A New Adventure Begins For The EVCS

by queenseyes

Last evening at the Elmwood hotel discussion, Sam Savarino announced that a deal was in the works for the old telephone building across from Cozumel on Elmwood. The deal? This building is going to be the future home of the new Elmwood Village Charter School. I can't tell you how great this is for Elmwood and Allentown. First of all, the building is a stone's throw from the Allendale Theater where the Theater of Youth perform. Second, the location has always acted as a division point between Elmwood and Allen. Now it will draw the two streets together. Last but not least, the design of this place is awesome.

I have had the pleasure of touring this building and all I can say is that the place is mammoth. There is a huge skylight that floods the inside floors with light as well as the basement level where the Adventure Club used to be. Even the roof of the building is open to possibilities as there is a vista clear to Lake Erie.

At one point there had been discussions of art studios occupying the building, then there were talks of a boutique hotel, and finally a steak house was planned to open. All of these ideas eventually fell by the wayside and the vision of a charter school was born.

Over the years the space has been subjected to broken windows, graffiti and water damage. Many people (R&S in particular) have been very skeptical as to anything ever happening at the location. Every time the neighbors got their hopes up nothing ever came of the space.

Well the deal has been signed and the neighbors should be thrilled as to the new addition to the street. The building is located a few doors north from Allen.