In conjunction with the Cavaliers opener, most buildings downtown left their lights on this evening to show support. What struck me the most was the difference with the "non-signature" buildings being lit up. Granted, Terminal was half-lit, but it was refreshing to see the old girl with a few lights on her. One thing I noticed - there were plenty of people downtown but with temps heading into the low 40s and colder, they were packed into places in the few blocks around the Q. I had to leave downtown around 6ish so if they were out and about, I missed them. Major props to my boyfriend who toted me to several locales :)

 

Stopped by the Arcade:

 

Terminal Tower showing support:

 

Yes, yes we are - even those of us who don't follow sports :)

 

Da Q:

 

 

The Key of Sauron:

 

East 4th looked sweeet!

 

Taking a peek in a Sincere Building condo:

 

Huntington and National City were lit nicely:

 

Two outta three:

 

Two outta three, again!

 

Three outta three!

 

The Federal Courthouse Tower:

 

Being the freezebaby that I am, I ducked into Tower City Center:

 

200 Public Square looked exceptionally bright:

 

Not a new tower on the left, just one of the light fixtures on Mall A:

 

Tower at Erieview and One Cleveland Center:

 

Terminal Tower and the Renaissance Hotel:

 

Probably my favorite view in Cleveland - and this pic doesn't do it justice, imho:

 

Sigh...

 

Hooples!

 

And the old standard from my 'hood:

 

Good night!

 

Great shots Mayday!

 

I liked the "vote for issue 3" banners at TC

 

But they showed stock photos again! (according to MGD's keen eye).  I saw some night shots of Cleveland during the 11:00 news and the town looked absolutely fantastic--much better than the stock photos.

"I liked the "vote for issue 3" banners at TC"

 

Any property in northeast Ohio owned by, or related to, or affiliated with, either the Ratner or Jacobs families is plastered with Issue 3 stuff.

Lovely!  Beautiful city, and it's great to see it all lit up!

 

Wonderful shots.

 

But the Terminal looks a bit...ackward...at...night...now.  :(

 

I don't think I've ever seen this angle before. Nicely done!

 

Was this from the parking deck at the Q?

 

 

Good shots! Terminal Tower is still my favorite, and always will be; I'm eager for the day when they finish the work and remove the scaffoding and nets.

cleveland, bah.

 

more quaker sam!

Imagine that last photo that CornerCurve loves with a nice new skin on the Breuer tower...  It would be amazing!

 

And yes, I noticed in the pregame on ESPN and throughout the night that they used stock footage from around Christmas!  How could I tell?  Well, the TT was lit up all green and red!  That, and when they showed Public Square, there were Christmas lights!  One blimp shot they showed at the beginning featured a completely dark TT, Jacobs Field with no lights on, and so on.  This, while I was looking out my brother's window in Tremont and I could see all the lights on!  What a crock! 

 

If the aim of "lighting up" Cleveland was to impress a national television audience, then ESPN screwed that up.  If the aim was to invigorate the locals, then hey, I was sold!  The city looked beeeautiful!

do i win for the stock footage prediction?

Mayday, nice shots, and thank you for posting!  I have to agree with rob_1412, even with the scaffolding the Terminal Tower is still the best and always will be.