Tremont Pointe

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Valleyview Homes, now Tremont Pointe, was originally built in 1939 in the Tremont neighborhood, overlooking Cleveland's industrial valley. As one of the country's oldest public housing estates, the original design was a World War II barrack style layout with small units lacking contemporary amenities and was separated by 72 vertical steps. In addition, the site was adorned with a large number of Works Progress Administration (WPA) artwork. [1] By 2004, Valleyview Homes had become one of CMHA's most distressed public housing estates, and some of the art was badly damaged. [2]

Tremont, Cleveland Neighborhoods of Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States

Tremont is a neighborhood in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tremont is one of the oldest parts of Cleveland, and once held a large German immigrant population. Today the neighborhood is home to many restaurants and art galleries. The district sits just west of the Cuyahoga River and south of the Ohio City neighborhood. Tremont is home to numerous historic churches including Pilgrim Congregational UCC, St. Augustine (1893), St. John Cantius (1898), and St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral (1912).Tremont is bounded by the Cuyahoga River to the North and East, MetroHealth Medical Center to the South and West 25th Street and Columbus Road to the West.

Cleveland City in Ohio

Cleveland is a major city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. The city proper has a population of 385,525, making it the 51st-largest city in the United States, and the second-largest city in Ohio. Greater Cleveland is ranked as the 32nd-largest metropolitan area in the U.S., with 2,055,612 people in 2016. The city anchors the Cleveland–Akron–Canton Combined Statistical Area, which had a population of 3,515,646 in 2010 and is ranked 15th in the United States.

Public housing residential properties owned by a government

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Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, in partnership with City Architecture, redeveloped Tremont Pointe as the first multi-family green development in the State of Ohio under the Enterprise Green Communities Initiative. [3] The project was designed to integrate a previously separated estate into its surrounding community using innovative site planning and design structure.

The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) is a governmental organization responsible for the ownership and management of low-income housing property in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The organization was founded in 1933, making it the first housing authority in the United States.

Ohio State of the United States of America

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Of the fifty states, it is the 34th largest by area, the seventh most populous, and the tenth most densely populated. The state's capital and largest city is Columbus.

Green building practices employed in this project have created energy efficient units, easing financial and environmental burdens. Partnering with Intermuseum Conservation Association (ICA) Art Conservation, CMHA preserved, restored and reintroduced the artwork into the new construction.

Green building architecture designed to minimize environmental and resource impact

Green building refers to both a structure and the application of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition. This requires close cooperation of the contractor, the architects, the engineers, and the client at all project stages. The Green Building practice expands and complements the classical building design concerns of economy, utility, durability, and comfort.

Intermuseum Conservation Association

The Intermuseum Conservation Association (ICA) is a non-profit regional art conservation center located in Cleveland, OH. It was the first such regional conservation laboratory in the United States. The ICA currently offers conservation and preservation treatments for paintings, murals, works on paper, documents, objects of all media, outdoor sculpture, monuments, and textiles. It employs over 20 conservators and staff.

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Tremont Pointe was a two-phase HOPE VI redevelopment project [4] designed to integrate a previously separated community into its surrounding community using innovative site planning and design structures. One of the first public housing developments, Valleyview Homes, now known as Tremont Pointe, was originally built in 1939. The new, mixed-income development is a 189-unit property.

HOPE VI is a plan by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. It is meant to revitalize the worst public housing projects in the United States into mixed-income developments. Its philosophy is largely based on New Urbanism and the concept of Defensible space.

Site planning in landscape architecture and architecture refers to the organizational stage of the landscape design process. It involves the organization of land use zoning, access, circulation, privacy, security, shelter, land drainage, and other factors. This is done by arranging the compositional elements of landform, planting, water, buildings and paving in site plans. Site planning is the design and process of planning for a new development project. Within Community Development, this stage of site planning is the organizing phase where city planners create a tactical/detailed plan of new developments. These site plans are the exact details city planners need to give their proposal to the community. This is the proposal to the community to get development plans approved of. Through site analysis and precise dimensions taken by development engineers, community members are given an exact image of what developers want to do.

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Amenities

Tremont Pointe has the following green amenities: home energy rating systems, green-label carpet, low volatile paints, formaldehyde-free composite woods, walkable neighborhood with access to transportation and services.

Recognition

Tremont Pointe was selected as a Building of America Award [5] project and was featured as a Gold Medal Winner. It was also recognized with an Award of Excellence by the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO). [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Litt, Steven (February 6, 2014). "CMHA, Cleveland State and ICA Art Conservation preserve WPA treasures from the Depression". cleveland.com.
  2. ↑ "ICA Lines a Louis Grebenak Mural". YouTube.
  3. ↑ Jarboe, Michelle. "Green, affordable projects get financing". cleveland.com.
  4. ↑ "Tremont Pointe". Cleveland City Planning Commission.
  5. ↑ "MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS & MULTIUNIT". The Building of America.
  6. ↑ Jarboe, Michelle. "Tremont Pointe among affordable housing projects lauded for design". cleveland.com.
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