So yeah, we have had very mild temps so far (knock on wood) so I've managed to get out and take a few shots here and there. No real rhyme or reason to them - just some from the east side, downtown, west side, and wrapping up at the Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve (which will be a definite must once spring actually arrives).

 

A typical winter Saturday morning, with no events at Gateway:

 

Make note of the Rose Building (Medical Mutual) and that stretch in general - it gets blown to bits in the 'Avengers' movie  :shoot:

 

Pardon the windshield tint, the building on the left is the Halle Building (formerly Halle Bros. department store). Quite a bit of Hollywood here - actress Halle Berry was named after it, and it served as the backdrop/workplace for Drew Carey on his show:

 

Some residential conversions in the pipeline plus new construction at CSU might liven up this stretch:

 

Out to the east side via Euclid Avenue - not the greatest architecture on the right but at least it's built up to the sidewalk. Baby steps, I guess.

 

Continuing on Euclid:

 

 

More Hollywood in the 216 - these were used in the filming of 'Fun Size', starring Victoria Justice. They weren't originally these colors but the film crew jazzed them up (way up!) and left them this way when they left:

 

The next two buildings (churches) worry me based on their proximity to the Cleveland Clinic:

 

 

Uptown mixed-use ahead, new Museum of Contemporary Art on the right:

 

Further up Euclid:

 

And into Cleveland Heights on Mayfield Road:

 

Back down to Cedar, heading toward downtown - wish I could close the road for a few minutes on a nice day and get this shot  :|

 

Melt went east:

 

Cleveland Heights high school clocktower - could use a little spiffing up:

 

Nice details on a building on Cedar:

 

Cedar Fairmount neighborhood of Cleveland Heights:

 

They love tudor in the Heights!

 

Back in the city proper, the new Doubletree is looking great after extensive renovations:

 

Hopefully we'll soon be able to say the same for the larger building on the right:

 

Almost back downtown:

 

And here we are - 41 days until opening day, fyi:

 

Let me make a point or two:

 

Keep on trucking, or guarding... err...  :roll:

 

A day or so later, the sun decided to come out and play for a while; these shots are from the west side; Cliff Drive near Edgewater Park:

 

Scranton Road:

 

Both from I-90 - again, wish I could close the road for a few minutes to get crisper shots on these.

 

 

 

Back on Scranton Road:

 

Note to self - bury utility lines along Scranton:

 

Although this sign on West 117th is alright, I really miss the old "Hard Times" sign.

 

Along Clifton Blvd:

 

Loving how the Ernst and Young tower will fill in the gap from this angle:

 

Zipping through Tremont:

 

And over to Spring Road near the Hinckley Road industrial park:

 

Some shots of Old Brooklyn (maybe Brooklyn, not quite sure of the borders):

 

 

 

 

 

Time to go back east, to the Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve fka Dike 14 http://www.dike14.org/

 

 

 

At some point, this won't be Deadman's Curve:

 

 

Quay 55 - does anyone have photos of this when it was just a gutted shell sitting along the Lake?

 

Soon to be shuttered:

 

Yeah, they don't make power plants like this anymore:

 

Alright, we're at the nature preserve - I'm definitely making some return trips when the weather improves and things start to bloom:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did I mention there are great views of downtown from here?

 

 

 

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And with that, things are looking up! :-)

 

 

Hope you enjoyed!

 

Nice shots pumpkin!

Jack Frost Donuts!

Spring will come! Thanks for the hopeful tour.

 

Oh... oh... oh...

Where's the snow?? And where's the people? Looked like neutron-bomb-city until we got up the hill into the Heights.

 

But great pics as always. I was waiting to see the reeaaaallly wide photo that was causing me to scroll far to the right to read the photo captions. :)

I always dig the angles of downtown Cleveland.

I always dig the angles of downtown Cleveland.

 

True. You look at it from the west side of downtown, which developed first, and it looks like an older, northeastern city. But if you look at it from the East side of downtown, it looks like one of those cities that grew up postwar, like Columbus, Indianapolis or Nashville.

Thanks! I love the views of downtown from the nature preserve. I wish the TT were visible from that angle though.

Great shots and tour!

 

FYI, there has been a fundraising campaign for several years to repair/replace the CHHS clock tower.  At least I hope there is as I donated several years ago.

Great shots, as always.

Wow, its amazing how one can live in this city and not see most of these amazing views of downtown/city proper such as myself :'( lol. Great shots as always! Makes you kind of wanna get up and do something LOL, thanks again :)

I agree with you on those powerlines along Scranton...but THESE are fantastic!  I love this shot:

 

Cleveland's looking sharp! Nice thread, Mayday.

I think that I have a shot of Quay 55 when it was still an empty shell. If I do, I'll scan and upload it.

Re: this power plant. Unit 18, which is the east end, is the only unit still operating, but on a part-time basis. The older four were shut down in 1993.

The old abandoned brick apartment building across the street from your taco bell/spitfire saloon has had new windows put in it recently. I'm hopeful someone is rehabing it back into apartments.

Had to dig this up like gold from the gold rush :-D, just had to marvel at these pics once again :-)