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Mohr37 emailed me the shots, which I've posted in this gallery on pbase. Just the three largest ones - if anyone's interested in some of the other images, PM him and he can email them to me to add to the gallery... Thanks again for posting these! What a cool find...

^No Stryker?

...and Bloody Run Parkway became Victory Parkway (after WWI, I believe?).

Up north: Norwalk Brook Park Cleveland Berea Hinckley Granger Medina North Royalton Central Ohio (just my wife and her folks): Columbus Dublin Easton area - not sure of the actual township or neighborhod designation Down south: Cincinnati (just me and my wife!)

Wonderful city, and wonderful pictures of it! Thanks for remembering to post them here!

Yeah, that was funny...I sent it around to a bunch of friends...

Isn't Vinyl already open? We drove past Wednesday night, the lights were on and there were a ton of folks inside...maybe it was a private pre-opening party?

How about this one?

I have no idea where any of them are, but they're really cool shots!

Wow - great find! That river is just fantastic!

That's not on McMicken, is it? (Where was the earlier one taken from? That's a cool shot...)

Wow. That is just phenomenal! Where/when/how did you get that? What a treasure...

Wow...just phenomenal! So fantastic... The second shot was of the massive cloud of smoke from the fireworks - it was a pretty still night, so the smoke just kinda sat... Fantastic shot!

So if your kids were in Clifton, and you opted to take vouchers, and then they close Clifton and send kids to schools that aren't as low-scoring, do you lose your vouchers?

Schmidt's actually been a supporter of alternative fuels all along...at least as far back as when she first ran against Paul Hackett, which is when I first heard of her. http://www.communitypress.com/CommunityPress/Elections.asp?pageType=Endorsement She also talks about the Eastern Corridor, but I don't know if that's just the asphalt portion of it, or the light rail part as well...

I thought Larry Nance was a forward?

Er...how we get to into a crime discussion? I think I missed a step...

Ach, no big deal - just thought it would be a fun thing to puzzle out one's self, but Ink is right, it probably would have been awfully tough to figure out without some clever clues...I know I wouldn't have thought of it, probably...

I'd never heard that until ColDayMan used it one day...if you know it, don't post it - let folks try to figure it out!

^Uh...12th and Walnut is a slightly different venue than Sawyer Frickin' Point. I don't think the two are at all comparable.

You post the coolest sh*t...

Indeed - it's been being rehabbed for a while now - and man, did it ever need it. This shot was taken from Nassau. Crazy, crazy retaining wall - it's just a shear wall. There's maybe a three foot walkway between the house and the edge of the wall...I showed this place to my grandpa, and he said, "well, you better not come home drunk!" You have a shot you can post for us?

I'm on her mailing list - here's her message: Black Gold It wasn't until the 1930's when major oil discoveries were made in the Persian Gulf States. The United Kingdom controlled most of the region politically for almost two hundred years. Only at the beginning of World War II did the U.S.S.R. and the United States begin to see the economic significance of the region. Four years ago all of the world's oil producers collected about $300 billion annually. It was an enormous sum of money for regions that frankly had few resources until the last half century. Entire towns grew in the desert. Petrol dollars fueled construction, trade, and vast wealth for royal families. Almost half of the world's known oil can be found in the Persian Gulf. This is an economically stunning amount of resources contained in a handful of small countries. Those energy resources will keep increasing in value. Today the $300 billion annual figure has grown to over $800 billion. Oil producing states will collect over $800 billion for the oil they produce this year alone. Half of that sum will end up in the Persian Gulf. That figure may increase dramatically as the Asian demand for oil grows rapidly, further increasing the demand and thus the price for oil. This growing Persian Gulf wealth is becoming a significant problem because it is beginning to filter down to individuals and groups that desperately want to harm America. The first goal of any monarch is to wake up tomorrow and still be in power. The royal families of the Persian Gulf have made hundreds of billions in oil profits. The only thing keeping them in the way of making even more is political instability at home. Far too often these families are willing to buy off domestic political trouble. Extremist groups take royal money and use it to plot terrorism in the West. Peace at home for the royals comes with a hefty price tag for everywhere else. The United States has launched a major financial operation at tracking down these funds and exposing the guilty parties. We have made great progress but money often finds a way around the barriers. Our government must continue to do everything it can to stop the flow of terrorism funding. I am confident that the government will make a huge impact. However, more needs to be done. There is another way to impact terrorism funding. We simply must reduce the amount of oil we purchase from the Persian Gulf. Our nation must become energy independent as soon as feasible. For decades we have heard the virtues of mass transit and alternative sources of energy. Those virtues now include our national security. We have come a long way with hybrid technology already. Ethanol will be available at the pump this month in Cincinnati. Hydrogen fuel cells are working on test cars. However, we need to continue to invest in technologies and research. We also need to increase the minimum mileage requirements on our cars and trucks. I recently purchased a new ethanol powered vehicle as my daily driver. I will be one of the first in line to buy ethanol this month. Not because ethanol is less costly or even because it is much better for the environment; I will be filling up with Ethanol because I no longer want to send my money to the Persian Gulf. I'll send my money to our farmers instead. Corn growers, as it turns out, are not so prone to extremism. We have had decades of talk. It is now time to act in the best interests of our country.

Well, let me give another here...anyone else can certainly feel free to post trivia here too!

70% vacancy rate? Really? Do you have any citations for that, because that seems utterly insane...I can't imagine a vacancy rate that high, unless we'd just experienced a frickin' chemical attack...