Barneyboy

This would be almost a replication of what theater-goers would have to look forward to way back when, and just a few doors west of the old Boukair's.

Let's hope that 'still working' means that the cornice is a finishing touch, because it was a part of the original plan.

This was a typical lunchtime crowd in 1980. The demise of retail along with the Hyatt occupying spaces for spas et al accounts for its current appearance.

I noticed how phase 2 of Hudson Yards in NYC was looking Jetson-ian and also vaguely familiar.

This is the price paid for a 10 story, 125 year old building and it's still considered a bargain. Compare that to the 44 story, 40 year old AT&T Center in St. Louis which recently sold for $3.6M and I'd say I'm more encouraged with commercial real estate in DT CLV than ST LO MO.

Speaking of tearing down, this was Globe Iron offices NE corner of Center & Spruce.

I was reminded the other day of when Diamond Shamrock financed the renovation of the Palace Theater dressing room towers. I also included a 8 x 10 glossy of the Hanna Building when new/ current.

Richard Jacobs proposed a Courtyard by Marriott on that location about 25 years ago!

“We are also discussing expanding the Cuyahoga Valley National Park’s scenic railroad to Downtown Cleveland with a terminus at our project site with regional partners and the National Park Service,” I was liking the details of this project as it was, but this statement sold it for me.

Seeing this view reminded me of this old magazine clipping of the same view from the 70s when Republic Steel still had their screw and nut mill down there.

NOT St. Clair. Superior. That's Tyler Village on the right.

When it comes to what is now CWRU, they didn't anger Rockefeller as much as rebuffed his endowment offers because they felt it would overshadow the generosity and heavy lifting by Amasa Stone. Rockefeller then simply gave the money that he offered them and gave it to U of Chicago. The city government however is a different story. Apparently, after he moved to NYC, the tax collectors saw him as a piggy bank and they were the hammer.

I can see the reasoning to referencing perhaps South Glenville, since it's immediately north of University Circle. Just as the Cleveland Clinic is proving to be catalytic to rehab and development in Fairfax, the same can be said to a relative degree to this area, as well as Hough because of UC. This would then justify the Glenville directional designation.

This was once the Ambassador Theater building.

I just LOVE the Canada goose sculpture in the Art Park!😁

It would be likely that re-development would make use of historic tax credits, which require the preservation of such details. The Greyhound blade sign is more an integral part of the overall structure than most regular blade signs.

Here's a Crain's article from *ahem* 34 years ago!

I would have to assume that not many people remember or realize that this building was once a neighborhood movie theater.

This should be fairly easy to re-create and turn it into a satellite exhibit of the RRHOF. Perhaps record store relics of the past?

I wonder if it was intentional or coincidental that the circular opening on the rooftop canopy is strikingly similar to what was once right across the street in the Bond clothing store.

It was. In fact it almost went over all of it, so for a long time, until the viaduct was removed it was in its shadow. Shorty's had a 50s diner decor that was pretty cool. It was also once the Erie RR depot prior to the construction of the Union Terminal.

Tried to . . . but I got this.

This has been a surface parking lot for over 30 years.😡

I'm looking to the moment when we can say. . . . . Hyman Roth.mp4

Considering the condition of the marquees that are being replaced, virtually anything would be an improvement. However, if the goal was to attain design continuity throughout all the theaters, it could have still been possible without having each marquee clad with the same ONE color. At night with the lights on, there will be more color and I assume motion, but in daylight, the overall effect is monotonous. My other objection are the curious if not odd designs. There is little to no historic context in consideration here. It's almost as though the designer had never seen an historic theater marquee before and made an arbitrary quess as to what it might look like.