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Full moon over Lakewood-Cleveland "The Edge" from the night of Friday 13th. Damn lucky to get this shot! ;)

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At right is the one-time flophouse, the Jay Hotel in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood. It is being converted into market-rate apartments.

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Cars and pedestrians vie for space on West 25th Street in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood. There used to be plenty of space for both because there was little of either along this once moribund street.

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This vacant lot across Lorain Avenue from the Ohio City Rapid station will soon be a mix of apartments, townhouses and cafes/shops to be built by Abode... http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/11/developer_andrew_brickman_plan.html

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

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At first glance, i thought your second picture was the Cinecraft Bldg on Franklin.

The scaffolding recently went up on that. I was getting nervous  thinking that damage from superstorm Sandy would not be addressed. This bldg is just too nice. Good thing the cornice is going back up.

 

 

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The damage after Sandy,

 

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Clifton Boulevard through Lakewood at 5:40 a.m. Easily the coolest time of the day too.

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Between the Carlyle, left, and Winton Place, Lakewood. RTA bus laying over between runs.

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A ship inbound to Cleveland at dawn.

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Downtown Cleveland at dawn. A warm light offshore breeze, the scent of flowers and some peaceful music on the headphones made this sight even better.

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Good morning Cleveland!

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Ship passes where the sun will soon reemerge for another hot day.

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Almost to port...

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

From this afternoon

 

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Looks like RED the Steakhouse is starting their roof top patio...

^ Rooftop patios....awesome!

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Enhance Clifton construction moving to the north side of Clifton Blvd in Cleveland. Very busy, noisy scene during morning rush hour!

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Enhance Clifton construction etc

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They aren't much help with spelling though...

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More Clifton construction!

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What Enhance Clifton construction is doing to parallel avenues, like Lake. Ironically traffic is moving faster on Clifton.

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Solid, neo-classical apartments on Lake Avenue. Yes, but can anyone spot the abandoned shoe?

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Old East Ohio Gas office building getting converted into apartments. One of four 20+ story buildings in downtown Cleveland that was or will soon be converted.

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Walnut Wednesday (gathering of food trucks) at Perk Park in Downtown Cleveland. Always great to see kids running and playing at a downtown park.

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Another view of Walnut Wednesday at Perk Park in downtown Cleveland.

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

Went for a ride down to Wendy Park this morning. A little panoramic of the CG Station.

 

 

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^That's an awesome shot of an awesome building.  Can't wait till that thing is fixed up into something.

^Damn Straight, Strap hanger. It does look like it's pretty stabilized right now and not degrading.

Nice

That is nice.

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This was shot by Lillian Kuri, via Twitter...

 

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

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Walnut Wednesday at Cleveland's Perk Park. Walnut is the street behind me. More than a dozen food trucks descend on the park every Wednesday. Today was an especially busy day though I'm not sure why. The weather was cool and cloudy, unlike last week's perfect weather....

 

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I had the beef and pork tacos from Touch. Both were tasty but I liked the pork taco better. My sister came over from her office and tried the Touch burger which was huge and "awesome" she said.

 

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Walnut Wednesday is a great place for people watching....

 

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

Why?  People are in "feel good" (summer) mode.  People spend more when they are happy...except me.

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Postcards from THE EDGE (Lakewood-Cleveland Edgewater neighborhood)

 

Lake & Cove

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Apartment blocks living Lake Avenue

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Looking from Cleveland toward Lakewood. Hard to tell from this view that 15,000 to 20,000 people live in this square mile.

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

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Aerial Agents | CLE ‏@aerialagents  Jun 28

Another awesome shot from last nights @believecle event! CLE yogis LIT up the @rock_hall! @TheCLE @Cleveland_Scene pic.twitter.com/sWAZtsT3Bh

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

Is that the best the Rock Hall can do in the green space area?? 

^^ are those colors real or is that heavy heavy saturation?

Way, way over saturated

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Is that the best the Rock Hall can do in the green space area?? 

