It's not summer in Cleveland if I don't get a trip on the Goodtime III at least once. I'd never done a 3pm tour and then one day the forecast was temps in the 60s and low humidity so I figured what better day?

 

Super-crisp line of demarcation between the sky and the water = low humidity :-)

 

New restaurant on the East Ninth Street pier:

 

Not too many companies can say their offices offer on-site boat parking ;-)

 

Inbound freighter:

 

And we're off - apologies in advance for the gratuitous shots of the new Hilton. What can I say - my website is clevelandskyscrapers.com and it's not often we have a new one to talk about! ;-)

 

 

 

 

 

Bicycle-mounted law enforcement training drills for the upcoming Republican National Convention:

 

Hey, something ain't right here...

 

That's more like it!

 

 

 

I know the container shipping business is booming at the Port of Cleveland but I don't think I've ever seen this many at one time.

 

 

Remember when this was the new glassy tower on the block?

 

 

Making our way up the Cuyahoga, passing the Nautica Queen:

 

 

 

Much improved over the vacant buildings that used to be there but looking forward to the next phase:

 

 

What the...?

 

Okay, now we're talking!

 

I believe the blank retail space is slated for the Rascal Flatts restaurant - definitely not my cup of tea but hopefully it does well:

 

It seems like yesterday there was "nothing to see, move along" in this area:

 

Ah well, more pics along the Cuyahoga:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone else remember the days when we had time to complain this building needed a good scrubbing?  :-)

 

Time to turn around at Collision Bend (fortunately we made it through unscathed):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefully soon, there will be some spillover investment south of the Main Avenue Bridge:

 

 

 

Passing the former Coast Guard Station - glad to see it's being taken care of and redeveloped.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And pardon the excess pics from northeast of downtown - part of the reason the humidity was so low was high winds; they went briefly went beyond the breakwall and then turned back due to choppy water during which time guests weren't permitted on the steps between decks. Fortunately I'm not prone to motion sickness  :|

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you enjoyed! had a Goodtime!  :-)

 

 

Cool!

 

There's a lot of really interesting vantage points you captured that I never knew existed.

 

This is my favorite. It sucks that from so many angles, downtown Cleveland looks smaller than it is. Here, you can actually sort of see the true scope of downtown.

http://www.clevelandskyscrapers.com/goodtime3_0616/gt30616_74.jpg

Great stuff! Thanks for the then-and-now shots and transit pics!

Wonderful photos. This year will be my ninth in Ohio and this thread just shows the massive transformation in such a short time from 2007. Can't wait for all the new development that is soon to come!

 

 

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Excellent angles.

I especially liked the shots of the port. God knows why they wanted to move it; I like industry.

 

The Polsteam Line (the big blue one) was offering passenger cabins to Europe at fares that really tempted me, but I think this year they stopped.  :-(

Nice crisp shots!

Love the shots!    Having grown up out on Lake Erie, it's hard to describe to people how different the city looks from out there, or even on the river.  These do a good job with that!

What is this building? Quay 55?

 

What is this building? Quay 55?

 

 

Apartments in a former automobile warehouse when new cars from Detroit were sent by ship to Cleveland.

^^supposedly there are are still quite a few cars littering the bottom outside that building.    Have never dived down there to check myself....

My personal favorite shot

 

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