To the casual eye, the battered commercial strip along St. Clair Avenue east of East 55th Street in Cleveland would look bleak, unwelcoming and rundown.
Michael Fleming, director of the St. Clair Superior Community Development Corp. sees something else: a street of hidden treasures and rich potential.
Since taking his...
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The Westin Cleveland Downtown hotel, currently undergoing renovations for a spring 2014 opening, has presented to the city of Cleveland's Landmarks Commission plans for what hotel managerSage Hospitality calls a “signature public artwork” by local artist Sarah Kabot.
Sage said the large-scale work will welcome guests as they enter the hotel and...
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Fascinated with the sky and goings-on overhead, sculptor Mark Reigelman has bolted a full-size rustic cabin to the facade of a hotel in San Francisco as a public-art commission. He named two other installationsWhite Cloud and Blue Birds. The avian theme continues with The Reading Nest—though this one is firmly planted on the ground, outside...
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Clevelanders want the city’snew convention center hotel to have an iconic design, a big impact on the skyline, a rooftop bar that’s open year round, and restaurants and retail shops close to sidewalks on the ground floor.
Those were some of the ideas about the design of a new $260 million convention...
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Michael K. McIntyre's Tipoff
Cleveland's story has been told many times by many people. Sometimes it's flattering and many times it's not. Sometimes it's fair and many times it's not. Cleveland may not really be the best location in the nation, but isn't "mistake on the lake" a little harsh?
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