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Those are words that do no occur in the Cleveland Potentially Deceased paper's vocabulary

Sherman, I'm glad he enjoyed them. It's amazing how the interest in that stuff has grown over the years. I've been attending and photographing shows off and on for more than fifty years; when my brother and I first started collecting and restoring, there probably were fewer than a dozen shows across the country and now there are hundreds. We were among a half-dozen in our area who actively participated, and now it seems that anyone with two acres and room for a storage shed has at least one tractor, often one he remembers from his dad's or granddad's farm. Some of us second-generation collectors (the first were the guys born before WWI who grew up farming with the stuff) got into it because we were born with grease under our fingernails and the smells of gasoline and coal smoke in our nostrils, and it was more affordable than collector cars and easier to haul, store, and work on than a locomotive. Now the prices of some of the rarer, older farm machines have equalled or outpaced the collector cars because those were the machines that my brother and I saw sitting in a woodlot and passed on because they were too worn/rusted/stripped for us to undertake. Years later they were picked up by affluent collectors who could put $150,000 - $200,000 into restoration, having patterns made for replacement of broken or missing castings, etc. Too bad all those tractors and heavy equipment are rusting away on that one property you photographed awhile back. Such history there and one wishes those could be restored.

Located out in Hudson and founded in 1826. In 1826, a charter was granted to establish Western Reserve College and Preparatory School in Hudson, Ohio. For the next 56 years, the college and school occupied the campus together until 1882, when the college, now known as Case Western Reserve University, moved to Cleveland. Courtesy of the Academy's website http://www.wra.net/visitors/history.cfm Brick Row The Athenaeum Boys dorm Constructed in 1843 and on the National Register of Historic places. North Hall Boys dorm Constructed in 1838 and on the National Register of Historic places. The Chapel Constructed in 1836 and on the National Register of Historic places. Seymour Hall Classrooms Constructed in 1826 as Middle College, an addition in 1828 as South College and then added on in 1913 as the present building. It is on the National Register of Historic places. Elias Loomis Observatory Constructed in 1838 and is on the National Register of Historic places. It is the second observatory to ever open in the USA. The telescope foundation drops 23 feet into the earth to solid bedrock. Hayden Hall Music department Constructed in 1838 and is on the National Register of Historic places. The Knight Fine Arts Center The Art and Theater departments Constructed in 1986 with an addition in 1991. Harlan N. Wood House Boys dorm with faculty apartments at each end. Constructed in 1963. Seymour House Serves as the WRA Alumni house with rooms for alumni to stay at. Constructed in 1843 and is on the National Register of Historic places. Hobart House Girls dorm Constructed in 1935 Ellsworth Hall Girls dorm, faculty apartments and the schools main dining hall. Constructed in 1922. Carroll Cutler House Girls dorm with faculty house attached Constructed in 1838 Pierce House Headmaster's house Constructed in 1855 Additional buildings not photographed include: Bicknell Gymnasium Boys dorm and faculty apartments. Constructed in 1920 Presidents House Two faculty apartments Constructed in 1830 John D. Ong Library Constructed in 2000 Cartwright House Girls dorm Constructed in 1870 Morgan Building Facutly offices and clinic Constructed in 2003 Athletic Center and Field House Constructed in 2004 Wilson Hall Science department Constructed in 1963

Everyone and their brother..plus the bugs in their houses will want to make a comment on the content of the contract....good or bad.

I thought I was watching the 02-03 Cavs with Ricky Davis, Clearance Weatherspoon, and Lamond Murray.

