Posted April 14, 201015 yr I'm hoping to turn this thread into something akin to the world skyscaper thread where people post random questions about Cleveland. If you get the answer, then you have to come up with a random and difficult question of your own. I'll start off with a question: How did Fairview Park (the city park in Ohio City) get its name?
April 14, 201015 yr Well, I know Parkview was once part of this area, and Fairview was part of Rockport Twp. So I would say, the "View" and the "Park" comes from Parkview. But the "Fair", you got me.
April 14, 201015 yr Wasn't W. 38th St. or W. 32nd St. called Fairview St. back before the streets were numbered? EDIT: Nope, W. 32nd St. was Duane St. and W. 38th St. was Kentucky St. (should have remembered that due to the school). There was a reservoir on that property, and I think I remember seeing a picture somewhere of people viewing the lake from a height alongside the reservoir, so maybe it's related to that.
April 14, 201015 yr How about, it has a good view of the Cleveland Metroparks...along Story and Mastick, hence, Fairview Park.
April 14, 201015 yr Wasn't W. 38th St. or W. 32nd St. called Fairview St. back before the streets were numbered? A section of W. 37th was called Fairlawn: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohcuyah2/maps/streets/westno.html
April 14, 201015 yr You're all wrong so far. GoTribe, you're the wrongest of them all, but also kind of right--reread the question.
April 14, 201015 yr I think my edit was correct: http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=KSR http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27701/27701-h/images/p103h.png
April 14, 201015 yr Wasn't W. 38th St. or W. 32nd St. called Fairview St. back before the streets were numbered? EDIT: Nope, W. 32nd St. was Duane St. and W. 38th St. was Kentucky St. (should have remembered that due to the school). There was a reservoir on that property, and I think I remember seeing a picture somewhere of people viewing the lake from a height alongside the reservoir, so maybe it's related to that. Ding ding ding, we have a winner! The reservoir was located where the kentucky gardens currently sit. Surprisingly, this was the highest point on the near west side (therefore a good location to store water). It was said that you had a "fair view" of the City from adopt the reservoir. 'Fair' meaning 'really nice' back in those days.
April 14, 201015 yr ^Nice one! This has always been one of my favorite historical photos of the Cleve (from Cleveland Memory; at http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/print&CISOPTR=277&CISOBOX=1&REC=5):
April 14, 201015 yr I plugged the corner of W 38th and Franklin where the park is located in to Gmaps pedometer and drew a straightline to public square, according to that there is 25-30 ft difference in elevation between those two points. Make sense why they put the resevoir there. The steam pumps they used back then had to be monsters to keep that filled.
April 14, 201015 yr Here's one that quite a few would probably know, but never gets old to me - what was the original spelling of the City's name and how did the current spelling come about? Another one - when construction of the Terminal Tower was completed, how many skyscrapers were taller than it and can you name them? (slightly a trick question)
April 14, 201015 yr Another one - when construction of the Terminal Tower was completed, how many skyscrapers were taller than it and can you name them? (slightly a trick question) One skyscraper was taller than the Terminal Tower when it was built, the Woolworth Building in New York City. Sorry, I'm bored at work! :)
April 14, 201015 yr From wiki, I knew the answer but copy and paste is easier than typing.... The place called "Cleaveland" eventually became known as "Cleveland". In 1830, when the first newspaper, the "Cleveland Advertiser," was established, the editor discovered that the head-line was too long for the form, and accordingly left out the letter "a" in the first syllable of "Cleaveland," which spelling was at once adopted by the public.[2] An alternative explanation is: "Cleaveland's surveying party of fifty-two people included two women. The surveyors laid out a town along the eastern bank of the Cuyahoga River and named it Cleaveland. Because of a spelling error on the original map, the town of Cleaveland was spelled as Cleveland."[
April 14, 201015 yr ^I don't think it was completed yet Correct, and neither was the Chrysler Building (which was completed about 9 month before the Empire State Building).
