Posted February 2, 200619 yr I'd been posting these elsewhere, but decided (with encouragement from Blinker12) that they were worth their own thread. Trust that there is more to be added to this! Here's a little history from CSU's Neighborhood Link (www.nhlink.net): Originally part of Brooklyn Township, the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood was absorbed by the City of Cleveland between 1854 and 1894 through annexations of Ohio City, Brooklyn Township and the Village of West Cleveland. Detroit Street (Avenue), a major route leading westward from the City, became the neighborhood's primary commercial artery. Housing for middle-income families developed along the north-south streets intersecting Detroit, while the neighborhood's larger, more architecturally distinguished homes were built along Franklin Avenue to the immediate south. Detroit-Shoreway's population peaked in 1920 at 41,500. Beginning in the late 1890's, industries such as Union Carbide located along the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern rail lines on the bluffs over looking Lake Erie. Also near the turn of the century, industries began to develop further to the south, along the rail lines running through the Walworth Run Valley (generally parallel to Train Avenue). The Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood has been home to a succession of ethnic groups beginning with the Irish and German settlers of the 19th century. After the turn of the century, these early settlers were outnumbered by immigrants arriving primarily from Italy and Romania. In more recent years, these groups have been joined by Hispanics and migrants from the Appalachian region. Significant population loss in Detroit-Shoreway occurred between 1960 and 1980, as population fell from 36,500 to 20,741. Housing demolition necessitated by the construction of I-90 (which opened in 1978) contributed to this loss of population.
February 2, 200619 yr We'll start with gorgeous Franklin Boulevard...the "millionaire's row" of the near-west side. This segment runs from about W. 65th to W. 38th. This old chap looks to be getting a face-lift: New & Old: The "Onion Dome Garden" of St. Herman's House of Hospitality: Which is right next door to this infamous abode: The Franklin Castle: Will it ever re-open it's doors for good? On the Ohio City end of the boulevard, the Stone Gables B&B: And just like that, we're in Ohio City! Franklin, Bridge, Detroit, Clinton...they all transition seamlessly from one neighborhood to the next. Which is just one of the reasons that I love living over here!
February 2, 200619 yr Moving north and west...much closer to the upcoming Battery Park development: The dense and eclectic W. 69th Street, north of Detroit: The view from the north end: Battery Park is being built on the other side of the mid-rise structure in this photo: Little Italy of the West Side: The Isabella, formerly inhabited by an Urban Ohioan's ancestor! The de-Santo: At the north end of 69th @ Fr. Caruso Drive: Lake Pointe Townhomes, two blocks away on W. 67th: These things are selling for over $300k in some cases, but they don't suit my tastes... Where's the character? Where are the planters? The gardens? And those stairs are a menace! Room to grow: Infill on W. 67th:
February 2, 200619 yr The neighborhood is filled with great old houses, from the main avenues to the side streets. Some of the existing stock: An old beauty on W. 58th: A Bridge Ave. peach: 57th & Bridge: 58th & Bridge: And then there's the newer stuff... Bridge Square, started in the late-90s and continuing through 2006: Leaves a little to be desired: A bit better, this is the smaller part of the two-phase Bridge Square 3:
February 2, 200619 yr A few more from this past Autumn: Recently refurbished units on W. 65th and Detroit that were part of the West Side Homes project: McKinley Terrace at W. 81st & Detroit: A row on Franklin, west of 58th: Lovely old apartment building on Franklin: One of several beautiful mixed-use structures on West 54th & Franklin: 48th & Bridge:
February 2, 200619 yr Nice work! I love this neighborhood, and you really capture how it's retained much of its original urban fabric. :clap:
February 2, 200619 yr Wow, those are some beautiful pics MGD. I've gotta make it a point to go exploring the West side 'hoods sometime.
February 2, 200619 yr Very well done! There continues to be a lot going on in the area. What is being built/rehabbed at the corner of Herman and 65th? That is going to be a bar/restaurant, opened by the owners of The Treehouse in Tremont. I heard they're spending $1 million renovating that building and adding the patio out front.
February 3, 200619 yr Your pictures only add to the love I have for this emerging neighborhood.. I like it more than Tremont and it's slowly catching up to OC..
February 3, 200619 yr Quote from: DanB on Yesterday at 07:47:50 am Very well done! There continues to be a lot going on in the area. What is being built/rehabbed at the corner of Herman and 65th? That is going to be a bar/restaurant, opened by the owners of The Treehouse in Tremont. I heard they're spending $1 million renovating that building and adding the patio out front. wow good news. the treehouse is prob my fav "nice" pub. no question the new one will be great.
February 4, 200619 yr This is, without a doubt, one of the coolest new homes I've seen in a very long time... By the way, visit my photo thread from the Ohio City Home Tour last May and you'll see what some of these places look like, inside and out... http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=3513.msg34162#msg34162 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 4, 200619 yr It's definitely one of the better houses built in the area and one of the best fits contextually as well. It's great to see that the market for single family homes of this caliber are strong in this very mixed income neighborhood!
February 4, 200619 yr Looks like a custom house ^^ Very nice looking indeed. Probably will cost around the same amout as the custom on jay ave, if not more.
February 5, 200619 yr I love the wood, what great texture it gives. Millionaire's Row rocks. Thanks! (is that turret shooting at the jet?) :lol:
February 6, 200619 yr Such an awesome neighborhood- great shots, MGD. Hard to imagine something a little, er, friendlier looking couldn't have been built in place of Ye Newe Treeless Wall of Corregated Metal at Lake Pointe [sic].
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