UPTOWN
BRIDGET TIPTON | FALL 2018
Uptown Uptown is both a place and a project, developed as a point of connection between downtown Cleveland and the cultural, educational and health care institutions located within University Circle. Uptown
Uptown, the project, started as a $66 million investment to create mixed-use development on previously underutilized property on Euclid. The majority of the development has occurred between Cornell Road and E. 117th. The first phase of the work completed in 2012 and other projects are in actively in progress. Uptown, the place, provides new places to live, eat and to be entertained. As a recent addition to the Cleveland area, how this development will be incorporated into the collective identity of University Circle and the Cleveland area is still being discovered.
SUPERIOR AVE MLK JR. DR
4 miles to downtown Cleveland 1/4 mile
MAYFIELD ROAD
1 mile
CHESTER AVE EUCLID AVE
main road w/ Heathline bus route road campus walking path
The development of Uptown included substantial ($200 million) transportation-oriented development through road improvements on Euclid Avenue, the increased presence of the Healthline bus route, and a new Little Italy RTA station. This infrastructure investment greatly increased the connection of downtown to University Circle.
RTA Little Italy train station SCALE: 3 1/2� = 1 MILE
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VEHICLE ACCESS HIERARCHY
CULTURAL GARDENS
CEMETERY LAKEVIEW CEMETERY WADE OVAL 1/4 mile radius
1 mile radius
CWRU CAMPUS
While there is little to no public green space within the boundary of Uptown, there is significant green space within walking distance. The public gardens, green space, campus, and cemeteries are manicured and well kept.
SCALE: 3 1/2� = 1 MILE PUBLIC PARKS, GREEN SPACE
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UNIVERSITY CIRCLE Total population: 6,063
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It is not possible to discuss Uptown, without understanding its relationship to and within University Circle.
SCALE: 3 1/2” = 1 MILE
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UPTOWN, UNIVERSITY CIRCLE RELATIONSHIP
OTHER
>$1000
ASIAN/PAC. ISLANDER
$750-1,000
65-75
BLACK
$500-749
60-64
WHITE
<$500
85+ 75-84
35-59 25-34 18-24 5-17 0-4 UNIVERSITY CIRCLE POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE
UNIVERSITY CIRCLE POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY RACE
UNIVERSITY CIRCLE RENTAL PRICES Median Gross Rent: $670 Renter-occupied housing: 93%
All data is from 2010 US Census UNIVERSITY CIRCLE DEMOGRAPHICS
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04.1994
12.2003 | Peter B. Lewis Building
05.2005
04.2006
12.2010 | UH Hospital
11.2011 | Uptown Phase 1, MOCA
06.2012 | Uptown Phase 2, Toby’s Plaza, CIA addition
06.2016
06.2017 | Centric Apartments SCALE: 3 1/2” = 1/2 MILE
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DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
SCALE: 1” = 200’ FIGURE GROUND
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residential
cultural
commercial
educational
religious
parking structure
mixed-use
industrial 1” = 200’
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BUILDING USE
H ST E. 116T
FORD DRIVE
E. 115 TH ST
HESSLER ROAD
YFI
ELD
UP TO
MA
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AV
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CORNELL ROAD
E. 117TH ST
EUCLID AVE
RO
AD
The majority of the development has occurred between Cornell Road and E. 117th.
1” = 100’ FIGURE GROUND
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This connection terminates in a 48” high concrete wall at a grade change to the underground parking garage.
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2 Strong connection through the buildings does not lead to a crosswalk 3 2
CIA entry, weak counter point to MOCA
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The buildings highlighted above are Uptown, Phase 1 and 2, also known as “The Wall.” This project was designed by Stanley Saitowitz, Natoma Architects as a combination of three and five story buildings with two story glass storefronts. This project aims to accomplish within the block, what Uptown as a place aims to accomplish within Cleveland, block porosity to encourage connectivity.
pedestrian crosswalk through point
end point
building overhang above, creating enclosure 1” = 100’
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SITE CONNECTIONS
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2
1 passage between buildings sky high x 25’ wide
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2 passage through the building 19’ high x 65’ wide (at CIA)
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3 passage through the building 19’ high x 21’ wide (at Panera, Chipotle)
4 passage through the building 9’-6”’ high x 12’ wide (at Mitchels)
SCALE: 1” = 25’ THRESHOLDS
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15’ 8’-6” 8’-6” 24’ PATIO TO TREE PATIO DIVISION 54’
11’-6” 1 LANE OF PARKING, WALK 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC
13’ MEDIAN
1 LANE OF PARKING, 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC
12’-6’ TO 20’-6” WALK W/ BUS STOP
PARKING
SCALE: 1” = 20’
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SITE SECTION
10’-6” WIDE BUS STOP
7’ SIDEWALK SMALL SCALE CONCRETE SCORES + BRICK
3’ WIDE PLANTER
N.T.S. SIDEWALK DETAIL
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There is a level of honesty about this project/building, it does not try to appear as though it belongs or blend in. The architect argues that it is contextual, however the result is completely transitory. It is a space without place, where the residents live temporarily, moving on before they get bored.
Horizontally ridged aluminum facade
Vertically ridged aluminum facade
Horizontally ridged aluminum facade
Vertically ridged aluminum facade
FORD DRIVE
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BLOCK ELEVATION FROM FORD DRIVE TO E 115TH
Horizontally ridged aluminum facade again
Even more vertically ridged aluminum facade
Horizontally ridged aluminum facade and again
And even more vertically ridged aluminum facade
Vertical and Horizontal ridged aluminum facade forever
Uniform glass storefront
E 115TH ST
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