "trained" as the designer is can mean the difference between a successful project and a complete failure. For all the commotion (around 30 - 45 minutes of public comment, Maribeth Feke (I think that is who it was) ran the meeting with much more patience and understanding than I would have been capable of. Not to say that all the comments brought up were bad, in fact most were rather well thought out and interesting.
If the station can be built near enough the manner as presented it will be a rousing success.
Cedar Hill Rapid Station Public Design Forum
June 9, 2008
Cleveland Heights Community Center
1 Monticello Blvd, Cleveland, OH
7pm
Architect Mehrdad Yazdani will be at the public meeting to discuss his design (which is not complete but still rather impressive) in order to get public reaction and input from users and those who already visit the area. I know, I know, public spaces being put forward for public input and the design is already interesting and not pandering to some sense of false or "borrowed" history? Crazy stuff for Cleveland coming up!
So, if you would like to see an intriguing proposal for Cleveland that may actually get built and doesn't fall prey to Cleveland's usual vernacular of obviously demarcated mix-use or residential scaled mid-rise, and that uses COLOR as well as form to awaken the senses then I implore you to please get out and support design.
Support it!
Cleveland Heights Community Center
1 Monticello Blvd, Cleveland, OH
7pm
Architect Mehrdad Yazdani will be at the public meeting to discuss his design (which is not complete but still rather impressive) in order to get public reaction and input from users and those who already visit the area. I know, I know, public spaces being put forward for public input and the design is already interesting and not pandering to some sense of false or "borrowed" history? Crazy stuff for Cleveland coming up!
So, if you would like to see an intriguing proposal for Cleveland that may actually get built and doesn't fall prey to Cleveland's usual vernacular of obviously demarcated mix-use or residential scaled mid-rise, and that uses COLOR as well as form to awaken the senses then I implore you to please get out and support design.
Support it!
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