Glenville

How about making ST ignatius and Glenville the home teams?

A few points, the Germans occupied Auschwitz because it had a former training facility, this facility was build upon, if you look closely, most of the building were single floor structures, the Germans build second stories onto most. In Birkenau, you see the quickly completed barracks with wood frames. The Germans actually didn't have to do a lot of the slaughtering in the East. In Eastern towns you often had local volunteers who would entertain the Germans with their own hatred. A lot of people think this is the first time the Jews were banished and tormented in Europe. Germany actually had very few Jews, only 500,000 or so. The German Jews were very assimilated and "German" in culture. In the east, you had more conservative Jews and they were for several hundred years continuously invited and banished from host countries. Old-wives tales and myth often fueled the hatred. Also Christians would banish Jews when they no longer had the ability to pay back debt. Since Christians were not allowed to loan money, Jews became often the only suppliers of credit.The Russians alone will one day deal with their own killing machine, which frighteningly might double the number massacred by the Germans. The Germans were only successful for one reason, that was technology. The others who had driven the Jews out didn't have that important component at their disposal. Excuse the typos

Atlanta, way over-rated!

How about a Quad with dorms and a campus feeling! It's not like that are doesn't need development.

Where Aushwitz 1 looked eerily like a condemned college campus(it was previously a military fort). Birkenau, only a few miles down the road was surreal. It was incredibly big! It took me 20 minutes to walk across it without stopping. There were so many barracks, many destroyed, others rebuilt. The crematorium was destroyed but the ruins still there. The a holding station, known as Canada, was still there. There was another but it was destroyed along with one of the crematoriums, by sundercommandos, prisoners responsible to cremating and transporting the dead. Let us all learn from what remains!

not as much reconstruction at auschwitz, more at birkenau 3 miles away.

I was not sure if i should post this album, it is only 1/20 of the pictures I took while visiting Auschwitz for 7 days. The pictures are of the main camp, I am only posting the exterior for people who have never been. I submit them because they were apart of my journey to five Concentration Camps in Central and Eastern Europe. So yes, i saw beautiful places but I also saw places that made me weep with great sorrow. I submit my pictures with respect to the Jewish Community, the Roma and Sinti, and all others who suffered at Auschwitz.

i was there in July during Obama Rally

There is a huge square in the center of Prague, it has an astrological clock. Prague also had a famous Jewish community named Josevo, there were several synagogues and a cemetery there. I have included pictures. You can see how it is over-crowded and even damaged during the ghettoization of the area. The synagogue was underwater a few years ago due to river flooding. With respect, I hope you enjoy!

One belongs to the Commissioner of Street Repairs and the Councilwoman. I dislike when the architectual integrity of a neigborhood is compromised by new constraction. It would be great if someone took the time to pull the old blueprints or just take a look around. I also dislike when the replacement foliage is not in line with what is represented. If it's maples, plant maples. Often the greenery can be an eyesore. Cleveland historic districts would benefit from paint color ordinances too!

Munich is my second home. It is sophisticated, yet keeps it's old-world charm. It was rebuilt after WWII from it's original plan. If you only visit one city in Germany, make it the Bavarian Beauty, Munich! Hope you enjoy!

yes, i think the neighborhood would benefit from gentrification. It was historically a middle class neighborhood, section 8 and adsentee landlords have taken away that element. When i was growing up, there were still a few doctors, lawyers and teachers in the neighborhood. I think these homes just need some tender-loving care.

Berlin is my favorite city in Europe. It is young and reckless, sophisticated and refined, cultured and raw. I walked for days around the enormous city(still under-construction). It was so vibrant and progessive, i wish i could go back soon! I hope you enjoy!

It was awkward at times, yet there are many students and now residence of color living throughout Eastern Europe. The most difficult was Krakow, Poland, I was stared at and pointed at by children and older residence, but i think it was more curiousity. I speak fluent German which helped out immensely! Germany is the easiest to get around and most diverse of the places I visited. There are actually pockets of Berlin that are primarily people of color; I was able to go to a barbershop! lol Thanks for asking!

To walk across the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic, you fall in love. It is a fairytale city, nothing compares to the marvels of it. Prague was treasured by the Germans and not touched during the war. It is one of the only fully preserved big cities cities of the pre-war era. I LOVE PRAGUE!!! Czech it out!

Krakow is definitely the cultural jewel of Poland. I enjoyed my two weeks there; it is a must see! I also visted Wadowice, Pope John-Paul's hometown before spending a week in Aushwitz.

I spent my summer touring Dresden, Berlin, Krakow and Prague. I was teary when I approached Germany's most beautiful city-of-old. Dresden is pain-stakingly being rebuilt. I hope you enjoy!

I grew up in Glenville, a northeastern neighborhood in Cleveland. Over the years, the neighborhood had gotten positive press because of it's successful high school athletics, yet is still plagued with high crime and unemployment. My Glenville still exists though; my mother has lived on the same street for 30 years and still walks her dog in Rockefeller Park. I have included pictures of her humble home and our proud neighborhood taken last summer. 9/08

Thanks for the FYI! Looking at the skyline from the North, it looks like a jack-o-lantern; it's my least favorite cityscape of the Cleveland. Just wish we had some filler. Unfortunately, that means more businesses relocating. Can we expect skyscrapers or buildings over 20 stories in University Circle area within the next 15 years? Would be a great site for high rise condos and biomedical firms! just dreaming

Hey guys, can we expect a new convention hotel to pop up on the western edge of Tower City? I assume we will need a hotel with 800-1000 rooms. Could we be looking for something slender, such a the Peachtree Westin in Atlanta or the defunct Renaissance in Detroit. I don't favor a cylinder style, but seeing someting sleet and cool (westin) would be great.

The city of Oberlin, home of Oberlin College (best school in the Midwest, Best Conservatory) Tappan Square, The Feve, the memories!

Key Tower and the Terminal Tower are only regional signature buildings. If you ask someone from San Diego, who's never been to Cleveland to recognize Cleveland's skyline in a pile , they would have a hard time. Sears Tower is know around the World, show me the CN tower or Space Needle and i can identify the city. The Eiffel Tower and St. Louis Arch are recognizable by most people who have never stepped foot in Missouri or Ontario. I specifically pointed out the sail-shaped hotel because it put Dubai on the map, globally. Signature means significant, unique and having wide-appeal. The Key Tower is beautiful, but to somone in Iowa, it could be a part of the New York or Chicago skyline. Our only glimpse of signature is the Rock Hall.

I would love to see Cleveland define itselt with a signature structure at the lip of the mall. What would you envision, the Dubai sail-shaped hotel, would have been beautiful for the lakefront. or maybe the arch spanning the mall? or a tower next to Browns Stadium? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? ANY IDEAS ?

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Would love to see a Legal Seafood in Cleveland. H&M and Urban Outfitter would be great; they are huge here in DC. I know Cleveland is against box stores, but how about a new Ikea in Steelyard? Honestly, you have to limit bus service to some of these areas. Unfortunately, if you are a daily bus rider in Cleveland, you probably aren't going to these commercial areas to shop. Call me a racist or elitist. I am a black man, attended Glenville H.S. and Oberlin College. Yeah, i didn't think so..... :mrgreen: