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Hts44121
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Sorry BP residents... but I throw up in my mouth a little bit everytime I see those townhomes. Granted, I bet they are bee-a-ute-iful on the inside.
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MyTwoSense
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Sorry BP residents... but I throw up in my mouth a little bit everytime I see those townhomes. Granted, I bet they are bee-a-ute-iful on the inside.
Thats because you're an eastsider. I like the punch of color, but not those porches!
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Coneybear
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I guess it's all a matter of taste. I personally love modern homes, but Battery Park is just a bit too modern for my tastes. I don't think it's ugly though. Just not my style. I'd love to see the inside of one of those townhouses though!
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McCleveland
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I just think that there is so incredibly little amounts of modern architecture in Cleveland that it always tends to stick out...
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MyTwoSense
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I guess it's all a matter of taste. I personally love modern homes, but Battery Park is just a bit too modern for my tastes. I don't think it's ugly though. Just not my style. I'd love to see the inside of one of those townhouses though!
See we're at opposite ends of the spectrum. I like homes built before 1925-45 and a few mid century mod homes. These "modern" homes, IMHO, seriously lack the interior details you would find in homes in the 20' & 30's. I like homes with "character".
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KJP
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Good to see the construction on the foundations more homes.
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Coneybear
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I guess it's all a matter of taste. I personally love modern homes, but Battery Park is just a bit too modern for my tastes. I don't think it's ugly though. Just not my style. I'd love to see the inside of one of those townhouses though!
See we're at opposite ends of the spectrum. I like homes built before 1925-45 and a few mid century mod homes.
These "modern" homes, IMHO, seriously lack the interior details you would find in homes in the 20' & 30's. I like homes with "character".
Oh, don't get me wrong. I LOVE old homes too. In fact, I think i like older homes better than modern homes (theyre more timeless). I guess I just have pretty broad taste in houses. There is certainly such a thing as TOO modern though, and I think Battery Park is starting to push it. In a few years, people may be scratching their heads wondering what we were thinking when we made these houses, but at least this land is being developed into SOMETHING. And maybe we can both agree that these modern homes are better then just about any brutalist building from the 60s and 70s (Justice Center and Cleveland Trust Building... blegh!)
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MyTwoSense
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I guess it's all a matter of taste. I personally love modern homes, but Battery Park is just a bit too modern for my tastes. I don't think it's ugly though. Just not my style. I'd love to see the inside of one of those townhouses though!
See we're at opposite ends of the spectrum. I like homes built before 1925-45 and a few mid century mod homes.
These "modern" homes, IMHO, seriously lack the interior details you would find in homes in the 20' & 30's. I like homes with "character".
Oh, don't get me wrong. I LOVE old homes too. In fact, I think i like older homes better than modern homes (theyre more timeless). I guess I just have pretty broad taste in houses. There is certainly such a thing as TOO modern though, and I think Battery Park is starting to push it. In a few years, people may be scratching their heads wondering what we were thinking when we made these houses, but at least this land is being developed into SOMETHING. And maybe we can both agree that these modern homes are better then just about any brutalist building from the 60s and 70s (Justice Center and Cleveland Trust Building... blegh!)
I don't think that will happen. Since it's an entire planned development going for a certain look. I'm just a historic home kind a boy.
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Hts44121
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In a few years, people may be scratching their heads wondering what we were thinking when we made these houses
That's my concern. The jagged/boxy townhome look is in style right now... but I don't see it as being timeless like a brownstone or victorian. That being said, I can understand if it is being done that way for efficiency/green purposes. And I am not against vibrant colors as I love the "loud" (some even call obnoxious) look in some of the more eclectic neighborhoods in THE Heights. It is not the colors that throw me off on these homes, it is the architectural design and material being used.
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willyboy
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Sorry BP residents... but I throw up in my mouth a little bit everytime I see those townhomes. Granted, I bet they are bee-a-ute-iful on the inside.
I dont really think these particular ones are that modern, with the wood siding and "pasted" on wood accents (barrrowed from another style and time), I just think they are not all that interesting. And some of the others just look "cheap" with the vinyl this and that. But thats what you get with affordable housing. I actually thought if they were trying to do modern that they cut it way short, and should have much more cutting edge looking (and interesting). The ones pictured above do actually have some nice spaces (on their website) with the walls of windows etc.
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jam40jeff
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I guess it's all a matter of taste. I personally love modern homes, but Battery Park is just a bit too modern for my tastes. I don't think it's ugly though. Just not my style. I'd love to see the inside of one of those townhouses though!
See we're at opposite ends of the spectrum. I like homes built before 1925-45 and a few mid century mod homes.
These "modern" homes, IMHO, seriously lack the interior details you would find in homes in the 20' & 30's. I like homes with "character".
I agree. I think some of these modern townhomes are becoming cookie cutter and bland in their own way. Also, they feel too utilitarian and almost brutalist to me. I actually think the Battery Park townhomes are an improvement on most modern townhomes, but they still have a little of that feel to me.
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BK
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The only time I feel like my place is cookie cutter is when I walk into one of my neighbors places. ::glances over at gottaplan and jmjr:: It actually is kinda weird to walk into someone elses house and pretty much already know your way around.
To be honest, the the building pictured above is my least favorite in the development. The ones they finished building earlier this year look a lot better than those and I think the new building will take cues from it.
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MyTwoSense
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The only time I feel like my place is cookie cutter is when I walk into one of my neighbors places. ::glances over at gottaplan and jmjr:: It actually is kinda weird to walk into someone elses house and pretty much already know your way around.
To be honest, the the building pictured above is my least favorite in the development. The ones they finished building earlier this year look a lot better than those and I think the new building will take cues from it.
That is why MTS is a hater of tract homes and planned divisions. Homes should be like people, gracious and full of character.
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KJP
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So MTS would be only half a home?
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gottaplan
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I've traveled around and found the EXACT same style & color of townhome buildings in Battery Park also located in parts of Chicago, Charlotte, Texas, Florida, and Oregon. So whether you like it or hate it, I don't think it's all that unique. Maybe just unique to Cleveland.
On another note, I still haven't been able to get any news on a tenant signed to the Powerhouse, but I know they are proceeding with interior buildout...
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Etheostoma Caeruleum
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While these are not my favorite style, I don't think they're horrible. Some nice Sycamore trees, a signature Ohio natural heritage tree, would look nice in this development. It is too bare and bland. More trees pull it all together again and mends the wounds that development inflicts on the land as well as help clean the air.
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BK
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^ Apparently you never saw what was here before the they started building Battery Park. I thought there was a picture floating around somewhere in this thread, but I couldn't find it. It used to be an EverReady Battery plant and they had to do considerable cleanup to the land. They had to truck in topsoil to cover the entire area.
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Etheostoma Caeruleum
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^ Well, yes.. I did know what it looked like... and it can even get better with more trees. What a topper for a contrast to what it was.
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dergon darkhelm
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Another 3 or 4 units going up at the south-west corner of 74th and Battery Park. ....plus, there has been some heavy construction outside the powerhouse to the West. Not exactly sure what they're doing though.
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BK
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^ That is a new townhome building. Not sure on the exact number of units, but it will probably be more like 7 or 8 units.
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