 

Got any suggestions?

 

^^ are those colors real or is that heavy heavy saturation?

 

Hey I was part of the pastel craze in the 80s, so nothing would surprise me!

"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

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This ain't Europe. It's Cleveland! Thanks to Joe Cimperman for the pic......

 

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

For those wondering about the colors on the yoga pic from the rock hall, here is the link to the rest of them from aerial agents.

 

^^ are those colors real or is that heavy heavy saturation?

 

Hey I was part of the pastel craze in the 80s, so nothing would surprise me!

 

KJP - Speaking from experience?  HA!

 

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Yeah, but I got an overhead view from my office! So there!!

 

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

WOW!  is that for the new construction at the Brewery.  I took the tour a couple weeks ago, and they mentioned these will be sticking out of the roof. 

 

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WOW!  is that for the new construction at the Brewery.  I took the tour a couple weeks ago, and they mentioned these will be sticking out of the roof. 

 

Yes. BTW, notice the second truck in my picture. He's having to drive around the dangling traffic signal because the vat would have hit it if he stayed in his lane.

"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

Yeah, I was wondering why that guy was on the wrong side of the road. 

That's not parading. That's taunting. I'm surprised the picture doesn't show a few dozen people chasing after the truck.

That's not parading. That's taunting. I'm surprised the picture doesn't show a few dozen people chasing after the truck.

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good lord - wow, i dam near fainted!

 

oh boy maybe i'll be able to get glbc more easily around nyc area soon.

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Views from my morning walk along the grand dame of west-side boulevards -- Clifton.

 

House sandwiched between apartment buildings on Clifton in Lakewood.

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Entering a section of single family homes. But some have different neighbors like a modern fire station.

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This house has an apartment building next door.

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I've heard it said houses in Lakewood are like snowflakes -- no two are alike.

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Townhouse at Clifton and Nicholson.

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Emerson School. Many kids in my neighborhood walk to this school. Lakewood has no school buses.

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An interurban railway to Toledo + streetcars to Clifton Park were built along with Clifton in the 1890s. Two-lane Clifton was lined with vineyards then & one track each ran along future tree lawns. Tracks were ripped out in the late 1940s & street widened.

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So many great homes and vistas along Clifton. And really big trees! One of the benefits of being close to Lake Erie, the extended growing season and the moisture it provides. It's why the southern shore of Lake Erie is one of the largest grape-growing regions of the country.

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Art deco sisters on Clifton.

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Lots of vistas on Clifton.

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One of my favorites on Clifton.

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Love me some wrap-around porches on Clifton in Lakewood.

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Approaching my section of Clifton, with lots of apartments and condos.

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Home on Clifton. It isn't pretty on the outside, which is OK because I seldom see the outside in the 18 years I've lived here.

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

KJP[/member]  Great photos.  The blue Victorian is amazing.  Love prewar housing like this.  The new crap their building can't hold water compared to these architectural classics!

What street were these taken on?

I love all your morning walk shots, KJP.

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What street were these taken on?

 

Yep, I was repetitive. That's what happens when you copy these from Facebook, including the descriptions.

"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

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Heavy thunderstorm at midday Saturday Aug. 2 hits Lakewood. Heavy rains can bring out the scent of the trees and soil, and briefly make a densely populated area smell like the forest.

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Temporarily the largest patch of nature in/near The Edge of Lakewood/Cleveland. This will be the site of the Giant Eagle Market District/Starbucks and the the church deconstructed into the Brickhaus townhouses.

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Streetscape takes shape on Clifton from West 115-117th. This is part of the $20 million Enhance Clifton bus-rapid transit project in Lakewood and Cleveland which includes enhanced transit waiting environments, bendy buses & landscaped median in Cleveland.

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No more crap could possibly be stuffed into this car without blocking out the driver or his/her view out the passenger-side window. I'm sure his/her home is immaculate! ;) Maybe this is their home!

