East of E. 55th St... (to about E. 79th)

the blight, the abandonement, and, most importantly, the signs of new construction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding!  And, of course, heartbreaking like so many other of your awesome Cleveland threads.  I have been slightly obsessed with the two houses in your first photo for a few years now- they are exceedingly charming and I hope that one street is spared from the march of bland [but welcome] institutional construction.

 

Great to see the Geiss project so far along- I didn't know it was moving so fast! Any sign of psych hospital work?

Such a huge contrast between, the first "set" of photos and the second.  I love seeing success, and the last few photos definitely show it.

Great stuff!

Great photos.  As hard as it is to see the first photographs of abandonment, I see great hope in the ability of these forums to show what exists beyond the postcard images of a city.  These images should evoke all of us to help our community thrive.  There is some amazing architecture in Cleveland just waiting to be rediscovered and rejuvenated.

The buildings that are decaying are some solid looking structures. It is good to see this side of the urban story too. Thanks again for taking us places we don't see, bad or good.

Holy shit! I would have guessed the first half of the thread was Detroit!  Good to see at least a little investment going on at the end of the thread, though.

looks like someone finally decided to photograph cedar avenue.

Good stuff! The demolition photos are dramatic, especially in contrast against the new construction and rehab scenes that follow.

 

Some of those abandoned small businesses represent dreams lost, and the factories where people no longer work stand for vanished memories.

super thread!

 

i hope they dont keep tearing down the old cleveland. i'd rather it just keep sitting there until somebody figures out what to do with it.

Cleveland's looking sharp.

 

^This thread is for informational purposes, not to speak derogatorily about Cleveland by saying it looks like Detroit, or about Detroit by using it as the comparison.

 

fyi cont'd: These pictures are from a finite area, and while this is found in other parts of Cleveland, it is not on the scale of that found in the Detroit...a city I know and respect very much. No matter. These are 2 cities that helped build America (along with several other Great Lakes cities...Toledo included) and have proud histories.

Nice photos, I've been to Cleveland once and Westinghouse Electric was one of the abandonments I explored.

 

^This thread is for informational purposes, not to speak derogatorily about Cleveland by saying it looks like Detroit, or about Detroit by using it as the comparison.

 

fyi cont'd: These pictures are from a finite area, and while this is found in other parts of Cleveland, it is not on the scale of that found in the Detroit...a city I know and respect very much. No matter. These are 2 cities that helped build America (along with several other Great Lakes cities...Toledo included) and have proud histories.

 

Duly noted. BTW, I happen to love Detroit very much.

 

looks like someone finally decided to photograph cedar avenue.

Yes, definitely ...and a bit of Carnegie and mostly Euclid.

 

I also have some of the remaining Cedar Ave. housing stock in my (Hidden) History thread.

And ZachariahDaMan and CorySnyder Smith have also done the manufacturing places around Cedar (Westinghouse, etc.)

 

Thanks for the pictures, Clueless.  My bus used to go down Cedar when I was in elementary school, and I was always struck by how lonely it looked.  Along with Madison Avenue on the west side, it's definitely one of the streets I'd love to revitalize if I had a gazillion dollars.

Thanks for the pictures, Clueless.  My bus used to go down Cedar when I was in elementary school, and I was always struck by how lonely it looked.  Along with Madison Avenue on the west side, it's definitely one of the streets I'd love to revitalize if I had a gazillion dollars.

 

Along with Buckeye, Hough and Wade Park.  Wishfull thinking on our parts  :(

 

^This thread is for informational purposes, not to speak derogatorily about Cleveland by saying it looks like Detroit, or about Detroit by using it as the comparison.

 

fyi cont'd: These pictures are from a finite area, and while this is found in other parts of Cleveland, it is not on the scale of that found in the Detroit...a city I know and respect very much. No matter. These are 2 cities that helped build America (along with several other Great Lakes cities...Toledo included) and have proud histories.

 

If you're referring to my comment, I didn't mean to imply that Cleveland was on the scale of Detroit when it comes to blight or abandoned buildings/neighborhoods.  That said, I don't really understand the sentiment behing saying that these two cities have proud histories and we shouldn't talk crititcally of them.  This level of deterioration and demolition is startling and not found in many cities.  It's representative of a problem that cannot be addressed by shiny new stadiums or museums.  That's why I find the end of the thread really uplifting, because it shows investment occuring in an area that appears very desperate for it.

