Excerpt from Cleveland.com article on Sunday, August 2nd, 2009.

Cinema-starved West Siders, the clock is finally ticking in your favor. In just over eight weeks, on Oct. 3, the renovated Capitol Theatre will open. Really. I’ve seen it. It’s zipping right along toward completion.

The building on West 65th Street just north of Detroit Avenue, will feature three movie theaters, a beautiful new lobby, and classy old touches mixed with high-tech equipment.

Part of the $30 million Gordon Square Arts District project, the theater will host grand-opening events Thursday and Friday, Oct. 1 and 2, with a full slate of films starting Saturday, Oct. 3. Opening weekend will kick off with LeBron James’ new documentary “More Than a Game.”

Owned by the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization, the Capitol will be managed and programmed by Cleveland Cinemas, which runs five area theaters including the Cedar Lee and Shaker Square. The theater is expected to employ about 15-20 people.

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Fellow Detroit Shoreway resident Qian Li has produced this short film “the Bus Stops Here” which focuses on the Detroit Avenue Streetscape and Robert Maschke’s bus shelter design.

Quote from Qian Li

“The Bus Stops Here” is an short documentary about a pair of innovative bus stop structures designed by Robert Maschke for the Detroit Shoreway area. Located on Cleveland’s West Side, Detroit Shoreway is a neighborhood in transition that has a diverse population. This documentary depicts the commitment of people who believe in their community, in Cleveland, and in the future of the region. The bus stops, two of which will be built at the center of the Gordon Square art district currently under development, will become the first public visual art forms in the neighborhood and symbolize not only the transformational power of art, but a turning point for this evolving area.”