A little inappropriate but I laughed anyway. Here is a link to some earlier discussions involving addition rail in a south-west corridor involving Old Brooklyn and Parma http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,8513.0.html

Why put it on Jerry?? Visit the RTA website and voice your own opinion, if you haven't already done so. For all who don't like the beeping, tell RTA, but please don't put this in Jerry's lap. As I recall, Jerry joined this forum to provide another means to pass along questions that we forumers have regarding RTA. Another has been to provide us will facts regarding RTA on a variety of subjects. So yes voicing your concerns on RTA's website is the route to go, but also informing Jerry to pass it along doesn't seem like a stretch to me. True, I guess it's a fine line. I, personally, don't want jerry or jetdog to become whipping boards or our "couriers" so to speak. I hope that makes sense. True they have enough on their hands as it is. Especially since budget cuts have increased their roles....I think

Why put it on Jerry?? Visit the RTA website and voice your own opinion, if you haven't already done so. For all who don't like the beeping, tell RTA, but please don't put this in Jerry's lap. As I recall, Jerry joined this forum to provide another means to pass along questions that we forumers have regarding RTA. Another has been to provide us will facts regarding RTA on a variety of subjects. So yes voicing your concerns on RTA's website is the route to go, but also informing Jerry to pass it along doesn't seem like a stretch to me.

That's what I was thinking also. The low bid to construct this building was received on February 8th, 1917 for a sum of $48,000.00 I wonder what that would be in today's dollars

Every time I see "opportunity corridor" I get pissed! Another road to separate more neighborhoods. ::) ::) That makes two of us.

If i'm not mistaken these were taken to document the structures. I assume the pictures were taken at off hours and/or purposely taken without people present. It could depend on the technology used by the photographer. These are pro work, and if they were shot with large view cameras with glass-plate negatives and small lens openings for depth of field, the exposures could have been sufficiently long that a person in motion might not have registered. It's still quite possible, though, as David stated, that the photographer might have waited for the scene to be free of distractions. It makes sense, I mean, I always try to avoid cars if I'm trying to take a picture of a building. It just clutters it up. Who knows why people took the pictures. We tend to promote street life so if someone is walking by, we consider it a good thing. But if someone were to take a MLS photo for real estate, I doubt they would want a person standing in front of it. Plus, us young whippersnappers are filled with longing - for street life that we feel like we missed out on in the past; so we expect a lot from the old pictures. If you look at some of the other pictures I've posted with people in them you'll notice that many are blurs or appear as ghosts. I'm assuming even the slightest movement while taking a picture back then would create a rather blurry image. So they probably tried to avoid it as much as possible. And as MTS mentioned...they were taken as sort of a portfolio of projects completed...not a snapshot in time to capture the moment.

Best Co. - Now houses Jillians Federal Knitting Mills - Detroit & W. 29th Hiram Rivitz - 1614 E. 40th J.L Goodman Furniture - Harvard & Broadway Lion Knitting Mills - 3256 W. 25th L.N. Gross - W. 3rd & Lakeside Neal Fireproof Storage - Detroit Ave. & West Blvd. Richman Brothers - E. 55th just south of Superior Rorimer-Brooks Studio - Euclid near E. 22nd Royal Furniture - Now National City Bank 1939 W. 25th Schwarz-Forney-Hextor E. 30th & Superior Superior Buick - 6801 Superior just east of E. 68th Telling Belle Vernon - 3700 area of Carnegie. Now is the Minute Men Center

I just realized that three of the photos are the same location...but just a progression. Altmans Furniture must have constructed an additional building next to the tall white one...and then it became a F.W. Woolworth store a couple years later.

Probably follow MayDay's suggestion and donate to clevelandmemory.org but have to talk to the boss.

My perception of Cincy has exploded in the positive direction. Thanks for the photos!

Yes they are. I would love for one day to go back to that time...walk down the street and hear the "ahhhoooooogaaaahhhh" horns of those cars.

final part.

and we continue...

If I do a little detective work on a couple of these, I might be able to get the address by checking correspondence files from these projects.

maybe there is a hidden city below street level. Lets bring in History Channel's "Cities of the Underworld"

Some construction pics of the Rickersberg Brass Co. I didn't spend much time researching where this building is/was. But enjoy anyway. Check out the guy at the top of the smoke stack.

Somewhere in Cleveland

I hear ya :cry:

Ok here are all the construction photos we have. Too bad we don't have photos to when it was completed, but it is still cool to see up to steel erection. It is interesting how every or almost every piece of heavy machinery had to be run on rails. A set of tracks had to be run wherever they planned to use the equipment. Enjoy.

and by night.