April 14, 201015 yr ^I don't think it was completed yet Correct, and neither was the Chrysler Building (which was completed about 9 month before the Empire State Building). They weren't completed yet but they were still taller at the point of the terminal towers completion
April 14, 201015 yr ^I don't think it was completed yet Correct, and neither was the Chrysler Building (which was completed about 9 month before the Empire State Building). They weren't completed yet but they were still taller at the point of the terminal towers completion The Terminal Tower was completed in 1928 (although the Cleveland Union Terminal complex didn't fully open until 1930). Construction didn't begin on the Empire State Building until 1929. Construction on the Chrysler Building was from 1928 to 1930, so I doubt that at the time the Terminal Tower was completed that the Chrysler Building topped 708 feet.
April 14, 201015 yr Here is an easy one, where was the original lighthouse located downtown? Was it on Whiskey Island by the Coast Guard Station?
April 14, 201015 yr ^I don't think it was completed yet Correct, and neither was the Chrysler Building (which was completed about 9 month before the Empire State Building). They weren't completed yet but they were still taller at the point of the terminal towers completion The Terminal Tower was completed in 1928 (although the Cleveland Union Terminal complex didn't fully open until 1930). Construction didn't begin on the Empire State Building until 1929. Construction on the Chrysler Building was from 1928 to 1930, so I doubt that at the time the Terminal Tower was completed that the Chrysler Building topped 708 feet. Your right. I was thinking 1930
April 14, 201015 yr ^Nice one! This has always been one of my favorite historical photos of the Cleve (from Cleveland Memory; at http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/print&CISOPTR=277&CISOBOX=1&REC=5): I have an original etching print of this scene... not a postcard, but printed and hand watercolored. It's over 130 years old. Found in an antique shop. Still haven't told Mrs. McCleveland how much I had to pay for it :). It, along with a similar print (and age) of public square are next on my framing list.
April 15, 201015 yr Name the last professional sports team to win a league championship in Cleveland?
April 15, 201015 yr Name the last professional sports team to win a league championship in Cleveland? was it the Cleveland Crunch?
April 15, 201015 yr was it the Cleveland Crunch? No. Good guess though ;) What building used to contain machine gun turrets? The Federal Reserve. But does anyone know why?
April 15, 201015 yr What building used to contain machine gun turrets? The Federal Reserve. But does anyone know why? to protect the safe during the great depression?
April 15, 201015 yr I believe the answer is the Indians in 1997 Amerlcan LEAGUE CHAMPIONS. No. The Crunch won the year following anyways.
April 15, 201015 yr ^No. But you are on the right path ;) ^^^Yes. But I believe the guards were stationed prior to the stock market crashed in 1929, during the prohibition years that led to a massive increase in organized crime.
April 15, 201015 yr What is the name of the cargo ship that regularly hauls loads of salt from Cleveland to various ports throughout the Great Lakes? At least 2-3 times a week from April till early December, this ship is hard at work.
April 15, 201015 yr Here is an easy one, where was the original lighthouse located downtown? Was it on Whiskey Island by the Coast Guard Station? Nope. Notice I said downtown.
April 15, 201015 yr What is the name of the cargo ship that regularly hauls loads of salt from Cleveland to various ports throughout the Great Lakes? At least 2-3 times a week from April till early December, this ship is hard at work. The Sam Laud?
April 15, 201015 yr Here is an easy one, where was the original lighthouse located downtown? Was it on Whiskey Island by the Coast Guard Station? Nope. Notice I said downtown. Corner of W. 9th (water street) and Lakeside (Lake Rd). The stairs to the former lighthouse are still standing. Built in 1872.
April 15, 201015 yr I believe it was the SW corner. http://books.google.com/books?id=OJHecQKjsMAC&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=cleveland+lighthouse+stairs&source=bl&ots=3XspScQGEW&sig=H36454fWpWs0X94BZ-pSsYwVsF8&hl=en&ei=zyTHS4u2B4-49QSqyMSXCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBAQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=cleveland%20lighthouse%20stairs&f=false Picture of the stairs located under the Shoreway/Main ave bridge.
April 15, 201015 yr yes. where the surface lot is next to national terminal building, next to the shoreway... that's where the 50 foot "bluff" was until we created our man made lakefront.
April 15, 201015 yr Now you confused me even more. Isn't the SW corner of 9th/Lakeside where the Federal Building is?
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