 

IMO, this 'proud history' talk that Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo, etc. like to proclaim only serves to lead people to think that their best days are behind them.  There's a fine line between respecting your history and envying it.

 

^This thread is for informational purposes, not to speak derogatorily about Cleveland by saying it looks like Detroit, or about Detroit by using it as the comparison.

 

fyi cont'd: These pictures are from a finite area, and while this is found in other parts of Cleveland, it is not on the scale of that found in the Detroit...a city I know and respect very much. No matter. These are 2 cities that helped build America (along with several other Great Lakes cities...Toledo included) and have proud histories.

 

If you're referring to my comment, I didn't mean to imply that Cleveland was on the scale of Detroit when it comes to blight or abandoned buildings/neighborhoods. That said, I don't really understand the sentiment behing saying that these two cities have proud histories and we shouldn't talk crititcally of them. This level of deterioration and demolition is startling and not found in many cities. It's representative of a problem that cannot be addressed by shiny new stadiums or museums. That's why I find the end of the thread really uplifting, because it shows investment occuring in an area that appears very desperate for it.

 

IMO, this 'proud history' talk that Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo, etc. like to proclaim only serves to lead people to think that their best days are behind them. There's a fine line between respecting your history and envying it.

 

That goes DOUBLE for me.

 

Heck, this is predominantly an "abandonement" thread.

I could go to many Northeastern US/ Midwest older cites (and elsewhere) and put together a photo collection like this.

The levels of deterioration? The much-beloved Chicago offers these same streetscapes.

 

BTW this is essentially the third photo shoot of some of these features in this thread. As I said, ZachariahDaMan and CorySnyder Smith have done this same exact stuff (and much better than I) so I don't know if these "levels of deterioration" are as compounded as one might think*

In ZDM's "Cleveland Urban Exploration" thread you'll see the Westinghouse Electric factory, etc.

All this stuff is around the east 50s and east 60s near Carnegie, Cedar and Euclid.

I chose to put mine on a separate thread because I wanted to include the new construction/renovations that you see at the end.

 

I had a feeling this was going to be fodder for the rest of Ohio. The abandonement here is really not anything new, the same thing is on other threads on UO.

 

* pictures that are new are the vacated small businesses on Cedar adjacent to the closed manufacturing plants. Also new are the Willson Tower apartments...also, the demolition of the Eton and Rugby buildings.

 

 

Heck, this is an abandonement thread.

I could go to any Northeastern US/ Midwest older city and put together a photo collection like this.

The levels of deterioration? The much-beloved Chicago offers these same streetscapes.

 

As well as sections of NYC's outer boros - Shit there are $1 million dollar abandonded/deteriorated brownstones near my house.

Philadelphia

Baltimore

Washington, DC

Houston

Atlanta

New Orleans

Newark

Oakland

 

 

 

...  I have been slightly obsessed with the two houses in your first photo for a few years now- they are exceedingly charming and I hope that one street is spared from the march of bland [but welcome] institutional construction.

 

Great to see the Geiss project so far along- I didn't know it was moving so fast! Any sign of psych hospital work?

 

Yes,  these residential streets around here can be very lonely as the march of time has taken its toll and many are gone.

Here are those houses you speak of. There are actually 3 of them. That street...err,  the whole neighborhood north of Euclid and on into Hough... must've been was charming back in the day. The last picture shows a couple surviving homes from that "Ingleside" area (iirc).

BTW I haven't heard anything on the hospital.

 

 

 

 

Does anyone know where exactly the Ingleside Historic District is?

 

It's on an east 70 street...the dwellings are north of Euclid, can't remember exactly which street. It possibly extends across Chester. We're not talking about a whole lot here...there are only a few survivors.

 

It's on an east 70 street...the dwellings are north of Euclid, can't remember exactly which street. It possibly extends across Chester. We're not talking about a whole lot here...there are only a few survivors.

 

I discovered another really cool historic district between east 93-97th street on Newton Aveune.  There are about 20 intact houses built in more of a cottage style.  The detail work on the home is pretty nice.  Hopefully I can grap some pictures when I come up to Cleveland.

 

What neighborhood(s) is/are pictured here? The new development lends a sense of hope for the rest of the area. Is that due to the BRT line on Euclid? I don't think the blight here can be used for other other cities to look down on Cleveland, since we all have too much blight.