SHPA Series: Space for Place

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After a Summer Break, Space for Place will resume in late August.

Space for Place is aiming to initate its Event One, while it has content, it continues to seek new content.

Space for Place is seeking video documentaries pertaining to Historic Preservation, Urban Rehabilitation, and Cultural Hertiage of the Greater Cleveland Area.

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Preservation Month is May!

The City of Cleveland Heights and the Cleveland Heights Historical Center are hosting several events.

"Old is the New Green" is this years theme for the month long celebration sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

All Events are FREE!

Thursday, May 6th at 7p.m. (space limited; pre-registration required: 216-291-4878)

The American Home Interior: Treatment and Transformation (slide lecture)

Kerrington Adams, CRS, Senior Historic Preservation Specialist www.clevelandrestoration.org

Saturday, May 8th from 3- 5p.m.

Space for Place: Event One

Ursuline College SHPA

Curated by Jessica Wobig, Space for Place Director

www.spaceforplace.webs.com

Thrusday, May 20th 7p.m. (space limited; pre-registration required: 216-291-4878)

Cleveland Heights' National Register Historic Districts (slide lecture)

Chris Roy, Cleveland Heights Historical Society, President

www.chistory.org

       Detroit is the site of some pretty spectacular architectural ruins which have, in recent years, drawn the attention of tourists and artists.  The Akron Art Museum is hosting this upcoming show in June:

http://www.akronartmuseum.org/exhibitions/details.php?unid=1499

from the website:

Detroit Disassembled:

Photographs by Andrew Moore

June 5, 2010 - October 10, 2010

Arnstein, Bidwell and Isroff Galleries

       Andrew Moore’s photographs of the Motor City are sublime—beautiful, operatic in scale and drama, tragic yet offering a glimmer of hope. They are the subject of Detroit Disassembled, an exhibition organized by the Akron Art Museum making its debut here before touring nationally. Detroit, once the epitome of our nation’s industrial wealth and might, has been in decline for almost a half-century. The city is now one-third empty land—more abandoned property than any American city except post-Katrina New Orleans.

       Moore’s images, printed on the scale of epic history paintings, belong to an artistic tradition that began in the 17th century. Numerous artists have used ruins to remind their viewers of the fall of past great civilizations and to warn that contemporary empires risk the same fate. Moore’s soaring scenes of rusting factory halls and crumbling theaters share the monumentality of Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s 18th century engravings of the fallen civic monuments of ancient Rome and Greece. His photographs of skeletal houses and collapsed churches carry forward the Romantic tone and rich hues of Caspar David Friedrich’s 19th century paintings of fallen medieval cathedrals and castles. Although hard to believe that Moore's post-apocalyptic scenes reflect present-day America, he has been scrupulously honest, creating photographs that are both documentary and metaphorical in nature.

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What We Gain Most of Sharing is What We Wouldn't Gain Any Other Way...

Come join us for the Event One on May 08th from 3-5pm.

Introduction Renovation JAH Studios Hall Rental Rental Details Photos Convivium 33 Schedule Dinner With Art Press

http://www.josaphatartshall.com/gallery/

CONVIVIUM (Latin), means to celebrate and feast.

Convivium33 is a celebration of art and art is a feast for the mind and soul. The gallery is committed to showcasing some of Northeast Ohio?s greatest talents in all media categories.

CONVIVIUM33 GALLERY is located at

1433 East 33rd Street (one way/off Superior Ave) Cleveland, Ohio 44114

in Cleveland's newly named Art Quarter.