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

I once saw as much stuffed in a Renault Le Car.  #winning??  :-o

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Frank J. Lanza ‏@fjlanza  13m

“@cleveLANDstudio: What an amazing shot by @fjlanza of The Pool by @jenlewin last night at @PKNCLE

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Same event, courtesy of Musky aka @clevoplanner.

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

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Meanwhile, earlier that morning (about 6:30 am), I take my morning walk. This time I go back to the lake.....

 

Big trees. Big houses in Lakewood.

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More century-old stately mansions.

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Two different ways to enjoy luxury living in Lakewood.

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Here's looking up your.... Never mind. Winton Place.

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Seating for one, my sun?

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Beautiful

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Easily 10 degrees warmer right by the shore, with a strong onshore breeze sending waves gently crashing against the cliffs.

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Bet you can't tell which route I took across the grass.... Listening to Skyrim Atmospheres during this walk. Look it up on YouTube.

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Getting an early start to the work on Enhance Clifton.

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

Everytime I pass this site, I think how perfect it would be for some 3-4-5-6 story residential buildings on the green lawns to add density/residents, de-suburbanize the streetscape, and mask the garage.

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Everytime I pass this site, I think how perfect it would be for some 3-4-5-6 story residential buildings on the green lawns to add density/residents, de-suburbanize the streetscape, and mask the garage.

 

You mean like this? Left is north in the image, and the garage proposed to be wrapped with developed is just above "Avenue" in the graphic below.....

 

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This is what both sides of East 12th were supposed to look like between Hamilton and Rockwell (a block north and south of St. Clair).....

 

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

Everytime I pass this site, I think how perfect it would be for some 3-4-5-6 story residential buildings on the green lawns to add density/residents, de-suburbanize the streetscape, and mask the garage.

 

^ Funny I think the same exact thing each day!!

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Old school public transportation at Public Square in Cleveland, seen from the HealthLine Bus Rapid Transit.

 

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

Some surf pics by Billy Delfs and Jamie Andrea Yanak.

Everytime I pass this site, I think how perfect it would be for some 3-4-5-6 story residential buildings on the green lawns to add density/residents, de-suburbanize the streetscape, and mask the garage.

 

You mean like this? Left is north in the image, and the garage proposed to be wrapped with developed is just above "Avenue" in the graphic below.....

 

I had no clue this was a concept. Glad to hear.

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The most-fun part of a roof replacement - demolition! This is the second house on Beach Ave in Lakewood to get its roof replaced this summer.

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Cont'd: The green house in the middle was the first on Beach Ave to get its roof replaced this summer. Like snowflakes, no two houses in Lakewood are the same.

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Corner business at Franklin and Lakewood Ave.

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You want big trees and diverse housing styles? We got 'em in Lakewood.

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Faith United Presbyterian Church at the corner of Lakewood and Detroit avenues.

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My next-door neighbor building on Clifton. I considered moving into The Cynwyd in 1993 but didn't care for the condition of the bathrooms and kitchens. The building was built in 1924 and it wasn't very well maintained back then. The top floor caught fire a couple years ago. The building was rehabbed. BTW, I moved next door in 1996 after living in an apartment in Berea with no view and no airflow. I have lots of both where I live now -- plus nice bathrooms and nice kitchen. :)

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My music during this morning's walk was, among other songs, Wind Guide You by Jeremy Soule from the Skyrim game soundtrack.

"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

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Lakewood City Hall. Yeah, I know... Fugly.

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Thoreau Avenue, one of the few brick streets in Lakewood.

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Scattered sections of rowhouses.

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Thoreau Avenue, NS crossing and Winton Place.

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Good front porches make good MAC conference rivals.

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Two-faced house on Thoreau.

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What did I say about snowflakes and houses in Lakewood?

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One of the most unique things about Thoreau is this jog in the middle of it.

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Even the sidewalks jog on Thoreau!

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What street did I say I walked down this morning? Classy sign "post"!

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

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