CLEVELAND, Ohio – Artists and photographers have flocked to the industrial Flats along the Cuyahoga River for more than a century. But while they once reveled in images of smoky factories lining a brown waterway, they’re now chronicling the rebirth of a cleaner, healthier and more life-giving river.
The Cleveland Museum...
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Some of the storm waters from our rainy spring weather are now being diverted back to Mother Nature thanks to a new “green infrastructure” project on Cleveland’s East Side. The Buckeye Road site also features public art with an environmental theme.
Four blocks of abandoned homes and businesses along Buckeye Road...
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Malaz Elgemiabby is designing a new welcome center in Ohio City.
But her heart is with her family living in Sudan, where military forces reportedly killed dozens of pro-democracy protestors this week.
Elgemiabby struggled to reach her family afterwards, but she heard of others reeling from the violence.
“We’ve had people who have...
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Gazing into Dave’s Market’s Shaker Square-facing windows, you expect to view tasty treats. Instead, you see the rump-side of shelving. “The vendors and offices do what’s best for them internally, and don’t necessarily think about how to leverage the square,” says Wayne Mortensen, director of design and development for Cleveland...
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Planners are now firmly in favor of re-routing Shaker Boulevard traffic around Shaker Square so its central green space can be enlarged.
At public meetings Wednesday and Thursday, a design team gathered feedback on a plan that calls for removing the boulevard from the center of the 5.5-acre...
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