Lakewood Bikeway Planning Community Meeting - October 5th

Bikeway Planning Community Workshop To Be Held On October 5

Help us make our city a great place to ride!

The Planning and Development Department will host a Lakewood Bikeway Planning Community Workshop on Tuesday, October 5 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM in the Lakewood Public Library Auditorium, 15425 Detroit Avenue.

This workshop is the first opportunity for residents to share their input and ideas about commuter and recreational bicycling in Lakewood.

Bicycling promotes efficient land use, promotes efficient use of road space, promotes equitable transportation, supports buying local, promotes health and fitness, reduces air and noise pollution, reduces traffic congestion, reduces taxpayer burden, reduces parking demand, reduces energy use, and is an integral part of a progressive community.

Lakewood has a significant bicycling population of both transportation and recreational riders. Most of the City is flat, densely-populated and was developed around streetcar lines creating a compact layout that offers relatively short distances between schools, parks, residential areas and commercial centers. Most vehicle trips inside the City are less than five miles round trip and because of Lakewood's layout could potentially be accomplished on a bicycle. However, the City currently lacks the coordinated infrastructure that supports bicycling in taking full advantage of that potential.

In the interest of improving the cycling environment, the bicycle plan's purpose will be to identify and then direct the implementation of a continuous network of cross-town routes and facilities. Such a network will promote safe and convenient bicycle travel throughout the community for riders of all abilities, skills and objectives.

For more information, contact Dru Siley in Planning and Development at 216.529.6630 or planning@lakewoodoh.net.

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My big expose, Cool Cleveland secretly headquartered in *gasp* Lakewood!

I am sure that there are literally tens of people who actually do read the Cool Cleveland emails they receive in a timely manner. I admit I am usually a couple of days behind, mostly due to all the crap I have to constantly clean out of my email inbox (screen, it isn't physically a box or even a tab anymore, its just a link, so what is that?). So today, when I took the time to read it as soon as it popped in my email (or a few hours later, who is counting?) I thought that the address on the bottom of the email, from Cool Networks LLC looked a little fishy. The street number and zip code did not correlate with the city.

This is what I saw:

Cool Networks LLC / 14837 Detroit #105 / Cleveland, OH 44107

All contents (c)2010 Cool Networks LLC all rights reserved

A quick search on the Google Mapinator lent credence to my accusation that Cool Cleveland is actually headquartered in Lakewood, Ohio. A slightly denser more successful Cleveland (at least I like to think so) that is surrounded by Cleveland (Lakewood's largest suburb) on the East and South sides, has the Great Lake Erie to the North and something on the West that has Mitchell's Ice Cream and Century Cycles in it. It may be a city, I don't know, I try not to pay too much attention.

So what does this mean when placed under the lens of current county wide corruption and conspiracy? Is Mr. Mulready a gigantic liar face? Is there a massive cover-up? Are commercial spaces in Cleveland too scarce to come by for a small start up mass email good news office to find footing?

The answer to all the gripping questions above is most likely a big negative. While it may have been difficult to gain street cred hyping the happenings of Cleveland from the outside (by about two miles and a half if you measure the long way) it probably wouldn't have stopped any readers. So the actual important question is "Is all the deception worth it?"

"Probably not" says the one person I asked. When pressed upon how much that person cared they mentioned "its funny". I don't know how funny liars are to that person but apparently pretty humorous. My own opinion differs, G.W. Bush was a laugh-riot, but I don't think it was intentional, Nixon isn't funny at all unless we are talking about his Futurama persona, which is sort of funny-sad really.

Regardless, what is the value of the Cleveland, not-Cleveland self locating descriptions? First off it really does a disservice to all the intelligent and detail oriented Cool Cleveland readers who noticed the discrepancy. I for one was completely unproductive for at least 4 hours while trying to compute how that address worked (not including blog time). Secondly it mildly mocks the city it tries to support. Being honest would have gone mostly unnoticed, fibbing (or exaggerating) the location lets those same intelligent and detail oriented become online jerks who are now making slightly veiled comments that Cleveland does not support small business like Lakewood does. Thirdly it quite possibly throws the journalistic integrity of Cool Cleveland into question. How do I really know what city or location they are reporting on if it is all one big mess to them? Where will I end up if I follow their directions? In the Lake? In Brecksville? In CANADA?!

I am honestly hoping for a little more thought in my mass emails that I receive and usually don't read right away and I am expecting the good people at Cool Cleveland and Mr. Mulready to oblige. I eagerly await the apology that the fine City of Lakewood and its suburb known as Cleveland deserve.

Roadtrip (18)! - OSU Knowlton School of Architecture Fall 2010 Lecture Series

Lectures for the Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture:

KSA Lecture Series: Autumn 2010

Information

All lectures are free and open to the public.

Unless noted, all lectures will be held at the Knowlton Hall Auditorium (KN 250) at 5:30 PM.

