Friday, July 11, 2008

Help Restore the Historic Coast Guard Station

I have mentioned the old Lifeboat Station #239 before. If you were at all intrigued you may like to know that the Wendy Park Foundation are holding a Painting and Cleaning Day for the Station.

Here is the notice!

The Wendy Park Foundation and U.S. Coast Guard Station Need Your Help!!!


Help Restore the Historic

Coast Guard Station!!!

Save the Date!!!

On Sunday, July 20, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to Finish

Wendy Park will Sponsor a Painting and Cleaning Day for the Historic U.S. Coast Guard Station.

We Need YOU to Help Give a Face-Lift

To One of Cleveland’s Most Intriguing Pieces of Architecture!

Don’t Let this Historic Landmark Continue to Waste Away!!!

All Supplies Will Be Provided on Site.

Any Carpentry Skills Would Be Greatly Appreciated, But Not Necessary to Help.

Please Meet At Whiskey Island’s Sunset Grille Pavillion at 9:00 a.m. or join in later at the Coast Guard Station located at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River.

Any Volunteers who would like to participate or further information please e-mail Director of Park Operations, Katie Winings at kwinings@wendyparkfoundation.org or call @ (216) 410-0101

Wendy Park is located at:

2800 Whiskey Island
Cleveland, OH 44102-2251

Off of the Edgewater Exit on Route 2.

Please visit www.wendyparkfoundation.org for further directions.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

LAUNCH Social Tonight

LAUNCHies, plan for another evening of fun!

Old Angle Tavern
1848 W. 25th St. Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Meet around 6ish

A group of Cleveland based designers (mostly architecture types) who realize they don't live in a city with a very strong design culture and want to change that instead of just moving away. People can sit around and complain about it or get off their butts and change it.

We are taking the first steps towards getting off our butts. It is a difficult and tedious process, to shake loose the shackles of complacency that we all wear so comfortably.

Besides, there is beer and food. Yay!

Monday, July 07, 2008

Tremont Art Hop

Tremont Art Hop
Tremont Art Walk
Friday, July 11th, 2008
Tremont neighborhood, Cleveland, Ohio
6pm - 10ish pm for most galleries.

Another fine excuse to wander around Tremont looking at things and finding places to eat and drink.

Yay!

Sunday, July 06, 2008

Burning River Garden discovered - urban gardening right on the river



While wandering around downtown Cleveland on the 4th I stumbled across the Burning River Garden, a little urban pocket garden where the Veteran's Memorial Bridge meets W. 10th on the East Side of the Cuyahoga River.

The corner is a rather nice spot that gets some good afternoon sun and marks the East entry of the Veteran's Memorial Bridge Tour. According to the BRG website the plots were designed with future expansion of more gardens and perhaps a community park in mind. While the community garden offers a great opportunity for the inhabitants of the nearby apartment/condo buildings to get their fingers and toes in the dirt, it also creates a fine respite spot for workers of nearby buildings and in creating the garden, marked a space that offers rather nice vistas of the Cuyahoga (our most valuable yet ignored resource).

Built in partnership with the Summer Sprout Program these folks have created a series of hubs for community place building and interaction and in doing so have made the city that much more livable. If you would like help the summer sprout program call Connie Booth for details (513) 221-0981.

Special thanks to Beth from BRG for taking some time from digging and weeding to explain the garden to me.

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Burning River Garden made a music video of setting up the garden.