tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post7725147277974081029..comments2023-09-15T08:48:49.716-04:00Comments on Cleveland Area History: The first Cleveland Clinic buildingChristopher Busta-Peckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15428701548572867797noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-11255856481821005512010-06-20T20:00:41.172-04:002010-06-20T20:00:41.172-04:00I think the design of the new hospital is pretty f...I think the design of the new hospital is pretty fantastic, and I love the way they connected it to the building pictured in the postcard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-92190319623976397872010-02-17T12:18:06.625-05:002010-02-17T12:18:06.625-05:00John, that's very interesting - I'd like t...John, that's very interesting - I'd like to hear more. <br /><br />I agree that using the space in front of the Play House as a park would be quite nice. Visually, I think that it needs the space in front of it, and from a pedestrian standpoint right now, it's not terribly comfortable. <br /><br />I wonder how much of the problem here is parking - it seems like all available space goes to surface parking, which is less than efficient. Perhaps what we need are some innovative solutions in that field. Perhaps the parking garages could have some real visual character that would bring them together with the complex as a whole. I'd be in favor of zoning variances allowing taller parking garages if it meant providing some greenspace or saving an interesting building or two and if said garages could be built to look like something other than concrete monoliths.Christopher Busta-Peckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428701548572867797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-64289494820266067842010-02-16T22:54:18.017-05:002010-02-16T22:54:18.017-05:00The Clinic most definitely has a checkered past wh...The Clinic most definitely has a checkered past when it comes to preservation.<br /><br />And I'd have to give the new heart center a D on any measurement.<br /><br />As for the Play House. This I've been thinking of for some time. I actually did a rather lengthy real estate project on this site for a CSU class. The best idea that I heard for the original building is to repurpose it for something like occupational therapy or some other low key out patient use. The Clinic could use it or rent it. It could easily be tied to the garage next door to allow for development of the rest of the block. The Sears building in particular should be easily and efficiently be converted. And the Clinic gets to be the good guy and get some good press from the likes of critical preservation hawks. <br /><br />To throw in a pie in the sky wish, I would also use the land in front of the Play House for a public space/park. It would be a nice soft transition from the more neighborhood area at the commercial/residential section of Euclid to the institutional goliath that is the Clinic. I really can't think of a public space in that immediate vicinity.<br /><br />After all this is a building worth saving. And could be saved and put to good use.JStrokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743791539573975221noreply@blogger.com