Beth Blostein & Bart Overly / BLOV

Wednesday, September 29

"Title Goes Here"

Katerina Ruedi Ray / Bowling Green State University

Wednesday, October 6

"Marina City"

Dough Reed & Victor Trahan / Reed Hilderbrand, Trahan Architects

Wednesday, October 13

"Site and Structure"

Catherine Seavitt / Catherine Seavitt Studio

Wednesday, October 20

"Soft Infrstructure"

AIA Columbus

Wednesday, October 27

2010 Design Awards Presentation

Design / Poverty

Thursday, October 28

Symposium

Adam Bly / Seed Media Group

Friday, November 5

"Our Renaissance"

Envisioning Organization

November 5 - 6

Symposium

Paul Lewis / LTL Architects

Wednesday, November 10

"Opportunistic Architecture"

Gulsah Akar / The Ohio State University

Wednesday, November 17

"Transportation and Information"

About the KSA Lecture Series

As part of the Knowlton School's commitment to bringing the highest level of design thinking to its students and the community at large, the KSA lecture series invites prominent researchers and practitioners of architecture, landscape architecture, and city planning to present their work in a variety of areas. These lectures offer technical, cultural and theoretical understanding of the contemporary built environment and represent the contemporary and future state of the art in design thinking.

Grazing Days 2010 - 2010.09.25 + 26

Grazing Days 2010 - Farm visitation

Farm Visits Up Close and Very Personal

Saturday and/or Sunday Sept. 25 and 26

Farms will be open from 1 to 4:00 PM

You are invited to select any of these area farms to visit. They are all working farms growing a cornucopia of vegetables & fruits and many raising animals and poultry. Some have stores selling jams, honey, even wool products. If you are looking for a place to order a CSA in 2011 this is the time to meet the farmers and see the harvest. NOTE: some farms will be open Sat and some Sun and some both. See the list.

Bioneers lives to connect people doing great work for community and planet. PLEASE ENJOY!

Columbiana County

Heritage Lane Bison Farm, (Sunday only), 29668 Mountz Road, Salem. Take a hayride; tour the high tunnels and heirloom vegetable fields; see the sheep, donkey, pigs, chickens and bison.

Cuyahoga County

Clear Lake Farms, 1227 Ansel Road, Cleveland (Hitchcock Center for Women, University Circle neighborhood), 216-375-3757. Check out the hoop house, rain garden, general store, green wall, skill-building sessions.

Blue Pike Farm, 910 East 72nd St., Cleveland (half-mile south of I-90), blue.pike.farm@gmail.com. Tour of farm and season extenders, plus fresh produce sales, car and truck parade, weed-pulling contest.

Geauga County

Great American Lamb Co. and Hanley Homegrown, 11497 Music St., Newbury (east of Ohio 44), 440-622-5192. Tour barn, gardens and pasture; sales of lamb, wood blankets, yarn and produce.

Geauga Family Farms, (Saturday only), 17201 Bundysburg Road, Middlefield, 440-548-5697. Tour a certified organic farm that raises fruit, vegetables and chickens.

Stark County

Simon Certified Organic Family Farm, (Sunday only), 271 52nd St. SW, Canton, 330-484-4133. Tour the certified organic farm; learn about subscriptions of beef, pastured chicken and vegetables.

Summit County

Brunty Farm, (Sunday only) 2470 Martin Road, Akron, 330-594-7315. Tour farm offering meat, eggs and vegetables, and gather eggs.

Greenfield Berry Farm, (Saturday only), 2485 Major Road, Peninsula, 330-657-2924. Pick berries at a farm where vegetables are part of the farm subscription.

Wayne County

Killbuck Valley Mushroom Farm, 7927 Overton Road, Burbank, 419-846-3258. Tour growing buildings with several varieties, forage in a forest and taste the products.

Rittman Orchards, 13548 Mount Eaton Road (Ohio 94), Doylestown, 330-925-4152. Tour farm and store selling raspberries, peaches, plums, apples, fresh cider, veggies and Ohio goods.

resources:

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PechaKucha Cleveland Vol.9

PechaKucha Cleveland

Volume 9

September 24, 2010 8:20 pm – 10:45 pm

Part of IngenuityFest 2010

at Subway/Streetcar Level of the Detroit Superior Bridge (Veteran's Memorial Bridge)

FREE

Entrance Marked on Map Below (Enter from the parking lot of County Engineer's Offices)

Join us for PechaKucha Night Cleveland's THIRD Ingenuity Fest PKN in the Catacombs and Entire Span of the Subway/Streetcar Level of the Detroit Superior Bridge. On Friday, September 24th, 2010, at 8:20pm, PechaKucha Night Cleveland - Volume 9 helps kick off the weekend long Ingenuity Fest (http://ingenuitycleveland.com/)

One of the main entrances, and location of PechaKucha Night, is located in the Northeastern parking lot at the Cuyahoga County Engineers Office (on the Superior Viaduct "across" from SPACES Gallery).

While presentations do not start until 8:20pm, we encourage you to show up at least an hour early to experience all that the 3112 foot long bridge , built in 1918, has to offer. 14 local creatives will present their work, ideas, and obsessions in a series of short presentations on art, fashion, food, architecture, film, furniture, music, and photography. Space will be tight so be sure to come early and enjoy a few beverages prior to being inspired, influenced, confused, provoked, and probably slightly intoxicated by the wonderfully variegated topic mix. Keep an eye on the list of presenters - we will be updating it over the next few weeks.

