Bravo Lennox Town Center

An update to an earlier post....On the Boards. Below are photos taken today of the Bravo Cucina Italiana restaurant going in at the former site of Baja Sol Lennox Town Center.



Before construction



Meleca Architecture design




Current construction



The restaurant is on target for end-of-year opening.

St. Paul's Site Visit

Here are some photos from our site visit today at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Westerville, Ohio.

On the Boards...

Bravo/Brio Restaurant Group is taking over the former Baja Sol site at Lennox Town Center, Columbus, Ohio.

A 200-seat Bravo Cucina Italiana is underway - designed by Meleca Architecture. 

Bravo Cucina Italiana, Lennox Town Center, Meleca Architecture design

The restaurant is slated to be open by the end of this year.  

And a Brio Tuscan Grille Restaurant is headed for Harrah's Casino in Cherokee, North Carolina.

Brio at Harrah's Casino, Cherokee, NC, Meleca Architecture design

This 500- seat restaurant is expected to open 2012. 

Raising of the Cross

Our family usually attends mass every Sunday at St. John the Baptist Italian Catholic Church in Columbus Italian Village - near downtown.  But today was special as St. Paul the Apostle Church in Westerville, Ohio, scheduled to raise the cross for their new church. 

Surrounded by what seemed over 100 parishioners, construction company Corna Kokosing slowly lifted the 20 foot cross by crane, resting it ever so gently atop what will be a new 1200 seat church in the Columbus suburb.

We all watched in silence as the church choir sang hymns.  It was truly a site to see.  It took maybe 5 minutes for the cross to reach it's final destination.  I asked David if all churches place their cross this way, he said this was a first for him.  It's the biggest he's designed.

Even more special for me - this is my sister's parish.  She and her family were there and took this picture of us.  Thanks Monica!

Road to the Top

Utah

A 20 ft. cross designed by architect David B. Meleca for St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church is enroute from Salt Lake City, Utah to Westerville, Ohio.  The latin style symbol will adorn the top of the new 1200 seat Catholic church.  It will take several days for cross-towing-truck to deliver the gold leafed symbol.  Crafted by Munns Manufacturing of Salt Lake, St. Paul's new church, for the largest congregation in the Columbus Diocese, is on target to be dedicated in 2011.