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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If a nest is where birds grow and soon learn to fly, a giant nest at the Cleveland Public Library is where kids can learn to read. And maybe they can learn to “fly” in a different way.
That’s the idea behind the 30-foot-wide, 12-foot-high Reading Nest that was completed...
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