Planning Commission OKs New Artist Studio in Birdtown
Lakewood artist is looking to convert machine shop into a live/work artist studio that would also feature a gallery.
A Lakewood artist looking to convert a 100-year-old machine shop in Birdtown into a live/work artist studio, got the green light from the city’s planning commission. Lakewood resident Kim Schoel shared her plans with the city for a development proposal that includes a gallery featuring jewelry and paintings. According to her proposal to the city, Schoel intends to bid in the property at 12507 Plover Street — the current home of Atlas Machine. “My familiarity with Birdtown — a formerly unknown and economically challenged part of Lakewood — derives from my participation in the Lake Erie Screw Factory’s annual Open Studio events, which have attracted thousands of people from the Northeast Ohio region,” she said in a letter to the planning …
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Peter Grossetti
12:06 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
This is wonderful news. I would love to see art and artists have a greater role in Our City's economic revival. more ›