September went by so fast, but not as fast as the US Airforce Thunderbirds from the Air Show, and then I got a chance to tour the proposed Red Line Greenway, a trackside trail along the RTA's Red Line right-of-way from West 65th to downtown Cleveland. Of course, there are some random photos thrown in for good measure.

 

 

 

 

Ugh, reminds me of our landing at Laguardia in 2014 when the plane was getting bumped by the outer remnants of Hurricane Cristobal  :-P

 

Earlier this month, the angled section of the top of the Hilton took shape:

 

The overlook on Mall B, quite popular during the warmer months:

 

My company had a service day where we did some cleanup around the Urban Community School and the side streets, including by this church on West 44th. It was built in 1899 as Church for St. John's Evangelical

Society, but is abandoned. I recall going to a wedding back in the mid-90s and the interior was pretty exceptional. The architects of this church also designed St. Procop's and St. Michael's school on Scranton. Hopefully it finds a worthy use in the near future:

 

 

We were offered a tour of the Red Line Greenway - I was more than happy to check it out. Apologies for blurs, it was quite a bumpy ride in several spots.

 

 

 

Under the Fulton Avenue bridge, the building in the background is the former Leisy Brewing Co., it's currently being renovated as a contract brewery.

 

Can't have a trail in Cleveland without a cool railroad bridge!

 

 

The twin spires of St. Wendelin's church on Columbus Road:

 

Older catenary fixtures dot the trail route.

 

Including this one which I think would make for a great logo for the trail  :-)

 

The West 25th Street station:

 

The RTA Viaduct bridge ahead in the distance.

 

Views from the RTA Viaduct:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And time to head back.

 

As for that shot of Whiskey - of course, Whiskey Island. I know I've posted photos from here before but the views have changed a lot in recent years.

 

Volleyball courts - usually packed with league players, not today:

 

The Hilton taking its spot in the skyline:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back downtown, before a quick stop by the Cleveland Clinic:

 

 

 

 

New Holiday Inn at the Cleveland Clinic - meh architecture for a meh hotel chain:

 

 

Site of the Health Education Campus - sorry about the reflection:

 

 

 

Not all the new construction is large-scale projects:

 

 

 

Hope you enjoyed!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great pictures as always, thanks! I always loved the view in the last picture. Makes the city look very dense and downtown seem massive.

My thanks too! You always take great shots of our beloved CLE.

^I like the 3rd from the last shot of the old turn-of-the-20th-century density of old distinctly Cleveland apts and houses that survived the Hough riots and subsequent decay for a new lease on life.

you may soon be getting a call for the last shot for use in a new food network show, 'haute in cleveland'!

Great pictures! Besides the last photo, which is my favorite skyline shot for obvious reasons, the shots of the 9 and AT&T building with the Q in the foreground, along with the photo of Key tower towards the end on the photo set are AMAZING!

That new Hilton is looking very nice.

Every shot is a postcard, but my favorite is the terminal tower photo bombing E&Y building

Great pictures. Thank you.

Beautiful as always.

 

I really love the idea of incorporating the old catenary support into a logo for the Red Line greenway.

Nice set! Love the UO logo on the billboard. And you probably don't realize it, but you captured a rare locomotive. That second locomotive is part of Norfolk Southern's Heritage series. NS repainted some modern locomotives in the paint schemes of the older railroads that were added into the NS family by merger or acquisition. That's the Illinois Terminal locomotive: http://www.thedieselshop.us/NS-IT%201072.HTML The more you know! ;)

 

 

 

BTW, for those who can't picture how those old catenaries were used, allow me to give an example. This is a westbound New York Central RR train that just went under West 25th Street, is passing Monroe Cemetery (out of view at left), and about to go under the large steel truss bridge that MayDay showed near the start of his Red Line Greenway tour. This train is on the right of way of the greenway when it was owned by the Cleveland Union Terminal Co., a stockholder-owned company that built, owned and maintained the Cleveland Union Terminal (including Terminal Tower) and the 17 miles of railroad right of way and overhead electric wires between Linndale and Collinwood where steam locomotives were traded for electric ones to keep Cleveland Union Terminal soot-free. The CUT connection track to the Nickel Plate RR is rising up at left so NKP trains from Cleveland can head west to Lakewood, Lorain, Fort Wayne and Chicago. New York Central trains to Chicago went south to Berea first then west via Elyria, Sandusky and Toledo. On the other side of the NKP track connection and hidden below it is the soon to be operating Cleveland Transit System Rapid which began service in 1954, the year after Cleveland Union Terminal electricity was shut off, the wires removed and diesel-powered trains were allowed into the terminal until the last one ran in 1977. This view may be about 1950 based on the aging of the CUT right of way that was built in 1930....

 

CUT-electric-W25th-1953s by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr