i didnt have much time for this, but here ya go:

 

 

dog 'n suds on north ridge rd aka detroit road

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_n_Suds

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1183631530136470.xml&coll=2

 

hankos gin mill nearby -- humble sure, but good lake erie fish

 

one of the highest ranking aa officers, has a new elementary school named after him too

http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/integrate/wilson.htm

 

some houses

 

 

 

^ nice, but lets be real here  :|

 

with a nod to step2me, some rows

 

 

 

not as many as i would like, but for now some churches

 

 

 

some murals

 

 

some looming steel plant

 

 

 

former thew shovel / fruehauf transportation factory, still in limited use at least:

http://www.pccampana.com/

 

 

bodegas and stuff

 

 

 

 

 

breaker breaker good buddy, we got cb's!

 

old jhs

 

 

bonus: some pics along bway downtown, yay for the new suburban style road pavers

however, the rest of the cities streets = the moon  :whip:

 

 

a town w/ lots 'o patina

 

 

be glad its blurry, but otoh at least its being put to use

 

what a shame  :whip:

 

fligners....and it's true  :laugh:

 

 

some new "club" i think

 

 

 

the working man's palace

 

 

 

scorsese would definately feel right at home in here

sample conversation: "yeah did you hear eddie went to jail? yeah. for fixing little league games."

 

 

*** so there it is --- another peek at some olde lorain ***

 

edit: here's a closed old suburban style elementary school near my mom

 

and fyi here's the blah new 2-story "ohio style" going up right next door

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison

 

 

Definately better than Toledo's barrio.  This one atleast has colors.

^ i don't do no newfangled nouveau wanna-be barrios!

Interesting! Thanks!

Thanks for the thread - some great Lorain pix including my old parish (St Stan's) and the school I attended for kindergarten (Masson) - I was holding off on a Holy Lorain thread of churches since I read you were planning one, but I may have to jump in and put one together.  Time's running out on some of the ethnic parishes due to the Cleveland diocese's clustering plans...

^ please do -- i was only there two days and didnt have time. as you know, there are so many excellent little ethnic churches -- deserves its own thread (i always wanted to do another thread on erie ave aka lake road homes too, but feel free to do that one too).

I agree on the Erie Ave homes - my cousin lives across from the Overlook Apts on East Erie and Nebraska Aves.  There is some excellent housing stock there - I wish the neighbors would band together like those in "Charleston Village" and make it into a historic district.  I also think the houses and churches on East 31st in SoLo are worthy of a historic district.  It seems as though one of my HS classmates will be the mayor come November, so I'll have to pester him sometime about this.

Oooh Lorain!!!  One scary town (and it was scary on my brief visit there years ago).  But man, a Dog and Suds?  I remember those from Chicago in the 1960s.  I didn't know they made it to Ohio, too.

 

 

 

^ lol! i hear ya. ohio's most diverse city is still an old hardcore factory town and its definately not for the faint of heart jeffery  :wink:

 

i see the website says dog 'n suds had 750 outlets, but now they are down to 11 including that one.

 

 

buckeye excellent idea. btw the outgoing mayor was a classmate of my bros.

 

please take a look at the thread of the pipeyard/soccer academy thread too & comment when you get a chance.

Thanks for the thread - some great Lorain pix including my old parish (St Stan's) and the school I attended for kindergarten (Masson) - I was holding off on a Holy Lorain thread of churches since I read you were planning one, but I may have to jump in and put one together.

 

Wow, St Stans?  My old parish in Chicago was a St Stans!  I certainly would love to see a Holy Lorain thread.  This little city is sounding more and more interesting!

 

 

Interesting contrasts. Looks like some pretty hard times, overall.

^ rob yes, generally. thats why we are talking about a lake road thread....mansions. buckeye will have to get to it before i can.

 

jeffrey lorain was once known as ohio's "city of churches" so to whet your churches appetite --- for starters here are four orthodox churches from this website:

http://www.orthodoxwomenlorain.org/index.html#churches

 

st george

Reverend Father Milorod Orlich

 

st cyril and methodius

Reverend Deacon Blagoy E. Nicoloff, Attached

 

saints peter and paul

Very Reverend Father Basil Stoyka, Pastor

 

saint nicholas

Reverend Father Oikonomos Michael C. Gulgas

 

One more:

 

St. Mary Ukranian Orthodox Church on East 34th and Gary Avenue

 

 

Matching the church with the ethnic group:

 

St. Cyril and Methodius - Orthodox Church of America - services in English and Bulgarian

Sts. Peter and Paul - Orthodox Church of America - Russian

St. Mary - Ukranian

St. George - Serbian

St. Nicholas - Greek

St. Clement of Ohrid (Avon) - Macedonian

St. Mark (Sheffield) -Serbian

 

Lastly, an interior shot of the iconostasis of Sts. Peter and Paul Church

 

Years ago I used to deliver pizzas to South Lorain.  Let me tell ya' rough barrio+midnight delivery+carrying money and pizza+big glowing sign on car roof advertising same=big fun!  Never actually got robbed, though I definitely was sweating at a few "suspect" deliveries.  Most of the people were gold, though.

 

Dogs 'N' Suds rules!  Their rootbeer is top notch and sugar sweet, used to get it by the gallon.

whatever happened to the a&w on the west side of lorian on the lake road? or was it in vermilion? that was just like dog 'n suds and also had great root beer in iced mugs. we used to go mess with the roller skating waitress girls as teens. nice that one of them is still around.

Never went there.  Didn't go to the westside much, except as a kid to visit a restaurant owned by my parents' friends, "Arpats", on Lake.

I regret I never made it up to Lorain (though I made a brief stop in Elyria)... sure does have a lot of character

 

^ you'd feel right at home w/ it being an old factory town. some people have said its like a pennsylvania mill town, except w/ waterfront and valleys instead of landlocked hills.

 

ps -- there used to be a caricature of a guy w/ 60's glasses and a looong stretched neck on that shop. i was disappointed to see they painted him over, it used to freak me out.

there used to be a caricature of a guy w/ 60's glasses and a looong stretched neck on that shop. i was disappointed to see they painted him over, it used to freak me out.

 

It resembled an elongated Darren Stevens?

^ yes, except imagine it with those iconic 60's malcolm x walkman glasses. it was ridiculous.

^ yes, except imagine it with those iconic 60's malcolm x walkman glasses. it was ridiculous.

 

yeah..he was kind creepy with a square jaw...ick!

much of my wife's father's family lives in lorain. this area always reminds me youngstown a bit when we visit...

something like this:

 

^thats the man! thats the maaaaaaan! thats the maaaaan!*

 

*inspired by an old mighty clouds of joy gospel song

 

 

gee, thanks for reviving my nightmares buckeye - lol!

you filled my lorain needs for the year

^ my exact words to my mother.

You'll be getting some more soon.

 

something like this:

 

 

Oh good old Forest City. Here are some cool pics:

 

^ waaaa, no! no! more nightmares!

 

 

Great seeing Lorain!

Nice pics, I have a lot of relatives in Lorain

Bump!