DONT FORGET TO INVITE FRIENDS! :)

If you are interested in presenting at a future PechaKucha Night, have a venue idea, or just questions in general, please contact us at pkncleveland@gmail.com.

See ya on the 24th!

Cheers,

Mike Christoff & Raseem Parker pkncleveland@gmail.com

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Presenters

Jake Yanchar & Ken Hejduk - Diacarta

Bob Peck - Graffiti and its Evolution

PJ Doran AKA budakid - Why the Wayneheds

Lia Tomco

Matt Mytro - Stove Monkeys

Johnny K. Wu - Dreams can Come True for Independent Filmmakers

Paul Sadler - (Fashion)

Alexander Boxerbaum - 36 Views

Andrew Samtoy - #Rumspringa2010

Angelica Pozo

Michele Kilroy

Mark Langan

IngenuityFest 2010 Starts Tonight - Sept. 24th.

IngenuityFest 2010: September 24 – 26 @ The Detroit Superior Bridge – FREE ADMISSION

The Ingenuity Festival is Cleveland’s annual weekend-long celebration of art and technology, designed for audiences of any age and experience, staged in Downtown Cleveland. Prominent international masters present original works alongside the finest of Northeast Ohio’s performing and visual artists.

High technology firms and major colleges and universities are presented alongside acclaimed artists to create a dazzling display of exciting and immersive new work. Ingenuity pushes boundaries, creating a unique festival experience that draws and celebrates diversity, and involves the audience as both spectator and participant.

Thousands of ideas…

Hundreds of artists, musicians, and performers…

Dozens of New Technologies…

Two Sides of Town…

One Bridge to Connect it All…

Ingenuity 2010 is going to be one of the more talked about events this year. With literally hundreds of live performances, exhibits, and interactive technology displays, there’s something for everyone.

So check out our schedule and start exploring Ingenuity today.

Roadtrip (17!) - Daniels University of Toronto 2010 Fall Lecture Series

Further cementing its place in my heart Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design has posted their 2010 Fall Lecture Series in a fantastically easy to view and find stuff weblist. I am currently attempting to figure out how to have my studio class self teach/police for a day so I can see Jan Gehl in October. Unless I make the students go as well...

Daniels Fall 2010 Lecture Series

10/07/2010 - 11/16/2010

Academic Year:

2010-11

Semester:

Fall

Jan Gehl / Marcel Smets / Michael Meredith / Jeremy Till / Benjamin Ball / Timothy Hyde / Pat Hanson

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Cities for People

10/07/2010

6:30 PM - Room 103, 230 College Street

Jan Gehl

Gehl Architects, Copenhagen

Jan Gehl is an architect and former Professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He is founding Partner of Gehl Architects – Urban Quality Consultants and author of Life between Buildings, New City Spaces, Public Spaces - Public Life, and New City Life.

Presented by the Royal Danish Consulate General and the Toronto Society of Architects

Contemporary Infrastructure as a Landscape Project

10/15/2010

6:30 PM - Room 103, 230 College Street

Marcel Smets

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Marcel Smets is the Flemish State Architect since 2002 and is a Professor of Urbanism at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Untitled

10/19/2010

6:30 PM - Room 103, 230 College Street

Michael Meredith

Harvard University / MOS, Cambridge/New Haven

Michael Meredith is Associate Professor of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a principal of MOS, an interdisciplinary architecture and design practice engaging an inclusive methodology of speculative research, expansive collaboration and extensive experimentation.

Architecture Depends

10/26/2010

6:30 PM - Room 103, 230 College Street

Jeremy Till

University of Westminster

Jeremy Till is an architect and educator. He has recently been appointed as Dean of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Westminster, moving from the University of Sheffield where he was Professor of Architecture and Head of the School of Architecture.

Supported by the Jeffery Cook Charitable Trust

Spaces between the Hammer and the Mouse

11/02/2010

6:30 PM - Room 103, 230 College Street

Benjamin Ball

Ball Nogues Studio, Los Angeles

Benjamin Ball grew up in Colorado and Iowa where his mother's involvement in theatre proved influential. While studying for his degree at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Ball logged stints at Gehry Partners and Shirdel Zago Kipnis. Upon graduation, he sought work as a set and production designer for films (including the Matrix series) as well as music videos and commercials with such influential directors as Mark Romanek and Tony Scott.

Piles, Puddles, and Other Architectural Irritants

11/10/2010

6:30 PM - Room 103, 230 College Street

Timothy Hyde

Harvard University

Timothy Hyde is Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He teaches design studio and courses in architectural history and theory, and is Thesis Director for the Master of Architecture degree.

Presented with the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Interdisciplinarity

11/16/2010

6:30 PM - Room 103, 230 College Street

Pat Hanson

gh3, Toronto

Pat Hanson (OAA RAIC) is a founding partner of gh3, a practice based on a new paradigm that explores the overlap of architecture, landscape and sustainability.