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Good thread.

Good pics! Nice city. Love stuff like this,

Ah, yes, some fun times at Ray's. And some good burgers from Pufferbelly.

As a Kent Stater, Ravenna was the "big city" next door. It has some great buildings. I didn't realize that at the time.

I'd have to say 5+ yrs ago, IIRC.

1275 and 1281 West Sixth St. Technically it's got 2 street addresses.

Nice! I recently took some pics too of the '1890' Building/former Factory Restaurant. It'd be nice if a restaurant could make a go of it in that space.

That was it. I knew some people who lived in that blue house next door. Nice pics.

Thanks A lot! I graduated from KSU many moons ago and most of these I recognize. Looks like there have been some great renovations (like Rockwell Moulton Hall). For some reason McGilvrey Hall was probably my favorite building there, partly due to its location on that slope on Lincoln St. And, hey, they've got a Five Guys. Was that a Burger King at one time? (Maybe it was before your time).

WOW! McC that is totally cool. That is exactly the kind of stuff I was looking for on "my walk down Euclid Ave" (on my photo thread). I must say that i did not know about this thread. I knew about the tours because people I work with went on them last year. Cool Stuff!

It's the Liberty Textile Building, c. 1873.

That's a good picture. I like their new look, and more is to come. I think there has been some major progress on fixing the building down the street. If it has a particular name, I don't know it. But we were talking about this a few months back... Here are a couple pics from this past week. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it would seem that an entire new back wall has been built. Now, will they re-brick over this? Over on W. 9th St, Sunset Lounge closed a few weeks ago for remodeling. Here's what's coming (I'm glad):

Thanks guys for the info. I appreciate it! Robert, I've already taken the Studebaker shot and want to post it with some other car stuff, and here's that Railway Express Agency on E.17th (the east side of the building) that I took last Fall. Not the best picture, but like you said KJP, maybe Google streetviews is helpful. Actually the north side of this building (the part that fronts Lakeside Ave) is kinda cool.

I see they had a "Limelite" too. :lol: That theater probably looked good in its day though. Good pics.

Great tour. I'd like to see more of the (original) Big D... Detroit.

Some are sad, that's true. But stumbling upon these "forgotten" things is sort of like finding a little treasure. It's the Exploring that's fun. And all these places have a story behind them. Any non-Sun Belt city is gonna have this stuff. Although some of the older cities/towns down South have their share too (as we've seen on some photo threads). I'm coming across some interesting things in this trek through Cleveland. Some, of course, I posted here. ...And I'm with you on the future ****EDIT: The thing that saddens me on this thread is that The Broadway Mills building will be razed for the new bridge. :cry:

Yes, exactly. I would say celebrate it. :wink: But I understand what you're saying. I'll definitely have a part 2 to this.

Yes, that's where it is. Good eye! And, you're right, it does look like it would fit well in downtown. I hope it's around for a while either way.

These are shots I've taken over the last several months city-wide. I really liked the Hidden Cincy thread which is a few pages back now and I thought I'd go around town...and off the beaten path... to look for Cleveland Stuff. Most everything here is historical in some sense and some are things we see everyday. Other things I didn't know existed. I have enough pictures (and I am still exploring) to probably do another installment. This is one of the most historic places in town. It is the first consecrated building in Cuyahoga County. St. John's Episcopal Church (no longer open) in Ohio City. It was once more elaborate than it is now, Just across the street from St. John's. I couldn't find a date of construction for this but it is clearly sometime in the mid to late 1800s. It was once an office for Dr. George Crile, founder of the Cleveland Clinic, On the near east side, c.1916 The Broadway mills building downtown, it will be razed for the new Interbelt bridge, Near west side, A former Cadillac showroom, 1916, the logo with nine teeth in the crown and the merlettes was used from approximately 1915-1920. I read that the third floor was added in 1926, old Bank stuff, Near east side, Some more Ohio City, Quick hop back to the east, This is one of my fave buildings outside of downtown. The former Cleveland Jewish center (Anshe Emeth), c.1921 located in Glenville. In the 40s, its membership of 920 families made it the largest conservative congregation in the United States. It's a humbling building, Back west, Definite remnant of the past, Prospect downtown, old May Co. warehouse on near east side, The Dept. store downtown, A walk down Euclid Ave.,

Thanks for the info jmpippin. I drove by there today and whatever it was, it is no longer covering the doorway (it's been "peeled away").

15 has got to be Erieside Dr. as it bends around Cleve Browns Stadium. 16 is the 425 Lakeside Building. (the garage doors on W. Lakeside).

You beat me to it. Yes, it's Progressive Field. 9 is E.2nd street looking towards Prospect

4= Kirkham Place townhomes on W. 10th

I don't know if anyone saw this today. I took this picture around lunch time. They were sanding the "rust" off, or something similar to that. And then applying this covering which you can see at the tops of the vertical door columns. By mid-afternoon I believe all of the metalwork around the door had that covering on it. Yay!!!

The Bulkley Building is actually my #1 too. I shake my head everytime I see its stunning cornice wrapped up in that net, let alone the cleaning it needs. I have written the property manager. The last email I sent was the end of September '09 (so 6 or 7 months ago). Here is part of the reply: "We are currently looking at bids to clean the Bulkley exterior within the historic standards of the U. S. Secretary of the Interior, and we hope to do that within the next 12 months... We will restore the cornice, but that will have to wait for several years after we have cleaned the exterior. In the mean time the netting that is installed over the cornice is a safety measure..." So it sounds like the exterior should either be cleaned in ~6 months, or bids will be accepted for 6 more months. I'm not sure how to interpret that sentence. Either way, it's a good thing. Sad to hear about such a long wait for the cornice though... :-(