216-881-7828

UPCOMING EXHIBITION AIA CLEVELAND ARCHITECTURE WEEK

Connecting Cleveland Through A Celebration Of Architecture

 www.aiacleveland.com

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Thursday April 15, 2010 5:00 ? 9:00 pm Lecture By George Hartman, FAIA ?Architectural Education & The Community Of Architects? The Union Club Of Cleveland The Wedgewood Room 1211 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland Co-Hosted By AIA Cleveland, the Institute For Classical Architecture & Classical America, and the Arts & Culture Committee of the Union Club of Cleveland 5:00 PM Social Hour With Cash Bar 6:00 PM Lecture

Friday April 16, 2010 5:30 ? 9:30 pm *Exhibition Opening Reception

Tuesday April 20, 2010 4:00 ? 6:30 pm ?No Building Left Behind? a presentation and roundtable discussion of adaptive re-use of religious structures CSU Levin College 1717 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland Co-Hosts: AIA Cleveland, Historic Resources Committee, with Cleveland Restoration Society, the Institute for Classical Architecture & Classical America, and Cleveland State University Levin College of Urban Affairs

Wednesday April 21, 2010 5:30 ? 9:00 pm (contact Adam Yaracs to confirmed information) Hard Hat Tour of the Leff Electric Building Hosted by AIA Cleveland Urban Design Committee

Thursday April 22, 2010 (contact Christopher Tadych to confirm information) *?Envisioning the Future of Cleveland? With Planning Commission Director Bob Brown

Friday April 23, 2010 5:30 ? 8:00 pm (contact Adam Yaracs to confirm Happy Hour information) AIA Cleveland/IIDA Happy Hour *8:20 ? 11:00 pm PechaKucha Cleveland Night Volume

Saturday April 24, 2010 2:30 ? 5:00 pm (contact Robert Maschke to confirm panel info)

*Exhibition Panel Discussion 5:00 ? 7:00 pm Exhibition Closing Party

*all events are hosted at Convivium 33 Gallery located at 1433 East 33rd Street, Cleveland unless other wise noted

Sacred Landmarks Component CASE STUDY 2 Saint Josaphat Parish Church Cleveland, OH Project Details

? Project Name: Josaphat Arts Hall/Convivium 33 Gallery

? Historical Name: Saint Josaphat Parish Church ? Denomination: Roman Catholic

? Architect: Unknown; A. F. Wasielewski Co. contractor ? Construction Dates: 1915

? Date of Closure: 1998

? Date of Reuse: 2005

? Address: 1433 East 33rd Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44114

? Neighborhood: St. Clair-Superior

? Reuse: Art Gallery, Artists? studios, Assembly Space

? Building Size: Approximately 12,000 square feet

? Project Cost: $500,000

? Financing: Private funds

? Designation: None (considered eligible for National Register listing)

? Significance: Provided a parish home for a portion of Cleveland?s Polish Catholics

? Recognition: Cleveland Restoration Society Adaptive Use of a Sacred Landmark Award; AIA Cleveland Historic Preservation Award

Narrative The Saint Josaphat Parish dates its origins to 1908, serving a growing number of Polish immigrants in the St. Clair Superior neighborhood of central Cleveland. The church was constructed in 1915 and two adjacent buildings, a rectory and a convent, provided support for the local community's spiritual needs. A wind storm in 1938 caused serious damage which strained the parish finances. In the post-WWII years, the neighborhood saw a significant out-migration as more and more residents left for the suburbs. In 1998 it was closed and desanctified. It remained vacant for the next several years, its fabric continuing to deteriorate. In 2002 two persons, Alenka Banco and Nick Tadic, with a mutual interest in the arts who had grown up in this area approached the Cleveland Catholic Diocese about acquiring the building. Their idea was to create a community center focused on the arts with a hall for social events, concerts and weddings; an art gallery and studio-workshop spaces. The rectory and convent have been taken over, respectively, by Banco and Tadic for their businesses. Saint Josaphat Parish Church (continued) When acquired, the building was badly deteriorated. A new roof, including fascia, gutters and downspouts; exterior repairs and resurfacing of the concrete front steps; replacement of the front doors and hardware, new landscaping, lighting and a parking area were essential initial projects, along with a new boiler, toilet rooms and window insulation. The water damaged ceiling was repaired and repainted, woodwork repaired and the maple wood floors refinished. The challenge was to reuse a sacred landmark in a marginal, inner-city neighborhood as a viable commercial and arts center. Funding for the complex was accomplished with the help of the diocese, which provided a leasebuy purchase contract for $185,000. The diocese holds 75% of the mortgage. This relieved the buyers of the need for a bank loan to buy the property and has allowed them to focus on the estimated $500,000 needed for rehabilitation. Josaphat Arts Hall / Convivium 33 Gallery has transformed an abandoned eyesore into a center of activity that draws customers from throughout the Northeast Ohio region and has returned a sense of pride to the neighborhood. ��

Historic Homes Funding

http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/find-funding/historic-homes-funding.html

For those restoring a historic house or other structure for their primary residence

Historic Home in Washington, DC

The National Trust for Historic Preservation can help you with your historic home.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation's How to Preserve Your Historic Home

Frequently Asked Questions can help get you started on the restoration of your home. In addition, several helpful publications, including The New Old House Starter Kit, are available from Preservation Books.

As always, your bank, your family, or your friends are the tried and true sources of money for renovating an old house. In addition, depending on where the home is located there could be tax incentives and assistance available at the federal, state and local level. To begin your search, contact your state historic preservation office (SHPO) and your statewide and local preservation organizations. An example of a local preservation organization that offers financial assistance to owners of historic homes is the Cleveland Restoration Society.

You may also find local financial assistance and tax incentives through your local preservation commission and through your local planning, community development, or housing offices.

A Mortgage Program Tailored for Rehabilitation

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has a flexible loan program that helps developers, investors, and families at all income levels to buy and restore properties in urban and rural historic districts. The program operates through FHA approved lending institutions, and the loans are insured by FHA.

Preservation Easement Tax Incentives

A preservation easement is a legal right granted by the owner of a property to an organization or a governmental entity qualified under state law to accept such an easement. Preservation easements may provide the most effective legal tool for the protection of privately-owned historic properties while offering a tax benefit to the owner. To learn more, read the National Trust's Easements FAQ or contact your SHPO or statewide preservation organization.

Resident Curators

Some states have a resident curator program that allows an individual to live in and restore state owned historic properties. For example in Maryland, interested preservationists submit an application along with a restoration plan, and must be qualified to supervise and finance the restoration work. If approved, the resident curator can live in the historic property for the rest of his or her life in return for financing the restoration of the property. To see if your state offers a resident curator program, contact your SHPO.

Federal Financial Assistance for Rural Buildings

U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service offers funds for the acquisition, construction, repair or rehabilitation of homes and apartment-style housing for low and moderate-income residents in rural areas.

For more information on funding for historic homes, please contact the Resource Center of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Yesterday, our Conservation Studio class spent a few hours with furrowed brows trying to solve a bit of mystery. The mystery in question is what type of wood resides in the wainscotting of the 1870 era schoolhouse in Akron that Progress Through Preservation is transforming into their new headquarters. Samples of this wood have been examined by several knowledgeable parties and it has been variously identified as white oak or possibly American chesnut. A longtime restoration carpenter from Tallmadge gave me a piece of teak he thought it resembled, even though teak is not native to the area. Akron was, after all, a major transportation corridor, so one cannot discount non-native materials finding their way into the area. A knowledgable paint proprietor thought there were signs of coal dust that had stained the grain, giving it a look that others saw as graining.

Samples of the wood were cratered by the class to determine the "chromochronology," or sequence of paint colors and, to some degree, we were able to test the paint for lead content (yes) and signs of finishes (varnishes/shellacs, again yes). As it turned out, we believe we determined that it had indeed been grained somewhere in its lifetime, between its ten+ coats of paint. Using the book "Identifying Wood" by Bruce Hoadley, we examined the pore structure, grain, color and presence of rays among other identifying characteristics. Beech, Chesnut and Sycamore came out as the top candidates. We'll need to do some more work here and I'll keep us posted until we solve this ... for now, the mystery endures.  See Photo section for images of the wood and class.